A remarkable story first started to get some attention last week, when SI.com's Joe Posnanski wrote about Kansas City Royals pitcher Gil Meche's decision to retire at the age of 32 even though that ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Royals pitcher Gil Meche retired on Tuesday at age 32, walking away from a $12 million salary rather than face shoulder surgery that could have ended his season before it ever ...

There are few brands more quintessentially Lafayette than Meche's Donut King. Since Ewell Meche bought three doughnut shops he managed for Elton Fontenot, the name and the brand have been iconic in ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Gil Meche's house in his native Lafayette, La., lies directly between the paths of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, so he was able to avoid the storm-related devastation that shattered ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Royals pitcher Gil Meche retired on Tuesday at age 32, walking away from a $12 million salary rather than face shoulder surgery that could have ended his season before ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. — One man on the Royals practice field Thursday morning looked familiar. Same right arm, the one that oozed potential and made him a first-round pick in 1996. Same broad shoulders, the ...

CHICAGO — For the Mariners, yesterday’s 5-4 win over the White Sox started with a bang — Ichiro’s leadoff homer — and ended with a flash, Miguel Olivo’s pinpoint throw to nail Willie Harris trying to ...