In April 1981, four of Fernando Valenzuela’s brothers — Daniel, left, Avelino, Francisco and Manuel Valenzuela — visit the field in Etchohuaquila, Sonora, Mexico, where they learned to play baseball. “It’s hard to believe, no?” El Zurdo — “The Lefty” — would be Fernando Valenzuela, the youngest of 12 children from this desert hamlet in northwest Mexico who would corral …
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Lefty Driesell, the Hall of Fame coach whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor that put Maryland on the college basketball map and enabled him to rebuild several struggling programs, died Saturday. Lefty Driesell, the coach whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor that put Maryland on the college basketball map and enabled him to rebuild several struggling …
Lefty Driesell, coach who put Maryland on college basketball's map, dies at 92 Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Lefty Driesell, the Hall of Fame coach whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor that put Maryland on the college basketball map and enabled him to rebuild several struggling programs, died Saturday. "His contributions to …