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Beyond the walls of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown is rife with stories of triumph and tragedy, dreams and division.

Are you as excited about this weekend's Hall of Fame induction ceremony as Off Base is? Hey, wake up! We're talking to you!

What Tour de France riders do for three weeks is pretty astounding. But what if they couldn't hear? That's the situation for John Klish, a deaf cyclist who will compete at the upcoming Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria (July 26-Aug. 4). Imagine bikin...

There are higher climbs. There are steeper climbs. There are more grueling climbs. But there is no better climb at the Tour de France than the Alpe-d'Huez, writes Jim Caple.

Sure, you can actually pay attention to the rest of the season. That's one option. Or you can find out what's going to happen right now. Off Base has the skinny on the second half.

NEW YORK -- In case you were so upset about the Mariano Rivera eighth-inning controversy that you missed some of the action in the All-Star Game, don't worry. Here's a ranking of each player's performance, based on what they did on the field, rather ...

Too bad they don't give age-group awards in Major League Baseball. If they did, 41-year-old Raul Ibanez would be cornering the market this season.

Jim Caple doesn't want you to be guy on bike who stands out for all the wrong reasons, so here are five rules to follow when wearing bike shorts

Competitive eater Sonya Thomas may be a household name now, but the reigning Nathan's champion traveled a long road from South Korea to find success here.

Our man is shocked -- shocked! -- to find that All-Star Game ballot boxes are being stuffed. This can't be what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they established our democracy.

Is there finally a break in those dark clouds that have been hanging over the Pirates for the last 20 years? Uhhhh, that's a big maybe.

Compelling. Tragic. Inspirational. Disappointing. Jim Caple's list of the Top 100 most significant moments from the Tour de France are all of the above.

The 2013 Cubs are losers again. But do they put their fans through more despair than any other team? It's time for another Misery Index.

Three months from now, how will you have spent your summer vacation? (The solstice is looming large, you know.) Here's one man's Off Base plan.

With Venus Williams withdrawing from Wimbledon, the inevitable question is whether she will play there again. Coming up with an answer could be tough for some, especially if you're Venus herself.

This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the release of "Bull Durham," and Crash, Nuke, Annie and the rest are holding up just fine.