Johan Santana making a comeback — and the Yankees are interested  —  Johan Santana's comeback began Tuesday night, pitching two scoreless innings in the Venezuelan Winter League, and the Yankees were among the teams in attendance.  —  It was the left-hander's first game on a mound since …

Braves are still talking to clubs about Gattis  —  With the start of Spring Training a little less than a month away, the Braves are still talking to a few clubs that had shown interest in Evan Gattis during the early portion of this offseason.  —  As USA Today's Bob Nightengale first reported …

Toronto Blue Jays want grass in the Rogers Centre: An inside look at the difficult growth process it requires  —  Imagine: Sitting before you is a scale model of the Rogers Centre, roughly the size of a round roasting pan.  Your challenge: to put a real baseball field in the stadium …

Indianapolis Colts linebacker charged with rape  —  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Jan. 14, 2015)- An Indianapolis Colts linebacker has been charged with rape.  —  Josh McNary, 26, was formally charged Wednesday in a rape investigation.  —  McNary faces one count of rape, one count of criminal confinement …

ESPN Sunday Night Baseball hits Cubs, Yankees early  —  Phil Orlins was reminiscing Tuesday about producing the 1990 debut of ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, featuring the now- defunct Montreal Expos, and now 26 years later, it's now the Chicago Cubs' hopeful return to prominence highlighting their broadcast season.

Pacquiao agrees to fight Mayweather  —  The fight the world has wanted to see for the better part of six years — a long-awaited summit meeting between welterweight champions Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, the two top boxers in the world — is not done, but it has cleared a major hurdle.

Mets righty has been subject of trade rumors all offseason  —  9/12/14: Dillon Gee earns the win against the Nationals, throwing 5 1/3 innings of three-run ball while striking out four  —  NEW YORK — Amid baseball's annual flow of trade rumors, it's sometimes easy to forget …

Latest On Blue Jays Interest In Dan Duquette  —  We checked in this morning on the possibility of the Blue Jays acquiring the rights to Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette in order to install him as the club's new president.  The reports cited indicated that there were at least …

Wright vows to make up for last season during intense training program  —  David Wright at The Barwis Methods Center at the Mets' spring training facility.  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The road back from the left shoulder injury has been long and tedious with even some outbursts of anger …

Former Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone interviewing with Jaguars  —  When former Buffalo coach Doug Marrone surprisingly opted out of his contract with the Bills on Dec. 31, the thought was he must have another job lined up.  —  Well, apparently not.  —  The Times-Union's Ryan O'Halloran …

Mariners Acquire Mike Kickham  —  The Mariners have acquired lefty Mike Kickham from the Cubs in exchange for 21-year-old right-hander Lars Huijer, Seattle announced.  —  Kickham, 26, was designated for assignment when the Cubs made their signing of Chris Denorfia official.

Diamondbacks GM Dave Stewart says he won't add a catcher  —  After saying last week the Diamondbacks would be comfortable going into the season with their current catchers if a better option didn't present itself, General Manager Dave Stewart took it a step further Tuesday …