Johnny Podres and jockey Geovanni Franco, outside, outleg First Peace (Mike Smith), inside, to win the $100,000 Siren Lure Stakes, Sunday, April 21, 2024 at Santa ...

PORT HENRY -- Johnny Podres, who pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to their only World Series championship in 1955, was remembered Thursday as a consummately confident player, supportive coach and a man ...

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – Johnny Podres, who pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to their only World Series title in 1955, died Sunday at the age of 75. A spokesman for Glens Falls Hospital confirmed Podres' death ...

PORT HENRY — Johnny Podres was a World Series hero whose legacy keeps growing an example to young kids about following their dreams. The former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodger pitched his way out of ...

Johnny Podres died last night in a hospital in upstate New York at the age of 75. He'd been suffering from serious medical problems for some time. In 1955, Podres ensured himself a place in Brooklyn ...

TAMPA – Johnny Podres wasn’t perfect like Don Larsen would be a year later. Yet, 50 years after Podres pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers past the Yankees in Game 7 of the 1955 World Series, you still hear ...

GLENS FALLS — When he heard the sad news of the death of former Dodgers left-hander Johnny Podres, Don Newcombe's mind flashed back to that magical moment more than a half century ago. "My mind went ...

In 2006 Slate Magazine asked this question: “Why do so many pro baseball players have August Birthdays?” I don’t know why they asked that question, but the answer is interesting. The people section of ...

Johnny Podres, the cool and clutch lefty who pitched the Dodgers to their one and only world championship in Brooklyn by shutting out the Yankees, 2-0, in the seventh game of the 1955 World Series, ...