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Hughes could be out 2 weeks due to bulging disk
New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes could be sidelined for two weeks because of a bulging disk that will be treated with anti-inflammatory medication
No salary arbitration cases go to hearings
Major League Baseball pitched an arbitration shutout. Reliever Darren O'Day completed a $5.8 million, two-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles on ...
Jeter calls offseason 'absolutely terrible'
Derek Jeter had a miserable offseason he would rather forget. Not only did the New York Yankees captain not win another World Series ring, his season ...
Clemens: Piazza 'needs to go get with Jesse Owens'
Roger Clemens shrugged off Mike Piazza's comments in his autobiography that he took karate lessons after he was beaned by the pitcher, just in case ...
Buehrle to leave family behind to care for dog
Mark Buehrle won't be experiencing the dog days of summer. While the pitcher is headed to Toronto, his family will split the season between Broward ...
Yankees razz Youkilis for Red Sox remarks
Teammates of Kevin Youkilis were waiting to razz him when the third baseman walked into the New York Yankees clubhouse on Friday. Youkilis made the ...
Lucchino predicts sellout streak could end
Red Sox president Larry Lucchino says he thinks the team's sellout streak at Fenway Park will end in April, a month shy of 10 years of a packed ...
Indians sign RHP Matsuzaka to minor-league deal
The last time a team brought Daisuke Matsuzaka into camp, it paid more than $100 million to get him. On Wednesday, the Cleveland Indians brought him ...
Felix Hernandez signs 7-year deal with Mariners
His hands trembled, his breath quickened and his eyes began to fill with tears. Felix Hernandez looked down at the piece of paper containing details ...
Column: Baseball still smells of drug use
There's something different about spring training this year. It came early because of the World Baseball Classic, and Tim Lincecum came without his ...
Rivera plans to announce if this is final season
New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said he's reached a decision on whether this will be his final season and plans to announce it before opening ...
A-Rod to rehab in New York, not at spring training
Alex Rodriguez will not report to spring training with the Yankees' position players and will work on his rehabilitation from hip surgery in New York.
Pinstripe pedigree: Bronx Bowser joins Westminster
Ladies and gentlemen, now warming up in the Westminster dogpen, the Bronx Bowser. Meet sweet Mitch, a 5-year-old yellow Labrador retriever. He's a ...
Hal Steinbrenner concerned about A-Rod situation
Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner says he's concerned about the latest drug allegations swirling around third baseman Alex Rodriguez, ...
Rivera says Yankees will support Rodriguez
Sitting on a stage with their manager and GM during a fundraiser, Mariano Rivera and Mark Teixeira vowed to welcome Alex Rodriguez back to the New ...
Latest A-Rod troubles have team frustrated
Alex Rodriguez was speaking on a conference call. "A huge debacle," he said. "Distasteful." That was on Dec. 13, 2007, when he re-signed with the New ...
Dickey in Mumbai to help end sexual exploitation
R.A. Dickey said the pictures and literature couldn't have prepared him for the young boy who approached him last week on one of the squalid streets ...
A-Rod implicated in PED use again as MLB probes
Alex Rodriguez is in the middle of Major League Baseball's latest doping investigation after an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball's ...
Jeter on field for 1st time since breaking ankle
Derek Jeter worked out on a baseball field Monday for the first time since breaking his left ankle last October. The 38-year-old New York Yankees ...
Yanks GM: Possible A-Rod could miss entire season
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says it's possible third baseman Alex Rodriguez could miss the entire season while recovering from hip surgery.
Martinez returns to Red Sox as assistant to GM
Former Boston manager Terry Francona gave Pedro Martinez a big hug along with some advice to help him in his new job as a special assistant to the Red ...
Fiery Orioles manager Earl Weaver dead at 82
Earl Weaver always was up for an argument, especially with an umpire. At the slightest provocation, the Earl of Baltimore would spin his hat back, ...
Baseball reflects on HOF pair Weaver, Musial
One was born in St. Louis, the other became a star there. Aside from that, Earl Weaver and Stan Musial were about as different as two Hall of Famers ...
Posey, Pence, Ellsbury among 81 to strike deals
NL MVP Buster Posey agreed to an $8 million, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants, teammate Hunter Pence got a $13.8 million deal and ...
Schilling's bloody sock going up for auction
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling — whose video game company underwent a spectacular collapse into bankruptcy last year — is selling the ...