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Goose Gossage: Thurman Munson doesn't take a back seat to any HOF catcher, Johnny Bench included
The Repository via Yahoo Sports· 9 months agoCANTON − Rich "Goose" Gossage and Tommy John will never forget Yankee captain Thurman Munson, even...
The Monday After: Hall of Famer 'Goose' Gossage to speak at Thurman Munson Scholarship event
The Repository via Yahoo News· 10 months ago"People ask me who the best catcher I ever threw to was and it was Thurman Munson, hands down. He...
Stark, actually: Who left a bat at Thurman Munson's Jackson Township gravesite?
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWHAT: A now-weathered wooden baseball bat is among mementoes left at the gravesite of Thurman...
The Monday After: Baseball great Tommy John to speak at Stearn Center dinner
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"I told Dr. (Frank) Jobe that if he did his job, I'd do mine," recalled former major league baseball...
The Monday After: Breaking into the 'big leagues'
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"It's Munson All Alone!" The issue of The Canton Repository for Feb. 18, 1969, carried that headline over a photograph gracing the sports front of the newspaper that day. The image was of a ...
LeRoy Butler's warning to Bowden: 'You'll see a lot of men outside the 7-11. Don't stop.'
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBobby Bowden would have been LeRoy Butler'sPro Football Hall of Fame presenter, had he lived to do...
Royals legend George Brett recalls how Yankees star protected him during famous brawl
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe documentary “Brett” airs Thursday night, and includes a story about the Royals-Yankees fight...
Kentucky football: Five things to know about the Akron Zips
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFive things to know about the Akron Zips, Kentucky football’s opponent Saturday night at 7:30 at...
'Today’s money is a whole lot better': Galesburg MLB Draft picks reflect on first contracts
The Register-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMajor League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft wrapped up Tuesday. And no Galesburg High School graduate has been taken in it since 2018 when Cody Hawthorne, a left-handed pitcher, was selected ...