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In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Kobe Bryant became the youngest NBA player to reach 30,000 points in the second quarter of the Lakers' 103-87 win over the New Orleans Hornicans. "Say ...

Wednesday night went a long way toward funding the college education bill for the grandchildren of Don Larsen and Bobby Knight.

Fifty-six years to the day Monday, Don Larsen walked into Yankee Stadium for Game 5 of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers, having no idea he was about to create one of the most memorable moments in baseball history.

Oct. 8, 1956: Zero. That's how many people have pitched perfect games in the Major League Baseball playoffs -- other than Don Larsen, a onetime New York Yankees hurler who did exactly that on this day 56 years ago. Larsen, who never won more than ...

You've got a time machine and a baseball jones. What one game in major league history would you travel back in time to watch live and in person?

July 18, 1999: On this day 13 years ago, World Series perfect-game thrower Don Larsen tossed out the first pitch on the New York Yankees' Yogi Berra Day. Then David Cone threw his own perfect game against the Montreal Expos. It made for quite a momen...

It's one of the more lasting images in baseball history: an elated Yogi Berra jumping into the arms of Don Larsen after the latter threw the World Series' first and only perfect game (only no-hitter, too). Recently, the former New York Yankees hu...

The baseball jersey worn by New York Yankees legend Don Larsen when he pitched the only perfect game in World Series history will soon be available for auction.

New York Yankees legend Don Larsen is willing to give up his piece of history to ensure his grandchildren's futures.

The highest World Series game score of all time belongs to Babe Ruth, for a game in 1916 in which he pitched 14 innings and allowed just six hits and one run. Ruth's game scores at 97. Don Larsen's perfect game -- 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 7 SO -- scores a 94,...

The Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-6 on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in the NLDS. Roy Halladay once again put himself in the same sentence as Don Larsen -- after a rough first inning he retired the last 21 batters he faced. Acco...

CC Sabathia flirted with perfection for 6-1/3 innings tonight at Yankee Stadium, but his bid to join Don Larsen, David Wells and David Cone as the only Yankee pitchers to throw a perfect game ended when Seattle Mariners shortstop Brendan Ryan lined a...

Behind every piece of sports memorablia there's a story that can increase the personal value of the item beyond what someone else would pay for it.

What hath the baseball gods wrought? The Pirates are in contention! Now one lifelong fan is giddy with the prospect that they might make a trade-deadline deal to get even better.

Tom Dempsey's 63-yard field goal is an NFL record that has stood uneclipsed for 40 years, but the former Saint considers himself more than a one-kick pony, Seth Wickersham writes.

The San Francisco Giants rode Cody Ross' hot bat to a win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the NLCS at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Let's take a look at some of the notes, stats and trends that emerged: • Dating back to the...