Sports / MLB

Hefty hike in average MLB paycheck

2014-12-25 07:27

Major League Baseball's average salary shot up to more than $3.8 million this year following the steepest rise in more than a decade, putting big leaguers on track to top the $4 million barrier for the first time in 2015.

'Awesome' day of Yankee tributes for retiring Jeter

2014-09-09 07:03

Derek Jeter said it was a day he would never forget, adding that Sunday's tribute for him at Yankee Stadium as the team's soon-to-be retired captain was emotional and surprising.

Doping kingpin turns himself in

2014-08-07 07:15

Tony Bosch, one of the central figures in baseball's largest performance-enhancing drugs scandal, has surrendered to federal agents and been charged with distributing steroids.

Fewer delays on replays, but ref will have final word

2014-08-05 07:20

The NBA got an assist from the NHL in developing its new replay center in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Player gets nearly $1m in offerman bat attack

2014-07-31 07:18

A minor league baseball player hit by former major leaguer Jose Offerman in a 2007 baseball bat attack won nearly $1 million in a lawsuit on Tuesday, an attorney said.

Blazing bush-leaguer lives Cinderella story

2014-07-31 07:18

Ex-Prune Packer's 100 mph fastball nets deal with Twins

Big Hurt, Torre headline HOF class

2014-07-29 06:52

Emotions spill over as six new faces join the pantheon of all-time greats

Cooperstown cuts eligibility time

2014-07-28 20:37

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire and other former players linked to performance-enhancing substances now have less time as candidates for the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Jeter sees crossroads on horizon

2014-07-23 07:20

Pedestrians craned their necks as Derek Jeter stood in front of a food truck parked across the street from Central Park.

La Russa joins Diamondbacks

2014-05-19 07:36

Tony La Russa has never missed the managing part of baseball since retiring in 2011. He did miss the competition and, most particularly, the winning.

Big Papi, Jeter convey congrats

2014-04-25 07:00

In the hours after Albert Pujols hit his 500th career homer, his cellphone kept buzzing early into Wednesday morning.

After milestone, Pujols taking it one at-bat at a time

2014-04-25 07:00

One day after joining baseball's exclusive 500 home run club, Albert Pujols insists he is not concerned with reaching another longball milestone.

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