He was named to the NL All-Star team and named the Astros Team MVP in 1971 after going 16-10 with a 2.45 ERA in 268.0 innings pitched. Wilson is the only pitcher to throw two no-hitters in a Houston ...

After a three-year stint as an executive vice president with the Yankees (1973-75), Smith returned to Houston in August 1975 as general manager of what was a last-place Astros club. Slowly, Smith ...

As you probably noticed, no NFL player has ever won the MVP while playing for a losing team. Since the AP started voting on ...

On Saturday, July 11, the Detroit Tigers made the No. 22 pick in the 2026 MLB Draft. That selection was the 62nd in that slot.

During the sport's lengthy history, we have seen many managers not only emerge as the greatest to ever lead a team. but also ...

Four new members are set to be inducted into the Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame. The class includes former MLB manager Terry ...

The Milwaukee Brewers are returning to an old look on their hats for this weekend, part of baseball's Hall of Fame weekend ...

Two baseball-related exhibits are now on display on the second floor of the Sangamon County Building. These coincide with the inaugural season of the Women’s Professional Baseball League and games ...

In the first All-Star Game in 1933, New York Yankees left fielder Ben Chapman batted leadoff for the American League lineup. An alumnus of Phillips High School in Birmingham, Chapman became the first ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- CC Sabathia will have a New York Yankees logo on the cap of his Hall of Fame plaque and Billy Wagner will have the symbol of the Houston Astros. The hall announced the decisions ...

1907 — Canadian world heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in round 1 in Colma, California, his 6th title defense. 1910 — Jack Johnson knocks out Jim Jeffries in the ...

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