January 8, 2021 Gerrit Cole, other MLB stars accused of using illegal substance on baseballs in ex-employee's lawsuit: reports New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole was among the handful of pitchers who were accused of having a now-fired Los Angeles Angels clubhouse attendant create a special substance to improve the grip on baseballs in order to get an edge on opposing batters.
January 4, 2021 Phil Hughes retires, more than 2 years after last pitch Phil Hughes has retired from baseball, more than two years after throwing his last pitch.
December 31, 2020 Howard Rubenstein, publicist and NYC elite power broker, dead at 88 Howard J. Rubenstein, New York’s most influential public relations guru of the past half-century, died on Tuesday in his Manhattan home at 88.
December 27, 2020 Phil Niekro, Hall of Fame knuckleball pitcher, dead at 81 Legendary knuckleball pitcher Phil Niekro died Sunday, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced. He was 81.
December 23, 2020 In memoriam: Athletes and important sports figures who died in 2020 The sports community said its final farewells to some of its most iconic names, some taken from us too soon and too young.
December 14, 2020 CC Sabathia says he was ‘too drunk to do my job’ during dark times with Yankees The final scene of CC Sabathia’s career was the left-hander walking off the mound at Yankee Stadium with trainer Steve Donohue, having re-injured his shoulder that helped send him into retirement.
December 11, 2020 From Cape Cod to Alaska, college leagues eye MLB changes Years before he became commissioner of the Alaska Baseball League, Chris Beck pointed to the 6-foot-7 slugger in the Anchorage Glacier Pilots' uniform and told his son to say hello.
December 4, 2020 Yankees face lawsuit from former minor league affiliate over alleged 'false promises' A former minor league affiliate of the New York Yankees filed a lawsuit against the organization alleging that the franchise made “false promises” in regard to restructuring its farm system.
December 3, 2020 Schwarber, Bradley, Duvall among 59 cut in pandemic fallout Kyle Schwarber and Albert Almora Jr. were cut loose by the Chicago Cubs after helping the team win its first World Series title in more than a century, among 59 players who became free agents as part of the fallout from the coranavirus pandemic when their teams declined to offer them 2021 contracts by Wednesday night’s deadline.
November 23, 2020 Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees reschedule 'Field of Dreams' game for August 2021 The Chicago White Sox will host the New York Yankees on Aug. 12, 2021, in the rescheduled “Field of Dreams” game at Dyersville, Iowa.
