There may not be much future for the kind of sports column I did.

There is no sports event like Opening Day of baseball, the sense of beating back the forces of darkness and the National Football League.

One of the great rules of hockey is: On the Stanley Cup, all germs are healthy.

Here's one thing I never say anymore: These people can't be that stupid, can they?

In August of 1921, one of the great American combinations was unveiled—even better than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This fortuitous new blend was radio and baseball.

Those of us who have tested gravity under a hoop know its mystical properties. Robin Layton, as I would have expected, has turned this staple of Americana into a gorgeous art form.

Baseball is all about stories, many of which are even true.

Every championship, by definition, is historic.

Baseball outfits went through their gaudy period during the disco '70's, when the White Sox looked like softball players and the Athletics looked like 'Saturday Night Fever' personified.

I love hockey because of the respect for history and for the game itself.

I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.

Sometimes the best vacation is simply closing your eyes for several minutes and recalling wonderful memories.

Sometimes, to be silent is to be most eloquent.

I have realized that nothing else matters besides this: Am I doing everything God has put me on this earth to do?

Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be.

If you'll never leave me, I'll never leave you.

50 years old is like springtime to me.

To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

If you're not playing a big enough game, you'll screw up the game you're playing just to give yourself something to do.

I want to love the things as no one has thought to love them.

Change is a threat when done to me, but an opportunity when done by me.