Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro, an Atlanta Braves icon who baffled hitters with his masterful knuckleball for 24 seasons, died at the age of 81, the Hall of Fame announced Sunday. Niekro had been ...

New York Yankees pitcher Phil Niekro delivers a pitch against the Blue Jays in Toronto (Reuters) - Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro, who was famous for confounding batters with his mystifying ...

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 Atlanta, has died after a long fight with ...

ATLANTA — Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers. Heck, he didn’t even know where it was going most of the time. But the knuckleball carried Niekro to more than 300 wins, earned ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – R.A. Dickey’s face lit up when he saw Phil Niekro and Tim Wakefield, and the New York Mets’ ace greeted both with a big hug in front of the dugout. The next thing they knew, the ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. – It seems there isn’t enough hyperbole when it comes to describing a knuckleball. The elusive pitch is now so rare and so unpredictable that even those who know it best are at a loss to ...

Standing in the outfield before a May game in Anaheim, Calif., Orioles manager Buck Showalter did not like what he saw in Zach Clark, but it had little to do with Clark's mechanics or repertory.

Phil Niekro, the only knuckleball pitcher to win 300 Major League Baseball games, died in his sleep Saturday night after a long battle with cancer, the Atlanta Braves announced. He was 81. Niekro ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers. Heck, he didn’t even know where it was going most of the time. But the knuckleball carried Niekro to more than 300 wins, ...

National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro — a longtime pitcher for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves who was known for his blistering knuckleball — died in his sleep after a long battle with ...

Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro, known for his trademark knuckleball, has died. He was 81. The Hall of Famer died on Saturday in his sleep following a “long battle with cancer,” the team ...