Saying he made the decision before arriving at spring training, Mariano Rivera announced Saturday that he will retire at the end of the season and hopes to cap his record-setting career by winning another...

TAMPA, Fla. - In a few years, this will be a scene from Old-Timers' Day: Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera walking on the field to loud ovations.For now, though, it is a sight the banged-up Yankees had been waiting for: their captain...

NEW YORK - Long regarded as the best closer in baseball, Mariano Rivera now has more saves than anyone else, too.Rivera set the major league record with No. 602, pitching a perfect ninth inning...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says he will return to the mound by 2013, vowing to overcome a knee injury that figures to end his season.Rivera had hinted...

...the teams in action were asked to wear Robinson's number, retired throughout baseball in 1997. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is the only active player who still wears the number, and he has said he is retiring after this season.Robinson's...

...Matt Franco hit a two-out, two-run single off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning as the Mets came back from deficits...consecutive games when they led entering the ninth, but Mariano Rivera (2-2) couldn't hold it. "Ninety-nine percent...

...to return to shortstop. The Yankees play Atlanta in Tampa today, which also could be the first game appearance of Mariano Rivera since injuring a knee last May.CARDINALS: Allen Craig, coming off a breakout season with St. Louis agreed to...

...sixth off Jonathan Pettibone, who gave up a three-run drive to Tyler Pastornicky in the seventh.YANKEES: Closer Mariano Rivera, 43, was all smiles after throwing 18 pitches Thursday in his first simulated game since knee surgery last spring...

...Suzuki zipping around the bases until the big hitters return.But a top pitching staff led by CC Sabathia and closer Mariano Rivera could help this club to its 18th trip to the postseason in 19 years.BALTIMORE ORIOLESVice president of baseball...

The great Mariano Rivera is getting set to close his career.The New York Yankees' reliever plans to announce this weekend that he will retire after the...