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.