What is it about Fridays and the number 13 that sends people into a superstitious tizzy? To find out, you need to go back a few thousands years or so.

The rare three Friday the 13s in a year occurred in 2012 (the same year the Mayan calendar’s 13th Baktun ended, which prompted apocalyptic predictions). The last time it happened was 2015.

I can’t lie; it’s been a rough couple of weeks here in what was formerly known as baseball heaven. We followers of Fredbird ...

The first written record we have of the number 13 and Friday being unlucky in conjunction only dates to the 19th century, in a biography of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini: "He was surrounded to ...