Baseball

IN THE CENTURY SINCE IT WAS COMMISSIONED, FENWAY PARK HAS BECOME A PLACE OF HISTORY AND HEART, A PUBLIC SQUARE WHERE YESTERDAYS, TODAYS AND TOMORROWS ALL MEET

1912 IN the first World Series game at Fenway, on Oct. 9, the Red Sox pit southpaw Ray Collins against New York Giants ace righty Christy Mathewson. The game ends 6--6.

BASEBALL CONNECTS TO THE PAST LIKE NO OTHER SPORT, AND FEW PLACES PROVIDE a richer connection than the old ball field at 4 Yawkey Way in Boston. In some sense Fenway Park is baseball ... and baseball is Fenway Park.

JaMarcus Russell needs to understand that he'll never be successful in anything if he doesn't learn how to take responsibility for his actions. If he wants to play in the NFL, he should be working out and selling...

The kidnapping of Wilson Ramos points up the dangers players face in Venezuela