By David Waldstein When Jeff Maier caught Derek Jeter’s home-run ball in the 1996 playoffs — actually pulling a fly ball over the wall...

By Andrew Keh NEW YORK — Every now and then, someone will wander into the parking lot of the sprawling apartment complex in Brooklyn...

By Stuart Miller Yellow felt and a rubber core. A tennis ball seems so simple. But reality is more complicated, at least on the pro tours...

By Scott Miller The story seems like something from a fairy tale. A bashful, portly teenager from a tiny speck of a town in Mexico, the...

By David Waldstein It was one of the best days that Brian Cashman had growing up. He was in sunny Florida, surrounded by his childhood...

By David Waldstein Masa Kawai wore his faded New York Yankees cap last Wednesday as he served customers at the Japanese doughnut shop he...

By Jayson Stark / The Athletic They play a World Series every year. But a World Series like this one comes around about as often as...

By Richard Sandomir Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born, left-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers who enthralled baseball fans...