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NEWS ABOUT: Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter stories: 23 news summaries

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MLB PLAYOFFS

Sabathia, Yankees Overpower Minnesota in Game 1

Jeter leads offensive assault as New York cruises 7-2

Oct 7, 09 8:56 PM CDT
(AP) - Derek Jeter and CC Sabathia got the New York Yankees off to a winning postseason start in their new ballpark—and even Alex Rodriguez broke out of his playoff rut against the Minnesota Twins. Jeter tied it with a two-run homer, Sabathia was the ace the Yankees signed him to... More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Minnesota Twins • Yankee Stadium • Derek Jeter • American League playoffs • CC Sabathia • Brian Duensing

UPDATED

 Jeter Breaks 
 Gehrig's 
 Yankees 
 Hits Mark 

Shortstop, 35, adds another as rain holds off long enough for game to become official

Sep 11, 09 9:51 PM CDT
(AP) - Derek Jeter broke the New York Yankees' hit record held by Lou Gehrig for more than seven decades, singling to right field in the third inning of tonight's game against visiting Baltimore.That gave the shortstop 2,722 hits, one more than Gehrig. Jeter, 35, added an RBI single in... More »

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New York • New York Yankees • Baltimore Orioles • Yankee Stadium • Lou Gehrig • Derek Jeter • records • hits

(AP) - Derek Jeter and Lou Gehrig are tied at the top. Jeter matched the New York Yankees record for hits with a seventh-inning single tonight against Tampa Bay. Jeter's third hit of the game gave him 2,721 in a Yankees uniform, tying a mark held by Gehrig for more than... More »

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New York Yankees • Lou Gehrig • Derek Jeter • baseball

 Derek Jeter 'Secretly Engaged' 

Actress denies report, but what else is new?

Aug 27, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly “are secretly engaged,” a source tells the New York Post, and telling friends to "save the date" for a fall ceremony. “The wedding is being planned and will take place after baseball season is over.” Kelly’s rep denies... More »

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entertainment • New York Yankees • celebrity • Derek Jeter • baseball • celebrity engagements • Minka Kelly

OPINION




 A-Rod's Top 
 Foot-in-Mouth 
 Moments 

Meet baseball's future home run, and dumb statement king

Mar 5, 09 11:34 AM CST
(Newser) - He has 553 career home runs, and almost as many embarrassing verbal blunders. The New York Daily News counts down its favorite Alex Rodriguez foot-in-mouth moments, Among them:             
  • “I knew we weren’t taking Tic-Tacs.
... More »

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steroids • Alex Rodriguez • Derek Jeter • gaffe • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs

Put Your Virtual Tiger Up Against the Real Thing

Gamers get chance to face in-the-flesh stars in Xbox confrontation

Aug 29, 08 6:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shaving giant Gillette has announced a partnership with Electronic Arts to sponsor an online gaming tournament where the prize will be competing against real-life sports stars, the Boston Globe reports. Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, and Derek Jeter are the celebrity champions, who will be challenged by players on the Xbox... More »

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Tiger Woods • marketing • Roger Federer • Derek Jeter • Electronic Arts • online gaming • video games • Gillette • Procter & Gamble

Glossies

Yankee Fever Expected to Sell Seats—Literally

From $200 urinals to $50K for A-Rod's locker, closing ballpark full of souvenirs

Jul 9, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though Yankee Stadium, renovated in the 1970s, contains few long-lost relics, its current contents could nevertheless bring in $50 million when they're auctioned at season's end, New York magazine reports. From seats (figure $1,000), to urinals ($200), to trash bins ($100), everything is expected to find buyers stricken with... More »

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New York Yankees • auction • Yankee Stadium • Derek Jeter • memorabilia • sports collectibles • baseball

 Jeter Hits First Homer, 
 Yanks Finally Beat Tigers 

Rasner throws six-plus solid innings

May 10, 08 7:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Derek Jeter hit his first homer of the season, Darrell Rasner pitched six-plus strong innings and the New York Yankees ended a six-game losing streak to the Detroit Tigers with a 5-2 victory Saturday. Rasner (2-0) gave up two runs and four hits, departing after Magglio Ordonez's leadoff single in... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Detroit Tigers • Magglio Ordonez • Derek Jeter • Mariano Rivera • American League • Joba Chamberlain • baseball • Darrell Rasner • Jeremy Bonderman

Jeter, Politely, Nudges Yankees Legends Aside

Captain, 33, seems surprised to find he's passing big names in team's record books

May 7, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Derek Jeter passed Joe DiMaggio on the Yankees' all-time hits list earlier this season, he didn’t even notice. “I had no idea,” the captain tells the New York Post. “Somebody said something to me because I didn't see it flash on the scoreboard.” Jeter,... More »

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New York Yankees • Babe Ruth • Derek Jeter • Mickey Mantle • Joe DiMaggio • baseball • Yogi Berra

Jeter's Hits, Rasner's Arm
Key Yanks' Win

New York completes weekend sweep of struggling Seattle

May 4, 08 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Derek Jeter had four hits and the New York Yankees got consecutive homers from Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano during a six-run outburst, beating the slumping Seattle Mariners 8-2 Sunday to finish a lopsided three-game sweep. Just called up from the minors, Darrell Rasner pitched six comfortable innings and the... More »

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MLB • Seattle Mariners • New York Yankees • Hideki Matsui • Robinson Cano • Bobby Abreu • Derek Jeter • Hank Steinbrenner • baseball • Melky Cabrera • Carlos Silva • Darrell Rasner

 Mussina Leads
 Yankees Past
 Mariners 

Damon homers and doubles twice as New York wins second straight

May 3, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Johnny Damon homered and doubled twice to help Mike Mussina win his third straight start in the New York Yankees' 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners today. One day after co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner said he was "disappointed with the way the season has gone," the Yankees (16-16) rapped... More »

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MLB • Seattle Mariners • Felix Hernandez • New York Yankees • Mike Mussina • Derek Jeter • Johnny Damon • Hank Steinbrenner • American League • baseball

Martinez's RBI Single in 9th Lifts Indians 

Cleveland wins fifth straight as Yankees falls for 3rd in a row

Apr 27, 08 12:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Victor Martinez's bases-loaded single scored Grady Sizemore from third with one out in the ninth inning and the Cleveland Indians won their season-high fifth straight, 4-3 over the New York Yankees. Martinez slapped a pitch from Ross Ohlendorf (0-1) into left to bring in Sizemore, who moments earlier came up... More »

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MLB • Cleveland Indians • New York Yankees • Jorge Posada • Derek Jeter • Victor Martinez • Grady Sizemore • Johnny Damon • American League • baseball • David Dellucci • Ross Ohlendorf • Masa Kobayashi

A-Rod Injured, But Pettitte Shines as Yanks Rout Orioles 7-1

NY ends three-game losing streak

Apr 20, 08 5:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez hit an RBI double and scored before leaving with a leg injury, and the New York Yankees ended a three-game losing streak by beating the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 on a rainy Sunday. Andy Pettitte pitched seven scoreless innings, Johnny Damon homered and Derek Jeter had a three-run double... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Baltimore Orioles • Derek Jeter • Andy Pettitte • Johnny Damon • baseball

 Cano, A-Rod Help
Yankees Hold Back Rays 

Bombers get season highs in runs and hits

Apr 14, 08 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robinson Cano's pinch-hit homer snapped an eighth-inning tie, and Alex Rodriguez hit No. 521 to match Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Willie McCovey on the career list during the New York Yankees' 8-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. Johnny Damon and Morgan Ensberg also homered for... More »

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MLB • Alex Rodriguez • Robinson Cano • Derek Jeter • Johnny Damon • baseball • Tampa Bay Rays • Ian Kennedy • Morgan Ensberg

Mussina Lifts Yanks, Ties Gibson at 251

Abreu, Matsui lead New York to a series split with Tampa Bay

Apr 7, 08 10:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Mussina tied Bob Gibson on the career wins list by pitching six sharp innings, Bobby Abreu hit a two-run homer and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 Monday night. Abreu went 3-for-3 with a walk and Hideki Matsui drove in two runs for the Yankees,... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Mike Mussina • Hideki Matsui • Bobby Abreu • Derek Jeter • baseball • Tampa Bay Rays • Bob Gibson • David Cone

Sports Stars Endorse
Little League Facebook

Youth sports social site has big-time friends

Mar 26, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Want to see Peyton Manning’s Pop Warner games? Derek Jeter playing Little League? They’ll be on WePlay.com, alongside some game film from a lot of other not-yet-famous players. WePlay, which is launching today, is a youth sports social-networking site—a kind of little league Facebook. Athletes, coaches,... More »

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sports • social networking • Facebook • athlete • Derek Jeter • Peyton Manning • Little League • WePlay

Jeter a Cheater: New York State

If proven 'immersed' in Big Apple, superstar shortstop may owe millions in back taxes

Nov 16, 07 4:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Derek Jeter is spending the off-season denying he’s a Bronx Bomber. New York officials seeking back taxes from the Yankee—who files in Florida—have answered a judge’s demands to show the ballplayer is “immersed in the community.” If they can prove Jeter’s more a... More »

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Florida • taxes • New York Yankees • Derek Jeter • judge

Yanks Slip in Playoff Chase

Toronto rookie helps school Bombers 4-1

Sep 25, 07 4:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Yankees' remarkable playoff push was temporarily derailed by the Blue Jays, whose September call-up Jesse Litsch threw almost eight frames of one-run ball. The Yankees still need just one win or one Detroit loss in the next six games to secure the wild-card berth, but their hopes of beating... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Joe Torre • Alex Rodriguez • Toronto Blue Jays • Derek Jeter • baseball

Jeter Goes Long, Yankees Close in on Sox

Bombers take series, inch up in AL East with 4-3 win in Boston

Sep 17, 07 3:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boston loaded the bases in the ninth, but Yankees closer Mariano Rivera held on for the save in the Yankees' 4-3 victory. Derek Jeter, who caught the final out, had made all the difference in the previous inning, smashing Curt Schilling's last pitch into the Green Monster seats for a... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • Curt Schilling • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Derek Jeter • Joba Chamberlain • baseball

Yanks Topple Boston 5-3

Pettitte and the Bombers best Matsuzaka and the Sox in first of three

Aug 28, 07 11:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Yankees downed Boston 5-3 last night in the first of a crucial three-game series. Andy Pettitte was masterful for New York, surrendering six hits in seven innings, while the Bombers hammered Boston hurler Daisuke Matsuzaka. Johnny Damon's tie-breaking homer in the seventh handed closer Mariano Rivera a two-run lead,... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • Daisuke Matsuzaka • New York Yankees • AL East • Derek Jeter • Andy Pettitte • Johnny Damon • Mariano Rivera • baseball

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