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Ryne Sandberg, Hall of Fame Second Baseman for the Cubs, Dies at 65  The New York Times Cubs Hall of Famer Sandberg dies at age 65  ESPN Chicago Cubs lose a franchise icon with the death of Ryne Sandberg  Yahoo Sports Chicago Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg dies at 65  Axios Sandberg remembered for excellence with bat, glove  Baseball Hall of Fame Source link

Jul 28, 2025, 09:26 PM ET Ryne Sandberg, the Hall of Fame second baseman who spent all 15 seasons of his playing career with the Chicago Cubs, has died at the age of 65, it was announced Monday. Sandberg, a 10-time All-Star who was the National League MVP in 1984, announced that he had been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer …

EXCLUSIVE: Ella Beatty (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans) is set to play the lead in the fourth installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Monster true-crime franchise for Netflix. She landed the role after an extensive multi-country casting search. Rebecca Hall (Godzilla vs. Kong, The Studio) and Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Das Boot) will also star in the new season, …

Ichiro Suzuki was the king of poking singles into the outfield, but he may have hit it out of the park during his Hall of Fame induction speech on Sunday. Suzuki poked a bit of fun at the Marlins, who signed him to a contract in 2015 and for whom he played three seasons near the end of his storybook …

CC Sabathia earned first-ballot election to the Baseball Hall of Fame this past winter, an honor that seemed to be tearing at the seams midway through his Yankees career. The Sabathia of 2013, ’14, and ’15 posted ERAs above 4.70 each season, and he hadn’t just approached a career crossroads at the age of 34, but seemed to have already …

COOPERSTOWN — Ichiro Suzuki stole the show with his nearly 20-minute speech, delivered in English. Long known to those around him for speaking English well, Ichiro always chose to speak publicly in Japanese, using an interpreter. Now a Hall of Famer, Ichiro chose Sunday to break out a witty speech in front of a crowd of thousands of fans wearing …

Ichiro has a Hall of Fame mind and on off the field. The long-time Seattle Mariner didn’t hold back during his Hall of Fame acceptance speech on Sunday, calling out the lone Baseball Writers’ Association voter who failed to include him on his or her ballot, despite his historic career achievements. “Three‑thousand hits or 262 hits in one season are …

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — If you want someone for your next celebrity roast, Ichiro Suzuki could be your guy. Mixing sneaky humor with heartfelt messages, the first Japanese-born player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame stole the show Sunday in Cooperstown. Morning showers and gloomy skies delayed the ceremonies by an hour, but the moisture gave way …

Bradford DoolittleJul 27, 2025, 06:34 PM ET Close MLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN since 2013 COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player to be enshrined into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, one of five new members of baseball’s hallowed institution. After enduring the …

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