1939 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees did not play against the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium, ending at 2,130 his streak of consecutive games. Gehrig never played again. Babe Dahlgren took his ...

1975 — Bob Watson of the Houston Astros, sensing baseball history, raced around the bases on Milt May’s home run and crossed the plate at Candlestick Park in time to score major league baseball’s 1 ...

After suffering a debilitating stroke in February, Minnesota musician John Munson got onstage and sang again over the weekend ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The main cause of Gene Hackman’s death was heart disease, but he was also in the advanced stages of ...

Chandler Simpson, called up to the majors last week, hopes to go where no player has gone since Vince Carter in 1987 - steal ...

Tony Oliva and Kent Hrbek had strokes days apart earlier this month. Oliva, who is 86, reportedly had several mini-strokes ...

Most Americans expect higher prices as a result of Trump's tariffs, a new AP-NORC poll finds. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll suggests ...

The Minnesota Twins announced Thursday that former players and now team ambassadors Kent Hrbek and Tony Oliva recently ...

Minnesota Twins legends Kent Hrbek and Tony Oliva both suffered strokes within days of each other earlier in April.

The 86-year-old Oliva spent his entire 15-year career with the Twins. He was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1964 ...

Minnesota Twins legends Tony Oliva and Kent Hrbek are both recovering from recent strokes. The Twins announced Wednesday that ...