SAN DIEGO – As a sophomore at Jefferson High School in Tampa, Fred McGriff was cut from the baseball team. Undeterred, he earned a spot on the squad the next year after a growth spurt, later became a ninth-round pick of the New York Yankees in the 1981 draft, blossomed […]
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Australian Sport Hall of Fame
Cricket great Shane Warne and champion runner Ron Clarke have been elevated in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Warne, who died earlier this year and Clarke, who died in 2015, have been given “legend” status, the Hall of Fame announced tonight. Warne was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall […]
Barry Bonds is deserving of a Hall of Fame exemption
Barry BondsImage: Getty Images At best, it’s a crapshoot. On Sunday, there’s a vote by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee. And there’s a chance it can do what the BBWAA failed to do: Put MLB’s all-time home run king in Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are […]