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A Jackie Robinson-used baseball glove, believed to have been used in the 1955 and '56 World Series, sold for $373,002 in an auction that ended Monday morning.

From 1949 to 1964, the New York Yankees won a remarkable 14 American League pennants in 16 seasons, a dynasty that reached across generations, from Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra, to Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford, to Jim Bouton and Tom Tresh. After t...

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous home runs in major-league history -- one hit by Mickey Mantle off Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Yankees publicist Red Patterson claimed the home run went 565 feet. ...

Longtime broadcaster Pat Summerall's voice will never fade, even in death, writes Steve Wulf.

In the Arizona Fall League, a scout watched Slade Heathcott and compared him to a more athletic Todd Hollandsworth. That same scout thought Heathcott was the best player in the Fall League. The 22-year-old Heathcott, a Texan, is in major league ca...

A couple weeks ago, Keith Law unveiled his annual list of the top 25 players under the age of 25 . Keith's list isn't a projection of the best players for 2013, but rather a projection and ordering of players if you were starting a franchise. I th...

Buster Olney ranks the Top 10 outfields in baseball history today. The '61 Yankees, featuring CF Mickey Mantle and RF Roger Maris, are No. 1. Can you name the primary left fielder that year? Also, there's one other Yanks outfield on the list. T...

Over the weekend I started reading Jane Leavy's biography on Mickey Mantle, "The Last Boy." The book came out in 2010 and I've had the paperback on my shelf for quite awhile now, so figured I'd finally give it my time. I've never actually read any of...

The Library of Congress is acquiring an archive of audio recordings that contains thousands of historic sports interviews with star athletes and coaches.

ESPN's Hall of 100 -- a performance-centric look at the greatest players of all time -- has Babe Ruth No. 1 on the list, beating out Willie Mays and Barry Bonds. No surprise there. But what about No. 7 Roger Clemens ahead of No. 9 Mickey Mantle? ...

Tom Seaver checked in at No. 24 in ESPN's Baseball Hall of Fame selection, which includes 100 players. Other players with New York ties in the top 25: 1. Babe Ruth 2. Willie Mays 7. Roger Clemens 9. Mickey Mantle 11. Lou Gehrig 14. Rickey Hen...

Some Yankees actually sound excited to hit the road and head to Detroit.

ESPN.com IllustrationJayson Werth's walk-off home run against Lance Lynn came on the 13th pitch of the at-bat. Over the past five years, no one has seen more pitches per plate appearance than Jayson Werth. That patience paid off on Thursday. Wert...

In my earlier post, I wrote about players since 1969 who had terrific all-around seasons but didn't win the MVP Award. As a companion to that piece, let's take a quick look at worst MVP winners. There are many ways to look at this, but the easiest is...

Josh Hamilton's drama will be forgotten if the Rangers win the World Series.

Baseball is quite the artist's game, inspiring novelists and poets, filmmakers and photographers and, in the case of Jay Perkins, painters. Perkins, a website designer and aspiring artist born and raised in Lexington, Ky., is the curator of and co...