Former Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone says he taught the 1996 Cy Young winner a thing or two about how to doctor a baseball when the two were in Atlanta. 

There’s one of two things going on with John Smoltz right now: (a.) He’s getting bored with his 18,000 sq. ft. Georgia house on a golf course, or (b.) his ass is leaking cash. See, there was news in 2011 that Smoltz had some trouble with real estate in Wyoming where he went through a “strategic foreclosure.” That brings us to the news that Smoltzy has put...

Julio Teheran was not yet born in 1990 when Steve Avery joined Tom Glavine and John Smoltz in the Braves rotation. Atlanta, which added Greg Maddux for the 1993 season, won six Cy Young Awards in the decade. Now Teheran, who just turned 21, is the youngest of another youth movement. Brandon Beachy, Mike Minor, Randall Delgado and Teheran combined to start 50 games as rookies last...

Earlier this week, word came that former Cy Young winner John Smoltz was putting his $7.2 million house on the market.  No big deal, right?  Players buy and sell their houses all the time.But have you seen the listing?  Holy cow!Read!The Smoltz estate is, at the very least, a sportsman’s dream. Set on nearly 20-acres of land, the property comes complete with separate tennis...

US PRESSWIRE Alas, I am at my final position. I could have done designated hitter, but considering that is only half the league, I decided not to. The closer. Baseball's most overrated position. Hell, it might be sports most overrated position. Regardless of what you or I think, the position matters to a lot of teams. I must warn you now. I...

Former Atlanta Braves Cy Young winner John Smoltz is also a darn good golfer. He received a sponsor's exemption to compete in the Nationwide Tour's South Georgia Classic next month and will test it out.

It's good to be John Smoltz — though perhaps maybe not as much as it used to be. The former Atlanta Braves pitcher has posted his Milton, Georgia mansion on the market for $7.2 million and it's the type of place you'd have to drag me kicking and screaming from. Honestly, I post a lot of these real estate-type items and it's easy to get jaded. But I'm also pretty sure that we've...

You've heard me ramble this week about John Smoltz getting a sponsors invite into the Nationwide Tour event, where he posted rounds of 84-87 to miss the cut by, and get ready for this, 27 shots. ALMOST!It appears that the only thing Smoltz did wrong this week was play on the wrong professional golf tour! Down in San Antonio, the Futures Tour (Nationwide for the LPGA) hosted the Symetra...

John Smoltz begins his quest to qualify for the U.S. Open Monday at the Marietta Country Club. The ex-Brave and current baseball announcer will be among 144 golfers competing. The top nine golfers and two alternates at the Marietta Country Club advance to the sectional round of qualifying. The other local qualifying [...]

Despite winning only one World Series title in 1995, the Braves put together one of the most dominating stretches in baseball history, winning 14 consecutive division titles and reaching the Fall Classic five times between 1991-2005. The team's trademark during the historic run was pitching, led by pitching coach Leo Mazzone. Once voted by ESPN.com to be the best assistant coach...

I'm not going to waste your time anymore with my rants about ex-professional athletes playing in Nationwide Tour events. You know my stance, hopefully. All I wanted to say is that if anything proves how hard it is to play actually tournament golf, it's when a scratch golfer goes out and fires a 12-over 84. That's what John Smoltz did in the first round of the latest Nationwide...

Call him "Smoltzstradamus." TBS broadcaster John Smoltz obviously did his homework on Delmon Young, the Detroit Tigers slugger who hit the deciding home run in a 5-4 victory against the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the ALDS on Monday night. Smoltz at least studied harder than Yankees pitcher Rafael Soriano did. Literally a second before Young connected for a tie-breaking homer in...

Like Jerry Rice before him, John Smoltz is getting a sponsorship exemption and will try to cross the line from one pro sport to another.

Foreclosed properties owned by former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz and singer and actress Connie Stevens are headed for auction this month in Wyoming. The Jackson Hole News & Guide (http://goo.gl/cHrui ) reports that Smoltz owes Wells Fargo Bank roughly $1.6 million on a vacant lot in the Snake River Sporting Club. The property is a troubled development that has changed...

Sporting News staff reports Free-agent pitcher John Smoltz will test his ability on the links Monday as he tries to qualify for next month's U.S. Open. MLB.com and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution report Smoltz, who'll turn 43 on Saturday, will be among 144 players competing at an 18-hole local event in Marietta, Ga. The top nine finishers and two alternates will...

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Day 1 of John Smoltz's professional golf career didn't quite go the way he might have hoped, and unfortunately the rain that rolled in doesn't wash away his score as it stands. Playing on a sponsor's exemption at the South Georgia Classic presented by First State Bank and Trust Company in Valdosta (whew), Smoltz started hot but faltered midround before rains forced...

Foreclosed properties owned by former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz and singer and actress Connie Stevens are headed for auction this month in Wyoming.

JACKSON, Wyo. - Foreclosed properties owned by former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz and singer and actress...

John Smoltz was one of the most dominant pitchers of his generation, a go-to guy for the Atlanta Braves for most of two decades. But as he found out on Monday, the little white ball doesn't much care who you are. It'll go where it likes.Smoltz, who's basically-but-not-officially retired from baseball, was attempting to qualify for the U.S. Open in Pebble Beach. Playing in front of...

It was just last year that former NFL wide receiver Jerry Rice was given a sponsor's exemption into the Fresh Express Classic, a Nationwide Tour event that was clearly trying to make headlines by giving up a spot in the field to one of the biggest names in football. But the decision backfired horribly, as Rice finished DFL and looked more like a weekend hack than a guy who could...

John Smoltz had a lot tougher time on the golf course than he did on the mound.

NEW YORK - John Smoltz is aware of the numbers, particularly the 4.17 ERA that ranked only 17th in the majors and...

During last night's Braves-Cardinals game, the crew in the booth flashed back to Sunday's TBS game to show a replay of John Smoltz getting plunked in the junk by an Adrian Beltre foul ball. Your move, Aaron Cook.More »