The Super Bowl is America’s most-hyped sports event of the year, so it’s perhaps no surprise that there are plenty of oddities that go with it—such as half time act Madonna getting her very own press conference. Among the questions asked was one about the rumored painting of Rodriguez ...

Except for one horrendous, torturous, all-manner-of-bad-things eighth inning on an October night in Chicago in 2003, Jim Hendry might have a much different résumé. Jim Hendry and a ball just out of reach. (AP) It’s amazing that in baseball, a sport where the most respected statisticians preach ...

I was watching last night’s Rangers-Tigers playoff game, with all the towels whipping in the air, and thinking how much cooler it would be if they were cheering their team on with lingerie. The first team that signs on for rally-panties will have a real competitive advantage. But then, I’m ...

Brian Cashman will remain a center of attention in the Bronx. (AP) The Yankees’ offseason has yet to begin, but all signs point to at least one key free agent returning. Team president Randy Levine told ESPN New York that the Yankees would like to retain general manager Brian Cashman, who’s ...

"The Cubs? Fuhgeddaboutit." (AP)On Friday, the Cubs announced that general manager Jim Hendry had been fired after a little over nine years on the job. Hendry had more success at the job than most of his predecessors; the Cubs made the playoffs in three of his first six seasons, most notably ...

Headline in today’s Daily News: Jose Reyes to New York Yankees ‘not going to happen,’ says Brian Cashman, who supports Derek Jeter “We have an everyday shortstop in Derek Jeter,” said Cashman, who was at the Waldorf-Astoria for the CYO Club of Champions Tribute to receive the Sportsman ...

Claude Rains, playing "The Invisible General Manager." Perhaps Brian Cashman would also like to disappear after signing Pedro Feliciano. One of the great underrated actors of all time is Claude Rains. A Warner Brothers contract player for many years, Rains, in the words of critic David Thomson, ...

After the Joba Confession, the other bit of interesting news from Brian Cashman’s breakfast was his selection of toast—rye, and not wheat or white. There was also a bit of discussion regarding the Ol’ Captain, Derek Jeter and the possibility of his eventually moving off of shortstop. Cashman later ...

In baseball, all general managers operate with varying degrees of autonomy. They always have to answer to someone, and it’s doubtful that any of them get 100 percent of what they want. Most of the time we don’t know about it. Even now, as you read this, some eager-beaver exec is standing before his ...

This morning, Brian Cashman told Wallace Matthews of ESPN that—Land o’ Goshen!—the Yankees might have to suffer the indignity of using untried, virgin hurlers in this year’s starting rotation. “I’m not saying I want to do it,” general manager Brian Cashman said in a telephone ...

The Yankees were saved by their own worst impulses yesterday when lefty Cliff Lee opted to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies in return for a five-year contract, leaving more lucrative, longer-lasting offers from the Yankees on the table. Even very smart people can fit themselves with blinders and operate ...

If he can help bring Upton, Chamberlain should do next year's sweating in different colors. (AP) Since I commented on Kevin Towers floating the idea of dealing Justin Upton yesterday, what seemed like a mere trial balloon now has taken on a greater reality. The Diamondbacks barely escaped losing ...