Most people run marathons to challenge themselves. Maj. George Kraehe runs them to challenge others.

FILE – This Sept. 20, 2008 file photo shows Chicago Cubs closer Kerry Wood, left, celebrating with relief pitcher Carlos Marmol, center, starting pitcher Ted Lilly, right, and Daryle Ward after the Cubs clinched the NL Central title when they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 in a baseball game in Chicago.

Angels right fielder Torii Hunter, whose son was arrested this week, has been placed on the restricted list, a vehicle that provides more flexibility than the more commonly used disabled list. When the Angels placed outfielder Torii Hunter on baseball's restricted list, it focused attention on a rarely used vehicle available to clubs in the major leagues.

ATLANTA — Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her…

ATLANTA — Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her…

Giants fans are all over the place with opinions on whether the team should sign Tim Lincecum to a contract surpassing $100 million, but imagine the views in Texas on Josh Hamilton . Hamilton has surpassed Matt Kemp as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The real issue with breast-feeding is this: Too few infants who could really benefit from it are getting mom's milk. Sure, Time magazine's cover photo of a woman breast-feeding h…

BALTIMORE – If the Hall of Fame ever comes calling for the last baseball Josh Hamilton hit over the wall on Tuesday…

I first found baseball, or baseball found me, as Jim Bouton might say, back in the early 1980s. Situated as I was in central Indiana, it made perfect sense that I gravitated to the Cincinnati Reds, particularly because they were the only team on local television at the time. I bought into the club when they were hapless losers, oblivious to the glory days that lay just a few years in the past …

As I mentioned in the SNL Sketch Predictor on Friday, athletes generally make the worst SNL hosts. And I'm sorry to report that Eli Manning did not exceed my reasonably low expectations. That said, at least Manning's training and experience as a professional athlete meant that, even as his comedic talent failed … More »