Writing a compelling biography of a famous major league baseball player from Puerto Rico who died at age 38 in an airplane crash while transporting relief items to Nicaraguan earthquake victims is ...

Washington Post associate editor David Mananiss talks about his biography "Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero" and Roberto Clemente's career as a baseball player. Finally tonight, ...

Good morning and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m novelist and punk historian Jim Ruland, and this week we’re celebrating America’s pastime. We’re currently midway through the MLB ...

Clayton Kershaw is going to have a book published on Tuesday. It is a biography of his career and life written by Andy McCullough, who also functions as a senior writer for The Athletic. The legendary ...

MAUREEN CAVANAUGH: This is KPBS Midday Edition, I am Maureen Cavanaugh. San Diego can claim baseball legend Ted Williams as a native son, but his great days as the splendid splinter took lace in ...

It’s difficult to think of a better way to greet the return of baseball after its long annual hibernation than by recalling and celebrating the brief but incandescent career of Mark Steven Fidrych, or ...

If Jackie Robinson opened the door to pro baseball for African-Americans, Willie Mays made sure the door stayed open. Biographer James S. Hirsch believes Mays hasn't gotten his due. Mays didn't look ...

Ten years ago, Major League Baseball recognized the 50-year anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s dismantling of the color line with elaborate celebrations at the nation’s ballparks, highlighted by ...