Bob Veale, a Birmingham native who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox in the 1960s and 1970s, is shown outside Rickwood Field in Birmingham in 2003. Veale died this week at age 89. ...

The sophomore emerged as one of the top playmakers in the Coastal Empire as he earned All-Region 1-5A first-team honors.

The 2024-25 Coastal Empire High School Sports Awards are back with a live event this spring. In 2024, some former event ...

Longtime Pirates broadcaster Bob Prince had a nickname for Bob Veale’s fastball: a “radio ball.” Why did it get that moniker?

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Bob Veale, who holds the Pittsburgh Pirates’ single-season strikeout record for a pitcher in baseball’s Modern Era, has died.

A 6-foot-6 strikeout king, he was a star of the Pittsburgh rotation who left batters wary of both his fastball and his ...

After attending Catholic grade and high schools in Kankakee, Mark attended Benedictine College in Naperville ... also very passionate about golf and baseball, the two sports he grew to love ...

A former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who had great success with the franchise recently died. Bob Veale, a left-handed pitcher, who pitched for the ...

Former left-handed pitcher Bob Veale, who played parts of 11 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was a member of its 1971 ...