Former Yankees pitcher Sam McDowell died in Florida. He was 84. The left-handed hurler is said to have inspired the Sam ...

Tributes pour in for the six-time All-Star pitcher.

Sam McDowell, who led the AL in strikeouts four times before becoming a counselor for athletes suffering from addiction and depression, has died at 84.

Former MLB star Sam McDowell, who inspired Ted Danson’s character Sam Malone on Cheers, has died at 84, according to KDKA. The starting pitcher played for the Cleveland Indians for over a decade and ...

Sam McDowell, the six-time MLB All-Star known to fans as “Sudden Sam,” whose baseball career and post-career sobriety inspired the character of Sam Malone on the iconic sitcom “Cheers,” died Monday at ...

The character of Cheers' bar owner and former Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone was portrayed by actor Ted Danson. Malone was only one three characters appear in all of Cheers' 275 episodes. A promiscuous ...

Ted Danson is getting honest about his rise to fame. The "Cheers" star revealed the emotional challenges he endured before his iconic character, Sam Malone, became a fan favorite. The long-running ...

The six-time All-Star spent the 1974 Major League baseball season in pinstripes near the end of a turbulent career that ...