Archive last updated: December 31, 2014 01:55:46 PM EST - Latest Sports News

• Dodgers add Anderson, DFA Arruebarrena (December 31, 2014, 6:15 PM ET)
• Reds acquire 'big bat' in Byrd via Phils trade (December 31, 2014, 5:08 PM ET)
• M's acquire OF Smith from Pads for Maurer (December 30, 2014, 8:02 PM ET)
• Szymborski: Curt Schilling's Hall of Fame case (December 30, 2014, 3:36 PM ET)
• Rays to add infielder Cabrera, source says (December 30, 2014, 2:30 PM ET)
• Royals OF Gordon has surgery on right wrist (December 30, 2014, 2:06 PM ET)
• Bosch drug supplier sentenced to prison time (December 30, 2014, 1:59 PM ET)
• Royals announce 2-year contract for Volquez (December 29, 2014, 6:55 PM ET)
• Petriello: Atlanta's incoherent offseason (December 29, 2014, 1:46 PM ET)
• Stark: Strange But True in 2014 (December 29, 2014, 10:38 AM ET)
• Source: D-backs, Pennington avoid arbitration (December 29, 2014, 2:17 AM ET)
• Police question Cubs' Castro about shooting (December 27, 2014, 6:52 PM ET)
• Source: Kuroda leaving MLB, returning to Japan (December 26, 2014, 11:53 PM ET)
• Uggla, Bell agree to deals with Nationals (December 26, 2014, 5:26 PM ET)
• Report: Braves, C Pierzynski agree to deal (December 25, 2014, 12:13 AM ET)
• Caffeine free: Nats P tweets out comped java (December 24, 2014, 9:41 PM ET)
• Reports: Young, O's agree to 1-year deal (December 24, 2014, 3:03 PM ET)
• Braves, reliever Grilli agree to 2-year deal (December 24, 2014, 12:56 AM ET)
• MLB average salary makes 12.78 percent jump (December 23, 2014, 7:41 PM ET)
• Mets prospect Mazzilli suspended by MLB (December 23, 2014, 5:14 PM ET)
• Walden, Cardinals agree to $6.6M contract (December 23, 2014, 4:24 PM ET)
• Peavy, Giants finalize 2-year, $24M contract (December 23, 2014, 2:19 PM ET)
• Szymborski: Identifying good, bad baserunners (December 23, 2014, 12:27 PM ET)
• Romo, Giants finalize $15M, 2-year contract (December 23, 2014, 10:17 AM ET)
• Scutaro's career in doubt after back surgery (December 22, 2014, 5:54 PM ET)
• Edes: Will Red Sox rotation be OK as is? (December 22, 2014, 5:39 PM ET)
• Pirates win negotiating rights to S. Korean SS (December 22, 2014, 3:58 PM ET)
• IRS to auction money Mets owe Strawberry (December 22, 2014, 2:19 PM ET)
• Twins extend pitcher Hughes through 2019 (December 22, 2014, 1:31 PM ET)
• Middlebrooks to Padres; Red Sox get Hanigan (December 20, 2014, 5:15 PM ET)
• Crasnick: Preller making noise in San Diego (December 20, 2014, 12:23 PM ET)
• Report: Umpires, MLB reach 5-year labor deal (December 20, 2014, 1:07 AM ET)
• Athletics release vet Punto after one season (December 20, 2014, 12:58 AM ET)
• Giants fill Sandoval hole, trade for McGehee (December 20, 2014, 12:51 AM ET)
• Catcher Ross joining Lester with Cubs (December 19, 2014, 11:23 PM ET)
• Breslow agrees to 1-year deal with Red Sox (December 19, 2014, 11:20 PM ET)
• No-frills Red Sox roll out Rick Porcello (December 19, 2014, 10:24 PM ET)
• Twins tab Quade to manage Triple-A club (December 19, 2014, 9:48 PM ET)
• Report: Dodgers pass Yanks in owing most tax (December 19, 2014, 9:33 PM ET)
• Sources: Padres keep dealing, get J. Upton (December 19, 2014, 6:32 PM ET)
• Yankees trade Prado to Miami, get P Eovaldi (December 19, 2014, 6:16 PM ET)
• Phils finalize deal sending Rollins to Dodgers (December 19, 2014, 5:55 PM ET)
• Sources: Selig to earn $6M a year in retirement (December 19, 2014, 3:57 PM ET)
• Kemp joins Padres after trade clears hurdles (December 19, 2014, 12:26 PM ET)
• Sixth man pleads guilty in Biogenesis case (December 19, 2014, 11:30 AM ET)
• A's deal All-Star catcher Norris to San Diego (December 19, 2014, 11:18 AM ET)
• Source: RHP Johnson, Padres close to deal (December 19, 2014, 1:27 AM ET)
• Council nixes Rays stadium search agreement (December 18, 2014, 10:10 PM ET)
• Scherzer not a realistic option, Yanks reveal (December 18, 2014, 9:44 PM ET)
• Royals reportedly ink Volquez; Medlen signed (December 18, 2014, 8:41 PM ET)
• Woman sues Red Sox owner over elevator fall (December 18, 2014, 7:23 PM ET)
• Steroids trial pushed back for A-Rod's cousin (December 18, 2014, 5:39 PM ET)
• Blengino: The great -- but risky? -- Mike Trout (December 18, 2014, 4:44 PM ET)
• A's acquire reliever De La Rosa from D-backs (December 18, 2014, 4:17 PM ET)
• Kemp trade in limbo after arthritis diagnosis (December 18, 2014, 4:14 PM ET)
• Main drug supplier for Bosch pleads guilty (December 18, 2014, 3:51 PM ET)
• Crawford: Cuba's best MLB prospects (December 18, 2014, 2:05 PM ET)
• Oliva sees great potential in U.S.-Cuba relations (December 18, 2014, 1:52 PM ET)
• Morgan signs deal with South Korean team (December 18, 2014, 1:23 PM ET)
• Source: Padres acquire OF Myers from Rays (December 18, 2014, 10:43 AM ET)
• Source: Dodgers, Padres agree to Kemp deal (December 18, 2014, 10:28 AM ET)
• Braves OF Markakis has surgery to fix disk (December 17, 2014, 7:57 PM ET)
• Kipnis has finger surgery, likely OK for opener (December 17, 2014, 7:29 PM ET)
• Source: Giants, Romo finalizing $15M deal (December 17, 2014, 4:52 PM ET)
• M's acquire Cubs' Ruggiano to fill OF void (December 17, 2014, 4:13 PM ET)
• Petriello: The secretly great Indians rotation (December 17, 2014, 3:35 PM ET)
• Active Marlins sign Morse to 2-year contract (December 17, 2014, 3:31 PM ET)
• Rangers sign Japanese reliever Fujikawa (December 17, 2014, 12:47 PM ET)
• Padres, Morrow agree to incentive-laden deal (December 17, 2014, 12:26 PM ET)
• Crasnick: An arm and a leg for relief (December 17, 2014, 12:09 PM ET)
• Yanks re-sign lefty Capuano to 1-year deal (December 17, 2014, 11:55 AM ET)
• Suspended 1B Davis cleared to use Adderall (December 17, 2014, 11:37 AM ET)
• Jeter to participate in Matsui charity event (December 17, 2014, 9:17 AM ET)
• Angels acquire OF Joyce in trade with Rays (December 16, 2014, 7:39 PM ET)
• Rockies, SS Descalso agree to 2-year deal (December 16, 2014, 6:41 PM ET)
• Indians sign pitcher Floyd to 1-year deal (December 16, 2014, 6:23 PM ET)
• Cubs see Lester as transition toward winning (December 16, 2014, 6:08 PM ET)
• Morales finalizes two-year deal with Royals (December 16, 2014, 5:54 PM ET)
• Yankees GM Cashman: A-Rod now a full-time DH (December 16, 2014, 5:02 PM ET)
• Dodgers designate Wilson for assignment (December 16, 2014, 4:50 PM ET)
• Sources: Royals, OF Rios ink 1-year deal (December 16, 2014, 3:27 PM ET)
• SS Lowrie, Astros reach 3-year agreement (December 16, 2014, 3:27 PM ET)
• Man enters guilty plea in smuggling of Puig (December 16, 2014, 2:51 PM ET)
• Source: Cubs sign P Motte to one-year deal (December 16, 2014, 2:20 PM ET)
• White Sox, OF Cabrera agree to deal (December 16, 2014, 12:49 PM ET)
• Lawsuit: Posada looking to recover $11.2M (December 16, 2014, 12:05 PM ET)
• Yanks sign 3B Headley to 4-year, $52M deal (December 16, 2014, 11:28 AM ET)
• Sources: Dodgers, LHP Anderson reach deal (December 16, 2014, 10:24 AM ET)
• Gordon Edes: State of the Red Sox rotation (December 16, 2014, 8:40 AM ET)
• Brewers to honor Selig with stadium exhibit (December 15, 2014, 8:04 PM ET)
• Source: Nats' Harper agrees to 2-year deal (December 15, 2014, 7:05 PM ET)
• Royals add pitcher Pino; designate Coleman (December 15, 2014, 5:51 PM ET)
• MLB raises more than $175K for lung cancer (December 15, 2014, 5:32 PM ET)
• LeBron, Magic, others congratulate Kobe (December 14, 2014, 10:57 PM ET)
• Report: Lester $30M signing bonus a record (December 15, 2014, 2:54 PM ET)
• Baseball trading card pioneer Berger dies at 91 (December 14, 2014, 4:37 PM ET)
• Harper no-shows fan event; Nats 'disappointed' (December 14, 2014, 3:49 PM ET)
• Red Sox moves don't look so bad after all (December 14, 2014, 2:20 PM ET)
• Sources: Jays eye Rizzo as CEO replacement (December 13, 2014, 3:30 PM ET)
• Szymborski: Dodgers' sneaky-good offseason (December 13, 2014, 2:43 PM ET)
• Markakis to receive $2M bonus from Braves (December 13, 2014, 9:42 AM ET)
• Red Sox make it clear: Masterson a starter (December 13, 2014, 9:41 AM ET)
• Crasnick: Things to watch after winter meetings (December 12, 2014, 9:11 PM ET)
• Source: Santana gets four years from Twins (December 12, 2014, 8:24 PM ET)
• 'Sir' Didi Gregorius set to step in for Jeter (December 12, 2014, 6:35 PM ET)
• Rangers get lefty Detwiler in trade with Nats (December 12, 2014, 2:59 PM ET)
• Cockcroft: Notable rankings changes after winter meetings (December 12, 2014, 1:41 PM ET)
• Stark: Winter meetings winners and losers (December 12, 2014, 2:59 AM ET)
• Red Sox add Porcello, Masterson in flurry (December 12, 2014, 1:58 AM ET)
• Farewell to arms: Reds trade Latos, Simon (December 11, 2014, 10:10 PM ET)
• Reynolds reaches 1-year deal with Cardinals (December 11, 2014, 9:38 PM ET)
• Hispanic woman files MLB discrimination suit (December 11, 2014, 8:22 PM ET)
• Marlins make splash, target NL East crown (December 11, 2014, 8:19 PM ET)
• Report: Morales, Royals reach two-year deal (December 11, 2014, 6:44 PM ET)
• Sources: Phillies trade SS Rollins to Dodgers (December 11, 2014, 3:42 PM ET)
• Former Yankee gets 3 years in sex abuse case (December 11, 2014, 2:16 PM ET)
• Tigers acquire Reds' Simon after dealing Porcello (December 11, 2014, 1:48 PM ET)
• Sources: RHP Masterson agrees with Red Sox (December 11, 2014, 12:49 PM ET)
• Dodgers get Kendrick, trade Gordon in deals (December 11, 2014, 12:30 PM ET)
• Source: Red Sox acquire Miley from D-backs (December 11, 2014, 11:19 AM ET)
• Angels' Richards could miss start of season (December 11, 2014, 10:00 AM ET)
• Sources: McCarthy, Dodgers agree to deal (December 11, 2014, 5:45 AM ET)
• Yanks: A-Rod not at spring training weight (December 11, 2014, 2:37 AM ET)
• Dodgers' Haren, Gordon dealt to Marlins (December 11, 2014, 2:24 AM ET)
• Dodgers flip Heaney for Angels' Kendrick (December 11, 2014, 2:10 AM ET)
• Lester celebrates, consoles fans on Twitter (December 10, 2014, 10:52 PM ET)
• Wilson likely to get Rangers spring invite again (December 10, 2014, 10:28 PM ET)
• Lester picks Cubs, gets 6-year, $155M deal (December 10, 2014, 9:29 PM ET)
• Boras likens Scherzer to Peyton Manning (December 10, 2014, 9:18 PM ET)
• Braves share renderings of proposed stadium (December 10, 2014, 7:33 PM ET)
• White Sox get Samardzija in 6-player deal (December 10, 2014, 6:47 PM ET)
• Cherington on Lester offer: 'Best we could do' (December 10, 2014, 6:13 PM ET)
• Enberg receives Frick Award for broadcasting (December 10, 2014, 5:14 PM ET)
• With Lester, Cubs' Series odds soar to 12-1 (December 10, 2014, 3:57 PM ET)
• Sources: Gregerson, Neshek join Astros' pen (December 10, 2014, 1:18 PM ET)
• Red Sox's job of building rotation gets harder (December 10, 2014, 9:42 AM ET)
• Reports: Callaspo, Braves agree to 1-year deal (December 10, 2014, 7:03 AM ET)
• Source: RHP Hammel coming back to Cubs (December 10, 2014, 5:44 AM ET)
• Source: Red Sox make offer to Masterson (December 10, 2014, 5:42 AM ET)
• Sources: Lester pick down to Cubs, Red Sox (December 10, 2014, 1:12 AM ET)
• Sources: Liriano, Pirates agree on $39M deal (December 10, 2014, 12:27 AM ET)
• Crasnick: White Sox winning the offseason (December 9, 2014, 11:09 PM ET)
• Giants out of contention as Lester talks slow (December 9, 2014, 10:49 PM ET)
• Sources: Lester choice expected by Tuesday (December 9, 2014, 10:07 PM ET)
• Cubs get catcher Montero for two pitchers (December 9, 2014, 9:16 PM ET)
• Samardzija happy to be back home in Chicago (December 9, 2014, 7:52 PM ET)
• Sources: White Sox add Robertson at closer (December 9, 2014, 6:02 PM ET)
• Gage wins Spink Award for baseball writing (December 9, 2014, 4:35 PM ET)
• Source: Cubs near trade for catcher Montero (December 9, 2014, 3:46 PM ET)
• Rays to expand search for new stadium site (December 9, 2014, 2:35 PM ET)
• Cards RHP to wear No. 18 to honor Taveras (December 9, 2014, 12:30 PM ET)
• All Golden Era candidates fall short of Hall (December 9, 2014, 12:13 PM ET)
• Lester weighing factors before making move (December 9, 2014, 9:30 AM ET)
• D-backs, Tomas finalize 6-year, $68.5M deal (December 8, 2014, 10:54 PM ET)
• Indians get Moss from A's for minor leaguer (December 8, 2014, 9:56 PM ET)
• Cash: Honored to follow Maddon with Rays (December 8, 2014, 6:56 PM ET)
• Szymborski: 10 bargain free agents (December 8, 2014, 4:28 PM ET)
• Dick Allen deserves HOF (December 8, 2014, 3:07 PM ET)
• Sources: Jays seek to replace CEO Beeston (December 8, 2014, 8:39 AM ET)
• Honus Wagner card auctioned at over $400K (December 7, 2014, 4:18 PM ET)
• Report: Sox owner Henry flies to visit Lester (December 6, 2014, 10:44 PM ET)
• 'Dynamic' Cash gets call as Rays manager (December 6, 2014, 11:01 AM ET)
• Yanks add LHP Miller for 4 years, $36 million (December 5, 2014, 11:43 PM ET)
• Werth gets 10 days in jail for reckless driving (December 5, 2014, 6:55 PM ET)
• Dempster retires, joins Cubs front office (December 5, 2014, 6:01 PM ET)
• Royals' Hochevar to throw off mound soon (December 5, 2014, 4:55 PM ET)
• Hunter Pence bares his awkward, endearing self (December 5, 2014, 4:16 PM ET)
• Stark: 10 names to watch at winter meetings (December 5, 2014, 3:03 PM ET)
• OF Ethier to Dodgers: Play me every day (December 5, 2014, 2:17 PM ET)
• Rangers hold on to Lewis with 1-year deal (December 5, 2014, 12:16 PM ET)
• Ortiz to Red Sox: 'Time to step up' on Lester (December 5, 2014, 12:13 PM ET)
• 8 years, 56 wins later, Dice-K back to Japan (December 5, 2014, 9:42 AM ET)
• Mariners, Cruz make 4-year deal official (December 4, 2014, 8:17 PM ET)
• Incoming commissioner reorganizes top jobs (December 4, 2014, 8:12 PM ET)
• Canadian Saunders 'honored' to join Jays (December 4, 2014, 8:10 PM ET)
• Source: Lester bidding includes fourth team (December 4, 2014, 6:38 PM ET)
• Maddon hires Martinez as Cubs bench coach (December 4, 2014, 5:20 PM ET)
• Dodgers' interest in Lester changes everything (December 4, 2014, 4:08 PM ET)
• Petriello: Why Ryan Braun could still be a superstar (December 4, 2014, 3:46 PM ET)
• Ibanez withdraws from Rays consideration (December 4, 2014, 2:19 PM ET)
• Hunter, in Twins intro, berates beat reporter (December 4, 2014, 12:47 PM ET)
• Report: Royals' Hochevar gets 2-year deal (December 4, 2014, 9:27 AM ET)
• Blue Jays sign 1B Smoak to 1-year deal (December 3, 2014, 10:55 PM ET)
• Seager: Mariners ready to go to 'next level' (December 3, 2014, 10:07 PM ET)
• Markakis, Braves agree to 4-year deal (December 3, 2014, 8:26 PM ET)
• Mariners deal Saunders for Jays lefty Happ (December 3, 2014, 8:10 PM ET)
• Pirates sign P Richard to minor league deal (December 3, 2014, 4:30 PM ET)
• Harvey 'on board' with Mets' innings plan (December 3, 2014, 3:49 PM ET)
• OF Hunter returning to Twins on 1-year deal (December 3, 2014, 3:17 PM ET)
• Torre: MLB near new domestic violence policy (December 3, 2014, 2:23 PM ET)
• Braves sign RP Johnson to one-year deal (December 3, 2014, 2:09 PM ET)
• Szymborski: A's still contenders despite offseason departures (December 3, 2014, 1:57 PM ET)
• Nats' Span has surgery for sports hernia (December 3, 2014, 1:44 PM ET)
• Biogenesis deliveryman avoids time in jail (December 3, 2014, 1:20 PM ET)
• MLB executive Tim Brosnan leaving post in 2015 (December 3, 2014, 12:49 PM ET)
• Padres hire ex-player Kotsay as hitting coach (December 3, 2014, 9:20 AM ET)
• Padres' Cabrera, Mets' Young among 32 cut (December 3, 2014, 1:03 AM ET)
• Crasnick: Jake Peavy has 'a lot to prove' (December 3, 2014, 12:52 AM ET)
• Seager, Mariners finalize 7-year, $100M deal (December 2, 2014, 11:55 PM ET)
• Veteran MLB umpire Scott says he's gay (December 2, 2014, 11:10 PM ET)
• Dodgers acquire OF Heisey in trade with Reds (December 2, 2014, 9:43 PM ET)
• Braves' Medlen, Beachy now free agents (December 2, 2014, 7:05 PM ET)
• Dodgers' Mattingly becomes dad again at 53 (December 2, 2014, 11:49 AM ET)
• A's Lawrie blames artificial turf for absences (December 2, 2014, 11:40 AM ET)
• Red Sox ready to pounce on available pitchers (December 2, 2014, 9:43 AM ET)
• Swydan: Yankees are worst team in AL East (December 1, 2014, 5:52 PM ET)
• Source: Cruz, Mariners reach multiyear deal (December 1, 2014, 1:33 PM ET)
• Pirates get utilityman Rodriguez from Rays (December 1, 2014, 11:52 AM ET)
• Yanks in pursuit of lefty Miller, sources say (December 1, 2014, 11:14 AM ET)
• Donaldson sees potential in Blue Jays' lineup (December 1, 2014, 9:46 AM ET)
• Source: Lester, Giants will meet on Monday (December 1, 2014, 8:29 AM ET)