Major League Baseball

McGriff reflects on illustrious career: 'Fires can ignite the spark'

At turns funny and sentimental, Fred McGriff formally accepted baseball immortality on Sunday. In his induction speech for ...
Major League Baseball

10 moments that defined Fred McGriff

Fred McGriff did it all over a 19-year MLB career. Whether it was in Toronto, San Diego, his World Series run in Atlanta or ...
Yahoo! Sports

Fred McGriff gets call to Baseball Hall of Fame through special committee vote

The long wait for Baseball Hall of Fame recognition is finally over for Fred McGriff. McGriff was unanimously elected to baseball's Hall of Fame through a vote by the Hall's "Contemporary Era" ...
Yahoo! Sports

DUNCAN: How Fred McGriff became the favorite player of a nerdy kid in Texas

I’d love to tell you the sentimental story about how Fred McGriff became my favorite baseball player when I was a nerdy kid growing up. About how one time he flipped me a baseball during a Blue Jays ...
MLB Rumors

Fred McGriff Elected To Baseball Hall Of Fame

Longtime first baseman Fred McGriff was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the only player elected out of the eight nominees under consideration by the 16-person Era Committee. McGriff was a ...
The New York Times

Fred McGriff is unanimous Hall selection by committee; Dale Murphy falls short again

SAN DIEGO — Just once in 10 years on the writers’ ballot did Fred McGriff get even half of the votes required for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, but his peers and others on the ...
The New York Times

Fred McGriff heads into Hall of Fame 30 years after slugger ‘lit a fire’ under Braves

ATLANTA — Fred McGriff will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, three days after the 30th anniversary of one of the most memorable and bizarre dates in Braves history. July ...
The Source Magazine

Supreme McGriff’s Son Says 50 Cent Owes His Legacy to His Father, Preme

Some things never change. Hood politics for starters. Kenneth McGriff Jr., son of the notorious drug lord Supreme McGriff, recently called out 50 Cent, demanding royalties for his family. The ...
Forbes

Baseball Hall Of Fame Unanimously Rewards Fred McGriff’s 19 Seasons Of Excellence

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., MBA is a contributor who covers baseball. Dec 04, 2022, 09:03pm EST Dec 04, 2022, 09:07pm EST This ...
Newsday

Jamel McGriff, of the Bronx, charged with first-degree murder in deaths of Queens couple, Frank and Maureen Olton, charging documents show

A man with a criminal record was charged with first-degree murder late Thursday night in the killing of a Queens married couple early this week in what police described as a push-in robbery, court ...
autoweek

It's Time for the NASCAR Hall of Fame to Make Room for Hershel McGriff

Hershel McGriff last climbed into a race car in 2018 at the age of 90 to close an amazing NASCAR career of what ifs. His greatest success in racing came during a hot streak of four Cup Series ...