The baseball world is mourning the loss of a player who made history with the Detroit Tigers.

Mickey Lolich, remembered as the Tigers’ hero in the 1968 World Series, has died, the Tigers announced. He was 85. Lolich is the last MLB pitcher to win three games in the league’s championship series, the World Series. He was named World Series MVP that year.

The Tigers said Lolich’s wife informed the franchise that Lolich was recently in hospice care. The cause of death was not released.

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FILE – In this Oct. 3, 1968, file photo, Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers is shown pitching during the second game of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. (AP Photo/File)

Lolich is No. 23 on the all-time career strikeouts list with 2,832 punchouts.

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Lolich was an unlikely star of the Tigers 1968 title run. During a reunion of the World Series team, he recalled how manager Mayo Smith had sent him to the bullpen for much of August. He returned to the Tigers’ starting rotation and was 6-1 in the final weeks.

“I was having a few problems, but I had been a starting pitcher ever since 1964,” said Lolich, who was upset about the bullpen move. “I remember telling him, ‘If we win this thing this year it’s going to be because of me.’ But I was only talking about the season. I wasn’t talking about the World Series.

“I got my revenge back in the World Series,” he said.

FILE – Mickey Lolich, pitcher of Detroit Tigers poses for a photo, March 1968.  (AP Photo, File)

Lolich pitched Game 7 after only two days of rest. He figured he would get a Corvette from General Motors for being the Series MVP but had to settle for a Dodge Charger GT because Chrysler was the sponsor in 1968.

“Nothing against Chargers, nothing at all,” Lolich said in his book, “Joy in Tigertown.” “It’s just that I already had two of them in my driveway.”

Since Lolich, only two pitchers have won three games in a single World Series: Arizona’s Randy Johnson in 2001 and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2025. But they pitched fewer innings and got their third victories in relief.

FILE – Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Mickey Lolich throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Tigers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, March 30, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

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In a statement, the Tigers expressed condolences to Lolich’s family and said his legacy “will forever be cherished.”

After his baseball career, Lolich went into the doughnut business in the Detroit suburbs, making and selling them for 18 years.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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An email seemingly sent by Ghislaine Maxwell appears to contradict claims by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor that a photograph of him with his sexual abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre is not real. 

The authenticity of the picture, which shows Andrew with his arm around Ms Giuffre, had previously been questioned by the former Duke of York, who claimed in 2019 that he could not have been in the photo as he was at a Pizza Express in Woking at the time.

However, an email from Maxwell to Jeffrey Epstein, part of the latest files release by the US Department of Justice, appears to confirm the circumstances of the picture.

Dated 10 January 2015, the email contains a “draft statement” in which Maxwell defends herself against allegations of abuse by an unidentified woman.

The name of the woman has been redacted, but – while it cannot be certain – the details indicate it is Ms Giuffre.

Maxwell wrote: “In 2001 I was in London when [redacted] met a number of friends of mine including Prince Andrew. A photograph was taken as I imagine she wanted to show it to friends and family.”

Sky News has reached out to Andrew for comment.

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Ms Giuffre, who died by suicide last April, alleged Andrew had sex with her when she was 17 and claimed she had been trafficked by Epstein.

Andrew has always denied the claim and reached an out-of-court settlement with Ms Giuffre in 2022, which contained no admission of liability or apology.

In 2015, Ms Giuffre filed a civil defamation claim against Maxwell, Epstein’s ex-girlfriend and long-time associate, which was settled two years later.

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A separate document contained in the latest Epstein files release claims Andrew and Epstein engaged in a threesome with an exotic dancer.

A legal letter from 23 March 2011 alleges Epstein introduced the dancer to the former prince.

The men “then told my client they wanted to have a threesome” and they “prevailed up her to engage in various sex acts”.

A later section of the letter refers to the men “satisfying themselves”.

Sky News has approached Andrew for a response to this specific claim.

He has vigorously denied any accusations against him related to Epstein and his crimes.

He said in 2019 he regretted his “ill-judged association” with Epstein and sympathises with everyone affected.

Earlier this week, Andrew moved out of Royal Lodge to a house on Sandringham Estate, believed to be temporary accommodation ahead of a permanent move to Norfolk.

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Peter Mandelson, another high-profile British figure named in the latest in the latest tranche of documents, is the subject of a Metropolitan Police investigation over claims he leaked highly sensitive information to Epstein while in public office.

Sir Keir Starmer will be forced to publish files about his decision to appoint him as the UK’s US ambassador after Labour backbenchers forced a government climbdown on Wednesday.

The Maryland Freedom Caucus, a group of GOP delegates in the Maryland state legislature, made a post on social media showing a sign that appeared to have been hung by Democrat colleagues, dismissing concerns over trans athletes in women’s sports. 

The post claimed the sign was hung Wednesday, which was National Women & Girls in Sports Day. 

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The sign, which has a signature from the Maryland Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus, was hung on the offices of Democrat state delegates Eric Ebersole and Nick Allen.

The sign makes the unsubstantiated point that “trans women have no competitive advantage,” in women’s sports. In 2021, the British Journal of Sports Medicine published a study that said transgender women maintain an advantage over biological women even after a year of hormone therapy treatment.

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Democrats who voted down a bill to protect trans athletes in sports. (Fox News)

The sign also went on to state, “anti-dignity policies put transgender youth at risk,” “banning transgender youth is illegal,” and “invasive enforcement creates fear.” 

Fox News Digital has reached out to Ebersole, Allen and the Maryland Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus for a response. 

The post and apparent sign comes a day before the Maryland state legislature is set to vote on the Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act.

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The bill would require “certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools and certain locker rooms to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school for maintaining separate interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports or locker rooms for students of the female sex.” 

So far, 27 states in the U.S. have similar laws in effect that enforce bans on trans athletes in girls’ sports. 

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T20 World Cup Pakistan Early Exit: Pakistan has decided to boycott the T20 World Cup match against India to be held on February 15 in Colombo. Due to this, the danger of the team reaching Super 8 has increased. Apart from the team of America and Netherlands, Pakistan has to face rain which is not in anyone’s control.

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A horrific attack took place on Tuesday (3 February 2026) evening in Kwara state of western Nigeria. At least 200 people lost their lives in this attack in two villages, Woro and Nuku. This attack is considered to be the deadliest attack in Nigeria in recent months. According to Reuters report, local MP Mohammed Umar Bio said that an armed group named Lakurawa is behind this massacre. This group is said to be linked to the terrorist organization Islamic State. The attackers entered the villages and attacked people indiscriminately, resulting in the death of a large number of villagers.

According to the Red Cross, the areas where the attack took place are located in very remote areas. These villages are located about eight hours away from the state capital. Moreover, these areas are close to the Benin border and the road and communication facilities there are also very weak. Due to poor connectivity, relief and rescue operations are facing a lot of problems.

The attack was strongly condemned

Kwara State Governor Abdul Rahman Abdul Razak has strongly condemned the attack. He has called it a cowardly action. According to the governor, the attack was in response to the ongoing military operations in the state as security forces continue to take action against militant groups. Nigeria is currently facing a serious security crisis. There has been a rebellion going on in the north-eastern part of the country for a long time. At the same time, incidents of kidnapping, ransom extortion and armed robbery have increased rapidly in the North-West and North-Central regions. Common citizens are becoming the biggest victims of this violence.

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New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, who is mounting a longshot Democratic primary challenge against his boss, Gov. Kathy Hochul, as she runs for re-election, is choosing a far-left politician with a history of legal and financial troubles as his running mate.

Delgado on Wednesday named former Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, as his running mate, in an effort to beef up his support among progressives as he runs from the left against Hochul, a moderate Democrat.

“India Walton represents exactly the kind of transformational and morally courageous leadership New Yorkers are hungry for,” Delgado said in a statement. “She has never been afraid to challenge the status quo, stand up to powerful interests, and put working families first.”

Walton grabbed national headlines in 2021 by pulling off an upset victory over then-Buffalo Mayor Bryon Brown in the Democratic primary. Her primary victory was seen as a sign at the time of the rise of the progressive movement. But she ended up losing in a landslide in the general election to Brown, who ran as a write-in candidate.

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Democratic Buffalo mayoral primary candidate India Walton delivers her victory speech after defeating incumbent Byron Brown, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 in Buffalo, N.Y. Brown, running as a write-in-candidate, later defeated Walton in the general election. (Robert Kirkham/Buffalo News)

It was during that heated campaign battle that her past troubles, including a 2014 arrest, where she was charged with 2nd degree harassment, grabbed attention. Walton said at the time that the charge was due to a disagreement with a fellow student at a children’s hospital.

“When I politely told them I’d like to speak with them personally and handle the situation like adults, one claimed that they were threatened by me and feared for their life, despite the fact that I am 4’11’’ and was going on disability for surgery,” Walton told WIVB-TV.

The case was later dismissed in court.

A year later, Walton was ticketed for aggravated unlicensed operation following a traffic stop.

And Walton had two earlier legal controversies: the Erie County Department of Social Services brought a fraud case against her over food stamp assistance in 2003, and a year later, Walton and her then-husband appeared on a tax warrant issued by state officials, over unpaid back taxes. Documents show it took them five years to pay off the penalties and interest owed.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Delgado campaign for comment, but did not receive a response at the time this story posted.

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Delgado launched his bid for governor last June, in the rare instance of a lieutenant governor taking on a sitting governor.

His move to name Walton as his running mate will likely be overshadowed later this week if New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, endorses Hochul.

The governor backed Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, last September as he battled former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in the mayoral race in the nation’s most populous city.

Politico reports that Mamdani will return the favor and endorse Hochul later this week.

New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado is challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

The latest public opinion poll in the Democratic primary race, from Siena University, indicated Hochul with a massive 53-point lead over Delgado.

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Hochul has not yet announced who she’ll name as her running mate. The governor confirmed this week that she’s made a decision and will announce it by the end of Friday’s Democratic state convention in Syracuse, New York.

Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York is running for re-election in 2026. (Julia Nikhinson/AP Photo)

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is the all-but-certain GOP gubernatorial nominee.

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President Donald Trump endorsed Blakeman in December, after Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik dropped her bid for governor.