BERNIE WILLIAMS

Bernabé Figueroa Williams (born September 13, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball outfielder and a professional jazz musician. (via Wikipedia)

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Feds Want Collection of Boras Clients to Pay Back Millions in Stanford Scam

via fanhouse.com ( 225 Days ago )
by Andrew JohnsonFiled under: MLB Police BlotterFederal authorities have asked seven Major League Baseball players -- Greg Maddux, Bernie Williams, Johnny Damon, J.D. Drew, Andruw Jones, Carlos Pena and Jay Bell -- to return millions of dollars that they received from investor R. Allen Stanford as part of a payout in his alleged Ponzi scheme, according to a report in the Washington [...]

PLAYERS PICK OUT A PIECE

via nypost.com ( 267 Days ago )
Mariano Rivera wants the bullpen, Bernie Williams covets the 408-foot sign from centerfield, and Johnny Damon is seeking seats. George Steinbrenner may get back a good portion of the inflated payrolls he doled out over the years -- because the...

Music field's a challenge for Bernie Williams

via cnn.com ( 284 Days ago )
On a Saturday night in April, a crowd of fawning Bernie Williams fans was treated to a lengthy video montage featuring highlights from his heyday as a Yankee. With every big hit, the audience roared with excitement. As the legendary voice of longtime Yankee Stadium announcer Bob Sheppard intoned "Number 51: Bernie Williams," the crowd's enthusiasm rose to a fever pitch.

Yankees Turn Center Field to Gardner

via fanhouse.com ( 317 Days ago )
by Ed PriceFiled under: YankeesOne of the storied positions in sports - think Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Bernie Williams - now belongs to Brett Gardner.Yankees manager Joe Girardi declared Gardner had won the spring competition with Melky Cabrera, who from June 1, 2007, through Aug. 3, 2008, started 205 of 222 games in center.But Cabrera last year was exposed as more of a fourth [...]

Bernie Williams still wants to play

via nydailynews.com ( 319 Days ago )
Former Yankee center fielder Bernie Williams said that playing for his native Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic convinced him that he can still play at the major league level.

Playing a Guitar Instead of Center Field, Bernie Williams Still Burns for Baseball

via fanhouse.com ( 319 Days ago )
by Ed PriceFiled under: YankeesNEW YORK -- Bernie Williams' new CD, to be released April 14, is titled, Moving Forward.Which he is. Reluctantly.Williams, 40 and out of the big leagues since 2006, maintains he can still play. He suited up for Puerto Rico in the WBC, but not as a swan song. "I felt really good about playing," he said Friday. "I am my worst critic, and I didn't feel [...]

Royals Sign Dutch Ace Ponson

via fanhouse.com ( 329 Days ago )
by Ed PriceFiled under: RoyalsOK, so Sidney Ponson isn't really Dutch -- except that he's from Aruba, in the Netherlands Antilles, which made him eligible for the Dutch WBC team.Like Ivan Rodriguez -- and unlike Bernie Williams and Pedro Martinez -- Ponson has used the WBC to land a contract. It's a minor-league deal with Kansas City, but Ponson will have a shot at making the back [...]

Baseball Notebook: Club Owner Says Police Haven’t Talked to Workers

via nytimes.com ( 331 Days ago )
Three days after a woman accused Bernie Williams of hitting her at a nightclub in Puerto Rico the police had still not interviewed any of the club’s employees.

Bondy: Bernie deserves a better sendoff

via nydailynews.com ( 331 Days ago )
In case you missed it, scandal groped clumsily, shamefully last week for Bernie Williams, of all people. And for that, we all ought to be ashamed of ourselves.

BERNIE GOES 'BOOM

via nypost.com ( 332 Days ago )
She says the Yankee clipped her. A Puerto Rican TV beauty accused former Bronx Bomber Bernie Williams of elbowing her in the face when she tried to photograph him in a crowded Puerto Rico party spot. Williams' accuser, Jeanie Carrión...