Sparky Anderson was so far ahead of his time as manager of Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine in the 1970s that, like most innovators, he ticked people off. Mostly, Anderson ticked off his pitchers. “Oh, ...

Sparky Anderson, the first major league manager to win a World Series in both the American and National Leagues died today of complications from dementia, according to a statement released Thursday ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Bruce Bochy got his 2,195th career win to break a tie with Sparky Anderson for the sixth most by an MLB manager when the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 1-0 on Thursday night ...

Just last week -- and just before the passing of Artie Wilson -- I mentioned how lucky we are to still have Willie Mays and Bob Feller and Stan Musial and Yogi Berra among us. I should have mentioned ...

Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson died Thursday, one day after it was announced he had been placed in hospice care due to complications from dementia. He was 76 ...

The Detroit Tigers are finally doing the right thing. On Saturday, the team announced during its annual TigerFest that Sparky Anderson's number will be retired and that Tigers players will wear an ...

Sparky Anderson, who from 1970 to 1995 managed the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers, was the “first manager in history to lead a team from each league to a World Championship (Tony LaRussa became ...

As part of former Tigers radio broadcaster Paul Carey's pregame duties, he was to co-host a radio show and interview then-Tigers manager Sparky Anderson. For more than 12 years, Carey and Anderson lit ...

Before the 1970 season, George "Sparky" Anderson was named manager of the Cincinnati Reds. He was just 35. And an unknown commodity. "Sparky Who?" blared the headline in the Cincinnati Post. Anderson, ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) -- Sparky Anderson, the white-haired Hall of Fame manager who directed Cincinnati's Big Red Machine to back-to-back World Series championships and won another one in Detroit ...

DETROIT -- Former Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson has been placed in hospice care at his Thousand Oaks, Calif., home for complications resulting from dementia. Anderson's ...

Reds fans were taken aback when Sparky Anderson showed up in Cincinnati for his first day as a big league manager, an unknown taking over baseball's first professional team. Sparky who? Really? By the ...