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When Indians All-Star Chris Perez was growing up, he dreamed of being the next Frank Thomas. "All I wanted to do was be a hitter," Perez says. "I'd watch Frank Thomas swing the bat and I wanted to be like him." Perez even took virtual swings in...

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LOS ANGELES -- Jon Robinson and I spent this week running from appointment to appointment with video game and console developers at the E3 Conference, gathering information we'll continue to roll out in the coming weeks. But we certainly have som...

Jon Robinson ranks the best sports video games of all-time. (Part 4)

2011 depth chart WLB - Hayes Pullard, Shane Horton, Anthony Sarao MLB - Chris Galippo, Lamar Dawson, Will Andrew, Dallas Kelley SLB - Dion Bailey, Tre Madden, Marquis Simmons (out for season) Projected depth chart for 2012 WLB - Pullar...

From Bill Madden, who probably isn't just making this up: Lou Piniella is retiring as manager of the Chicago Cubs effective at the end of the season, the Daily News has learned. The 67-year old Piniella, who led the Cubs to NL Central division titl...

Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald was the NFC West's highest-ranked Madden 10 player last season. San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis has overtaken Fitzgerald in the latest version of the popular NFL video game. Madden 11 overa...

The Tampa Bay Rays overcame a frustrating afternoon against Cliff Lee to rally for a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Bill Madden on the Yankees' feel-good story that almost certainly won't be: He is 32 years old, short, stocky and bald, a career minor leaguer with a couple of pit stops in independent ball in Fargo, N.D., and the only thing higher than his batting...

While the "Madden Curse" has been well-chronicled over the past decade, there is one video game cover athletes may still want to grace. That video game is Sony's MLB: The Show. Since its creation in 2006, the cover athlete for the game has had a grea...

That was the word this morning in Tampa. Rays manager Joe Madden was asked the possibility of Blalock signing a minor league deal during his morning briefing. Here's what he said, according to MLB.com: "I don't know. I know Andrew [Friedman, Rays ...

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon offered some thoughts on the Red Sox Saturday morning, which we're happy to share. On whether a pitching/defense strategy can work for a team that plays in Fenway Park: "For me, defense pla...

Bill Madden of the Daily News of New York has won the Hall of Fame's Spink Award for his work as a baseball writer.

The "Sports Illustrated cover curse" is not something that everybody believes in, but White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle did admit after taking the loss on Sunday that he does believe in certain jinxes. "I've heard of the 'Madden [video game] co...

Bill Madden thinks he saw a glimmer of hope for Pete Rose in Cooperstown last weekend. The tip-off that Selig may now be inclined to pardon baseball's all-time hit king was Hank Aaron's seemingly impromptu interview session with a small grou...

Edwin Jackson takes on the Army