Somebody named Nelson Figueroa, a fill-in pitcher for the Mets, aggravated the Washington Nationals by mocking them through the media.

That’s not a big deal. The Nationals are accustomed to such abuse.

In the process, though, he also ticked off…

Is it over for Jimmy Ballgame?

San Diego Union Tribune columnist Tim Sullivan believes so. Here is his take:

“Should you happen to run across John Moores around mealtime, be sure to pass him some Pepto-Bismol. If the Padres’ owner is about to eat…

The White Sox are never full on Ozzie Guillen’s watch. Recently he delivered another profanity-laced tirade, to the delight of reporters eager to use the word “bleep” in their stories.

Then came news of the team’s blow-up doll incident. It…

Jose Canseco is a knucklehead. You know that, we know that.

But if anybody needed affirmation about this point, it came this week when he lost his $2.8 million home in Encino, Calif., to foreclosure. He simply moved out of the…

Just 16 months ago, the San Francisco Giants gave pitcher Barry Zito a seven-year, $126 million contract.

It didn’t work out so well. That team was forced to transfer him to the bullpen and relegate him to mop-up work. Zito is…

Alas, Danica Patrick is more than pretty face. She actually won the Japan Indy 300, proving that she can accomplish as much in a racing suit as she does in a swimsuit.

What was stranger, her winning this race or her…

Roger Clemens needs some love these days. The feds are zealously exploring perjury charges against him.

Agents have been poking around his business in Houston, exploring trails leading to a possible HGH supplier. The New York Times printed some of the ominous…

Rick Majerus really is making progress with the Billikens. We know this because SLU went to Philadelphia and outworked another grind-it-out team Thursday night.

While winning at St. Joseph 64-55, the Billikens made quite an impression on Hawks coach Phil Martelli.

“We…

It just keeps getting worse for Roger Clemens. The New York Daily News published this little tidbit on the infamous Jose Canseco Party that Clemens denied attending:

“The Daily News has learned that in the days since the Feb. 13 public hearing on…

Is Roger Clemens widely viewed as a steroid scofflaw? The Chicago Tribune asked an expert on scofflaws, former big league hurler Denny McLain, for his take on the matter.

Who better to talk malfeasance than McLain, arguably the greatest pitcher…