Fifty years ago Saturday, baseball lost a great player -- and a great man. Passionate and outspoken, Clemente's humanitarian efforts showed a softer side. In a cruel twist of fate, Clemente's charity ...

At some point on New Year’s Eve, Tom Walker and his wife of 48 years, Carolyn, will raise a toast in their Pine Township home to the man who Walker says saved his life a half-century ago: Roberto ...

When Roberto Clemente Jr. woke on the morning of Dec. 31, 1972, he immediately tiptoed to his parents’ bedroom to see whether his father was up. The elder Clemente, one of baseball’s biggest stars, ...

It didn’t take 3,000 hits to cement Roberto Clemente’s legacy as a baseball icon. The groundbreaking Hall of Famer’s tireless efforts as a humanitarian and activist off the field were just as prolific ...

FILE - Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates is seen in Tampa, Fla., March 3, 1963. Fifty years after his death, Clemente, the skillful outfielder, remains one of the most revered figures in ...

A memorial gathering was held at the Roberto Clemente statue outside PNC Park on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death. Roberto Clemente Jr., his wife, Kailee, and their children, ...