On Feb. 11, spring training report day for Yankees pitchers and catchers, their new closer showed up with a beard. When Devin ...

As a pitcher, closing out ballgames is not an easy way to make a living. You never know when your next opportunity will come, ...

1901 — In the opener at Detroit’s Bennett Park, the Tigers beat Milwaukee in a great comeback. Trailing 13-4 going into the bottom of the ninth, the Tigers scored 10 runs for a 14-13 victory. Frank ...

1970 — Los Angeles Lakers guard Jerry West hits a 60-foot desperation shot at the buzzer to tie Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks. The Knicks outscore the Lakers 9-6 in the overtime ...

1990 — At Fenway Park, gimpy-legged Bill Buckner, 41, hits an inside-the-park home run for the Boston Red Sox. It will be his only homer in this, his last, season as he will play just 22 games.

A brief anecdote about the power of music.

The San Francisco Giants hit the road against the New York Yankees aiming to continue a five-game road winning streak.

Aaron Judge marked his 1,000th game by hitting his sixth homer of the season and the New York Yankees beat Pittsburgh 9-4 in ...

When the New York Yankees recently relaxed their facial hair policy, which had been in place since 1976, it marked the end of an era. The Yankees were the last MLB team to ban players from growing ...

In February, the Yankees made major news with the announcement that they were reversing course on a rule, in place since 1976, forbidding their players from having a beard. That means Williams ...