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On Thursday’s “The Herd” on Fox Sports 1, host Colin Cowherd reacted to former New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza being elected into the MLB Hall of Fame on Wednesday, despite some allegations he used performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) in

Pete Rose held a press conference in the gambling capital of the world on Tuesday maintaining that he controlled his betting years ago and that he just wants to be friends with the game he played in the major leagues for 26 years.

All-time hits leader Pete Rose held a press conference at his Las Vegas, NV restaurant to respond to Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred denying his reinstatement to the league. In front of a large crowd, “Charlie Hustle” said he was

Charlie Hustle’s hustling worked wonders on the baseball field, but his hustling off the field wound up terminating his desperate quest for reinstatement by MLB, as Commissioner Rob Manfred denied Pete Rose’s petition for reinstatement on Monday.

After injuries to several fans at parks across the country, Major League Baseball has issued a new safety policy.

While the argument rages over when or even if the U.S. should accept Syrian refugees, Oakland A’s pitcher Sean Doolittle put actions to the test, not just words, by inviting 17 Syrian families to Thanksgiving dinner.

On the Tuesday broadcast of “The Herd” on Fox Sports 1, host Colin Cowherd spoke on how hard it can be to compare sports teams from different eras. Cowherd initially said that the NBA’s Golden State Warriors cannot be compared

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia first realized three years ago he was an alcoholic.

Outfielder Jonny Gomes gave quite a speech during Tuesday’s World Series celebration for the Kansas City Royals, who defeated the New York Mets four games to one on Sunday. Gomes grabbed a U.S. flag, asked for a moment of silence to

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dusty Baker is the new manager of the Washington Nationals, meaning Major League Baseball avoids what would have been its first season since 1988 with zero black skippers.

On Friday’s “First Take” on ESPN2, co-host Stephen A. Smith offered his thoughts on what he declared to be a lack of diversity in Major League Baseball at the manager position. As of now, there are currently zero African-Americans managing

After being accused of trying to “scalp” Mets tickets at his political fundraisers, New York’s Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo has canceled plans to offer up World Series tickets to raise tens of thousands in campaign donations.

On Tuesday’s “The Herd” on Fox Sports 1, former Major League Baseball All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra told host Colin Cowherd about how he gained a competitive advantage during his playing days. Cowherd noted that Dykstra kept a book on umpires,

On the same day Torii Hunter retired, prompting a tweet from former teammate LaTroy Hawkins about the paucity of blacks in major league baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred spoke of increasing black representation in MLB’s bureaucracy.

As TBS cut to a commercial on its MLB postgame show Saturday, a hot mic picked up host Casey Stern shouting, “boom, motherf—ing…” Stern later apologized in the show for the mis-hap that took place after the Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto

After leading his New York Mets to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy told MLB reporter Sam Ryan in a postgame interview that the Holy Spirit and Jesus was able to keep him

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, ignoring the fact that an MLB rule already addressed collisions between runners and fielders, stated that he ponders a new rule while protesting that such a move received consideration before Chase Utley’s hard slide into Ruben Tejada in Game 2 of the Dodgers-Mets NLDS.

On Monday’s “Pardon the Interruption” on ESPN, co-host Mike Wilbon reacted to Major League Baseball’s handling of Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley’s suspension and appeal from his part in a slide over the weekend against the New York

A bar on Chicago’s Southwest Side is most assuredly not jumping on the Chicago Cubs bandwagon despite the fact that the north siders won a smashing Wild Card victory and head to the NLDS to face the St. Louis Cardinals. In fact, the bar is going the opposite way by offering free drinks for every Cardinals homer.

In the top of the seventh inning of Wednesday’s National League Wild Card game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, Pirates relief pitcher Tony Watson beaned Cubs starting pitcher Jake Arrieta in the hip with two outs and no one

The Houston Astros clinched a trip to the ALDS with a 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees in the American League wildcard game on Tuesday and celebrated by spraying champagne on each other in the clubhouse. Caught up in the post-game fun was

In the final days of the 2015 MLB season, Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton made one of the better plays of the season against his former team, the Los Angeles Angels. Hamilton made the amazing catch while running backwards and

On ESPN’s “Highly Questionable” Thursday, co-host Dan Le Batard reacted to a USA Today report which noted that the majority of brawls in Major League Baseball involve different ethnicities, which was published the day after Cleveland Indians infielder Jose Ramirez admired a grand

Things got a little testy in the Nationals dugout during Sunday’s series finale between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals. Just a day removed from being eliminated from playoff contention, after being dubbed by many as the favorite to

With a wave of renewed criticism about the wild-card playoffs in Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred seems poised to attempt to tweak the rules.

Major League Baseball seems poised to send at least one game to sunny Puerto Rico next year, sources say.

The first place New York Mets are on pace to win the NL East for the first time since 2006, and are being led by their tremendous, young pitching staff and 42-year-old, 285-pound Bartolo Colon. On Saturday, the big man

Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis hit two home runs Wednesday night, one of which happened in the bottom of the 11th inning to push the Orioles to a 7-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Not everybody in the

Chicago White Sox star Shoeless Joe Jackson, banned from Major League Baseball for his involvement in a cheating scandal back in 1919, won’t posthumously win back the good graces of MLB anytime soon. On Tuesday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred refused a request to re-instate Jackson.

ESPN Radio’s “Mike and Mike” reported on Tuesday that Major League Baseball will not be reinstating former Chicago “Black Sox” player Shoeless Joe Jackson, who many believe took no part in the scandal that saw some members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox

A Boston Red Sox fan who was struck in the head by a foul ball in June, 2014, has sued team owner John Henry, claiming negligence on the part of the owner.

Yankees star Alex Rodriguez just got hit with a $100 million lawsuit filed by his own ex-brother in-law who claims that A-Rod defrauded him and improperly kicked him out of a business venture.

During Thursday night’s matchup between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, the Mets turned a play that is not seen every day. With two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, Phillies outfielder Jeff Francoeur grounded a ball

After getting thrown out trying to steal third on Saturday, San Diego Padres OF Justin Upton went to let out some frustration by tossing his helmet. Instead of being slammed into the ground, the helmet got stuck on Upton’s finger and

Chicago Cubs All-Star first baseman Anthony Rizzo got creative when coming up with an out on Wednesday night when he jumped up on the tarp and into the stands to record an out and falling as he hurried the throw

The iconic Spirit of America Goodyear blimp has floated off into the sunset of retirement, to be replaced eventually by the technologically superior semi-rigid airship, Wingfoot One.