Al Kaline

Howard T. Sachs, Crown Cork and Seal manager

Howard Thomas "Has" Sachs, a retired Crown Cork and Seal manager and a coach, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Feb. 24 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was 77 and lived in Pasadena. Born in Baltimore and raised on Sidney Avenue in Westport, he...

Tags: High School Sports, College Baseball, Detroit Tigers, American Legion, Baseball

Dungy headlines Michigan Sports Hall of Fame class

DETROIT (AP) — Tony Dungy had much of his success in football far from his hometown of Jackson, Mich., turning around the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and becoming the first black coach to win a Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts. Dungy, though, was...

Tags: Tyrone Wheatley, Michigan Wolverines, Detroit Lions, Lomas Brown, Super Bowl

The Sun remembers: Jan. 27-Feb. 2

Feb. 2, 2005: "I'm here in Baltimore, and I'm going to win the crowd," slugger Sammy Sosa says after being traded to the Orioles. A seven-time All-Star outfielder, the 36-year-old Sosa disappoints, mustering only 14 home runs, 45 RBIs and a .221 batting...

Tags: Indianapolis Colts, Tony Siragusa, North Carolina State Wolfpack, Baseball, Super Bowl

Many Hall of Famers seem glad Clemens, Bonds were snubbed

Al Kaline, Dennis Eckersley and Mike Schmidt have a few things in common. One, they are all members of baseball's Hall of Fame. Two, they are all glad no one was elected to join them this year. “I’m kind of glad that nobody got in this year,...

Tags: Mark McGwire, Babe Ruth, Mike Piazza, Detroit Tigers, Baseball

Hall of Famers happy to see Bonds, Clemens denied

NEW YORK (AP) — Nobody was happier about the Hall of Fame shutout than the Hall of Famers themselves. Goose Gossage, Al Kaline, Dennis Eckersley and others are in no rush to open the door to Cooperstown for anyone linked to steroids. Barry...

Tags: Mark McGwire, Babe Ruth, Mike Piazza, Baseball, Willie Mays

The Sun Remembers: Sept. 23-29

Sept. 24, 2000: Rookie running back Jamal Lewis scores his first NFL touchdown and the Ravens defense holds Cincinnati to 4 rushing yards as Baltimore crushes the visiting Bengals, 37-0. "We set a standard with this game," defensive tackle Tony Siragusa...

Tags: Indianapolis Colts, Tony Siragusa, Babe Ruth, Detroit Tigers, Baseball

Tigers blank Twins

Tags: Triple Crown, Jhonny Peralta, Alex Avila, Anthony Swarzak, Jim Leyland

Phillies nominee for Roberto Clemente Award announced

Author of 'Summer of '68' signs books Wednesday

 Tim Wendel will be reading, taking questions and signing his latest book, "Summer of '68," from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, at McLean & Eakin, Booksellers in Petoskey. Set in the tension-filled year after the Detroit riots and in the shadow of the...

Tags: Bob Gibson, Washington, DC, Detroit Tigers, Martin Luther King Jr., The New York Times

O's notes: Hammel considering surgery that could keep him out until September

The Orioles got both good and bad news from a MRI taken Saturday on pitcher Jason Hammel's painful right knee, which forced him out of Friday's game in the fourth inning. There is no new damage, but loose-body cartilage has floated in a knee joint...

Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Dana Eveland, Jim Palmer, Sports, Steve Pearce

Brooks Robinson among those in attendance for Palmer ceremony

Jim Palmer is being honored with his sculpture today. Several notables in attendance, none bigger than Brooks Robinson – who has missed the first two celebrations (Earl Weaver and Frank Robinson) due to health reasons. Brooks had his own ceremony...

Tags: Cal Ripken, Jr., Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Eddie Murray, Frank Robinson

No. 1: Babe Ruth's legend and legacy spans generations

They pass through the tiny row home at a steady clip, 50,000 pilgrims a year on a mission to visit their mecca. Here, in a second-floor bedroom of a narrow little residence on Emory Street, on a bitter cold day in 1895, George Herman Ruth was born....

Tags: Cal Ripken, Babe Ruth, Baseball, Sports, Baltimore Orioles