Leon Day

BASKETBALL: Naismith Memorial George Hepbron, Still Pond // A friend of the game's inventor, James Naismith, Hepbron is credited with writing the first book about basketball (How to Play Basketball), as well as creating interpretations of many of the...

Leon Day October 30, 1916 - March 13, 1995 Born in Alexandria, Va., on October 30, 1916, Leon Day was the second youngest of six children. The family came to Baltimore shortly after his birth. His father, Ellis Day, got a job at a glass factory in...

Everybody, it seems, has a Buck O'Neil story today. My story is this: I never got the chance to meet him. I wish, and will wish every day for the rest of my life, that I had. The Ravens play in Kansas City in December, and I was going to try to squeeze...

(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...

Jose Mendez wasn't concerned with pitching on short rest. Although he had already made three relief appearances, this was the final game of the World Series and his team needed an arm it could trust. As player-coach, Mendez declared himself the starter....

While you may be coming to Maryland to earn your fame and fortune, the majority of the Free State natives listed below took their talents elsewhere. The exceptions are marked with asterisks. Actors/actresses Bess Armstrong, John Astin, John Wilkes Booth,...

There was no good news for Earl Weaver on the 18th green at the Bonaventure Country Club yesterday. A 15-foot birdie putt made Weaver and his partner go deeper into their pockets -- and then the former Orioles manager found out he did not make the Hall...