Team president Nick Krall, who barely knew Francona, called the two-time World Series champion from Chicago during the Reds’ ...

Readers give Dispatch sports editor Brian White their takes on Pete Rose, Ohio State football, the Pac-12 and more.

Ray Birmingham, now retired as one of the winningest coaches in college baseball, remembers the day 20 years ago when Pete ...

Pete Rose died last Monday at age 83 and so ended one of the great American tragedies. Throughout his entire playing career — ...

For more than 20 seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, Phillies, and Montreal Expos, Pete Rose played baseball as if possessed.

The Pittsburgh Pirates added MLB’s best pitcher and another good hurler this season. Their best offensive talent was healthy ...

Lipman Emanuel (“Lip”) Pike was baseball’s first Jewish superstar and arguably the game’s first professional player.

Buck Showalter has reportedly expressed interest in becoming the next manager of the Chicago White Sox. During a recent live ...

Franklin Council would be playing in the yard when his dad came home from working at the chalk mine in McIntyre.

1985: New York Yankees pitcher Phil Niekro becomes the 18th 300-game winner as he blanks the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-0, on the last day of the season. At age 46, Niekro also becomes the oldest pitcher to ...

The late Pete Rose, who died at age 83, will be remembered for many things, not the least of which is that he is arguably the ...

Third baseman Maddox Mihalakis’ rise, a familiar-looking lineup, sharp pitching and more from the Wildcats’ annual exhibition ...