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Mariano Rivera poses with his wife, Clara, and sons Jaziel (left) and Jafet after announcing his plans to retire at the end of this season.

Carried by faith: Mariano Rivera’s final season

Sports |  The greatest relief pitcher in baseball history will hang up his cleats at the end of the 2013 season. In a press conference Saturday morning, Mariano Rivera,

Kirby Puckett celebrates after hitting an 11th-inning, game-winning home run against the Atlanta Braves in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series.

Heroes may die, but their memories live on

Sports |  Four dollars and a four-block walk. That’s all it took for me to go a Minnesota Twins baseball game growing up. I’d buy a general admission ticket to the…

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Hot Curry

Sports |  The Warriors’ emerging superstar is part of a resurgence of authentic Christian faith in the NBA

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona

The case against changing sports rules to increase safety

Sports |  Yesterday I reported St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny’s view that home-plate collisions should be banned, and Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski‘s…

St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny

Change baseball and basketball rules to protect players

Sports |  Mike Matheny believes he may have suffered more than 25 concussions during his 13 seasons as a catcher. Symptoms from those concussions—fatigue, memory…

Matt Birk

Two retirements: Super Bowl winner, 101-year-old marathon runner

Sports |  While Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis marched loudly toward retirement with all the attention befitting a superstar, one of his teammates quietly hung…

Minnesota Twins catcher Chris Herrmann works out during spring training in Fort Myers, Fla.

Good lessons learned from a bad baseball team

Sports |  Before I was 10-years-old, the Minnesota Twins won two World Series. For a boy growing up four blocks from their stadium, this was idyllic. But in the mid…

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Money for nothing much

Sports |  For baseball’s best, high salaries have often yielded poor production

Tebow throws in the towel

Tebow throws in the towel

Sports |  In an attempt to avoid controversy, New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has backed out of a scheduled appearance at First Baptist Church in Dallas later this…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott

Midday Roundup: Obamacare backing, Chinese hacking, fast food snacking

Newsworthy |  Florida to expand Medicaid after all: Florida Gov. Rick Scott reversed course yesterday on Obamacare, announcing his state will expand Medicaid to 1.3 million…

Pistorius starts the men's 400-meter semifinal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Another athlete tumbles from grace

Sports |  Double-amputee Olympian and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius won’t be running in any of his upcoming scheduled races after being charged with the shooting death…

Bill McKibben (center) leads yesterday's march.

Signs and Wonders: Climate change, sexually transmitted diseases, NASCAR, and Benny Hinn

Newsworthy |  Climate change. Ironies abounded yesterday as a crowd estimated at about 30,000 marched on Washington to protest global warming. Irony No. 1: It was one of…

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