NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Wednesday with the highest voting percentage ever, and Mike Piazza will join him in Cooperstown this summer. A star slugger of the Steroids Era never tainted by accusations of drug use, Griffey was on 437 of 440 votes in his […]
MLB isn’t free from domestic violence issues either. Jose Reyes, the Rockies shortstop and former Mets star, was arrested today for allegedly assaulting his wife, according Hawaii TV station KHNL. The 32-year-old…
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter has introduced his dog Kane to the world in a post on his website, The Players’ Tribune — oh, he also slipped into the essay he’s engaged. A slick trick play by the 14-time All-Star shortstop. Notoriously private throughout a 20-year career that ended […]
NEW YORK (AP) — They worked all season to take one more step in the World Series. Eric Hosmer wouldn’t wait any longer. A daring dash by Hosmer tied the score in the ninth, and those bound-and-determined Kansas City Royals rallied yet again to beat the New York Mets 7-2 in 12 innings early Monday […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Joe Maddon posed for a selfie on the field with his wife. Jon Lester sprayed champagne with his young son. Rocker Eddie Vedder partied on the mound. For the Chicago Cubs and their ever-hopeful fans, this bash was a long time in the making. Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez homered […]
Just a week after the NY Yankees clinched the wildcard spot in the playoffs, CC Sabathia announced he’s checking himself into an alcohol rehab center.…
NEW YORK (AP) — The lovable legend of Yogi Berra, that ain’t ever gonna be over. The Hall of Fame catcher renowned as much for his dizzying malapropisms as his unmatched 10 World Series championships with the New York Yankees, died Tuesday. He was 90. Berra, who filled baseball’s record book as well as “Bartlett’s […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Legally cleared at last, Barry Bonds is unconcerned with everybody else’s thoughts on his career or credentials: He’s a Hall of Famer. Hands down. “I don’t even justify that. There’s no need,” he said Thursday night at AT&T Park. “That’s without saying.” The 51-year-old home run king said he feels a […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice formally dropped its criminal prosecution of Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball’s career homerun leader. The decade-long investigation and prosecution of Bonds for obstruction of justice ended quietly Tuesday morning when the DOJ said it would not challenge the reversal of his felony conviction to the U.S. […]
Former major leaguer Darryl Hamilton has been killed in a murder-suicide at a suburban Houston home, reports ESPN.com. He was 50. Hamilton was found Sunday after he was fatally shot in a house in Pearland, police said Monday. He had been working as an analyst for the MLB Network since 2013. An initial investigation determined […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some cybersecurity experts believe professional sports teams have hacked rivals in the past without getting caught. The St. Louis Cardinals, one of the crown jewel franchises in baseball, now stand accused. Federal law enforcement authorities are investigating whether the Cardinals illegally accessed a computer database of the Houston Astros. The aim […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Home run king Barry Bonds has a place in one Hall of Fame, at least: the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame. Bonds was set to be enshrined Monday night in San Francisco alongside his former manager, Dusty Baker, late Warriors owner Franklin Mieuli, golfer Roger Maltbie and freestyle skier Jonny […]
