For more than three decades, millions have looked forward to reading his authoritative words every Thursday morning in theWashington Post and other media outlets. For the past decade or so, millions more tune in every weeknight to hear his resonant voice…
MLB umpire Wally Bell died suddenly on Monday of a massive heart attack. He was 48. Bell had been a big league umpire for 21 seasons and had been working the NLDS between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals. He…
Wow!!! Well, things sure looked bleak for the Massachusetts Nine. After striking out 17 times and nearly being no-hit in Game 1 of the ALCS by Anibal Sanchez and the Tigers bullpen (Daniel Nava singled off Tigers closer Joaquin Benoit…
For the second year in a row, the Detroit Tigers bested the Oakland A’s in the ALDS with both series going five games. The Tigers defeated the A’s 3-0. Justin Verlander pitched eight innings of shutout ball allowing only two…
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 tonight to win the NLDS and advance to the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Adam Wainwright started Game 5 for the Cardinals a pitched a complete game surrendering only one…
When the Chicago Cubs fired Dale Sveum on the last day of the regular season, I speculated that Joe Girardi might leave the Bronx for Wrigley Field. Well, um, no. Today, Girardi signed an extension with the New York Yankees…
The Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 4 of the ALDS on Tuesday night to advance to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2008. Oddly enough, the last time the Sox…
You wouldn’t expect a ticket for a play about Lyndon Johnson tofetch $220 on Craigslist. The demand owes less to LBJ than to the man playing him on stage — Bryan Cranston. In a career that has spanned more than 30…
The Los Angeles Dodgers were the first team to clinch a post-season berth in 2013. So it is fitting that they would be the first team to win a playoff series. The Dodgers defeated the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Monday…
New York Mets fans won’t have much to cheer about in 2014. Their ace starter Matt Harvey will undergo Tommy John surgery later this month to repair a partial tear of his ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow. Given that…