Harvey Frommer on Sports

“The Packers themselves beat us in the first half, then the Packers and the Packer myth beat us in the second." - Kansas City defensive tackle Jerry Mays. The scene ...

With the basketball season upon us, with all kinds of news being made, with the college and pro ...

This time of the year all kinds of books focused on the gridiron game make their appearance. Publishers ...

It is Cardinals versus Red Sox one more time in the World Series. The last time they met ...

With the 2013 World Series still ahead of us and lots of anticipation and some angst in the ...

Baseball in October in New York City seemed like it would never come to an end. That is ...

A statue honoring Carl Yazstremski now is part of the environment outside of Fenway Park – and justifiably ...

It is the time of the year when baseball is going down the home stretch, football is coming ...

A statue honoring Carl Yazstremski will soon be part of the environment outside of Fenway Park–and justifiably so. ...

It wasn’t exactly murder at Yankee Stadium this past weekend, but for all intents and purposes it was ...

In the tenth year of the Great Depression, Colonel Jacob Ruppert, was one of the few who prospered ...

A-Rod suspended but still playing. The “House That Ruppert Built” demolished and the new Yankee Stadium built. What ...

This past Hall of Fame weekend that sadly saw the induction of three deceased baseball treasures was a ...

This is the time of year when baseball trade talk is all the rage. Where will Matt Garza ...

All types of sports books with all kinds of approaches are available for your mid-summer reading. Not all ...

The words and phrases are spoken and written day after day, year after year - generally without any ...

The NBA draft is all the rage. Prospects are dissected, measured and weighed, interviewed and analyzed, compared to ...

More and more sports books keep on getting published. Some are like bunts that go foul. Others are ...

The words and phrases are spoken and written day after day, year after year—generally without any wonderment as ...

“Nailed” by Christopher Frankie (Running Press, $25.00, 288 pages) is as its sub-title notes is all about “the ...

The words and phrases are spoken and written day after day, year after year - generally without any ...

The story of Jackie Robinson through those who knew him.

Some commom baseball nicknames and terms as well as the origins of it's use.