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By Patrick Murphy When I first started seriously watching sports on television, the people who played the games were men, larger than life, and I was just and awe-struck kid. They seemed like giants; fit, trim and so cool in their uniforms. They would gracefully glide through a perfectly manicured outfield to make a sliding catch or reach out for a football that landed gently in their hands. Others raced up and down a basketball court, soaring through the air before dunking the ball. It all see...

They say we’re born to die; that the trip from the cradle to the grave commences at our first breath.

Players were in awe of Hank Aaron, who died at 86 on Friday, and he was respected off the field, too.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who was a stalwart of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation spanning an era from Sandy Koufax to Fernando Valenzuela, died Tuesday. He was 75. The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, said Sutton died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, after a long struggle with cancer. The Atlanta Braves, for whom Sutton was a long-time broadcaster, said he died in his sleep. A four-time All-Star, Sutton had a career record of 324-256 and ...

Jan 23, 2021 7:02 AM There have been dozens of MLB players that have worn the number 44. Great players…Hall of Famers…not so great players…and absolute stiffs.But for me, and those of my generation the #44 will always be associated first with Henry Aaron. Aaron died this week and another piece of my childhood died with him. One of my first vivid memories is of being in the backyard of my house on Turner St and trying to hit whiffle balls over the roof…like Aaron and Matthews...

“ Just to live in New England in winter is a full-time job; you don’t have to ‘do’ anything. The idle pursuit of making-a-living is pushed to one side, where it belongs, in favor of living itself, a task of such immediacy, variety, beauty, and excitement that one is powerless to resist its wild embrace.” —E.B. White, A Report in January, 1958 Sadly, the weather that Mr. White described in his essay hasn’t materialized around these parts this winter. We had a couple batches of sno...

January 22, 2021 Don Sutton did not have the flash of Sandy Koufax, or the intimidating presence of Don Drysdale. He lacked the overpowering fastball of Nolan Ryan, and didn’t fill his mantel with Cy Young awards the way that Tom Seaver or Steve Carlton did. He never won a World Series or threw a no-hitter. Yet Sutton earned a spot in the Hall of Fame alongside those more celebrated hurlers just the same. He was one of the most durable pitchers in baseball history, as dependable as a Swiss wa...

ATLANTA (AP) — His name is all over the baseball record book and, indeed, Hank Aaron could do it all. Sure, hes remembered mostly for dethroning the Babe to become baseballs home run king on the way to 755, but dont forget about the .300 average, or the graceful way he fielded his position, or the deceiving speed he showed on the basepaths. Yet, when talking about the true measure of the man, there was far more to “Hammerin’ Hank” than his brilliance between the lines. Exuding grace an...

Corrections: Jan. 22, 2021 Jan. 21, 2021 NATIONAL An article on Thursday about President Biden’s actions on environmental and climate policy misstated a generally accepted time frame for achieving emissions reductions. Most experts say the United States can cut emissions 40 to 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, not 2035. SPORTS misstated Mike Mussina’s first season with the Yankees. It was 2001, not 2002. OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton missta...

Hank Aaron, Baseballs Legendary Slugger, Dies At 86 Hulton Archive / Getty Images Updated at 3:10 p.m. ET Hank Aaron, seen as a hero for shattering Babe Ruths home run record and also for his longtime advocacy for civil rights, has died. "Hammerin Hank" was 86. The Atlanta Braves confirmed his death on Friday. "We are absolutely devastated by the passing of our beloved Hank. He was a beacon for our organization first as a player, then with player development, and always with our c...