Martinez calls New York `the town that loves to hate me&#39;
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Pedro Martinez probably won&#39;t be making any friends in New York any time soon. Martinez, scheduled to start Sunday&#39;s series finale for the Red Sox against the Yankees&#39; Mike Mussina, was both playful and sarcastic
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NEW YORKâS rush to build an Olympic stadium has provoked a clash between the cityâs billionaire mayor and a multimillionaire cable television tycoon that has thrown the Big Appleâs bid for the 2012 Games into jeopardy.
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Call it Grady's Revenge or the Day the Music Died or whatever else you can come up with. But close to an hour after last night's ghoulishly familiar 6-4 loss to the Yankees, the great Pedro Martinez did the unthinkable: He conceded to the Yankees.
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Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton always seemed to be fighting City Hall. Even before he shot and killed five people at a City Council meeting, thousands of dollars in parking tickets and citations piled up against the asphalt company owner. He raged at meetings over the years that he was being persecuted, mocking city officials as "jackasses" and accusing them of having a racist "plantation mentality."
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An Italian town&#39;s mayor hopes to shame men  into not using prostitutes by photographing cars that pick them  up and publishing the details in local newspapers.
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NEW YORK -- The face of Mariano Rivera, normally as placid as a pond in winter, was contorted in anger.
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First Blade made mincemeat of the undead at the megaplex; now he&#39;s looking to unload on New York City. Wesley Snipes sued the city Monday in an attempt to nullify an arrest warrant issued
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Mayor Thomas M. Menino is upset at what he says is a marketing ploy that is taking away business from one of the city's most famed retailers.
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Even Dustin Pedroia had to give this one to Kevin Youkilis . As much as it clearly pained him -- or made him laugh.
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Game two between the Yankees and the Red Sox was a pitcher&#39;s dual. Pedro Martinez held up his end of the bargain for Boston despite &quot;who&#39;s your daddy&quot; chants throughout the game.
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Omar Minaya may be the only person in baseball prepared to take Sammy Sosa off the Cubs&#39; hands and his recent offer to Pedro Martinez threatens to break up a Red Sox partnership that helped lift an 86-year curse.
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Even before Pedro Martinez uttered a word, he got a taste of how intense the interest in him will be in New York.
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Fame and fortune already his, Martinez finally made it to the World Series on Tuesday night. When he got there, he shut down the St.
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NEW YORK - Gary Sheffield hit an RBI single to give the New York Yankees a 1-0 lead over Boston after one inning of play in Game 2 of the AL championship series on Wednesday.    Pedro Martinez, making his first start in New York since he called the Yankees "my daddy" last month, walked Derek Jeter to start the game and then nicked Alex Rodriguez with a pitch before allowing Sheffield's single...
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Omar Minaya grew up a few blocks from Shea Stadium and realizes the task ahead of him. &quot;We know as New Yorkers nobody wants to hear excuses.
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ST. LOUIS It has often been said of the great pitchers that you get them early or you don&#39;t get them at all. Pedro Martinez, whose .
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With an unparalleled history of success, vast resources, an exorbitant payroll and a smug, quick-tempered owner, the New York Yankees have long been a &quot;love-hate&quot; franchise.