Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I call Fredrik Backman from halfway across the world – he in his Stockholm apartment, me in my New York one – he says ...

Wally Backman insisted Tuesday that he resigned as manager of the New York Mets' Triple-A affiliate because of a lack of respect and repeatedly getting passed over for the major league staff. "It didn ...

Wally Backman’s former girlfriend says the ex-Mets star is a drunk who came home one night and roughed her up after accusing her of sleeping with the catcher on the minor-league team he manages, ...

A year ago, bestselling Swedish writer Fredrik Backman stood in front of a massive audience so terrified, he was convinced he was having a heart attack. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) FREDRIK ...

WASHINGTON — The Mets are finished with Wally Ball. Wally Backman’s tenure in the Mets organization officially concluded Monday, with general manager Sandy Alderson’s announcement the popular figure ...

In November 2006, Wally Backman interviewed for the managerial vacancy with the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League. Quite simply, he aced the interview, addressing baseball philosophy as ...

An attorney for former Mets star Wally Backman portrayed him Wednesday as a victim of sloppy policing and a mentally unstable ex-girlfriend with a long criminal record on day two of his trial in ...

Long Island Ducks manager Wally Backman accused his ex-girlfriend of sleeping with one of his players before slamming the woman against a wall at her Riverhead home, she testified Thursday on day ...

The rain stopped. The tarp was removed. Fans walked through the Bethpage Ballpark turnstiles, gleefully accepting the Wally Backman bobbleheads being offered. The longtime Mets second baseman would ...

When I call Fredrik Backman from halfway across the world – he in his Stockholm apartment, me in my New York one – he says something I don’t expect. The “Anxious People” author is soft-spoken, even ...

Bestselling Swedish writer Fredrik Backman says he never struggled with his confidence as much as he did writing his new book, My Friends. In fact, he was seriously considering retiring. A year ago, ...