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Holy Cross freshman Gennifer Durham baffles hitters with the rarest of softball pitches, the knuckleball, including a perfect game against Colgate.

Lyle Overbay sent a knuckleball from R.A. Dickey into the right field bullpen for a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning and New York beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 for a four-game sweep.

The Yankees will face 2012 NL Cy Young award winner and ex-Met R.A. Dickey on Sunday. Despite being just 2-3 with a 4.66 ERA, Dickey presents a unique challenge because of his knuckleball. Joe Girardi thinks the most important aspects in approachi...

Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey threw six shutout innings before leaving with soreness in his neck and back, Rajai Davis had two hits and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Thursday.

Blue Jays P R.A. Dickey discusses being traded by the Mets, throwing a knuckleball, the increased expectations for Toronto and more. Dickey ESPN NBA analyst Bruce Bowen talks about the conduct of coaches, Carmelo Anthony's style of play, the Knicks...

• Blue Jays P R.A. Dickey tells Greeny and Golic about Yu Darvish's near-perfect game, what moving from the NL to the AL is like, the increased expectations for Toronto, throwing a knuckleball and more. Dickey -Baseball Tonight with Buster Ol...

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Former major league infielder Josh Booty has won a reality television show by throwing the best knuckleball, and will go to spring training with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Red Sox minor league knuckleball pitcher Steven Wright says he's anxious to work with former Red Sox knuckler Tim Wakefield. Wakefield is scheduled to watch Wright pitch sometime next week. "It's nice to get another view, ...

Tim Wakefield says throwing a knuckleball looks easy. It only travels 65 miles per hour. How difficult can it be, right? "Everybody thinks that they can get up there and pitch," says Wakefield, the knuckleballer who played 19 seasons in the majors...

In ESPN The Magazine, Craig Custance catches up with Minnesota Wild LW Zach Parise, who talks about hitting knuckleballs and playing on a team with a former enemy.

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Ronald C. Modra/Sports Imagery/Getty ImagesIt appears that R.A. Dickey is headed to Toronto.According to a report, R.A. Dickey will be traded from the New York Mets to the Toronto Blue Jays if he agrees to a contract extension. Why would Dickey be...

R.A. Dickey said that if the Mets don't work out an extension before the season, he'll walk as a free agent after it.

For the second time in recent weeks, Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon insisted that the organization may ultimately let R.A. Dickey pitch for New York next season, during the knuckleballer's walk year.

R.A. Dickey's agent said talks with New York Mets officials have been cordial, but a trade involving the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner would not be surprising.

In ESPN The Magazine, Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey and his former pitching coach, Orel Hershiser, discuss with Tim Kurkjian Dickey's transition into a knuckleball pitcher and Cy Young Award winner.