A dazzling baseball superstar of surpassing skills, Roberto Clemente (1934-1972) was the first great Latin American player to captivate the major leagues. His life was cut short when his plane, delivering relief supplies to earthquake-devastated...

Longtime Pittsburgh Pirates rightfielder Roberto Clemente is much more than one of the premier major leaguers of his generation. While his statistics and on-field accomplishments earned him election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, equally awe-inspiring...

Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a professional baseball player and a former Major League Baseball right fielder. Clemente was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. On November 14, 1964, he...

Craig Biggio capped his sweat-stained career with one more cherished honor. The longtime Houston Astros star won the 2007 Roberto Clemente Award, given annually to a major league player who combines community service with excellence on the field.Biggio received the trophy Saturday in a ceremony...

Second baseman Freddy Sanchez and the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed Tuesday on an $11 million, two-year contract that includes an option for 2010 that could make the deal worth $18.4 million.Sanchez gets a $300,000 signing bonus, $4 million this year and $6.1 million in 2009. The...

Willie Mays led a nostalgia wave _ and all vote-getters _ Monday in balloting to determine a 50th anniversary Gold Glove team.One week into the season, about 50,000 ballots had been received in what sponsor Rawlings is calling a "summer of glove." Voting to determine...

Florida Marlins pitcher Dontrelle Willis was arrested Friday morning on a drunken driving charge along a Miami Beach street lined with nightclubs.An officer saw the former NL rookie of the year stop his black Bentley in the South Beach neighborhood, get out of the car...