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Ultimately, he didn’t play long enough to accumulate Hall of Fame statistics. He ended up with 1,805 hits. Some modern-day ...

2020 - LA Lakers basketball legend Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter crash in foggy conditions in the hills above Calabasas, southern California; considered one of the greatest players in the game’s ...

Many sporting achievements and records have been made on this day in the world sport. Let's take a look at five sporting ...

It’s the most exclusive club in all of baseball — the 500-home-run club. Only 28 players have reached the majestic ...

Now the goal is to reach the Hall of Fame,” Juan Soto said in an interview during a recent Tigres del Licey LIDOM game. The Mets’ new superstar is humble, but the stats don’t lie -- Soto is already on ...

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Eddie Collins, Wee Willie Keeler and George Sisler are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1956 — Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks captures the first of his NBA record four ...

The Boston Braves release veteran pitcher Johnny Cooney. Cooney would later return to the majors as an outfielder and finish ...

Barbara Ott wanted to be a ballplayer when she was growing up in the 1940s. She wanted to play shortstop for the New York Giants, because she was the daughter of legendary Giants slugger Mel Ott.