In his first season with the Yankees, a heated Jim Abbott confronted then-New York Times reporter Jack Curry over an article that labeled the pitcher as something he’d never been called before.

The odds are stacked against anyone who aspires to become a professional athlete. Let’s take America’s most historic sport as an example. Only 9.5% of high school baseball players reach the collegiate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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