[4] Following the departure of the Kings, Nightengale was assigned to cover the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball.
[8] The lawsuit alleged that people within the Dodgers organization, including team owner Peter O'Malley, pressured the newspaper into firing Nightengale.
Nightengale later revealed that Bauer's representatives had told him that there was a deal in place with the Mets and that they had even disclosed contract details of the supposed agreement.
[12] During the 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout, Nightengale was on the scene at the February negotiations that took place at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, providing updates and details via Twitter.
"[13] During the 2023 MLB Winter Meetings, Nightengale reported that the Chicago Cubs organization's hopes of signing free agent Shohei Ohtani had "significantly waned."
[14] He is also an annual "Baseball Career Conference" speaker for the online sports-career training school Sports Management Worldwide, founded and run by Dr. Lynn Lashbrook.
In a New York Daily News interview, he said that having a black wife and biracial children have shaped his views, particularly instances where his family was subjected to housing discrimination in Vero Beach, Florida.