Kimbrel returned to the Braves, the club he spent his first five major-league seasons with, for Friday's game against the ...

Former Braves closer Craig Kimbrel came on in the seventh inning for Atlanta on his first day back with the franchise.

The Atlanta Braves called up franchise career saves leader Craig Kimbrel from the minors a day after having their worst blown ...

1921 — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball’s career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland’s Jim Bagby in the third inning. The Indians took the game 8-6.

Georgia Lee Goins (known affectionately as “Jo” to her family) was born on October 8, 1939, in Pineville, Kentucky, to ...

AJ Smith-Shawver allowed only two hits and no earned runs in six strong innings, Nick Allen drove in a run with two hits and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 5-2. Braves outfielder ...

Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons in the 11th round in New York to win the world heavyweight title. Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates becomes the first player in modern baseball to get ...

The Russia-backed Wagner Group says it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists ...

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