Mark McGwire insists he didn't need to use performance-enhancing drugs to hit 70 home runs, telling Stadium TV in an interview that he would have accomplished that feat without help. As a slugger for ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) Ñ With his last swing of the season, Mark McGwire gave baseball its new magic number Ñ 70. And even he knows he might not be around to see this record broken. The St. Louis slugger ...

1894 — Aqueduct Race Track opens its doors. The building is torn down in 1955 and the new Aqueduct reopens on Sept. 14, 1959. 1947 — Armed, then the world’s leading money-winning thoroughbred, meets ...

ST. LOUIS — Catching Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball made Phil Ozersky a rich man. His advice to the lucky fan who snares Barry Bonds’ 756th: Take the money. ‘‘Do what’s right for you,’’ Ozersky ...

1914 — Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Naps collected his 3,000th hit in the opening game of a doubleheader, a 5-3 win over the New York Yankees at League Park II. Lajoie doubled off of Marty McHale for ...