Sports Briefing | Baseball: Oil Can Boyd Says He Used Cocaine
10Feb2012Dennis Boyd, better known as Oil Can, said he probably pitched under the influence of cocaine “at every ballpark” in his 10-year career, most of it with the Red Sox in the 1980s. more ...
Bats: A New Voice From the Radio for the Mets
10Feb2012Josh Lewin will be introduced soon as the Mets' new radio announcer on WFAN, replacing Wayne Hagin, who had a four-year run as Howie Rose's partner. more ...
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Bats: Mets' Owners Petition Supreme Court
9Feb2012The Mets' owners have asked the Supreme Court for help in their legal battle to prove they did not turn a blind eye to indications that Bernard L. Madoff had been running a fraud over more than two decades. more ...
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Bats: Alderson Gets Funny About the Mets' Money
9Feb2012Sandy Alderson, the Mets' general manager, has turned to Twitter to satirize the growing hoopla around the organization's shaky finances. more ...
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Umpiring School Loses Baseball Relationship Over Behavior at Party
9Feb2012Minor League Baseball severed ties with the Jim Evans Academy for Professional Umpiring after learning that employees had dressed up in costumes inspired by the Ku Klux Klan. more ...
Eavesdropping on the Super Bowl Sidelines
9Feb2012Several participants were wired for sound at the Super Bowl for “Sound FX,” an NFL Network show, and some of their utterances were priceless. more ...
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Alderson: 'Big Fundraiser Tonight for Gas Money'
9Feb2012Even Mets general manager Sandy Alderson can't resist pointing out the team's financial difficulties. more ...
Rangers on Cruz Control With Two-Year Deal
9Feb2012Hard-hitting outfielder Nelson Cruz and the Texas Rangers have agreed to a two-year, $16 million contract extension, the team said on Thursday. more ...
Rangers, Cruz Strike $16M, 2-Year Deal
9Feb2012AL championship series MVP Nelson Cruz has agreed to a $16 million, two-year contract with the Texas Rangers. more ...
Bats: Hall of Fame Begins Education Program on Banned Drugs
8Feb2012With players like Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds set to appear on Hall of Fame ballots this year for the first time, the Hall of Fame announced a new outreach program to educate teenagers and young adults about the dangers of performance-e... more ...
