Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Diamond Images/Getty Images Phil Niekro Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro, known for his trademark knuckleball, has died.

The Hall of Fame pitcher is an icon inside and outside the Braves organization — one with more than its fair share of those enshrined in Cooperstown. Niekro died Saturday at the age of 81 after a long ...

Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro, 21 of his 24 years in the majors with the Braves, died Saturday. This is what is being said across baseball about the knuckleballer: “We are heartbroken on the ...

Phil Niekro helped pave the way for other knuckleballers who enjoyed successful MLB careers by predominantly throwing one pitch, and that is not lost on R.A. Dickey. The Atlanta Braves announced on ...

Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that baffled big league hitters for more than two decades, mostly with the Atlanta Braves, has died after a long ...

ATLANTA — The baseball world lost one of its greatest pitchers with the passing of Phil Niekro. The Baseball Hall of Famer died Saturday at the age of 81 following a battle with cancer. Tributes have ...

Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro, who was 81 when he passed away on Saturday, was an acclaimed knuckleball artist who won 318 games during his major-league career. This figure does not include the 186 ...

Phil Niekro died in his sleep on Saturday following a "long battle with cancer," the Atlanta Braves said Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro, known for his trademark knuckleball, has died. He ...

ATLANTA — Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that baffled big league hitters for more than two decades, mostly with the Atlanta Braves, has died after ...

ATLANTA — Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers. Heck, he didn’t even know where it was going most of the time. But the knuckleball carried Niekro to more than 300 wins, earned ...