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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The world's most famous toys and the people who created them are being honored together for the first time at the new Toy Halls of Fame opening at The Strong museum in Rochester. The $4 million exhibit being unveiled Thursday houses the National Toy Hall of Fame alongside the Toy Industry Hall of Fame, which recognizes the people who design, make and sell the toys... Read Mo

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Justin Timberlake, Sam and Dave and Elvis Presley guitarist Scotty Moore will get some hometown love. They will be inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame on October 17. Charlie Rich, blues musicians Alberta Hunter and Memphis Slim and Booker T...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — An awful lot of major league baseball players are sorry that Mariano Rivera grew out of his childhood disdain of pitching. Rivera says he didn't like to pitch as a little leaguer — because that meant he couldn't play every day...

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Backup quarterback Mike Kafka threw a touchdown pass and running back Joe Banyard ran for another score to help the Minnesota Vikings beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 14-3 on Sunday night in the Hall of Fame game. Most of the regulars watched from the sidelines in the annual exhibition opener, including Adrian Peterson and Ben Roethlisberger...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Mr. October has an apology in July. New York Yankees great Reggie Jackson says he's sorry for using profanity in public after a confrontation with an autograph-seeking fan in Cooperstown. Jackson took to Twitter yesterday to express his regret, saying "mad or not" there was no excuse for his language...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Randy Johnson has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The towering left-hander, nicknamed the Big Unit, was enshrined Sunday. The 6-foot-10 native of Walnut Creek, Calif., played 22 seasons in the major leagues and led his league in strikeouts nine times...

CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) — Riddick Bowe and Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday. Also inducted were featherweight champion "Prince" Naseem Hamed of England, light flyweight champion Yoko Gushiken of Japan, manager Rafael Mendoza of Mexico, referee Steve Smoger of Norfolk, Virginia, journalist Nigel Collins of England, and broa

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Fifteen video games that have engrossed gamers for untold hours have been named finalists for the new World Video Game Hall of Fame. The nominees were announced Tuesday at The Strong museum in Rochester, where the hall will be located alongside the National Toy Hall of Fame...

ROCK HALL INDUCTIONS NEW YORK (AP) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions are set for tomorrow night. And some of those making the induction speeches might end up getting more attention than the inductees themselves. Paul McCartney will be the one who will talk-in his former Beatles cohort Ringo Starr...

New Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says Pete Rose is again asking to be reinstated in baseball, and Manfred says he'll consider the all-time hits leader's request "on its merits." Rose played from 1963 to 1986, amassing 4,256 hits -- still a major league record...