The summit of sport? Bottom of the ninth, of course

And now it begins: Should Gordon have gone for home? The argument will never end. Nor, we should hope, will the excitement of World Series baseball.

Israeli Exodus Numero II: Fanciful answer? Too bad we can’t ask Sammy

"Travelers along the Mediterranean-to-Jerusalem corridor could stop, drop a quarter in a telescope and watch the Arabs fighting each other. That show would go on forever, because that’s what Arabs do: fight each other. Back in Baja's garden of Eban, it would be almost Biblical."

‘Doc, I got a tick.’

Health care, college-style.

How Cronkite learned about the death in Dallas

How the news of JFK's murder first got to the world's radio and television stations.

Remembering my laughing Cousin Bev

The best audience any kid could ever hope for has moved on down the road, no doubt laughing all the way.

To my friends: Thanks for a helluva party!

Yesterday, though, we had a big party here at the Cholla Ridge Ranch. Lots of old friends dropped by.

I’d rather be passed out than passed on, or, call me anything you’d like, but don’t call me Home

If you're old enough to read obituaries, you're also old enough to consider this. Quick! Before it's too late!

Car racing? You don’t get it? Well…

You don't understand the attraction to car racing? Maybe Larry Phillips can explain it. If not, well...

Chauvinism, R.I.P. Forty years and counting

The day Bobby beat Margaret and male chauvinism was the loser.

A day the Secret Service was Out of Service

& I think it's about time for me to tell this story. It's been 41 years since it happened, but all this fol-de-rol about the President's bodyguards cavorting in Cartegena with some money-grubbing hookers has got me thinking about it again. This doesn't have anything to do with prostitutes. But it does have to do …