Ted Williams wanted to be known as the greatest hitter who ever lived. When he failed to meet those expectations, pity anything that got in his way. Like a water cooler. After popping up in a ...

He wanted to be not only good, but great at it," says broadcaster Curt Gowdy about Ted Williams, on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Thanks in large part to the media, Ted Williams wore the ...

Struck on the right elbow by a non-curving curve-ball, Ted Williams, the heavy artillery ... I’m not going to the football game tonight. No sense in taking a chance out in the cold.

Ted Williams, one of the most fabulous figures who ever swung a bat, ended his brilliant, stormy and spectacular baseball career at Fenway Park yesterday by blasting the 521st home run of his life ...