“Newk.” That’s all you needed to hear. Everyone knew who that was. Like everyone who lives in Boca Raton, FL, says they live in Boca, never Boca Raton, no one who followed baseball in the ‘50s ever ...

*(Via ESPN) – Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitching great Don Newcombe has died after a lengthy illness, the team announced Tuesday. He was 92. “Don Newcombe’s presence and life established him as a ...

LOS ANGELES -- Don Newcombe, baseball's first player to win rookie of the year, most valuable player and the Cy Young Award, has been released from a hospital two days after becoming ill at Dodger ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers will honor pitching great Don Newcombe by adding a commemorative No. 36 patch to their uniforms this season. Newcombe died Tuesday at 92. The team said Thursday ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Dodgers legend Don Newcombe collapsed on Tuesday after a news conference introducing Dave Roberts as the new Dodgers manager. Paramedics were ...

On May 2, 1995, Hideo Nomo made his MLB debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers and became the first Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball. Nomo threw five scoreless innings against the San ...

Don Newcombe, the major leagues’ first outstanding black pitcher and a star for the Brooklyn Dodgers in their glory years, the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 92. R Richard Goldstein Follow The Dodgers ...