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Dec. 3, 1968: On this day 44 years ago, Major League Baseball approved its rules changes. Big deal. Oh, but this time it was. After a season "completely owned by pitchers," in the words of "Sports Illustrated" back then -- owned most notably by th...

Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants preparing for the World Series. Soccer stars and supporters congregating for Champions League matches. And oh yeah, a little visit from the King. There might not have been a lot of North American sports action ...

The Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants are getting set to square off in the 2012 World Series, and each team is led by one of its league's top candidates for regular-season most valuable player. Detroit's Miguel Cabrera won the first Triple ...

Just as Max Scherzer and the Detroit Tigers have been hard to stop in the MLB playoffs, Playbook's daily collection of amazing sports photos is tough to beat. So why not check it out? Playbook's Daily Gallery: Friday, Oct. 19...

Oct. 10, 1945: All right, so it's common knowledge that once, long ago, the Chicago Cubs did in fact play in the World Series. Several of them, actually -- and the last game of the last one came on this day 67 years ago. It didn't end well. With t...

On Sunday night, after his Detroit Tigers' win over the division-rival Chicago White Sox, closer Jose Valverde showed what (a tie for) first place feels like....

Friday's blue moon -- the last until 2015 -- saw lots of people standing, but not alone. They were at football and soccer and baseball games throughout the nation, capturing August's second full moon and sharing their images. Below are our fav...

There's little sweeter in sports than a great home run swing. And oh, you're about to see a few Monday night, when the Home Run Derby hits screens and home run heroes hit baseballs. Who's going to win? That's for our experts to decide. We're j...

July 3, 1976: On this day 36 years ago, Mark Fidrych -- that surprise Detroit Tigers rookie sensation known as "The Bird" -- stretched his out-of-nowhere winning streak to eight games (and his record to 9-1 and ERA to 1.85) with a complete-game shuto...

In 2005, zero major league baseball pitchers threw no-hitters. Since then -- including Wednesday night's perfect game from Matt Cain -- 22 no-hitters have been thrown. We won't speculate as to why -- better pitching, lesser hitting, statistical...