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A California jury returned a guilty verdict today on three counts of second-degree murder in the death of Los Angeles Angels rookie pitcher, Nick Adenhart and two others in April, 2009. Gallo was charged and convicted of the more serious second-degree murder charges rather than manslaughter because he has a previous DUI conviction and was known to understand the specific dangers of drinking and driving from his own experience. Prosecutor Susan Price noted to the jurors that Gallo had been repeatedly warned by family, friends and court officials about the dangers of drinking and driving. However, his continued need to party and arrogance ...

In 1960, Gene Autry, already famous as a singing cowboy, decided to travel to the Major League Baseball expansion meetings to see if he could find a baseball team to broadcast on his radio station. He walked away with an actual team instead.Fifty years later, that same team, the Los Angeles Angels, are planning a year-long bash to commemorate their 50th birthday. The Angels will unveil their plans this Friday, and they are going all out. The year long celebration salutes loyal Halos fans and remembers former Angels players. During the season, 81 former Angels players will throw out the ...

Florida Marlins president David Samson has no shortage of critics these days in Miami-Dade County. He can thank Deadspin.com for his troubles. On Monday, August 23, Deadspin.com obtained the financial records of the Marlins covering the 2008-09 seasons, and the fallout was not pretty. When the Marlins approached Miami-Dade County officials for financial help in constructing a new baseball facility, they contended that the Marlins only break even financially year after year, the centerpiece argument for obtaining local government funding. In fact, documents show the Marlins could have covered a substantial amount of the new stadium’s construction themselves and still turned an annual ...

The sport of Major League Baseball has seen its share of gambling controversies, most notably, the scandal surrounding the 1919 World Series and the Chicago White Sox, famously known as the Black Sox Scandal. However, not one scandal gained more notoriety than the allegations levied against Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader, Pete Rose. On August 23, 1989, through an agreement reached with then baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, Pete Rose voluntarily accepted a lifetime suspension from the game of baseball. Rose, at the time the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, had been reported to have been betting on baseball, and more specifically games ...

Little League Baseball, originally founded in 1939 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, organized the first ever Little League World Series tournament on August 21, 1947. Originally called the National Little League Tournament, the Little League World Series (LLWS) was restricted to teams from the United States until the mid-1950's, when international teams were allowed to compete as well. The first team to win the Little League World Series was an all-star team from the home site in Williamsport, PA, which has been home to the LLWS since its inception. The local nine defeated an all-star team from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 16-7. Since the early days of ...

When network sports television began airing back in the mid-to-late 1940's, it was a medium totally dominated by men. The very idea of a woman being included with relation to even talking about sports on TV was considered ludicrous at the time.For almost three decades, this trend continued, and it wasn't until 1975 that a female had a prominent role in network sports broadcasting.Since then, literally hundreds of women have graced the network airwaves, with varied success. Some were viewed as mere "eye candy", while others garnered awards and critical success.Here is a list of twelve women who helped blaze the way for ...