The year in review: Influential people who have died in 2026 Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse L The Independent UK · Mar 3
Baseball Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski, known for walk-off home run in 1960 World Series, dies at 89 Bill Mazeroski, the Hall of Fame second baseman who won eight Gold Glove awards for his steady work in the field and the hearts of countless Pittsburgh Pirates fans for his historic walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, has died at the age of 89 The Independent UK · Feb 21
Bill Mazeroski, Pirates' World Series Hero, Dies at 89 Mazeroski's World Series-winning home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series is forever a part of baseball lore. Sports Illustrated · Feb 21
World Series MVP Award Winners History: Full List A look at the full history of the World Series MVP award. Sports Illustrated · Oct 22, 2024
Pirates star Dick Groat, who also played in NBA, dies at 92 A wiry shortstop with a slick glove and a lightning-quick guard with a lethal set shot, Groat was a star on the baseball diamond and the basketball court in the 1950s. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 27, 2023
Bradenton, the Pirates' Florida hub, has been defined by a century of baseball When what was formerly known as Bradenton's City Park opened in 1923, Major League Baseball's commissioner at the time, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, arrived for pregame festivities on a biplane piloted by a Manatee County official. Tribune News Service · Feb 13, 2023
SI:AM | It’s a Make-or-Break Week in College Football There are six games on the schedule in which both teams are ranked in the AP Top 25. In four of those games, both teams are undefeated. Sports Illustrated · Oct 14, 2022
Jackie Robinson’s legacy: ‘He changed a country,’ and is still relevant 75 years later PHILADELPHIA — When Jackie Robinson stepped out on to Ebbets Field in 1947 in the alabaster Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, “American apartheid flashed into view like wicked lightning,” in the words of author Roger Kahn. A tempest of change had arrived and its impact would be felt across America extending way… The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 15, 2022