Ted Keith

U.S. Ski & Snowboard and X Games today announced the creation of The Winter X Games Series. Two World Cup events, the twice-annual Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and the Visa Big Air -- both of which include freeskiing and snowboard -- will work in concert with the X Games...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Gerald Watkins looked out at an empty Rickwood Field and smiled. The man responsible for pitching America’s oldest ballpark to MLB officials three years ago had been working long hours for weeks in the run-up to the game, and though the game had...

Dear Granddaddy, You would have loved this. Not just the baseball, though you would have loved that most of all. Giants versus Cardinals! An actual Major League Baseball regular-season game in your home state! “Not now, there’s a ballgame on,” you’d...

In the summer of 2021, MLB executives Jeremiah Yokult and Rob Field visited Rickwood Field for the first time. “We both walked in and we looked at each other and said, we’ve got to play here,” said Yokult, MLB’s VP for global...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Last week, Colossal Media began painting a mural of an illustration by artist Chuck Styles depicting Birmingham native and Baseball HOFer  Willie Mays on the side of a building at 1827 1st Ave N in Birmingham. The mural was...

Every so often, Dave Checketts will want to relive what he calls “the most exciting time ever” of his remarkable professional life. Even for a man who was president of the Utah Jazz; owner of Real Salt Lake and the St. Louis Blues; and CEO of Legends...

The Houston Texans aren’t the only NFL team getting some new threads this season. Here is a look at three others, along with the most notable new element: Denver Broncos The franchise’s first major uniform...

The Broncos unveiled their first major uniform change since 1997 today, debuting the Mile High Collection in partnership with Nike. The team’s primary colors of orange, white and navy remain intact, but the most notable touches, according to team President Damani Leech , might be the...

For many years, there has been in the broadcast control room at CBS Sports a red, old-fashioned princess telephone — handheld, corded, a true reminder of a simpler time in the media world. For just as long, only one person has had the number to that phone: Sean...

It was only hours before the start of the 1974 season, and it was clear the New York Yankees weren’t quite where they belonged. A gut renovation project at the House That Ruth Built had pushed the Bronx Bombers to Queens as tenants of the...