Showing titles in Baseball & Softball

The Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago American Giants, the St. Louis Stars, the Birmingham Black Barons, the Homestead Grays, and the Indianapolis Clowns; for over 50 years, they were the Yankees, Cardinals, and Red Sox of black baseball in America. And for over a decade beginning in the late 1940s, umpire Bob Motley called balls and strikes for many of their games, working alongside such legends as Satchel Paige, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Willie Mays.

When Sports Illustrated was launched in 1954, baseball was, indisputable, the national pastime, its stars America's epic heroes, its rivalries the era's mythology. As baseballs fortunes rose and fell over the next 50 years - and then rose again to new heights, drawing more than 65 million fans to ballparks in 2004 - the game never failed to produce great drama and inspired storytelling.

An unforgettable novel about childhood, family, conflict and guilt from America's greatest storyteller John Grisham. Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs' golden-boy...

Hosted by Corey with the Story, Washington Nationals News Today delivers daily coverage of the Washington Nationals with fast, focused updates on game results, player performances, injuries, trades, and key storylines. From regular season matchups to playoff pushes, the show keeps fans locked in on everything happening in Washington. Each short episode highlights what matters most—including standout performances, roster updates, and season trends—produced by AI for speed, consistency, and clarity. Part of The Daily News Now network, Washington Nationals News Today is built for fans who ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year “An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.” —BookPage (starred review) * “This is a...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From The New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from Hall of Famers to the stars of today...

Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of major league teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over...

Hosted by Corey with the Story, Tampa Bay Rays News Today delivers daily coverage of the Tampa Bay Rays with fast, focused updates on game results, player performances, injuries, trades, and key storylines. From regular season matchups to playoff pushes, the show keeps fans locked in on everything happening in Tampa Bay. Each short episode highlights what matters most—including standout performances, roster updates, and season trends—produced by AI for speed, consistency, and clarity. Part of The Daily News Now network, Tampa Bay Rays News Today is built for fans who want reliable Rays ...

Hosted by Corey with the Story, Texas Rangers News Today delivers daily coverage of the Texas Rangers with fast, focused updates on game results, player performances, injuries, trades, and key storylines. From regular season matchups to playoff runs, the show keeps fans locked in on everything happening in Texas. Each short episode highlights what matters most—including standout performances, roster updates, and season trends—produced by AI for speed, consistency, and clarity. Part of The Daily News Now network, Texas Rangers News Today is built for fans who want reliable Rangers coverage ...

2023年に18年ぶりのリーグ優勝、38年ぶりの日本一を果たし、沸き立つ阪神タイガース。 そのタイガースの歴史上、「最大のミステリー」とされる人物がいる。 第8代監督・岸一郎。

ChipsCast is a baseball-driven podcast focused on the stories, emotions, culture, and people behind the game. Through authentic conversations, humor, competition, and community engagement, ChipsCast explores how baseball shapes lives both on and off the field.This is the place where baseball truth gets said out loud, helping players, parents, and coaches grow with more clarity, confidence, and perspective. From recruiting realities and player development to mindset, pressure, parenting, and the emotional side of the game, ChipsCast creates honest conversations that most people are thinking but...

Hosted by Corey with the Story, St. Louis Cardinals News Today delivers daily coverage of the St. Louis Cardinals with fast, focused updates on game results, player performances, injuries, trades, and key storylines. From regular season action to playoff contention, the show keeps fans informed on everything happening in St. Louis. Each short episode highlights what matters most—including standout performances, roster updates, and season trends—produced by AI for speed, consistency, and clarity. Part of The Daily News Now network, St. Louis Cardinals News Today is built for fans who want ...

Hosted by Corey with the Story, San Diego Padres News Today delivers daily coverage of the San Diego Padres with fast, focused updates on game results, player performances, injuries, trades, and key storylines. From regular season action to playoff contention, the show keeps fans informed on everything happening in San Diego. Each short episode highlights what matters most—including standout performances, roster updates, and season trends—produced by AI for speed, consistency, and clarity. Part of The Daily News Now network, San Diego Padres News Today is built for fans who want reliable ...

Hosted by Corey with the Story, Toronto Blue Jays News Today delivers daily coverage of the Toronto Blue Jays with fast, focused updates on game results, player performances, injuries, trades, and key storylines. From regular season matchups to playoff pushes, the show keeps fans locked in on everything happening in Toronto. Each short episode highlights what matters most—including standout performances, roster updates, and season trends—produced by AI for speed, consistency, and clarity. Part of The Daily News Now network, Toronto Blue Jays News Today is built for fans who want reliable ...

When Ball Four was published in 1970, it created a firestorm. Bouton was called a Judas, a Benedict Arnold and a “social leper” for having violated the “sanctity of the clubhouse.” Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force Bouton to sign a statement saying the book wasn’t true. Ballplayers, most of whom hadn’t read it, denounced the book. It was even banned by a few libraries. Almost everyone else, however, loved Ball Four.

Want to know what really happened? Stan Isaacs knows. He was there! "The Shot Heard Round the World," in 1951. "The Fight of the Century," in 1971. The horror of the 1972 Munich Olympics. Secretariat's legendary win at the 1973 Belmont Stakes. Stan Isaacs saw them all live. Isaacs covered thousands of sports stories in his more than fifty years as a journalist. But ten moments stand out in his memory. Ten Moments That Shook the Sports World offers Isaacs' eyewitness accounts of the events that changed sports history.

The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dramatically descend into corruption, with never-before-told details of a broken management culture, the once-revered leaders who enabled it and the scandal itself. Baseball, that old romantic game...

From the unapologetic bad boy of professional golf comes a rip-roaring account of his rollercoaster life and career From his battles with alcoholism and gambling addiction to marital problems (his fourth and current wife is facing money-laundering charges) and a highly publicized breakdown...

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday we will be breaking down and recapping the series that were, the standings, the good, the bad and the angry from MLB.