MLB Baseball Predictions: Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
Sunday, April 15, 2012
by Mike Stewart
When the San Francisco Giants host the Pittsburgh Pirates in the finale of a three-game series on Sunday, they will not have Brian Wilson on their roster. The All-Star...
Baseball Odds & Picks: Arizona Diamondbacks vs Colorado Rockies
Sunday, April 15, 2012
by Mike Stewart
The Colorado Rockies ride into Sunday’s series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks sky high, thanks to Todd Helton’s walk-off homer Saturday. Helton’s towering two-out...
Jackie Robinson's Biography
It's not often that the essence of a man, especially a complicated man, can be summed up in one sentence. But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie Robinson. "A life is not important," he said, "except in the impact it has on other lives." Jackie Robinson, who broke...
Satchel Paige`s Biography
If more is better, then Satchel Paige was the best. He threw more pitches for more fans in more places for more seasons than anyone else did. Black or white. Then or now. He threw mostly strikes. He was charismatic. And like the pink, drum-banging bunny who came along later, he just kept...
Jesse Owens Biography
For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. But that was merely an appetizer for Owens. In one week in the summer of 1936, on the sacred soil of the Fatherland, the master athlete humiliated the...
Billy Martin`s Biography
A .257-hitting second baseman for 11 seasons, Billy Martin won five division titles (with four franchises), two pennants and one World Series in 16 seasons as a manager.the most significant of them with the New York Yankees from...
Billie Jean King`s Biography
She won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles, including six Wimbledon championships and four U.S. crowns. Billie Jean King was ranked No. 1 in the world five years. She defeated such magnificent players as...
Jack Johnson`s Biography
In 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson -- the first black man to hold the world heavyweight championship. Johnson is still considered one of the best, most...
Curt Flood's Biography
A superlative centerfielder on three pennant-winning St. Louis teams in the 1960s, Curt Flood hit better than .300 six times and won seven Gold Gloves in his 12 seasons with the Cardinals. A productive leadoff and No. 2 batter who had...
Peggy Fleming's Biography
Known for her beauty and grace on and off the ice, Peggy Fleming dominated women's figure skating from 1966 to 1968, capping her career with her triumph at the 1968 Olympic Winter Games. At 19, Fleming was the only...
