ATLANTA, Georgia — 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 ...

The Hall of Fame pitcher is an icon inside and outside the Braves organization — one with more than its fair share of those enshrined in Cooperstown. Niekro died Saturday at the age of 81 after a long ...

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 ...

Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro, 21 of his 24 years in the majors with the Braves, died Saturday. This is what is being said across baseball about the knuckleballer: “We are heartbroken on the ...

ATLANTA — 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 ...

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 ...

Phil Niekro helped pave the way for other knuckleballers who enjoyed successful MLB careers by predominantly throwing one pitch, and that is not lost on R.A. Dickey. The Atlanta Braves announced on ...

Braves legend Phil Niekro has passed away at age 81. The MLB has had its fair share of tragedy this year, as six Hall of Fame players, including Whitey Ford, Joe Morgan, and Bob Gibson, died over the ...

Phil Niekro died in his sleep on Saturday following a "long battle with cancer," the Atlanta Braves said Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro, known for his trademark knuckleball, has died. He ...

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 ...

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 ...