Latest by John Kekis

Published on July 25, 2022 - Page 9
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — David Ortiz promised to speak from the heart. As usual, Big Papi delivered. His megawatt smile tinged with a tad of emotion,...
Published on July 23, 2022 - Page 11
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Six months after he got one of the most amazing phone calls in sports, David Ortiz is still awestruck at his good fortune. The...
Published on September 9, 2021 - Page 11
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Derek Jeter was simply Derek Jeter on his special day — smooth as silk. On a Wednesday afternoon that turned cloudy with the...
Published on August 9, 2021 - Page 11
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Kyle Larson took another step toward a regular-season NASCAR Cup title. Chase Elliott lamented a race that he let get away....
Published on December 13, 2020 - Page 19
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Singing the alma mater second never felt quite like this for Army. These Black Knights accomplished something never before done...
Published on April 30, 2020 - Page 14
Derek Jeter, Larry Walker and the rest of this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame class will have to wait another year for their big moment at Cooperstown...
Published on October 4, 2019 - Page 9
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Debbie Osborne eased into a seat inside Herb Brooks Arena and stared out at her 17-year-old daughter, Kayle, as a hockey game...
Published on August 5, 2019 - Page 11
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Make it two in a row for Chase Elliott at Watkins Glen International. A year after racing to his first career NASCAR Cup...
Published on August 4, 2019 - Page 19
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. —Chase Elliott is back at Watkins Glen International where he won for the first time at NASCAR's top level. Rest assured that last...
Published on July 19, 2019 - Page 11
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — It never changed for Mariano Rivera — from his childhood in the fishing village of Puerto Caimito in Panama to the pitcher’s...