Alan Robinson's Substack

News, quotes and anecdotes - and lots of interesting stories - from six decades of sportswriting

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You'll Never Guess Where Babe Ruth Hit His Final (Three) Home Runs

Babe Ruth's 714th Home Run Was One of the Longest Ever in ... Forbes Field?

Jun 8 • Alan Robinson

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No matter how good Paul Skenes becomes, he'll never pitch the greatest game in Pittsburgh Pirates history. He'll never match Harvey Haddix.

67 years ago, the unassuming Haddix pitched the greatest game in Major League Baseball history -- and lost

May 23 • Alan Robinson

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Every game, every night, every season. It's all because of a visionary club owner's idea 50 years ago

Until the Braves imaginatively decided to uplink their games to satellite, there was very little baseball on TV in many cities

May 14 • Alan Robinson

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No million-dollar deals, no private jets. Pro athletes were once like you and me ... except we had clean socks

Before strong unions, even big-name MLB, NBA and NFL stars dealt with awful schedules, low wages and off-season jobs

May 6 • Alan Robinson

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West Virginia had a hard time saying goodbye to Jerry West in 1960. The NBA soon found out why.

The Logo's tremendous but tortured career the subject of new Prime Video documentary

Apr 17 • Alan Robinson

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In early 1960s, the Road to the Final Four ran through ... Wheeling, W.Va.? Thanks to TV executive George Diab, it did

One of early voices of college basketball TV was an uncredited visionary

Apr 3 • Alan Robinson

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30 years ago, Kobe Bryant looked nothing like future NBA superstar in his final high school game

Clippers, Celtics proved easier to dominate than Cathedral Prep's determined Ramblers

Mar 26 • Alan Robinson

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Wham, Bam! Adebayo's big night illustrates why Wilt Chamberlain was the NBA's greatest player ever

Sixty-four years later, nobody has come close to matching Wilt's incredible 100-point night, and it's likely no one ever will

Mar 12 • Alan Robinson

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Alan Robinson's Substack

News, quotes and anecdotes - and lots of interesting stories - from six decades of sportswriting