Notre Dame tops Rutgers in Pinstripe Bowl

Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly takes the microphone after Notre Dame defeated Rutgers, 29-16, at the Pinstripe Bowl. (AP) NEW YORK -- There was no Knute Rockne moment, but Notre Dame didn't need one. The Fighting Irish made a statement...

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Yankees among first clubs to contact Tanaka

By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | 12/28/2013 10:15 A.M. ET NEW YORK -- The Yankees have taken their first steps in pursuit of Japanese standout Masahiro Tanaka, touching base with the right-hander's representatives, according...

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Postseason aspirations return with new year

Every team in baseball entered 2013 with sights set on making it a better year than the one before. Some obviously had higher hopes than others, aspirations that included the promise of a trip to the postseason. As demonstrated by a few of those...

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Former World Series hero Blair dies at 69

An extraordinary and proud defender who, nonetheless, was said to be incapable of making great catches, has died. Paul Blair, a critical cog during the Orioles' and Yankees' championship seasons in the 1960s and '70s, collapsed at a celebrity bowling...

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Notre Dame, Rutgers ready to clash in Pinstripe Bowl

NEW YORK -- Call it a cold-and-dry run for the Super Bowl. New York and New Jersey, hosts of the ultimate game in pro football this season, will also stage the fourth annual Pinstripe Bowl, which pits Jersey-based Rutgers against national behemoth...

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Yankees among first clubs to contact Tanaka

By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | 12/28/2013 10:15 A.M. ET NEW YORK -- The Yankees have taken their first steps in pursuit of Japanese standout Masahiro Tanaka, touching base with the right-hander's representatives, according...

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Former Indians broadcaster Hegan dies at 71

By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com | 12/25/2013 10:01 P.M. ET CLEVELAND -- Mike Hegan spent most of his life around the Cleveland Indians. He shagged fly balls in the outfield of Cleveland Municipal Stadium as a boy, played...

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Yanks ready to go all-in on Tanaka -- and they need to

If the Yankees sign Masahiro Tanaka, their offseason will have been a dazzling success. Or maybe it's more appropriate to look at this thing from another angle. That is, if the Yanks don't sign Tanaka, they will not have succeeded in positioning...

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Former World Series hero Blair dies at 69

MLB.com | 12/27/2013 10:17 A.M. ET Paul Blair, an outfielder for the Orioles, Yankees and Reds who played on four World Series championship teams, died Thursday at 69. Blair collapsed while bowling in Pikesville, Md. He was taken...

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Former Indians broadcaster Hegan dies at 71

By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com | 12/25/2013 10:01 P.M. ET CLEVELAND -- Mike Hegan spent most of his life around the Cleveland Indians. He shagged fly balls in the outfield of Cleveland Municipal Stadium as a boy, played...

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Yanks ready to go all-in on Tanaka -- and they need to

If the Yankees sign Masahiro Tanaka, their offseason will have been a dazzling success. Or maybe it's more appropriate to look at this thing from another angle. That is, if the Yanks don't sign Tanaka, they will not have succeeded in positioning...

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Yankees start moves early in order to stay later

NEW YORK -- Keeping the lights off at Yankee Stadium in October never fits into the Yankees' business model, so it was anticipated that the organization would attack the offseason aggressively coming off an 85-win showing in 2013. With so many items...

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Yanks make coaching, player-development moves

By Paul Casella / MLB.com | 12/20/2013 8:59 P.M. ET The Yankees on Friday officially added some managerial experience to the organization in a series of coaching and player-development personnel moves. The club has...

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Ichiro's 4K milestone among 2013's top moments

By Paul Casella / MLB.com | 12/22/2013 12:49 P.M. ET It's not often that a Major League Baseball game comes to a complete halt so that one player's teammates can emerge from the dugout to congratulate him on the...

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Teixeira recalls fond memories of Christmas as a child

Yankees slugger Mark Teixeira will spend Christmas with his wife's family in Georgia this year. (AP) NEW YORK -- For Mark Teixeira, Christmas morning as a child always meant a lesson in restraint. There may have been gifts wrapped under...

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Ichiro's 4K milestone among 2013's top moments

By Paul Casella / MLB.com | 12/22/2013 12:49 P.M. ET It's not often that a Major League Baseball game comes to a complete halt so that one player's teammates can emerge from the dugout to congratulate him on the...

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Yanks make coaching, player-development moves

By Paul Casella / MLB.com | 12/20/2013 8:59 P.M. ET The Yankees on Friday officially added some managerial experience to the organization in a series of coaching and player-development personnel moves. The club has...

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Teixeira recalls fond memories of Christmas as a child

Yankees slugger Mark Teixeira will spend Christmas with his wife's family in Georgia this year. (AP) NEW YORK -- For Mark Teixeira, Christmas morning as a child always meant a lesson in restraint. There may have been gifts wrapped under...

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Ichiro's 4K milestone among 2013's top moments

By Paul Casella / MLB.com | 12/22/2013 12:49 P.M. ET It's not often that a Major League Baseball game comes to a complete halt so that one player's teammates can emerge from the dugout to congratulate him on the...

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Big Apple given second chance to embrace Beltran

NEW YORK -- This city, this passionate and often fickle baseball market, has been awarded a mulligan, a second chance to treat Carlos Beltran properly, with respect and esteem. And we probably can marvel about him once in a while, too. Nearly nine...

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Yanks make coaching, player-development moves

By Paul Casella / MLB.com | 12/20/2013 8:59 P.M. ET The Yankees on Friday officially added some managerial experience to the organization in a series of coaching and player-development personnel moves. The club has...

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