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SO MUCH for an emotional press conference. Jeremy Roenick, 37, called it a career after 18 NHL seasons by sending a text message to a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter reading, "I'm retiring; is that still news?" His...

ROCKY STORIES: TALES OF LOVE, HOPE, AND HAPPINESS AT AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS STEPS by Michael Vitez; photographs by Tom Gralish Paul Dry Books, 129 pages, $22.95

Embattled Phillies manager Larry Bowa will keep his job until at least the end of the season, according to general manager Ed Wade.

Now for a public service announcement: "If your kid goes out and blows somebody's head off because Allen Iverson has said he was going to blow somebody's head off on wax, then you're doing a bad job as a parent." Why...