This is the January 5, 2013 news archive. View today's AL East news and rumors.

AL East News and Rumors

Rivera says he's 95 percent, to start throwing

Andrew Marchand, ESPN.com

Still not fully recovered from his season-ending knee injury, New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said he will alter his winter throwing program to compensate for all the time he missed in 2012.

Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com

Insane and hilariously clumsy Toronto mayor Rob Ford is fighting for political life after a judge ruled that Ford had violated conflict-of-interest laws by voting during a council debate concerning his obligation to reimburse lobbyists that had donated …