Derek Jeter tied legend Lou Gehrig atop the Yankees’ all-time hit list with a 7th-inning single Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays.
“He [Gehrig] is one of the classiest people to ever play this game,” Jeter said during a postgame interview. Read the rest of this entry »
June 29th, 2009 by Brian Ethridge
Tagged as: Baseball, MLB, Mariano Rivera, New York Mets, New York Yankees
The New York Yankees accomplished the Subway Series sweep after beating the New York Mets 4-2 on Sunday night. Read the rest of this entry »
The Notre Dame Fight Irish would like to play a college football game at the new Yankee stadium in the future.
“We’ve been in contact with Yankee Stadium and asked and inquired,” Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick said. Read the rest of this entry »
Longtime NFL and college football coach Lou Saban died early Sunday morning at the age of 87.
Saban played college football at Indiana University; then he played in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns before pursuing a coaching career. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Rodriguez will have arthroscopic hip surgery on Monday which will keep him out for 6-9 weeks.
“Well, it’s better than him missing the whole year,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. Read the rest of this entry »
In case you missed it here’s the Alex Rodriguez press conference everybody was talking about on Tuesday. The first video contains A-Roid’s opening statement and the 2nd video includes all te questions he answered from the media.
February 10th, 2009 by Brian Ethridge
Tagged as: Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers
Alex Rodriguez sat down with ESPN’s Peter Gammons Monday and admitted testing positive for steroids 6 years ago when he was a Texas Ranger.
“When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me and I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day,” Rodriguez told Gammons. Read the rest of this entry »
According to Sports Illustrated Alex Rodriguez tested positive for 2 anabolic steroids during his MVP 2003 season with the Texas Rangers.
As expected Major League Baseball would not confirm or deny the report.
“We are disturbed by the allegations,” Executive Vice President of Labor Relations Rob Manfred said in a statement. Read the rest of this entry »
The New York Yankees and pitcher CC Sabathia have reportedly agreed to a 7-year deal worth $161 million, a record contract for a pitcher.
“I’m sure every team in baseball would love to have him. He’s a guy who’s an intimidating factor on the mound,” Yankees captain Derek Jeter said.
The New York Yankees have re-signed general manager Brian Cashman to a 3-year deal contract that runs through 201.
“I consider coming off a season where we didn’t reach the playoffs for the first time since 1993 as a personal challenge. I’ve never been one to run from a challenge, and I look forward to having the chance to go after this thing again,” Cashman said.
