Ron Shelton, the screenwriter/director, played in the Orioles system after Dalkowski and heard the stories. He used Dalkowski as the basis for Nuke LaLoosh, the flaky, wild pitcher played by Tim ...

Steve Dalkowski is known by die hard movie and baseball fans alike as the model for the Nuke LaLoosh, the wild hard-throwing pitcher from 'Bull Durham'. But his legacy is not only cemented in ...

Known for his extraordinary fastball, Dalkowski never made it to the major leagues, walking batters almost as often as he struck them out. By Richard Goldstein This obituary is part of a series about ...

Steve Bull is now 60. More than a quarter of a century after he last kicked a ball in anger for his beloved Wolverhampton Wanderers, the former England international’s legendary status in that part of ...