Whitey Ford

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By The Associated PressJanuary 14, 2021 GMT

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1962 — Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors finished with 42 points and 24 rebounds, winning NBA honors even though his East team loses to the West 150-130 in the NBA All-Star game...

Joe Morgan, driving force of Big Red Machine, dies at 77

By JOE KAYOctober 13, 2020 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — At 5-foot-7, he was the smallest cog in the Big Red Machine. And to his star-powered teammates, Joe Morgan was a driving force, too...

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Reaction to the death of Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford

By The Associated PressOctober 10, 2020 GMT

Reaction to the death of Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford, the ace of the mighty New York Yankees teams in the 1950s and ’60s...

Whitey Ford, Hall of Fame ace for mighty Yankees, died at 91

By RONALD BLUMOctober 9, 2020 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — During an era when the Yankees won the World Series so routinely it was joked that rooting for them was like rooting for General Motors, their ace pitcher owned the most fitting nickname: “The Chairman of the Board...