In the evolution of the professional athlete wife and girlfriend, Curt Schilling’s wife Shonda Schilling has played a pivotal role in advancing their status. From arm candy and simple groupies, Schilling helped evolve the WAG into independent women who wield their influence to help make a difference. In 2001, Shonda was diagnosed with Stage 2 Malignant Melanoma. After multiple surgeries and dozens of scars, Shonda survived, but realized she could help to promote the…
MLB Wives and Girlfriends (WAGS)
UPDATE: 07-14-2014: After months of speculation, Will Middlebrooks is officially engaged to girlfriend Jenny Dell. Since Dell was let got at NESN in late May, there has been no word on her future plans – before now. Planning this wedding should take up a good chunk of her time. Man, Will Middlebrooks is racking up one hell of an impressive resume. In somewhat of a throwaway line from an article in the Boston Globe from…
Executive director of MLBPA, Michael Weiner passed away Thursday at the age of 51. Michael Weiner’s wife, Diane Weiner and their three children surrounded Weiner at their New Jersey home at the time of his passing. Weiner was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in August 2012, though managed to work while receiving radiation and chemotherapy. Michael Weiner will be succeeded by Tony Clark who began serving as deputy in July, 2013. Michael and Diane…
John Henry’s Wife Linda Pizzuti Henry rebuffed his advances for quite some time before the couple was eventually married in the summer of 2009. They first met at the Liberty Hotel on June 6, 2008 where they were introduced by mutual friends. John eventually proposed to Linda Pizzuti in the elevator at the Four Seasons hotel (though he did so in such a manner that, two weeks later, she actually had to ask him if…
Larry Lucchino’s Wife Stacey Lucchino may have been his second choice, after he lost a battle with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the love of Maria Shriver. Seeing how Maria Shriver drove the one and only Conan the Barbarian into the arms of a less then attractive nanny, perhaps marrying the former Stacey Ballard in 2002 worked out best for Larry. In the book Masters of the Game: Inside the World’s Most Powerful Law Firm, the author…
Don Mattingly’s wife Lori Mattingly comes first and that fact was never more evident than on their wedding day, December 10, 2010. Mattingly was on board and set to begin his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Naturally, part of managing involves having say in personnel decisions, but rather than attending the all important winter meetings that season, Donnie Baseball returned to his hometown of Evansville, Indiana to marry Lori. Lori brought two sons…
Daniel Nava enjoyed a breakout season for the Red Sox in 2013, and was lucky to have the everlasting support of his family, which included a new addition. Daniel Nava’s wife Rachel Joy Nava gave birth to the couple’s first child on August 5, 2013, just about 9 months after the couple tied the knot during the 2012 offseason. After the couple began dating in 2010 and spent two baseball seasons on opposite coasts, Rachel…