NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the NFL playoffs, the college football national championship, and remembers Milwaukee Baseball legend Bob ...

I was saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Uecker (“‘Light of the Brewers,’” Jan. 17). Saying goodbye to Bob shakes us all. He was so much more than a Milwaukee Brewers icon.

Johnny Carson had no idea. When the late host of “The Tonight Show” first dubbed Bob Uecker — who died Thursday at the age of 90 — “Mr. Baseball,” Carson did not know whether Uecker ...

For those trained in the art of self-deprecation, death must be no great surprise. Bob Uecker died today at the age of 90. A veteran of two heart surgeries, he had been battling lung cancer for ...

Sounds like a jam-packed sports segment today, Scott. SIMON: Well, it is thanks to you ... What a scholarly approach, by the way. And finally, Bob Uecker, journeyman ballplayer with four teams ...