Bill Melton, former White Sox All-Star, dead at 79

CHICAGO — Bill Melton, a star slugger for the Chicago White Sox in the 1970s and then a fixture on Chicago broadcasts as a pregame and postgame television analyst for more than two decades, has died. He was 79 years old. The team announced that he died early Thursday in Phoenix after a brief illness. […]
White Sox great ‘Beltin” Bill Melton dead at 79

The Chicago White Sox announced that former All-Star third baseman “Bertin” Bill Metron has passed away at the age of 79 after a brief illness. Bill Melton, who played 10 seasons in the Major Leagues, including eight seasons with the White Sox, and was a popular pre- and postgame analyst on White Sox television broadcasts […]
Rutgers’ ‘Mad Max’ following same path as brother Bo Melton

INDIANAPOLIS — The most important lesson Max Melton will take to the NFL comes from watching the best athlete from his hometown of South Jersey struggle to find his footing for most of two seasons. That’s what I got. Max’s older brother and former Rutgers teammate Beau Melton fell to the seventh round of the […]