Favre's legacy? Ask him in five years

...as a Washington Wizard, Eric Dickerson as an Atlanta Falcon, Bobby Orr as Chicago Blackhawk or Babe Ruth as a Boston Brave (look it up). Brett Favre, who started 253 straight games for the...

Big 12 links: Texas reaches out to storied past

...of Monument Park like I saw at Yankee Stadium. Walking up to the bronze plaques of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle left me with a lump in my throat. And I don...

Debate Ramirez vs. Griffey with Jayson Stark

...in the ever-swelling 500-Homer Club. Griffey will be joining only Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa in the 600-Homer Club. Big difference. But of course, Griffey...

Chat | June 02, 2008

Zoom Gallery: Baseball's Big Anniversary's

High res photos of special moments in baseball history that we celebrate an important anniversary of in 2008.

Chat with Rob Neyer

...imminent demise of Yankee Stadium, Fenway also becomes our most historical ballpark, where the ghosts of Babe Ruth and Ted Williams still roam the outfield. Fenway, little changed in the last 75 years, hosted...

Chat with Jerry Crasnick

...which makes him 4½ years younger than A-Rod. He ranks fifth in career OPS behind Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig and Barry Bonds. He has an amazingly low strikeout total for a...

Zoom Gallery: Top 15 Individual Seasons of All-Time

High res photos of the Top 15 individual athletic seasons of all-time.

Chat with Nicholas Loucks and Jeremy Lundblad

Where does Babe Ruth's 1921 season rank among the top 25 of all-time? Welcome to The Show! On...

Chat | January 07, 2008

Three Notes on the Evolving Sport Media Landscape

...athletes had tons of contact with each other. (Aschburner tells the classic tale of a naked Babe Ruth being chased through a train car of reporters, chased by a knife-wielding, nearly naked woman...

Chat with Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw was up close with Henry Aaron during his chase of Babe Ruth's HR record in 1973. Welcome to The Show! On Tuesday, legendary NBC news anchorman Tom...

Memo to NBA Players: Be Good

...on and on and stuff like that has been true for eternity, or at least since Babe Ruth was around. Does that mean it will always be so? Only if the paying audience can...

Chat with Jayson Stark

...ESPN.com senior MLB writer Jayson Stark will drop in to chat about Barry Bonds surpassing Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list and more! Send in your questions and comments for...

Chat | May 26, 2006

More Cowbell: Tour update

Have to get some quick book stuff out of the way... 1. We set up some West Coast book signings for the next two weeks. The list includes San Fran (Tu...

Freeze Frame

Devin Hester can change games with a single move. Is he the fastest Hurricane to blow through Miami?

Gary Cypres in front of a wax Babe Ruth