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Petraeus as a fourstar u. S. Army veteran petraeus, with so much over the combat strategy over the past ten days. A fourstar veteran, when rumors surfaced he may be stepping down as head of the cia, some speculated he was running for president. Instead, he announced he would step down because of an extramarital affair. At a time when the cia was under fire for all it didnt know about the attack on benghazi, it is a huge step for the newly reelected president , and a profound personal failing for...

It’s not as easy as you might think.

A golden defender at the hot corner, "Puff" was a catalyst for the Yankees’ long-awaited return to glory and remains one of the great underrated players in MLB history.

The cool, steady White put together 15 seasons of excellent ball, all in pinstripes and always finding a way to make his presence felt.

These Yankees seem to be at an inflection point — similar to what occurred beginning in 1965.

This was late in the afternoon of Aug. 18, 1983. In those years, Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium rarely had days where both were in use.

KC Royals third baseman George Brett's iconic reaction is nor the end of the Pine Tar Incident.

Today’s Kansas City Royals don’t have a player who was so much as born by the time of George Brett’s 1983 tirade in 1983. But KC players still learn a lot of from the iconic moment.

Its nice to have an easy reference point that things could always be a little crazier, a little zanier, a little nuttier. It's nice to remember 1973.

Student swapping across public flagships is America’s most expensive game of musical chairs, Ryan Craig writes. As we enter June, sports fans will soon stop hyperventilating. Months of Stanley Cup and NBA playoffs will mercifully yield champions. After that, it’s just baseball, the only professional sport that runs at summer pace.