Tragedy is no stranger to the sports world as fans have mourned the deaths of many players and coaches in plane and ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Police say someone abandoned a car after crashing it on St. Paul Street, a block away from Roberto Clemente School No. 8. Officers got reports of the crash around 11: ...

As a teenager, Jim Bark would wait outside the visiting teams clubhouse at County Stadium in Milwaukee hoping to get an autograph from some of his favorite baseball players. The Racine, Wisconsin ...

He died on New Year's Eve 1972 in a plane crash as he was on a humanitarian mission to Nicaragua. He was 38 years old. Roberto Clemente Day is celebrated in the MLB every September 15. Players of ...

On New Year’s Eve in 2000, Barbara Rapp found the camera under the Roberto Clemente Bridge. After developing the pictures, she was eager to connect with the people who took them. “When I saw ...

General Robinson St. Fifty years ago today, Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente laced a double ... he died in a plane crash while trying to deliver humanitarian aid to earthquake victims ...

A lot of athletes do wonderful things – but they don't die doing it," says former teammate Steve Blass about Roberto Clemente on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Playing in an era dominated ...

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder and 15-time MLB All-Star Roberto Clemente was killed in a plane crash on Dec. 31, 1972, on his way to deliver supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. The plane ...