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Five years after retiring from the New York Yankees, and in his first year of eligibility, Mariano Rivera was elected to Major League Baseb...

Happy birthday,  Tom Jones!  (No, not the ageless and indefatigable Welsh singer.)  The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling,  by Henry Fieldi...

Patrick Baumann, the long-time se cretary-general of FIBA, the international basketball federation, died of a heart attack yesterday (Octob...

Dave Anderson, a respected voice in New York and national sports journalism for over 50 years, died today at age 89. Starting as a 16-year-...