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Pete Rose held a press conference on Tuesday to discuss MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision to not reinstate him. As expected, he was asked about his gambling habits and offered no apologies. Rose, who was fittingly speaking from Las Vegas …
If there is a more tone deaf former athlete than Pete Rose, you’d have to let me know who it is. MLB on Monday announced that Rose’s appeal to be reinstated by the league was denied. Rose, 74, was appealing a ban that was issued against …
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has decided that he will not lift the permanent ban on all-time hits leader Pete Rose. Manfred has not announced the decision publicly, but Michael Schmidt of the New York Times reports that Manfred called Rose Monday …
Pete Rose has been making a stir as part of the FOX studio analyst team this postseason. On Friday, he went viral. Rose peered into the camera as C.J. Nitkowski was speaking, held his gaze for a brief moment, then popped back out of the shot. …
During the fourth inning of Thursday’s playoff game against the Rangers, Josh Donaldson collided with Rougned Odor while trying to break up a double play at second base (video here). As a precautionary measure, the frontrunner for the American …
Pete Rose has already been branded a gambler and liar and has been banned from MLB for life, but now he is facing a much more serious and disturbing allegation. During an interview with 1520 WCHE in West Chester, Pa. on July 14, John Dowd, the man …
As expected, Pete Rose received a very enthusiastic ovation from the hometown fans in Cincinnati when he took the field before the All-Star Game on Tuesday night. Rose was selected by the fans as one of the Reds’ “Franchise Four” …
No matter what the rest of Major League Baseball might think of him, the Cincinnati Reds faithful still have mad respect for Pete Rose. The 74-year-old Rose, one of the most divisive figures in baseball history thanks to his gambling controversies, …
Major League Baseball will take a break from games for a few days this week to celebrate its all-stars in Cincinnati. The Ohio city is, of course, home to the Reds, the team Pete Rose spent 19 seasons playing for. It has been confirmed Rose will be …
One of the most controversial moments in MLB All-Star Game history came in 1970 when Pete Rose barreled into catcher Ray Fosse to score the winning run for the NL in Cincinnati. 45 years later, Fosse says his body still hurts from the collision. …
In 2005, MLB legend Pete Rose finally admitted that he gambled on baseball games. However, he insisted he only bet on games as a manager and never a player. According to new documents that were uncovered in an ESPN Outside the Lines report, Rose was …
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is well known for his acting roles outside of his Hall of Fame basketball career, and one of his most notable gigs was playing Murdock in the classic comedy “Airplane!” Though Kareem is tied to the movie, he actually …
Could Major League Baseball be in the early stages of lifting the lifetime ban from baseball that was imposed against Pete Rose more than 25 years ago? The All-Star Game this summer could be a start. On Thursday, new MLB commissioner Rob Manfred …
Pete Rose believes he will eventually be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, even if it’s posthumously. Rose did an interview with Lee Cowan of “CBS This Morning” that will air on Sunday morning and said he believes he will get in …
Pete Rose had a reinstatement plan set up for him by MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, but a book he put out in March derailed those plans, so says Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt. Schmidt, who has lobbied for his former teammate many times in the past, wrote a …
Will Bud Selig’s last act as MLB commissioner be to reinstate Pete Rose, the same person who was banished from baseball for life in 1989 after it was found he gambled on the game while managing? Selig was in Cincinnati on Friday and knew the …
