Down on the field, Cal Ripken Jr. placed his hand over his heart in unspoken affection for the fans. When he raised his eyes, moist with tears, he saw his father offer him a simple thumbs-up sign.

On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. broke one of the most ... He did it by just showing up. Today, the 62-year-old Ripken uses his Iron Man streak—which ended three years later after 2,632 ...

longtime Orioles coach Cal Ripken Sr., with helping provide motivation throughout the streak. The elder Ripken was all about being a gamer and showing up every day for teammates, and Ripken Jr ...

An endangered African penguin chick hatched at the Maryland Zoo has a big name to live up to ... penguin has been dubbed Ripken after Baltimore Orioles baseball star Cal Ripken Jr., the zoo ...

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Which is ridiculous. The cheers wouldn’t stop, no matter how many curtain calls Ripken took or how many fireworks blew up. So, the O’s pushed Cal out of the dugout to take a lap with history.

KALAMAZOO, MI — When it comes to building a roster, it’s not common to see two Hall of Fame shortstops on the same team. But for Kalamazoo native Derek Jeter, when it came time to give back to ...

It’s the way Cal and Kelly Ripken, Ryan’s mother, allowed their kids to grow through their sports and activities. “My family would have loved me if I'd never ever picked up a baseball once ...

Alex Rodriguez’s classy gesture toward baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. didn’t quite ... “Derek [Jeter] and I looked up, admiring, [Ripken’s] the reason I was able to play short, being ...

Not his teachers. Not even his dad, Cal Ripken Sr., who was a coach with the Baltimore Orioles. "The other thing they would do is the older players would sneak up behind you and slap you on the ...