Craig Counsell, the winningest manager in franchise history, had bolted for the rival Chicago Cubs, leaving Murphy, at 64 ...

Reg Murphy, a renowned journalist whose newsgathering career included stints as an editor and top executive at newspapers in ...

Two days later, Murphy was released in a motel parking lot after the ransom was paid. Within hours of his release, his abductor was arrested at his home ... Before being shoved between a bed ...