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Column: For Mickelson, it's not easy being rich
It's not always easy being rich, as Phil Mickelson reminded us the other day. There are taxes to pay — apparently lots of them — and the price of a ...
Reds start countdown to 2015 All-Star game
The Reds started a countdown to a 2015 All-Star game on Wednesday by breaking out the bunting and bursting into a standing ovation. A few of them also ...
AP Source: Reds will host 2015 All-Star game
The Reds will host the 2015 All-Star game at Great American Ball Park, the city's first since 1988, a person familiar with the decision told The ...
Former players urge Miller be put in Hall of Fame
Baseball players urged that Marvin Miller be put in the Hall of Fame as they spoke Monday night during a memorial for the union leader. In an ...
After Giants win title, Niners getting their shot
When Jim Harbaugh and Alex Smith drove in the Giants' victory parade last fall, players on San Francisco's championship baseball team hoped they might ...
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, ...
Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial dies at age 92
No last name necessary. A slew of batting titles. Corkscrew stance. Humble. A gentleman. All-around good guy. Stan the Man. Stanley Frank Musial, the ...
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 ...
Matt Harrison, Rangers finalize $55M, 5-year deal
Matt Harrison has gone from a pitcher the Texas Rangers left off their postseason roster to one they believe can become one of the league's best ...
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 ...
AP source: Rangers, Harrison agree to $55M deal
All-Star pitcher Matt Harrison and the Texas Rangers agreed Wednesday night to a $55 million, five-year contract, according to a person familiar with ...
A-Rod has hip surgery; recovery time 6 months
Alex Rodriguez had surgery on his left hip Wednesday and is expected to be sidelined until after the All-Star break. The New York Yankees said Dr.
Nationals trade Morse to Seattle in 3-team deal
The Mariners added some much-needed power to their lineup Wednesday, acquiring Michael Morse from Washington in a three-team deal that moved catcher ...
AP source: Nats, Soriano agree on $28M deal
Reliever Rafael Soriano and the Washington Nationals reached agreement pending a physical on a $28 million, two-year contract that includes $14 ...
Oakland gives manager Bob Melvin 2-year extension
Bob Melvin has repeatedly described the comfort of managing right at home in the Bay Area — and Billy Beane has described the comfort in having a ...
MLB to expand blood testing for HGH
Major League Baseball will test for human growth hormone throughout the regular season and increase efforts to detect abnormal levels of testosterone, ...
Hall of Famers happy to see Bonds, Clemens denied
Nobody was happier about the Hall of Fame shutout than the Hall of Famers themselves. Goose Gossage, Al Kaline, Dennis Eckersley and others are in no ...
Steroids fallout: No BB Hall for Bonds, Clemens
No one was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. When voters closed the doors to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, they also shut out ...
Judgment day for Bonds, Clemens, Sosa at Hall
Judgment day has arrived for Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa to find out their Hall of Fame fates. With the cloud of steroids shrouding many ...
Puerto Rico sees hints of baseball revival
On an island where the name of Roberto Clemente is emblazoned on stadiums, streets and schools, baseball is making a rally. In the past year, Major ...
Wife of ex-Brave Andruw Jones files for divorce
The wife of former Atlanta Braves star Andruw Jones filed for divorce about a week after she accused him of grabbing her neck and saying he wanted to ...
AP source: Price, Rays agree on 1-year deal
David Price got a hefty raise for winning the AL Cy Young Award. A person with knowledge of the deal said Tuesday night that the three-time All-Star ...
After prison release, Urbina returns to baseball
Former major league pitcher Ugueth Urbina returned to baseball Friday after serving 7½ years in prison for the attempted murder of five workers on his ...