Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phil Niekro, the only knuckleball pitcher to win 300 Major League Baseball games, died in his sleep Saturday night after a long ...
Astros pitcher passes at age 61 from brain aneurysm. HOUSTON — Quick with a joke or a smile, Joe Niekro was the life of the Houston Astros’ clubhouse for more than a decade. He also became their most ...
Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that baffled big league hitters for more than two decades, mostly with the Atlanta Braves, has died after a long ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Former major league pitcher Joe Niekro, Houston’s career victory leader, died Friday, Astros president Tal Smith said. He was 61. The two-time 20-game winner suffered a brain aneurysm ...
NORTH PORT, Fla. — On an October morning in 2006, Joe Niekro drove his son, J.J., to St. Stephen Catholic School in Riverview, Florida. To 8-year-old J.J., everything seemed normal. ExploreMore AJC ...
Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that baffled big league hitters for more than two decades, mostly with the Atlanta Braves, has died after a long ...