Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons in the 11th round in New York to win the world heavyweight title. Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates becomes the first player in modern baseball to get ...

Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball’s career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland’s Jim Bagby in the third inning. 1944 — Joe Nuxhall, at 15 years, 10 months and 11 days, ...

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner will be inducted into the Hall ... New York Mets, Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves during his 16-year career, was one of the most dominant relief ...

Kimbrel returned to the Braves, the club he spent his first five major-league seasons with, for Friday's game against the ...

2014 — Rafael Nadal wins the French Open title for the ninth time, and the fifth time in a row, by beating Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal improves his record at Roland Garros to 66-1.

Astros blank the Mets. Thanks to a masterpiece from starter Don Wilson, the Astros blank the New York Mets 1-0. The only run ...

Former Braves closer Craig Kimbrel came on in the seventh inning for Atlanta on his first day back with the franchise.