New York, June 6 (ANI): Legendary basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has admitted that he had once dreamed of playing baseball.

Washington, May 31 (ANI): In a move that once again raised the hopes of wrestlers all over the world, the sport of wrestling won a reprieve and made the International Olympic Committee (IOC) list for the 2020 Olympics, three months after being dropped from the list.

New York, May 27 (ANI): A sideline reporter for Fox Sports Wisconsin had an on-air scare after a stray baseball came close to cause injury to her.

Washington, April 23 (ANI): Researchers say predicting the winner of a sporting event with accuracy close to that of a statistical computer programme could be possible with proper training.

Washington, Apr. 15 (ANI): Baseball player Jackie Robinson's biopic '42' has emerged as the top grosser at the US box office by raking in 27.3 million dollars, according to the studio estimates on Sunday.

London, Apr.14 (ANI): American rap mogul Jay-Z has reportedly certified himself as a baseball agent with the American Major League Baseball Players' Association.

New York, Mar. 27 (ANI): A brand-new "urinal game system" will allow fans of US' minor league baseball team Lehigh Valley's IronPigs live-stream a video game right from the restroom.

Washington, March 22 (ANI): In a recent study, two researchers have light on why people were willing to forgive then Texas Rangers player Josh Hamilton after an incident in January 2012.

Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): Even though people with high socioeconomic status have always been linked with better health and lower mortality, a new study says that this may not hold true.

Washington, Jan. 31 (ANI): American baseball player R.A. Dickey has teamed with Bombay Teen Challenge (BTC), a Christian organization in Mumbai to stop sex trafficking in India.

Washington, Jan. 30 (ANI): American baseball player Alex Rodriguez, nicknamed as A-Rod, has been allegedly charged with purchasing illegal performance-enhancing drugs (PED) from an anti-ageing clinic in South Florida, along with many other well-known baseball players, over the last four years, a report has claimed.

New York, January 24 (ANI): A baseball bearing the signatures of Babe Ruth and Al Capone, who became symbols of the Jazz Age along with speakeasies and flappers, is up for auction.

New York, January 4 (ANI): Kate Upton and her boyfriend, Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, are still very much together.

London, Dec. 17 (ANI): Charlie Sheen in his drunken stupor reportedly gave away a 1.6 million pound baseball - autographed by legendary Babe Ruth - to fellow actor Zac Efron.

New York, Dec 11(ANI): New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez skipped a series of events and stayed home to sign scores baseball bats and balls to give to kids at the Hank Kline Boys and Girls Club in Coconut Grove on Saturday.

New York, Nov. 17 (ANI): Former WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw was arrested on Thursday, for smashing the windows of her ex-girlfriend's car with a baseball bat, and then firing a shot into her vehicle.

London, Oct 23 (ANI): Alex Rodriguez's recent flirting with a bikini model in the middle of a recent baseball match doesn't seem to have bothered his girlfriend Torrie Wilson, as the couple looked happy and relaxed in each other's company as they went for lunch in Miami on Monday.

London, October 14 (ANI): Kate Upton and Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, who have been rumoured to be dating for a while now, have been officially outed as a couple by the baseball player's grandfather.

New York, Oct 8 (ANI): A new exhibition called 'Baseball Hotties: Studs We Love' at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory in Kentucky features some New York flavour - pinstriped playboys Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.

London, Oct 6 (ANI): Baseball legend Lou Gehrig may not have died from the famous disease that bears his name, a Minnesota lawmaker has claimed.

London, Oct. 5 (ANI): Venezuelan baseball star, Miguel Cabrera has become the first player in 45 years to win Major League Baseball's Triple Crown.

New York, September 17 (ANI): A randy couple was filmed having sex in a stadium bathroom while the Yankees played the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.

Tokyo, Sept 7 (ANI): The famous Japanese cartoon series 'Kyojin no Hoshi' (Star of the Giants) is to be adapted for modern-day India, but will be based around cricket - the country's dominant sport, instead of baseball.

Lahore, Sept. 6 (ANI): Pakistan will take part in the Asian Baseball Championship, scheduled to be held in Taiwan in the last week of November.

Washington, Aug 23(ANI): New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter has slammed sports journalist Skip Bayless for questioning his remarkable season by insinuating that he was using performance-enhancing drugs.