GALA HONORING HANK AARON IN NEW YORK
Hank Aaron posing for photographers at The One Hundred Black Men, Inc Gala honoring Hank Aaron, Janet Jackson, Dr Johnnetta Cole and Willie E Gary on November 11, 2004 at The New York Hilton. (UPI Photo/Robin Platzer)
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MILWAUKEE, April 4 (UPI) -- Two Milwaukee Braves baseballs -- one signed by Hank Aaron -- were returned to their original owner after 50 years, their finder says.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Former major league player and manager Bobby Bragan has died at his home in Fort Worth, officials said. He was 92.
ATLANTA, July 17 (UPI) -- The Atlanta Braves retired the uniform No. 31 of four-time Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux prior to Friday night's meeting with the New York Mets.
WASHINGTON, May 28 (UPI) -- A group of 30 Major League players has been recruited to help save Major League Baseball's annual hall of fame contest.
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VIENNA, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- As a child I was fascinated by sport heroes. There was baseball’s Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron; track and field’s Wilma Rudolph; soccer’s Pele; swimming’s Mark Spitz and the incomparable all-round athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Other athletes also held the mantle high. But today, from U.S. baseball to international biking -- and even tennis -- greed, dishonor and arrogance are the new credo.
NEWPORK NEWS, Va., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick wrote a letter seeking leniency from a judge before he was sentenced on dogfighting charges.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The City of San Francisco announced plans to honor San Francisco Giants home run king Barry Bonds on Aug. 24.
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