It's Opening Day in baseball, and that means you'll still be able to eat unhealthy food while watching the game. But ordering that hot dog or beer will be different this year.
Henry "Hank" Aaron, a longtime Atlanta Braves player and Hall of Famer, was laid to rest this week. He died at the age of 86. On Georgia Today, ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant discusses the complicated life of a baseball legend and American icon.
The franchise is the second major sports team to abandon a longtime name widely seen as racist or culturally offensive. The NFL's Washington Football Team was the first to do so.
It's been a short and strange baseball season due to the coronavirus. Most of the playoffs were played at neutral sites to limit travel. Now, it's down to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays.
Since 2014, Richard Wang has called Major League Baseball games in Chinese for fans in Taiwan. When COVID-19 delayed the MLB season, he had a chance to bring Taiwan baseball to the world in English.
The southpaw was dominant during his 16-year career, winning six World Series titles in the 1950s and 1960s. Nicknamed "Chairman of the Board," Ford holds the team record for most wins by a pitcher.
Two-time Cy Young winner Bob Gibson pitched with the St. Louis Cardinals for 17 years, leading the team to two World Series wins. He died about a year after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
The strange, shortened season just got more weird, with both teams in the playoffs for just the third time ever. Fans would normally dance in the streets or cram into bars, but it's 2020, so no.
The Negro Leagues showcased Black baseball players when they were banned from the big leagues. Now, Major League Baseball is planning to celebrate its centennial.
Major League Baseball's delayed and shortened regular season gets underway Thursday. There will be no fans in the stands and plenty of health and safety protections for the players and team officials.
The baseball fan — and expert on infectious diseases — will make the ceremonial first toss when his hometown team gets the virus-delayed season underway against the New York Yankees in Thursday.
