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One of the neat offshoots of Judge’s historic run is that it’s called attention to Maris’s unforgettable season.

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Syracuse coach Dino Babers has always been what we in the newspaper business call “good copy.” And he didn’t disappoint in his post-game press conference Saturday, deftly invoking a metaphor with the Colossus, a famous California amusement park roller coaster that claims to be among the world’s fastest.

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Brito has no memory of his last visit to Frontier Field. No memory of the single he ripped in the top of the first inning – giving him eight hits in 21 at-bats since being promoted to Triple-A by the Phillies just days before.

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Victory-famished sports fans often plummet from feeling angry to apathetic. And that can be problematic because at least angry fans care enough to remain financially and emotionally invested in their teams. They still attend games, still buy merchandise and concessions, ...

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And although she eschewed credit for the banquet that once was regarded as the premier sports dinner in the country during its Hickok Belt Award days, the reality is that she was the source of inspiration for the club that launched it.

The wizards of odds in Las Vegas believe this is the Bills year. They’ve established Buffalo as Super Bowl favorites. And while it appears the Bills have everything needed to bring that elusive Lombardi Trophy to Western New York, Kelly isn’t taking anything for granted.

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In hopes of changing the team’s fortunes back then, Wings general manager Dan Mason pitched a tent in the home bullpen at Frontier Field and slept there until the skid ended.

Russell’s death the other day at age 88 took me back to my many conversations with the late Les Harrison, the former Royals owner and coach and one of pro basketball’s true pioneers.

Their wedding vows included traditional phrases such as “in sickness and in health” and “for richer or poorer,” but made no mention about a husband’s obsession with Jim Thorpe and a crusade to end one of sports’ most painful and ...

I’d been meaning to stop by his gravesite during one of my numerous research forays to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, but had never gotten ’round to it.

It is an absolutely gorgeous evening at Dwyer Stadium in Batavia. No humidity. Temperatures in the low 70s.

This is the end of the world as we know it, and if I’m John Wildhack or one of scores of other major college athletic directors, I’m not feeling fine.

Jane Possee vividly remembers that evening in December 1975 when her University of Rochester women’s basketball home game against Oswego State was delayed by circumstances that spoke to the inequity and unfairness of the times.

When someone would laud Don Allen for his golfing acumen, he’d thank the person but quickly add that he was “just a local insurance salesman.” Allen was even more humble after winning a tournament.

I thought the contract the New York Yankees offered before this season was more than fair – perhaps even too generous, given Aaron Judge’s age and durability issues.