In Munson: Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, author Marty Appel documents the life of Thurman Munson, which was tragically cut short in 1979. Using various sources and new information, ...

Over 30 years have passed since Marty Appel co-authored Thurman Munson’s authorized biography. Appel’s second crack at capturing the essence of the Yankee great is told in the book, “Munson ...

RELATED: THURMAN MUNSON’S LAST WORDS REMAIN SYMBOL OF HIS LIFE. For three-and-a-half decades, the Thurman Munson Awards have honored athletes for their work on and off the field, ...

Ray Negron, who knew Thurman Munson and lives around the Yankees, compares "The Captain" to Aaron Judge in advance of an ...

Thurman became a pilot to visit his family on road trips, and off days, in Ohio. On August 2, 1979, after arriving home on an off day, Thurman noticed a few issues with his piece of equipment.

Diana Munson warned Gossage might use a few naughty words. Gossage, 72, spoke this crowd's language when he said, "When it comes to Hall of Famer catchers, Thurman doesn't have to take a back seat ...

I was still a relative rookie on the baseball beat the day Thurman Munson was killed 20 years ago. My relationship with him was what you might expect from a scribe he knew only by sight: Tenuous ...

IT IS a quarter of a century now, a quarter of a century since Thurman Munson gained immortality by meeting his mortality in one of the cruelest ways imaginable. For it was 25 years ago tomorrow th… ...

Thurman Munson's children were 4, 7 and 9 when they lost him. At the ages of 46, 50 and 52, they remember him in their separate ways and, as a family, with bittersweet joy. Mike, the youngest ...

Munson's widow, Diana, grew up with Thurman at Lehman when Canton had four high schools. Rivalries came to life on all-city-night basketball games, in which everyone from McKinley knew Lehman's ...