Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker "Mr. Baseball" and honours from the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 90.
Come to the cabaret. Is there no deep safety left? BOB COSTAS MAY BE THE LAST of that dying breed. He remains positioned to be the senior moral sentinel of sports in America. But will he?
Vincent was baseball's commissioner from 1989 to 1992, taking over for Bart Giamatti after his sudden death just eight days after he banned Pete Rose from baseball. He became the commissioner on Sept.
They know that if we threw Pete Rose out, they would be thrown out in a minute.” Giamatti died of a heart attack eight days after announcing the findings on Rose. Mr. Vincent was approved as ...
In January, 1986 Dayton bookie Richard “The Skin Man” Skinner secretly recorded a conversation with Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose about Rose’s gambling debt to Skinner. Dayton Daily News ...
Giamatti tasked Vincent with supervising the gambling investigation of career hits leader Pete Rose, and Vincent hired lawyer John M. Dowd to lead a probe that led to Rose agreeing to a lifetime ...
Dayton Police Sgt. Dennis “Denny” Haller not only exposed Pete Rose’s bookie, but also sparked an investigation of police corruption characterized as the greatest scandal in Dayton police ...
In the 1990s, he teamed up with Bob Costas and Joe Morgan for the World Series. To many, Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker was known simply as "Mr. Baseball." He got his big break off the field after ...
ST. LOUIS – Bob Costas started his career in St. Louis, calling Spirits basketball games in 1974. The legendary broadcaster is back in town this weekend being honored by the Musial Awards for ...
Recalling the story in an interview with friend and fellow broadcasting legend Bob Costas in recent years, Uecker said there were three Dixieland bands on the field for the pregame entertainment ...