COLLEGE AND high school students interested in sports-writing careers contact me from time to time seeking advice on how best to enter an industry in crisis. My inclination is to update the one-word, wink-wink, 'Plastics' advice Benjamin Braddock

ALAMEDA, Calif. - The sign on the fence in right-center at Encinal High's Willie Stargell Field reads 336, but in reality, it measures closer to 324. Either way, it isn't a place where stand-up triples are born and bred. Head coach Jim Saunders gestures

Major League Baseball Monday announced a series of national fundraising and awareness initiatives over the July 4th weekend and on September 11th for Welcome Back Veterans, which addresses the mental health and job needs of returning American Veterans.

Yahoo! Sports' reminded me today that the league trade deadline is getting near enough to start thinking about it. like C.C. Sabathia, Jason Bay, Matt Holliday, Adam Dunn and Erik Bedard will be much sought-after commodities. While will be the biggest

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