Aren’t all relief pitchers just failed starters? In Billy Wagner’s case, the answer is a definite no. The power-packed left-hander never started a game in his major league career (though he ...

Wagner, 53, reportedly appeared on 82.5 percent of ballots, easily clearing the 75 percent mark needed for induction. He earned a 73.8-percent voting share in 2024, up from his 68.1-percent voting ...

It was a long time coming, but Billy Wagner finally closed it out. And he couldn’t keep the emotions from flowing. The seven-time All-Star, in his final year of eligibility, was elected into the ...

Franz Wagner will miss his 18th consecutive game when the Orlando Magic play the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on Friday, but here he is putting in some work after morning shooaround, via the ...

In football, Bobby Wagner is a graybeard. He is 34. He is completing his 13th NFL season. Saturday’s NFC divisional-round game between his Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions will be his ...

Billy Wagner came through in his final inning. In his 10th and last bid on the ballot, the former Mets closer earned what might as well have been his 423rd save, clearing the 75 percent threshold ...

Billy Wagner, faced with his last chance at earning enshrinement to baseball’s hall of immortals in Cooperstown, N.Y., finally vaulted the 75% mark to punch his ticket to athletic immortality ...

Now, in his 10th inning on the Hall of Fame ballot, Billy Wagner is alone on the mound without the ball. And oh, is it awful. “You’re sitting here and you can’t control it,” Wagner said by ...

Wagner’s 15-hour cycle is full of grandeur ... Two years ago, she made her Met debut leading a pair of new Mozart productions in repertory. She made a jokey comment in a New York Times preview ...

An oblique injury has kept Orlando Magic star forward Franz Wagner out since early December (he last played on Dec. 6), but it appears that a return could be soon for the former lottery pick.

And while Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia got in on their first ballots, Billy Wagner had a longer wait. The longtime Astros closer spent the last 10 years on the ballot, with 2025 representing his ...

Former reliever Billy Wagner broke down in tears when he got the call that he had been elected into the hall. In a video posted on X by sports writer Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Wagner leaned against a ...