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The first player with Alabama roots picked in Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft in 2023 already has reached the big leagues. A former Florence High School standout, Grant Taylor zipped ...
If he had played baseball only, perhaps every Mike Trout and Bryce Harper that comes along would be compared to Bo Jackson. “You know what,’’ Jackson says, “I still wouldn’t change a thing.
Jackson hugs Kansas City teammate Tom Gordon after a win over the Mariners. 1989 would be Jackson's best year in baseball, as he hit a career-high 32 home runs. Bo Jackson Brad Mangin/SI ...
Bo Jackson turns 61: ... It's been 37 years since Jackson began his pro baseball career following a decorated run at Auburn, both on the diamond as well as on the gridiron.
Baseball has always had superstars, and Bo Jackson was certainly one of them. An injury shortened career kept him from the Hall of Fame, but we all remember.
Bo Jackson’s baseball career really ended on a football field in Los Angeles. He hurt his hip against the Cincinnati Bengals. He did come back and did a few remarkable things after that, ...
Jackson won the Heisman Trophy in 1985 and he was also a standout baseball player for the Tigers. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers used the No. 1 overall pick to select Jackson in the 1986 NFL draft.
Major League Baseball Bo Jackson left a legacy — and a void. The 1989 All-Star Game featured an unmatched collection of Black stars, many of whom excelled in other sports.
Bo Jackson was drafted as the No. 1 overall pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1986 NFL draft, but he turned them down and decided to pursue a career in professional baseball.
Former NFL and MLB star Bo Jackson won $21 million in a civil case against his own family. The legendary two-sport star was awarded the hefty sum after an extortion attempt coordinated by his ...
Bo Jackson helped pay for the funerals of the 21 people killed in the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting in May, the former MLB and NFL star told the Associated Press. His donation was previously anonymous.