Every championship, by definition, is historic.

One of the great rules of hockey is: On the Stanley Cup, all germs are healthy.

There is no sports event like Opening Day of baseball, the sense of beating back the forces of darkness and the National Football League.

Baseball is all about stories, many of which are even true.

Every championship, by definition, is historic.

Those of us who have tested gravity under a hoop know its mystical properties. Robin Layton, as I would have expected, has turned this staple of Americana into a gorgeous art form.

Baseball outfits went through their gaudy period during the disco '70's, when the White Sox looked like softball players and the Athletics looked like 'Saturday Night Fever' personified.