A look back at the fifth day of January in sports history and elsewhere. We have popes, presidents and a Babe, among others ...

Jackie Robinson is known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the United States in modern baseball ...

President Biden has signed a bill designating the Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida, a commemorative site ...

With the free agent market for relief pitchers heating up, the Phillies and three AL East teams reportedly have interest in ...

While David Wright will become the 10th player to see his number retired by the Mets, he will be the first who spent his ...

Second basemen Ian Kinsler, Chase Utley and Dustin Pedroia each possess impressive credentials, though they’re far from locks ...

A Thanksgiving visit to Cooperstown, New York necessitated a grudging stop at the Baseball Hall of Fame. What I found out ...

Major League Baseball today announced the teams who will compete in the 2025 MLB Desert Invitational and the Andre Dawson Classic. Each collegiate baseball tournament will feature eight Division-I ...

Wright eventually spent an hour Wednesday revisiting the anecdotes and accolades that made his 14-year career, all with the ...

NEW YORK -- David Wright's No. 5 will be retired by the New York Mets before a July 19 game against Cincinnati, the team said ...

One of the most intimidating pitchers of the 1960s, credited with inventing a popular baseball saying, has reportedly passed ...