Three decades have done nothing to dim the exhilaration Jim Abbott felt when the final out of his no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians was recorded on that overcast, drizzly late-summer afternoon ...

Jim Abbott is 57 years old now and hasn’t thrown a pitch in a quarter-century, but on this day his voice slightly quivers, realizing the impact he has made in not only baseball, but this world. Once ...

Former New York Yankees starting pitcher Jim Abbott was back at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night, throwing out the ceremonial pitch before the series opener between the Yankees and Seattle Mariners.

NEW YORK — I like the idea, in this Instagram age of carefully curated self-promotion, of sports documentaries like “Southpaw – the Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott.” It’s refreshing to see a film that’s ...

All Jim Abbott ever wanted was to be viewed like any other baseball player. Instead, the Flint native, who was born without a right hand, became an icon for others faced with the same disability.

Mike Farrell is 40 and grew up near Toronto, a combination that made the Blue Jays’ back-to-back World Series championships of 1992 and ’93 a foundational sports experience. It also made him “a bit of ...

While Jim Abbott would go on to have a decorated MLB career, the former Michigan baseball star could've played under Bo Schembechler.

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