Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

I am the most loyal player money can buy.
(Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, read more

I am the most loyal player money can buy.
(Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and California Angels)

People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make read more

People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make $500,000.

Competitions are for horse, not artist.

Competitions are for horse, not artist.

'Twas Game Six of the Series when out of the sky, Flew Sergio's parachute, a Met banner held high. His read more

'Twas Game Six of the Series when out of the sky, Flew Sergio's parachute, a Met banner held high. His goal was to spur our home team to success, Burst Beantown's balloon claiming Sox were the best.

What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part read more

What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: "Get out of the blocks, run your read more

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: "Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.".

For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to read more

For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to it as he survives transfixed with rapture.

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have read more

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.