NEW YORK – As amazing as Mariano Rivera was on a big-league mound, anyone who spent time in the Yankees’ bullpen was as equally awed by his presence. And his power of prediction.

Mariano Rivera whistled as he walked alone, head down, along the green carpet that led toward the clubhouse inside George M. Steinbrenner Field. He had just completed his second bullpen session of ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees closer Mariano Rivera threw 30 pitches Wednesday in his first bullpen session at spring training this year. "I survived," a smiling Rivera said. The 41-year-old closer ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees closer Mariano Rivera threw his first bullpen session of the spring today. Rivera threw 22 pitches, some of them with bullpen coach Mike Harkey standing in the batter’s box.

Mariano Rivera likes what he sees from Phil Hughes ... “It’s all about how you take it,” Rivera said of moving to the bullpen. “If you feel like you belong in the rotation and you don ...

NEW YORK – Mariano Rivera revolutionized the closer’s role ... for an inside-the-parker after the ball bounded away from ex bullpen-mate Jeff Nelson, playing in center.

Legendary Yankees pitcher, Mariano Rivera ... save in 8-5 win over the Angels at the old Yankee Stadium. Rivera settles into the bullpen and his role as setup man for John Wetteland.