Hall of Fame

Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio were elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday, the first time since 1955 writers selected four players in one year. The Big Unit, Martinez and Smoltz earned induction on their first tries, and Biggio made it on the third attempt after falling two votes shy last year...

There they came flying down the ice again in practice, 88 and 10, Eric Lindros and John LeClair. Standing in his goal crease, Ron Hextall didn’t quite know where the shot was going to come from. If it came from LeClair, that trademarked slapshot from the left wing, he knew it would be tough to stop...

Hall of Fame voters made up for last year's empty slate, electing Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas and Tom Glavine - three stars who've never been connected to performance-enhancing drugs. On a day that turned out to be a celebration of first-timers on the ballot, Craig Biggio missed out on baseball's highest honor by two votes...

Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas were elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Wednesday, while Craig Biggio fell two votes short. Maddux was picked on 555 of 571 ballots by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. His 97...

Although he had a messy exit from Philadelphia in 2010, Donovan McNabb said Monday he intends to retire as an Eagle in September. "I will retire as an Eagle and I look forward to that opportunity and that day," the quarterback told ESPN Radio 97...

Toying with MLB Hall of Fame voting procedures to get more money for more players -- when selling autographs? Say it ain't, so Schmidt. (Crickets.) Really. That's what Mike Schmidt -- arguably the greatest third baseman of all time and, moreover, a guy touted as "SO PHILLY" -- told Sirius XM satellite radio yesterday, when this year's ballot (that includes for the first time notorious 'r

Former Sixer and Temple Hall of Fame center Marc Jackson joins the Sports Bash with Mike Gill and Todd Ranck every Wednesday at 3:05 to talk Sixers basketball! Listen for the best Sixers insight and analysis from CSN Philly post-game analyst Marc Jackson...

Ever since I was young, the voting process for the Baseball Hall of Fame has fascinated me. Writers take so much pride in their ability to shape how the greats of the game will be viewed by future generations. Columns and articles will fade from memory, but the collective power Hall of Fame voters yield on their annual ballot make Cooperstown what it is, and ultimately, what it isn't. Read Mo