After apparently getting back together to appreciate some art in Paris late last year, now it seems that Minka Kelly has sworn off the Yankees captain: Page Six says she "continues to spend more time with playboy Wilmer Valderrama." more ›

Finally, for the Yankees fan who has everything, including the St. Patrick's Day scrum t-shirt and the ovation earrings, now they can smell like the Bronx Bombers. more ›

Generous lover Derek Jeter sure looks on-again with off-again lady friend Minka Kelly on the cover of today's Post (just try to look past the distracting Eli Manning Photoshop), which says, "Here are the first pictures of the Yankees captain and his Hollywood sweetheart looking very much back together as they were spotted this weekend in the most romantic city in the world." more ›

Thanks to a Pepperdine University student's Tweet, now everyone knows that Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly are sorta back together. Jaime Olaez wrote on Thursday, "Just saw @minkakelly with her boo Derek Jeter at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France. How'd ya like the art, you two?" giving tabloids a late 2011 gift of new news. more ›

Yankees captain Derek Jeter broke up with longtime girlfriend Minka Kelly in August, but a source tells the Post that he's been having many one-night stands—and gives those ladies very special gift baskets. The source claims, "Derek has girls stay with him at his apartment in New York, and then he gets them a car to take them home the next day. Waiting in his car is a gift basket containing signed Jeter memorabilia, usually a signed baseball." more ›

The Jets improved to 2-0 by demolishing Jacksonville 32-3. Credit the defense with this win as they recorded a safety, two sacks, four interceptions and missed a defensive touchdown by 1/2 a yard. Mark Sanchez threw two interceptions and two touchdowns. Shonn Greene rushed for only 3.1 yards per carry, but found the end zone. The Jets now head on the road for three-straight weeks, stopping in Oakland and Baltimore before heading to Foxboro for a showdown with New England. more ›

Whoa—move over, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, there's a big confirmed celebrity breakup... if you think Minka Kelly is a celebrity (yes, she is hot). Kelly, the fetching "Friday Night Lights" ingenue and star of the upcoming "Charlie's Angels" reboot, has broken up with Yankees captain Derek Jeter. A source told People, "They care about each other and it was amicable. They're still friends." more ›

While the Yankees are busy trying to figure out why CC Sabathia turns into Jaret Wright every time he faces the Red Sox, and waiting for Jesus Montero to rise from Triple-A to save them, a former batboy for the team is dishing on life behind-the-scenes at Yankee Stadium—including Derek Jeter's easy going nature, A-Rod's high-maintenance foibles, Hideki Matsui's inadvertent catchphrases, and Joe Torre's obsession with horses. more ›

The Yankees are certainly enjoying their trip to Chicago. Wednesday they really broke out the lumber, scoring 13 runs in the first three innings as they demolished the White Sox 18-7. Derek Jeter had five hits while Curtis Granderson added four hits and five RBI's. Robinson Cano and Eric Chavez had 4 RBI's and every starter had at least one hit and one run. The only downside was another terrible effort by AJ Burnett. Staked to a 12-run lead, AJ couldn't even last long enough to earn the win, departing in the 5th inning. But Corey Wade, Luis Ayala and Rafael Soriano took it from there, recording the final 14 outs while not allowing a run. more ›

It has been a really good week for Christian Lopez. When the 23-year-old woke up on Saturday he had $100,000 in student loans and nobody knew his name. Then he went to a Yankees game and caught Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit, and he returned it for which he was showered with gifts from the Yankees. That alone could make for a good week for most people. But it gets better. After the media, us included, got worked up about the tax implications of the gifts to Lopez a number of companies lined up to help him pay. But still, it gets better. more ›

If the IRS ever decides to go after Christian Lopez, the 23-year-old who caught and returned Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit, he need not worry. Publicity-smelling companies have his back. Yesterday the Times and the News both ran stories speculating on the tax hit that Lopez might receive if the IRS decides to tax him for the gifts he got from the Yankees in return for giving the ball back to Jeter. They modestly estimated that the tickets, bats, jerseys and balls given to Lopez were worth about $50,000, which could mean the kid with $100,000 in student loans could wind up owing the taxman $14,000. more ›

The man who snagged Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit—and gave it back—now may owe the IRS thousands. In exchange for returning the ball 23-year-old Christian Lopez was given front-row seats to last Sunday's game, four season tickets to the Yankees remaining home games and any postseason games as well as three bats, three balls and two jerseys signed by Jeter. Modestly that's worth about $50,000. And the taxman will want a cut. more ›

Derek Jeter got a hit to move two away from 3,000, but the Yankees played a mostly lifeless game and fell to Tampa 5-1. Bartolo Colon didn't have it, surrendering ten hits and five runs in five-plus innings. The Yankees had some chances in the early innings, but couldn't get the big hit and Jeff Niemann cruised into the 8th innings. Robinson Cano provided the only highlight, his 15th home run of the season to ruin the shutout. more ›

Ah, the Yankees. Never has a pro sports team so effortlessly blended success with pretentiousness. The latest example of the latter comes courtesy of General Manager Brian Cashman. Apparently Cashman thought so little of the Trenton Thunder's uniforms for Derek Jeter's last game with them on Sunday, he felt the world should know it. more ›

Many people, including members of the Oklahoma Christian network, may think that the Yankees are a vastly overrated organization, but it's quite hard to argue with 27 World Series titles. But that doesn't mean that some of its members are immune from such criticisms: Alex Rodriguez, Joba Chamberlain, and Derek Jeter were voted most overrated players in a new anonymous poll of 185 ballplayers. more ›

Yankees 9 Mets 3: The Mets failed to deliver a knockout blow against a struggling Ivan Nova and they paid for it with a loss. The Mets jumped out to a 3-1 lead with Harris, Paulino and Pridie all all delivering RBI's. But that was all they could manage as they left two runners on in the third and sixth and hit into two big double-plays. Mike Pelfrey cruised until the seventh when the Yankees' offense finally woke up. more ›

After a winter filled with Derek Jeter drama, A-Rod's Popcorngate, and Andy Pettitte's retirement, opening day is finally here! And the "underdog" Yankees are hyped up to make a deep postseason run, regardless of the questionable rotation. Of course, ESPN is reporting that today's 1 pm game against the Detroit Tigers is "iffy" because of the weather. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't hop on a one-way water-taxi to the Bronx, since you're guaranteed to have a ride home! more ›

Former Yankees manager Buck Showalter is the new manager of division rivals the Baltimore Orioles, and he's wasting no time stoking the fires of competition. In an interview in the April edition of Men's Journal, he rips into both the Red Sox and the Yankees, and in particular, greatest NY athlete Derek Jeter. "The first time we went to Yankee Stadium, I screamed at Derek Jeter from the dugout. Our guys are thinking, 'Wow, he's screaming at Derek Jeter.' Well, he's always jumping back from balls just off the plate. I know how many calls that team gets -- and yes, he [ticks] me off." more ›

Yesterday, Yankees owner Hank Steinbrenner reminded many of his father when he complained his players were complacent last season (you know, because they lost in the AL Championship Series), "Sometimes you celebrate too much, players concentrating on building mansions and not concentrating on winning." And since captain Derek Jeter is building a 30,000 square foot home in Tampa, Steinbrenner had to be referring to him, right? Well, Jeter doesn't think so! more ›

Spring training is underway, and the Yankees are getting revved up for the 2011 season, despite not knowing yet exactly who will be in the final two spots of their pitching staff. Derek Jeter gave his "State of the Captain" interview to reporters yesterday, and first baseman Mark Teixeira added that the team is extra motivated by all the naysayers: "I think we relish the underdog role." more ›

Now that the whole Derek Jeter contract negotiating near-fiasco is done (albeit, after a last minute "angry" press conference), the Yankees have turned their attentions toward pursuing pitcher Cliff Lee and outfielder Carl Crawford. Lee, whom Joe Girardi calls "important to us," has already been offered two seven-year, multi-million dollar contracts with the Washington Nationals and an unnamed team (probably either the Anaheim Angels or Rangers). The rumor mill has it that Yankees are expected to offer him a mammoth 6-year deal worth between $140-150 million very soon. Even Yankee fans can't get in the way of a deal like that, right? more ›

Our long urban nightmare is finally over: yesterday, Derek Jeter and the Yankees finally came to terms on a new three-year, $51 million deal to keep the Captain in pinstripes. There is also a complicated option for a fourth year worth up to $17 million, although there are some conflicting reports about the details of the option. Jeter underwent a physical today at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, the last piece before the deal can be formally announced. The Post thinks the deal has saved Jeter's reputation, while the Times worries about Jeter's physical deterioration. The best thing about the deal was that both sides compromised in the end, according to ESPN. Let's all be happy that what seemed to be inevitable turned out to be just that, and Jeter will end his career a Yankee. more ›

Could it be that the great Derek Jeter contract negotiating saga of 2010 is almost at its end? According to reports, Jeter and the Yankees have agreed on a three-year deal worth between $15 million and $17 million a season. more ›

According to reports, the Yankees and longtime closer Mariano Rivera have agreed on a two-year-deal worth around $30 million. The 41-year-old pitcher reportedly had serious offers from other teams, including the Angels and Red Sox, and was offered a three-year-deal worth more money from one of those other teams yesterday, according to the News. That offer seemed to have spurred the Yankees into finalizing their deal with Rivera, which sources expect should be finalized by tonight. more ›

The Yankees and Derek Jeter are making a big mistake with the way they are handling the negotiations for a new deal. After Jeter’s agent, Casey Close, referred to the Yankees negotiating position as “baffling”, GM Brian Cashman responded with this gem of a quote: more ›

The Derek Jeter contract negotiating saga continues on its inevitable course: the Yankees officially offered the Yankee captain a three-year, $45 million offer, which was reportedly met with ambivalence from Jeter. Jeter's camp has allegedly insisted on a four or five-year deal, worth around $20 million a season. The Yankees feel their offer was reasonable, so "bad cop" GM Brian Cashman called Jeter out, and encouraged him to test the free agent market with other clubs, and see if he can get a better deal. more ›