Sep 29 Watch ‘Baseball Gods’ Wind Down Regular Season With Dramatic Twists Major League Baseball ended its regular season Wednesday with a dramatic series of games that left the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves out of the playoffs. Jeffrey Brown speaks with sportswriter John Feinstein about the season thus far,… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Red Sox, Braves Strike Out in Wild Card Chase The final night of Major League Baseball's regular season -- known as "Wild Card Wednesday" -- ended with four teams vying for two spots in the postseason. Jeffrey Brown reports on the dramatic final innings and the dramatic defeats for… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch High-Kicking Pitching Legend ‘Bullet Bob’ Feller Remembered Ray Suarez speaks with Cleveland Plain Dealer sports columnist Bill Livingston for more on the life of Baseball Hall of Famer "Bullet Bob" Feller, a legendary pitcher whose pro career, which began at age 17, was interrupted by World World… Continue watching
Oct 28 In San Francisco, a Whole New Ballgame Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum takes the mound for Game 1 of the World Series in San Francisco. Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images. The San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers, 11-7, in Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday… Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Roger Clemens Latest Sports Star to Face Steroid Charges Seven-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Rodger Clemens has been indicted on six counts for allegedly lying to Congress about steroid use. David Epstein of Sports Illustrated gives some perspective on the charges Clemens is facing and the issue of steroid… Continue watching
Aug 17 Bobby Thomson’s Famous Home Run: ‘Scripted Like a Movie’ For generations of baseball fans, Bobby Thomson's dramatic 9th-inning home run off pitcher Ralph Branca in the deciding game of the 1951 National League playoffs remains one of the sport's most iconic moments. With the announcement that Thomson died… Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch Former ‘Home Run King’ Admits Steroid Use, Reignites Scandal in Pro Sports Mark McGwire admitted Monday to using steroids when he broke Major League Baseball's home run record in 1998. Kwame Holman updates the story on drug use among athletes. Continue watching
Jan 11 Listen to McGwire Confess Steroid Use Sports fans are abuzz over former baseball superstar Mark McGwire's admission that he used performance-enhancing steroids today. You can now hear 22 minutes of the slugger's conversation with reporter Joe Strauss via the Associated Press: Earlier today, we spoke… Continue reading
Jan 11 McGwire Admits to Steroid Use During Record-Setting Season Baseball slugger Mark McGwire admitted Monday that he was on steroids when he broke the major league single-season home run record in 1998. McGwire admitted to more than a decade of use "during a 20-minute… Continue reading
Nov 02 Weekly Poems: a Double From the ‘Mets Poet’ Frank Messina, also known as the "Mets Poet," is the author of four books of poetry, including "Full Count: The Book of Mets Poetry," released in April, and "Disorderly Conduct," published in 2002. Continue reading