Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. New York Yankees legend Reggie Jackson was a household name while he was playing on the baseball diamond, but throughout his days slugging baseballs, he admitted that infidelity caught up with him.
Jackson was on with Howard Stern on SiriusXM radio to promote his new Amazon documentary "Reggie," which releases Thursday, when he touched on many topics including how he cheated on many women throughout his life. "It wasn’t hard for me to open my heart, but it was hard for me to be loyal," Jackson said. "As a man, I cheated a lot. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Former New York Yankee Reggie Jackson participates during the teams Old Timer's Day prior to a game between the Yankees and the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium on June 23, 2019 in New York City. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) "I won’t blame it on any excuse.
I just cheated. I saw a pretty girl and I tried to sleep with her." Stern prodded a bit, saying that many women were likely available to him because of his baseball success with the Yankees, Oakland Athletics and California Angels, but Jackson did not have a rhyme or reason behind his actions.
He was, however, honest. "I won’t blame it on that either," he said. "I won’t blame it on that. I had access and I took advantage of it, and I missed a couple of wonderful ladies in my life, and it was my fault." REGGIE JACKSON ON CURT SCHILLING HOF SNUB: ‘FREEDOM OF SPEECH GOT YOUR A-S OUT OF COOPERSTOWN, BRO’ Jackson was married once to Jennie Campos, who he met his freshman year at Arizona State.