Nightengale: The ‘real’ Derek Jeter won’t be back
Source: USA TODAY This is the day we hate. The day we’re forced to grow up, when reality slaps us across the face. The great ones can’t stay great forever while the rest of us get old. Even sour cream...
View ArticleRocky Mountain low: 23 degrees at Rockies game
Source: USA TODAY DENVER — The Atlanta Braves were complaining Tuesday morning, and so were the Colorado Rockies, but after Rockies officials and volunteers spent the day shoveling snow off the field,...
View ArticleBraves rookie: ‘All I could think about was killing myself’
Source: USA TODAY DENVER — Atlanta Braves catcher Evan Gattis sits back in front of his locker and shuts his eyes as he considers divulging one of the darkest, most intimate secrets of his life. When...
View ArticleNo joy in Wrigleyville as Cubs, neighbors clash
Source: USA TODAY CHICAGO — Wrigleyville is the most famous neighborhood in baseball, where gang-infested houses have become multimillion-dollar enterprises and a ballclub that stinks on the field...
View ArticleNightengale: How to fix baseball umpiring woes
Source: USA TODAY I have a confession to make. I actually like these guys. Yeah, I’m talking about the umpires. They make mistakes. I make mistakes. You make mistakes. The players make mistakes. Unlike...
View ArticleBonds on Cabrera: ‘He’s the best,’ but …
Source: USA TODAY It’s probably foolish, if not absurd, to draw comparisons to Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera, after all, is the greatest player in the game of baseball. The last...
View ArticleHank Aaron broke records, barriers both on and off the field
Source: USA TODAY ATLANTA — Hank Aaron, surrounded by hatred and bigotry in the Deep South, refused to leave when they wanted him gone. He broke the record many in America didn’t want him to break....
View ArticleNightengale: Stop comparing Machado, Harper and Trout
Source: USA TODAY We love to compare. We do comparison shopping at the supermarket. We compare our kids to others in school. You can’t be an American sports fan without comparing your new, 52-inch...
View ArticleMLB nears deal with informant for doping details
Source: USA TODAY Major League Baseball has been informed by Tony Bosch, head of the South Florida wellness clinic, that he will testify about his relationship with performance-enhancing drugs and...
View ArticleFire sale may be next hurdle for Marlins’ rookie skipper
Source: USA TODAY Sure, there are worse jobs in America. You could be the FBI agent in charge of finding Jimmy Hoffa’s remains in Detroit. Aaron Hernandez’s marketing manager. Or even Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleNightengale: Who will be the big sellers in July?
Source: USA TODAY Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers already lost his voice. Philadelphia Phillies GM Ruben Amaro is starting to lose his mind. San Francisco Giants GM Brian Sabean is...
View ArticleNightengale: A-Rod ready to bet on himself
Source: USA TODAY CHARLESTON, S.C. – Fans stood outside the main gate at Joseph P. Riley Park at 11 in the morning, and four hours later when Alex Rodriguez stepped outside his Mercedes-Benz, stopping...
View ArticleA-Rod believes rehab assignment is start of rebirth
Source: USA TODAY CHARLESTON, S.C. — New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, showered with admiration and laurels in his first trip to South Carolina, may not have gotten the results he hoped,...
View ArticleA defiant Alex Rodriguez lets loose: ‘I refuse to quit’
Source: USA TODAY CHARLESTON, S.C. — New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez tilts his head, starts to speak and breaks into a clumsy smile. He deliberates whether to share his feelings, and when...
View ArticleNightengale: Tainted players* dull All-Star Game
Source: USA TODAY DETROIT — Just the thought turns your stomach, doesn’t it? Well, brace yourselves: We could have a tainted player win the All-Star Game MVP Award again. It happened last year when San...
View ArticleMLB to interview A-Rod Friday as investigation heats up
Source: USA TODAY Alex Rodriguez’s interview with Major League Baseball investigators probing his possible connection to the Biogenesis clinic is scheduled for Friday, a person familiar with the...
View ArticleStrawberry is Tebow’s biggest admirer: ‘He’s a real man’
Source: USA TODAY ST. PETERS, Mo. — In two weeks, the Tim Tebow circus will return when the New England Patriots open training camp, and the player everyone either loves or loves to hate will offer a...
View ArticlePastor Strawberry says true calling ahead, not baseball
Source: USA TODAY ST. PETERS, Mo. — The four-bedroom, two-story modest house sits on a corner in this planned bedroom community, and when this 6-6 muscular-toned man welcomes you inside his home, there...
View ArticleMax Scherzer, Mark McGwire share bond through tragedy
Source: USA TODAY NEW YORK — Max Scherzer starts to speak about Mark McGwire, closes his eyes trying to find comfort, but the words won’t come out. McGwire talks about Scherzer, but his voice cracks...
View ArticleNightengale: MLB set for nuclear winter, not cruel summer
Source: USA TODAY NEW YORK – Baseball’s pennant races, it turns out, won’t be adversely affected. Major League Baseball’s greatest players – yes, even embattled Alex Rodriguez, once he’s ready – can...
View Article
