Twelve years later, baseball commissioner Bud Selig still is examining Pete Rose's application for reinstatement. The career hits leader agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball in 1989 after an investigation concluded he bet on the Cincinnati Reds to win while he was manager of the team. Rose applied for reinstatement ...

Ryan Zimmerman has swiftly extended his hitting streak to 30 games, getting a first-inning single in the Washington Nationals' game against the San Francisco Giants. Zimmerman matched George Brett's 30-game streak in 1980 for the longest by a third baseman since Pete Rose's 44-game streak ...

‘Four Horsemen’ ride again A big year for blackjack started when Roger Baldwin, Wilbert Cantey, Herbert Maisel and James McDermott — known by blackjack insiders as the “Four Horsemen” — were inducted into the Blackjack Hall of Fame at Max Rubin’s 12th ...