Rod Nichols, a former Major League pitcher and respected coach who earned three World Series rings over his baseball career, has died at the age of 60.  He passed away on May 14, and his funeral is scheduled for May 30 in Montana, where he had been living with his family in retirement. Nichols was born in Iowa but grew ...

Bob Welch, a former Cy Young Award winner and the last Major League pitcher to win at least 25 games in a season, died Monday night of a heart attack at the age of 57. Welch, a two-time All-Star who posted a 27-6 record as the Cy Young Award winner on the Athletics’ 1990 American League championship team, died in ...