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Is This The End For Pete Rose’s Reinstatement Bid?
NEW YORK (WFAN) — A bombshell report by ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” could prove to be the final blow to Pete Rose’s petition for reinstatement to Major League Baseball. But it won’t end the debate....
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This Week In Baseball: Coaches, Young Ballplayers Should Heed Smoltz’s Plea
By Ryan Mayer, CBS Local Sports Watching the Hall of Fame induction speeches this weekend I was struck by the speech of Atlanta Braves legend John Smoltz. Smoltz who pitched for 21 years in the big...
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Ken Griffey Jr., Trevor Hoffman Among Newcomers On Hall Of Fame Ballot
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. and Trevor Hoffman are among 15 newcomers on this year’s Hall of Fame ballot and will face a newly trimmed electorate along with steroid-tainted holdovers...
View ArticleKeidel: Bill Parcells, Hall Of Famer — The One Gig He Won’t Want To Leave
By Jason Keidel » More Columns He got his monicker from a fictional fish that got no respect, but Bill Parcells got the ultimate nod on Saturday. He will be recalled as a Giant, with a Giant...
View ArticlePiazza On Steroid Use: ‘I Don’t Understand What Part Of No People Don’t...
NEW YORK (WFAN) — Legendary Mets catcher Mike Piazza joined WFAN host Mike Francesa on Thursday afternoon in the wake of the release of Piazza’s book, “Long Shot.” Arguably the greatest hitting catcher...
View ArticleKnicks Great Bernard King Elected To Hall Of Fame
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Bernard King can finally call himself a Hall of Famer. The Knicks great will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2013 class in...
View ArticleNFL Legend David ‘Deacon’ Jones Dead At 74
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — David “Deacon” Jones, the original sackmaster, has died. The Hall of Fame defensive end credited with terming the word sack for how he knocked down quarterbacks, was 74. The...
View ArticleWarren Sapp: Rice Better Than Strahan ‘Any Day Of The Week’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Warren Sapp got the Hall of Fame nod on his first try. Giants great Michael Strahan didn’t. And it sounds like Sapp would give former Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammate Simeon Rice...
View ArticleTiki Barber Defends Ex-Giants Teammate Strahan, Calls Sapp ‘An Idiot’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Tiki Barber is standing up for former Giants teammate Michael Strahan. Barber called Warren Sapp “an idiot” on Monday for saying Simeon Rice was a better pass rusher than...
View ArticleBob Quigley Inducted Into Harness Racing Hall of Fame
GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) — The first general manager of the Meadowlands Racetrack, trainer/driver Dick Stillings and five horses are to be inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame on Sunday. Bob Quigley...
View ArticleRoger Clemens On Biogenesis Investigation: ‘I Don’t Care About It’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — With player suspensions connected to the Biogenesis clinic looming — they’re expected to be announced this week — one former player who knows a thing or two about MLB drug...
View ArticlePalladino: Hall Of Famer Bill Parcells Parlayed Luck Into Greatness
By Ernie Palladino » More Ernie Palladino Columns Bill Parcells, a local guy who constantly implored reporters eager to lionize that week’s star with “Let’s not put him in Canton yet, fellas,” goes...
View ArticleKeidel: Final Bell Sounds For Famed Boxer Ken Norton
By Jason Keidel >>More columns When boxing was a vital sport, Ken Norton was a vital boxer. Before other sports matched the money and none of the danger, boxing was must-watch theater, a...
View ArticleKahn: The Hall Of Famers Among Us
By Andrew Kahn There are Hall of Famers you maybe never got to see in person for various reasons: Babe Ruth or Walter Johnson, because you weren’t born, Sandy Koufax or Kirby Puckett because you didn’t...
View ArticleKeidel: Final Bell Sounds For Famed Boxer Ken Norton
By Jason Keidel >>More columns When boxing was a vital sport, Ken Norton was a vital boxer. Before other sports matched the money and none of the danger, boxing was must-watch theater, a...
View ArticleGRAMMY Hall of Fame Inducts 27 New Recordings from Dolly Parton, The Rolling...
Today (Dec. 4), the GRAMMY Hall of Fame released 27 singles and albums that will be inducted next year. The 27 inductees range from Dolly Parton‘s “Jolene”and The Rolling Stones‘ “Honky Tonk Women” to...
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6 Newest Members Of The National Baseball Hall Of Fame
By Chris Kral This weekend, the National Baseball Hall of Fame is celebrating 75 years of honoring baseball’s legends. Taking place in Cooperstown, NY, six baseball players/managers will be inducted...
View ArticleKeidel: No Holy War For Holyfield
By Jason Keidel » More Columns It’s a shame he waited until he left the stage to become so damn interesting. Despite his barbaric impulses, Mike Tyson never was a caveman. He knew more about boxing...
View ArticleKeidel: Jim Kelly’s Final Score
By Jason Keidel » More Columns To the world west of the Hudson, we have three teams in New York. And while we indeed have three NFL clubs named after the Empire State, only one actually does business...
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Mariano Rivera Honored With Parade In New Rochelle After Hall Of Fame Induction
Yankees legendary closer Mariano Rivera received a hero's welcome after returning to New Rochelle following his induction into the baseball Hall of Fame.
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