5 Months When You Forget Sports Aren't The Only Thing Happening
Is there a better time of the year for sports than now? Well, depends on what you like. Here are five of the best sports months.
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Is there a better time of the year for sports than now? Well, depends on what you like. Here are five of the best sports months.
Jeter says The Players Tribune will fill a void in the communication process, noting it will let players go into more detail than the 140-character limit on Twitter.
Were you feeling good last Sunday afternoon, perhaps indefinably so? I was. And here's why...
Derek Jeter promised an unfiltered look into the lives of athletes in launching The Players' Tribune. And then he came through in the clutch.
Teams will be limited to three trips to the mound by managers, coaches and catchers during a game, except for pitching changes, under experimental speedup rules to be used during the Arizona Fall League.
The Players Tribune is being billed as a digital company that will offer unique access to top athletes in every sport without having to deal with reporters to do it.
The Yankees begin life without Derek Jeter this week, facing a future full of holes in an offense already among the American League's worst.
All that matters now is what happens at Kauffman Stadium, between two starting pitchers -- Royals ace James Shields and the A's Jon Lester -- who were brought to their teams for this moment.
Derek Jeter bid baseball adieu with an RBI single, a dugout full of hugs and a final wave to the fans on Sunday as he concluded his Hall of Fame career by helping the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 9-5.
Jose Altuve talked his way into the lineup and wrapped up the American League batting title with two more hits for the Houston Astros, beaten 8-3 by the New York Mets after Bobby Abreu sparked the decisive rally Sunday with a base hit in his final big league at-bat.
Suzyn's interview with Jeter aired in three parts this past week on the WFAN Yankees Radio Network. Listen to it in its entirety here.
It was going to be virtually impossible for Derek Jeter to top his final game at Yankee Stadium, and it's unclear if the Yankees captain will get the chance because of an ailing hamstring.
Commissioner Bud Selig was honored by the Boston Red Sox for a half-century in baseball ahead of Saturday's game.
In a news conference Friday at Citi Field, the 40-year-old Abreu announced his plans to retire after the season, ending perhaps one of the most underappreciated careers in recent memory.
While fans, non fans, kids and adult everywhere celebrated the legendary Yankees' captain's last hit at Yankee stadium, let's take a look at the best reactions from friends of DJ, fellow athletes and other celebrates who took to Twitter to pay their RE2PECT to Number 2.
Maybe it was the months of Jeter adulation, or the fact that Harvey grew up a Yankees fan. But the pitcher's presence didn't sit too well with some folks.
Derek Jeter put on New York's navy pinstripes for the last time Thursday night, for a game that culminated in a fairytale ending.
The highlight reel of Derek Jeter's career is pretty obvious. And it will take you about 30 seconds to find it on your phone. My memories are the ones that aren't on YouTube.
While some these days may celebrate Rosh Hashanah saying "L'shanah tova," in any language, universally, Yankees fans should wish each other a "Happy 2 Year!"
The specifications of the bat will be available but under a new model name, the DJ2, in recognition of the retiring Yankees captain.
Baseball players aren't the only ones battling it out on the field.
Joe Girardi wasn't sure what would happen if Jeter and the Yankees were rained out. "That's a great question," he said. "I'm sure it would upset a lot of people."
I asked those who played alongside, managed or coached Jeter along the way for a favorite story or memory, something that stood out when they thought of the captain. This is what they told me...
Deep in the 11th hour, there has never been a better moment for MLB to defuse a problem that has been tick-tick-ticking for years: America's pastime takes too much time.
The Mets are keeping their front office intact, and manager Terry Collins is expected to return next season. Then there's the case of fan favorite Wally Backman.
