SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, AZ, UNITED STATES, January 30, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Arizona Sports Hall of Fame is proud to announce its 2024/2025 Inductee Class, honoring an extraordinary group of individuals whose achievements and contributions have significantly shaped Arizona’s sports landscape. This year’s…
When Monica Wright Rogers was 11 years old, she had an inkling that coaching was her future. Her father, Garry, a coach, brought her and a friend to an overnight basketball camp. In a two-on-two tournament, the pair handily defeated their opponents.…
The WNBA's newest expansion team, the Toronto Tempo, is hiring former WNBA player Monica Wright Rogers as general manager, according to ESPN's Alexa Philippou and Shams Charania. Rogers previously served as the Phoenix Mercury's assistant general manager under GM Jim Pitman…
Two days after receiving the telephone call that brought them to Cooperstown, right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, starting pitcher CC Sabathia and closer Billy Wagner found themselves in an oak-walled Plaque Gallery surrounded by 348 bronze images. The trio of stars,…
Billy Wagner spent much of his youth hurling baseballs at the wall of an outbuilding at his aunt and uncle’s farm in Tazewell County. His target as a 5-foot-5, 14-year-old was the simulated strike zone painted on cinder blocks. The…
FERRUM, Va. (WDBJ) - With more than 82% of the baseball writers’ vote, Southwest Virginia’s own Billy Wagner has been elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Ferrum College, where Wagner played baseball and football, held a private watch party…
FERRUM, Va. --- Former Ferrum College and Major League Baseball standout Billy Wagner has been selected for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The seven-time MLB All-Star had a record-setting baseball career at Ferrum from 1991-93 before being drafted…
(WDBJ) - Ferrum College baseball player turned professional, Billy Wagner, has been inducted into the Major League Baseball of Fame. The announcement was made on Tuesday evening on MLB Network. After a stellar 16-year major league career where Wagner holds…
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y (CBS19 SPORTS)-- It was announced Tuesday night on MLB Network that Miller School baseball coach, Billy Wagner, has been selected in this years class to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Wagner was short by just five votes…
FERRUM, Va. (WFXR) — Great news for Tazewell native and former Ferrum College pitcher Billy Wagner as he cracks the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his 10th and final year on the ballot.Last year, Wagner was 5 votes away…