TAMPA, Fla. -- Mariano Rivera fielded
calls Thursday from worried friends and family after a rumor spread that
he had been in a serious car accident.
"I received several calls, from friends and family, asking what happened
to me. But I'm fine, I haven't had any accident," Rivera said.
"I have no idea how the rumor got started, I only know they killed me."
Rivera thinks the rumor might have been stemmed from the car accident Yankees' special adviser Reggie Jackson was in Friday. Jackson's SUV
was struck from behind by a car driven by Miguel Angel Rivera,
identified in some reports only as M. Rivera.
Copyright 2012 by STATS LLC and The Associated Press. Any commercial use or
distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and The
Associated Press is strictly prohibited.