Joe DePugh, a grade-school friend of Bruce Springsteen forever immortalized in his 1984 hit “Glory Days” as the baseball player who “could throw that speedball by you,” died of cancer in Florida. He ...

Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Bruce Springsteen performs with The E Street Band at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on July 25, 2023 in Monza, Italy. Bruce Springsteen is paying tribute to his late ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. He was walking out and Bruce Springsteen was a walking in. Joe DePugh of Freehold, who inspired the Springsteen hit “Glory Days” ...

It was the best way for David Letterman to tell the NBC execs they weren't the boss of him: by deploying the real Boss! In introducing Springsteen, Letterman said that in the 11 and a half years the ...

A gifted athlete, he gave a clumsy teenage Bruce Springsteen his first nickname, Saddie. Years later, the Boss returned the favor, memorializing him in a song. By Michael S. Rosenwald Joe DePugh, the ...

Joe DePugh, the man who inspired Bruce Springsteen's 1985 hit "Glory Days," has died of cancer. He was 75 years old. "Just a moment to mark the passing of Freehold native and ballplayer Joe DePugh," ...

DePugh, who inspired Springsteen’s iconic song, has died from cancer at 75 years old. “Just a moment to mark the passing of Freehold [N.J.] native and ballplayer Joe DePugh,” Springsteen posted to his ...