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Willie Mays dies: Tributes pour in for the baseball legend

Baseball legend Willie Mays died on Tuesday at the age of 93.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 19, 2024

Records Rewritten As Baseball Incorporates Negro Leagues Stats

Major League Baseball formally adopted statistics from the racially segregated Negro Leagues into its official history on Wednesday, rewriting the record books at a stroke in a landmark move which confronts the sport's racist past.

International Business Times · May 29, 2024

A's face tight schedule to get agreements and financing in place to open Las Vegas stadium on time

The Oakland Athletics are on a tight schedule to get agreements in place and demonstrate that financing is in place for construction to begin on time for the team to play in its new Las Vegas stadium

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

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MLB And Nike To Address Player Complaints With Uniform Changes

MLB and Nike collaborate to adjust new uniforms for 2025 season based on player feedback. Changes aim to address issues like see-through pants and sweat di...

MLB Commissioner Updates On Ohtani Investigation And Revenue Challenges

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred addresses gambling probe, revenue concerns, and upcoming Willie Mays tribute.

The Ohtani interpreter scandal reveals the grubby underbelly of sports betting

Like every other US sports league, baseball pushes betting on its fans at every turn. Now its biggest star is associated with a gambling fiasco

The Guardian - US · Mar 22, 2024

Shohei Ohtani’s Translator Fired Amid Accusations of Theft of ‘Millions of Dollars’

Ippei Mizuhara, Ohtani’s longtime friend, is being accused by the superstar’s lawyers of using Ohtani’s money to place bets with an illegal bookmaker.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 20, 2024

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Diamond Cheats Death -- Court Approvals Mean NBA and NHL Teams Will Stay on Bally Sports Channels After This Season

Monday's bankruptcy court approval of a $450 million debtor-in-possession package and a $495 million Sinclair settlement void contingency deals that would have set the leagues free from Bally Sports this spring

Broadcasting & Cable · Feb 28, 2024

MLB Faces Criticism Over New See-Through Pants

MLB faces backlash over new Nike-designed uniforms as players criticize see-through pants. Commissioner and players clash over changes.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to Retire in 2029, Successor Uncertain

Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, plans to retire in 2029. During his tenure, he implemented rule changes to engage fans but faced ch...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred Announces Retirement in 2029

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has announced his retirement, leaving the future of the sport in the hands of his successor.

Oakland Athletics Expected to Move to Las Vegas in 2028

The Oakland Athletics are set to move to Las Vegas in 2028, pending the completion of a new stadium. The team's relocation has been approved by MLB owners ...

MLB Payroll Disparity Raises Concerns for Commissioner Rob Manfred

Explore the issue of team payrolls in Major League Baseball, the absence of a salary cap, and the disparities between high-spending and low-spending teams.

Swift Bumps for Truth, Tucker's Treasonous Turn ... and a GOAT Vote for Bob Iger, Greatest Media CEO of Our Generation

Oh yeah, in our latest 'Next Text,' we babble on about the big Disney/Fox/Warner streaming rollup, too

Broadcasting & Cable · Feb 12, 2024

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Broadcasting & Cable · Feb 8, 2024

MLB Commish Manfred Wants to Launch a League-Owned DTC Streaming Package in 2025

Dismissing Bally Sports' big Amazon-fueled restructuring plan, Manfred told MLB owners this week that all he needs are the digital rights to 14 teams to make it happen

Broadcasting & Cable · Feb 5, 2024

Everything You Need To Know About the Bally Sports Bankruptcy

We detail the long struggle, as bankrupt subsidiary Diamond Sports Group fights to keep broadcaster Sinclair's big, ambitious, specularly unsuccessful regional sports networks play out of liquidation

Broadcasting & Cable · Jan 21, 2024

How Many Signups Did Peacock Just Get? Will Rob Manfred Really End Up Playing Ball Again with Bally? Is ‘Better Call Saul’ Really Chopped Liver? And Does the ‘L.A. Times’ Have Anyone Left to Lay Off?

In our latest ‘Next Text’ we once again plunge headlong into digital disruption, never-ending beefs, ridiculous snubs … and the media machinations of unqualified men

Multichannel News · Jan 17, 2024

Game On: Sinclair, Diamond Sports, Amazon in Deal To Keep Regional Sports Networks in Business

Sinclair to pay $495 million to settle lawsuits; Amazon to invest $115 million in Bally Sports parent

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Multichannel News · Jan 9, 2024

MLB Rejects Amazon’s $150 Million Bid to Prop Up Bally Sports (Report)

Commissioner Rob Manfred reportedly wants to negotiate his league's local digital rights directly with Amazon

The Guardian - US · Nov 24, 2023

Oakland’s unprecedented triple exodus is a unique sporting tragedy

Oakland is an acute victim of a stadium-financing racket that has existed for decades. But the loss of the city’s three pro sports teams over the past decade is a special kind of tragic

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Athletics’ move from Oakland to Las Vegas approved by MLB owners

The 30 franchise owners voted unanimously in support of the team’s move from California to Nevada.

WEKU · Nov 16, 2023

The Oakland A's are relocating to Las Vegas after MLB owners approve the move

There have been complaints about the Oakland Coliseum being outdated, but negotiations between the A's and the city over a new stadium fell apart. The Vegas stadium is expected to cost $1.5 billion.

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

Atlanta to host 2025 MLB All-Star Game after losing 2021 game over objections to voting law

Major League Baseball will play its 2025 All-Star Game in Atlanta, four years after moving the game from Truist Park to Denver’s Coors Field over objections to changes in Georgia’s votings rights laws

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023

MLB team owners set to vote Thursday on proposed relocation of Athletics to Las Vegas

Major League Baseball owners are set to vote on the proposed relocation of the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas at the end of their league-wide meeting Thursday

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023

World Series 9-inning games averaged 3 hours, 1 minute — fastest since 1996

Nine-inning World Series games averaged 3 hours, 1 minute, the fastest since 1996, according to the Elias Sports Bureau

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