When 21-year-old Mark Fidrych dominated the 1976 baseball season, nobody anticipated how quickly an extreme physical workload would destroy his career. After throwing back-to-back 11-inning complete ...

Andy Baron was getting the bird in traffic. Fortunately, he had a notebook in his pocket during a lunch break. While walking in downtown Leominster 30 years ago, Baron thought he recognized the most ...

No reason should be required to celebrate the late Mark “The Bird” Fidrych, the down-to-earth yet larger-than-life Northborough native who became a national phenomenon as a rookie pitcher for the ...

Fifty years ago, Doug Bechler witnessed one of Detroit’s greatest sporting events, even though he probably shouldn’t have. Bechler was a 16-year-old Detroit Tigers fan and a baseball nut living in ...

Time flies. It's been almost fifty years since Mark Fidrych's rookie season, when he took the baseball and card-collecting world by storm. Nicknamed "The Bird" because of his resemblance to Big Bird, ...

GOAT cards are here, with Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Walter Payton, Patrick Mahommes, and Caleb Williams all in the Top 5 Sales of the Week! Collectibles On SI O’Neal’s 1992-93 Topps Stadium Club ...

Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1976, the nation had a big party, celebrating its 200th birthday with fireworks, parades and cookouts. As the country’s 250th birthday bash on July 4 is approaching, ...

Video of Tammi Carr cheering for one son getting a shot in Michigan football's spotlight doesn't show the tears she sheds for the son who never will. Detroit Free Press What Sixers Fans Think of Matt ...

Mark "The Bird" Fidrych got his first major league start in May 1976 when the scheduled starter got sick. His success on the mound that summer and inimitable style captured the country's imagination.

WORCESTER, MA — The WooSox Hall of Fame will this year enshrine founding Worcester Red Sox President Dr. Charles Steinberg, former Worcester Red Sox and current Boston Red Sox Manager Chad Tracy, ...