Julia Ruth Stevens, who was adopted by Babe Ruth in 1930, has died Maria Pasquini is the staff editor for human interest’s digital vertical at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017.

Babe Ruth's popularity and fame were so widespread that even America's enemies knew of him. Almost a decade after he had bashed his last home run, his presence still was felt. Babe Ruth's record ...

CONWAY, New Hampshire--Two-way baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani’s record-breaking season and star turn at the All-Star Game is helping the mission of a resident here to keep his late ...

Ellis went down in history as the last woman to be hanged in Britain on Easter Sunday, 1955, after shooting her abusive lover, David Blakely (played by Laurie Davidson in the drama), outside a ...

"He wasn't a baseball player. He was a worldwide celebrity, an international star, the likes of which baseball has never seen since," says broadcaster Ernie Harwell about Babe Ruth on ESPN Classic ...