Earl Battey

TestedPositive for THG, a designer steroid that has recently come to the attention of antidoping agencies, four members of the Raiders. Defensive tackles Chris Cooper and Dana Stubblefield, center Barret Robbins and...

It was the day after his Minnesota Twins had lost the seventh game of the World Series. Sam Mele was worrying about his wife and their overdue baby during the flight to his home near Boston, but something else was...

Short pitching and shorter defense makes the odds too long

As the Senators last year, the Twins were one of the most improved teams in the league. Now, with the support of their enthusiastic new Minnesota fans, they may do even better

This is baseball as the umpire sees it—the bulky back of a catcher's mitt, a taut grip on the bat, the sudden burst of a humming fast ball. The umpire here, toiling under a hot spring-training sun, was SPORTS...