Bill Chappell

Play Ball: Little Leaguers Get Assist From 'Pitch In' Charity

Bill Chappell — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:26:00 +0000

This year's Little League baseball and softball season is under way — and in the Northeast, some teams and players have taken the field again, despite losing vital equipment to Hurricane Sandy. Many donations were handled by Pitch In For Baseball, which gathered used and new gloves and helmets for the players.

In February, the organization announced it would provide equipment worth $150,000 to baseball and softball players in the New York region.

World War II Code Is Broken, Decades After POW Used It

Bill Chappell — Sat, 04 May 2013 15:53:00 +0000

It's been 70 years since the letters of John Pryor were understood in their full meaning.

Father Saves Boy From Alligator Attack, With A Stranger's Help

Bill Chappell — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:27:00 +0000

A 6-year-old boy's day off from school Friday left him with a vivid story to tell his classmates, after he was seized — and eventually released — by an alligator in South Florida.

The 27th Victim: Nancy Lanza Is Subject Of 'Frontline' Documentary

Bill Chappell — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:29:00 +0000

The lives of the 26 people murdered by Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December were eulogized and celebrated after the tragedy.

What Lance Armstrong, And The USADA, Might Gain From A Confession

Bill Chappell — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:31:00 +0000

The news that disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong might be willing to confess to the doping charges he spent years denying has reopened interest in his case — and in the question of whether his lifetime ban from competitive sports could be eased in exchange for Armstrong's cooperation.

Juliet Macur of The New York Times, whose report on the new possibility Friday cited unnamed sources, says that in her view, Armstrong, 41, would like to trade his cooperation for a redu