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Marvin Miller's Continued Exclusion From Cooperstown a Travesty

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The biggest travesty in the Hall of Fame was perpetuated again Monday. Marvin Miller, the first director of the players' union, came up one vote shy of being elected into the Hall of Fame by the Expansion Era Committee. All Miller did in his almost two decades at the helm of the union was to...

As 90 Nears, Stan Musial Forever Worthy of Celebration

Even though Stan Musial turns 90 on Sunday, he already has one of his biggest birthday presents: the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was gift-wrapped by the White House this week for the former St. Louis Cardinals slugger. In fact, he will be honored with others early next year by Barack Obama "for (his) especially...

Muhammad Ali Honored by the Stars

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali enters a Los Angeles hotel, where the former heavyweight champion was honored along with baseball icon Hank Aaron and Oscar winning actor Denzel Washington at the...

Hank Aaron 'Saddened' by Legal Troubles of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens

NEW YORK (AP) -- Hank Aaron says he's saddened by news involving Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, both facing trial next spring and accused of lying about using steroids. "I'm just saddened by it," says Aaron, who held baseball's career home run record until Bonds broke it. "I'm not a judge and I'm not a juror and I don't...

Laila Ali: 'I Love Everything About' Muhammad Ali

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Former world champion Muhammad Ali was honored recently at a star-studded, 10th Annual Harold Pump Foundation charity event in Los Angeles, as were actor Denzel Washington and baseball great...

Hank Aaron News From the Web

02/21/12 Baseball on radio, is this heaven? Source: Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg MS ONLY OLD-TIMERS like me will remember the glory days of baseball on radio, when that was the best way to keep up with your favorite teams.
02/16/12 Aaron will be MU's commencement speaker Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee WI Hall of Famer Hank Aaron will be the commencement speaker at Marquette University's spring graduation.
02/15/12 Milo Hamilton, broadcaster who called Hank Aaron's... Source: The Mississippi Press - Pascagoula MS Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Milo Hamilton, who had the memorable call on Henry Aaron's 715th home run, will retire as the radio voice of the Houston Astros after the 2012 season.
02/06/12 Braves unveil another alternate home uniform Source: The Garden Island - Lihu'e HI The Atlanta Braves unveiled a new alternate home uniform Monday that is based on the attire worn when the team moved from Milwaukee in 1966, with Aaron as its biggest star.
02/06/12 Famous Boy Scouts List; Baseball all-time No. 2 home... Source: The Post Chronicle - Denville NJ February 8 is Boy Scouts Day, which marks the founding of the Boy Scouts of America.

Background on Hank Aaron

Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934), nicknamed "Hammer,""Hammerin' Hank," and "Bad Henry," is a retired American baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1954 through 1976. Aaron spent 21 seasons with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves in the National League (NL) before playing for the Milwaukee Brewers of the American League (AL) for the final two years of his career.

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