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There was a time “back when” kids grew up not playing on pristine baseball fields or playing at top-level summer teams, as there was a time when kids – now adults of a certain age – played baseball on their neighborhood sandlots, playing because they loved baseball. Now, Whiteoak head coach Chris Veidt has gone from the small-town sandlots in the 1970s to being selected to the 2024 class of the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

An empathy divide threatens the lives of Black children, write Dr. Deborah Brooks Lawrence and Dr. Barbara Ella Milton, Jr.

The temperature in St. Louis reached 97 degrees and felt like 106 during the Cubs-Cardinals game Saturday afternoon. That sent me searching for the hottest weather in which the Cubs ever played. B...

Arkansas Health Network of Little Rock continued its growth during the pandemic and saved its members $16.8 million in 2020, the latest figures available.

Yestrday, I told the tale of a 1930 game in which the Cubs staged the greatest comeback in their history, rallying from a 14-0 deficit before losing, 14-12. In that game, the Cubs hit 6 home runs...