Baseball player Bill Buckner, known for his career as a first baseman, died Monday after a battle with Lewy Body Dementia. He was 69. “Bill fought with courage and grit as he did all things in ...

Editor's note: This column appears in the Oct. 14 issue of ESPN The Magazine. When Bill Buckner and Mookie Wilson started signing baseball items together, I nearly threw up in my mouth.

In honor of Friday's home opener at Wrigley Field, let's find out how much you bleed Cubbie blue. I've put together a quiz that goes beyond just the players and their accomplishments on the field.

Jared Diamond is a sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal based in New York. He joined the Journal's sports department ...

After Johnny Pesky and Ed Armbrister and Bill Buckner, how does it feel? After the crushing Game 7 losses in 1946, 1967, 1975 and 1986, after the final bitter disappointments in 1949 and 1978 and ...