News about Mike Piazza

Steve Kerr, the head coach of Golden State Warriors, is following Tom Brady, LeBron James, and Mike Piazza by becoming the youngest American sports figure to buy a stake in a European soccer team. Kerr is partnering Steve Nash, his former Warriors assistant, as a minority owner of 107-year-old Real Mallorca. Kerr, who has won nine NBA titles in his career and coaching, is investing in Mallorca's restructured ownership group, led by team president Andy Kohlberg. Sarver was unloading his NBA and WNBA clubs amid hostility and allegations of bigotry.

Mike Piazza, a former baseball player, collapsed on the ground during a hazardous tear gas training drill that left him gasping for air on Wednesday's World's Toughest Test on Fox. Piazza, 53, was unable to locate the exit in the container and accidentally dropped the medical bag inside, and was sent to retrieve in a panic. He was told he failed when he finally made it outside. Mike looked down on the others,' he said. 'I feel like I've been slapped in the chest by a thousand slaps.'

On Wednesday's episode of Special Forces: The World's Toughest Test on Fox, Hannah Brown successfully completed both strenuous preparation sessions. During the episode titled Pressure, the 27-year-old beauty queen and reality star displayed her mettle as only eight of the 16 stars remained at the halfway point of the 10-day journey. In an exercise designed to put their physical and mental endurance, the recruits were first given the challenge of rappelling from a 75-meter high tower.

In a recent interview with PEOPLE, Kate Gosselin spoke about her 'intense' experience on FOX's Special Forces: The World's Toughest Test reality series. The Jon & Kate Plus 8 actress, 47, says her children prompted her to compete in the celebrity bootcamp style competition and hoped it would earn her some 'cool mom honors.' The remark came a month after her son Collin, 18, told her he had no contact with his mother and that the family's hit TLC show tore them apart.

Fans of Apple's reported interest in buying Manchester United predictably favorable reception by Red Devils fans, who think of the new owners' tenure as a 17-year root canal. 'There's euphoria within the United fan base right now,' said GBN, a long-serving contributor and a long-time supporter.' Since buying the club in 2005, the American Glazer family has been chastised, incompetent, and unwilling to develop a team that has traditionally been ranked as one of Europe's best.

Jamie Lynn Spears, the sister of Britney Spears, is one of 16 celebrities put to the ultimate test in Fox's Special Forces: The Toughest Test. In the first moments of the new trailer (via Fox YouTube), the 31-year-old actress and singer is seen falling out of a helicopter and into the sea. In this new reality series in which celebrities will face real challenges used to select Special Forces soldiers, Spears is joined by Danny Amendola, Mel B, Tyler Florence, Kate Gosselin, Dwight Howard, Montell Benfield, Nuri Lloyd, Gilbert Bein, Beverley Mitchell, Dr. Drew Pinsky, and Anthony Scaramucci.

After a long fight with cancer, John Stearns, a four-time All-Star catcher with the New York Mets, died. He was 71 years old at the time. According to the Mets, Stearns, who played football and baseball at the University of Colorado, died in Denver on Thursday night. He died less than three weeks after celebrating an Old Timers' Day at Citi Field in New York, which coincided with the Mets' 60th anniversary. On Aug. 27, he was noticeably thin in his Mets jersey and waved to the audience as he was introduced on the field.

The Ultimate Test will feature celebrities Jamie Lynn Spears and Kate Gosselin. According to the network, the pair will participate in "some of the most difficult, most grueling challenges from the actual Special Forces recruitment process." Unlike most reality shows, the 16 actors will not face eliminations with each passing week but rather persevere as long as they can keep going.