John Franco

John Franco and Mr. Met will be making appearances at area stores later that day to promote a two-day special Mets single-game ticket pre-sale. Franco can talk about the players in spring training and his prognosis for the Mets upcoming season, his...

HERSHEY, Pa. - Holding a five-pound Hershey's chocolate bar firmly in his left hand, Lancaster Catholic junior Roman Clay outlined the Crusaders' set of goals for the season. "We wanted to win our non-league games; win our section; win Districts; win the...

The All-State teams are announced and Central Dauphin cleans up in AAAA. Fifth-year coach Glen McNamee and junior running back Zayd Issah take top coach and top player awards, respectively, in Class AAAA -- a nice way to top off a historic December that...

It's time for the Orioles to conduct their annual midsummer auction of veteran talent. That's how they got rid of Mike Flanagan in the first place. They'd be crazy -- and heartless -- to do it again. Flanagan, 39, already is drawing serious interest in...

— Into the gloom the Yankees players walked, trying to make as quiet and solemn an entrance as they could. They had stopped to visit and offer encouragement to the volunteer workers at the Javits Center, and it seemed comfortable. Now, they were...

Hepatitis C is a disease caused by a virus that infects the liver - eventually causing cancer or liver failure. About 4 million Americans have hepatitis C and if you thought that number was scary - 75% of them don't even know they have it. Former New York...

TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...

Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven became Hall of Famers on Wednesday, the two-time World Series champions easily elected after narrow misses last season. Sluggers Rafael Palmeiro, Mark McGwire, Jeff Bagwell and Juan Gonzalez came nowhere close. Hall...

It wasn't a major-league baseball game. It wasn't even a major-league baseball exhibition game. But Sunday will go down in history as the day Citi Field opened to paying customers as St. John's faced Georgetown in a college baseball game. The Mets' new...

Cal Ripken's first major-league hit came against Dennis Lamp of the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 16, 1981. His last hit came against Frank Castillo of the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Oct. 5, 2001. Ripken finished his career with 3,184...

Home runs 500 Sammy Sosa could make it with his first swing. Rafael Palmeiro is on deck, while Fred McGriff and Ken Griffey Jr. are well within range. Sosa heads into Opening Day at Shea Stadium with 499 home runs, followed by Palmeiro at 490, McGriff at...

The 2003 salaries for the 827 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses and...