Joe Black

Nemesis of Ty Cobb, close friend of Satchel Paige, a Negro leagues legend remains the life of the party as he celebrates his 100th birthday

DiedOf cancer, paleontologist, biologist, author, Harvard professor and Yankees fan Stephen Jay Gould. Gould, 60, was renowned for his theories of evolution and statistical deviation, which he used to explain: the...

•Gary Player, explaining why he just missed a 197-yard hole-in-one at the Colonial Invitational: "I couldn't read the break in the green from the tee."

Mark Kauffman accompanies the Cincinnati Redlegs on a typical 12-day trip and finds that the on-field glamour of the diamond is all but obscured by frantic scrambles to make trains, meals at odd times and long,...