One of the most inspirational players in all of sports, Jim Abbott will be honored with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at ...

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Three decades have done nothing to dim the exhilaration Jim Abbott felt when the final out of his no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians was recorded on that overcast, drizzly late-summer afternoon ...

JIM ABBOTT IS sitting at his kitchen table, with his old friend Tim Mead. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, they were partners in an extraordinary exercise -- and now, for the first time in decades, ...

An ESPN documentary chronicling the life of Jim Abbott, who pitched a no-hitter for the New York Yankees despite being born without a right hand, will receive a Peabody Award on Sunday night in Los ...

After a long day at ESPN's Bristol, Conn., campus Wednesday to promote his book "Imperfect: An Improbable Life," former baseball pitcher Jim Abbott -- always good-natured -- took part in a friendly ...

Jim Abbott is 57 years old now and hasn't thrown a pitch in a quarter-century, but on this day his voice slightly quivers, realizing the impact he has made in not only baseball, but this world. Once ...

NEW YORK — I like the idea, in this Instagram age of carefully curated self-promotion, of sports documentaries like “Southpaw – the Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott.” It’s refreshing to see a film that’s ...

All Jim Abbott ever wanted was to be viewed like any other baseball player. Instead, the Flint native, who was born without a right hand, became an icon for others faced with the same disability.

The odds are stacked against anyone who aspires to become a professional athlete. Let’s take America’s most historic sport as an example. Only 9.5% of high school baseball players reach the collegiate ...