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Baseball legend Pete Rose dies at 83
Pete Rose, the all-time major league leader in hits and games played who was banned for life for betting on baseball, died Monday, ESPN reported. He was 83.,ESPN baseball commentator Eduardo Perez broke the news while appearing on "SportsCenter," saying he had confirmed the news with Rose's son.,The...
Eli Manning, Marshawn Lynch, lead 2025 Hall of Fame nominees
Giants quarterback Eli Manning and few other familiar Super Bowl performers are among 167 modern-day nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025. ,Running back Marshawn Lynch, kicker Adam Vinatieri, defensive end Terrell Suggs and late wide receiver Demaryius Thomas are among first-year...
Hall of Famer Wade Boggs announces cancer diagnosis
Baseball Hall of Fame member Wade Boggs has prostate cancer.,He made the announcement Saturday night on social media and sounded optimistic, saying he will be ready to take part in the ritual cancer patients have of ringing a bell when they've concluded their treatment.,"With the strength and suppor...
Maria Sharapova heads nominees for Tennis Hall of Fame
Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova is the biggest name on the ballot for the International Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2025.,Sharapova achieved the career Grand Slam, winning the French Open twice (2012, 2014), and Wimbledon (2004), the U.S. Open (2006) and Australian Open (2008) once. S...
HOF reduces waiting period for coaches to 1 year
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced a series of changes to its annual selection process on Friday, including the reduction of the waiting period for coaches from five seasons to one.,That means six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots could receive his bronze bust ...
Sleepless in Scotland: Lydia Ko waiting for golden reality to sink in
New Zealand's Lydia Ko won a gold medal in the women's Olympic golf competition in Paris on Saturday and immediately qualified for the LPGA Hall of Fame.,That's an impressive turn of events, so much so that the 27-year-old wasn't sure if her fairy-tale story was real or a dream.,"I actually don't kn...
Broncos' great Randy Gradishar grateful long road ended at Hall of Fame
One more hour was nothing for Randy Gradishar, the former Broncos' linebacker who waited decades to take the stage at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.,Gradishar grew up an hour from Canton, but no member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024 waiting longer for an induction ceremony. ,A four-t...
Julius Peppers, Dwight Freeney lead rush into Hall of Fame
Dwight Freeney was too short. Devin Hester undersized, and without a natural NFL position. Julius Peppers and Andre Johnson? Physical freaks and blue-chip talents viewed as potential greats. ,On Saturday, a new and lasting label applies: Hall of Famer. ,San Francisco 49ers tackle machine Patrick ...
Joe Mauer, Todd Helton, Adrian Beltre, Jim Leyland enter Hall of Fame
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Joe Mauer closed out Sunday's National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony with 27 words that summarized the experience for he and his fellow honorees.,"To stand here today and say that I am now a small part of baseball history is a statement that will never fully sink in f...
Vijay Amritraj, 2 others, inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame
Vijay Amritraj, Leander Paes and Richard Evans were inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., on Saturday. ,Amritraj landed in the Hall of Fame as a contributor while Paes went in as a player. They are the first Indian -- and Asian -- men to be enshrined in Newport. ,"I'd...
Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer lead iconic Hall class into induction
The only 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee who did not get in on his first try on the ballot is Todd Helton. ,Yet Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer and Jim Leyland also took uniquely long and challenging paths to Cooperstown.,Beltre, Helton, Mauer and Leyland will join one of the most exclusive clubs in sp...
Adrian Beltre throwing out ceremonial first pitch at All-Star Game
Former Texas Rangers star third baseman Adrian Beltre will throw out the ceremonial first pitch ahead of Tuesday's All-Star Game at Arlington, Texas.,Beltre will handle the honor just five days before he will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y. Beltre, a first-ballot Hall of Famer...
Jeremy Roenick, Pavel Datsyuk headline Hockey Hall of Fame class
The Hockey Hall of Fame announced its next seven members on Tuesday, with NHL stars Jeremy Roenick, Pavel Datsyuk and Shea Weber among the Class of 2024.,Women's hockey stars Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell-Pohl were also elected in the player category, and executives Colin Campbell and David Poi...
Hall of Fame Game highlights nationally televised NFL preseason slate
The NFL released its 2024 preseason schedule Friday, also revealing the five games that will be televised nationally. ,Each of the NFL's five primary media partners will take a turn to get its crews ready for the season, starting with ESPN/ABC airing the Hall of Fame Game from Canton, Ohio, on Aug. ...
Nick Saban, Urban Meyer lead College FB HOF ballot
Coaches Nick Saban and Urban Meyer and defensive tackle Aaron Donald headline the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot released Monday by the National Football Foundation.,The ballot, emailed to more than 12,000 NFF members, includes 77 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivisio...
MLB Hall of Fame Vets' inaction failing greats of the game like Santo, Allen
Dick Allen’s death on Monday is just the latest failure of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Allen had become a popular candidate in recent years, as the sabermetrics movement showed what a powerful and impactful hitter he was. His raw statistics alone — 351 home runs, a .292 career average — are impressiv...
The Hall of Fame missed its chance to honor Dick Allen, who died today at 78
Editor’s note: This story was originally published about an hour before we learned that Dick Allen had died at age 78 at his home in Wampum, Pa. Changes have been made throughout to reflect that....
It would be ‘so much awesome’ if baseball writers kept Curt Schilling out of Hall of Fame until he’s dead
Curt Schilling is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the ninth time, his next-to-last opportunity to be voted into Cooperstown by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He seems fairly likely to make it, having appeared on 70 percent of ballots a year ago, just 5 percent shy of the threshold for i...
Baseball has lost yet another Hall of Famer in 2020 as Yankees ace Whitey Ford dies at age 91
Unlike many of the parks in New York City, there is no sign or marker at Whitey Ford Athletic Field to explain how the place got its name, just a standard list of park rules posted at the entrance to a ballfield and exercise area....
Carmelo Anthony Feels More Like A Hollow Famer Than A Hall of Famer
Carmelo Anthony will get into the Basketball Hall of Fame....