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The Latest Breaking News from Tyler Skaggs

Ex-wife of Angels employee to face cross examination in trial over pitcher's overdose death

The civil trial against the Los Angeles Angels over a player's 2019 drug overdose death is set to continue Tuesday

The Independent UK

Ex-wife of Angels employee is expected to testify in trial over pitcher's drug overdose death

The ex-wife of a Los Angeles Angels employee is expected to testify in a trial over whether the MLB team should be held responsible for the drug overdose death of one of its star pitchers

The Independent UK

From monkey elixir to fentanyl: Tyler Skaggs’s death is merely a chapter in baseball’s 136-year drug fix

As the LA Angels stand trial over the pitcher’s death in the quiet shadow of the World Series fanfare across town, a sport confronts a truth practically as old as the game itself

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Angels outfielder Mike Trout expected to testify in pitcher's wrongful death trial

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout is expected to testify Tuesday in a trial over whether the MLB team should be held responsible for the drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs

The Independent UK

Ex-Angels official says employee convicted of pitcher's fatal overdose struggled with mental health

A former Los Angeles Angels official has testified that an employee convicted of providing drugs leading to the death of one of the team’s star pitchers had been taking prescription medication to deal with depression and bipolar disorder

The Independent UK

Opening statements expected in trial over LA Angels' alleged role in pitcher Skaggs' overdose death

Opening statements are expected soon in the trial for the wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Angels

The Independent UK

Trial underway over Angels' alleged role in baseball pitcher Tyler Skaggs' overdose death

The Los Angeles Angels are facing a court trial over whether the team is responsible for the drug overdose death of one of its star pitchers

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Active MLB Pitcher Alleged To Have Provided Prescription Drugs to Tyler Skaggs

Reds pitcher Wade Miley was alleged to have been an early source of prescription drugs for Tyler Skaggs, per a report from Sam Blum of The Athletic.

Sports Illustrated

Four years later, Andrew Heaney remembers Tyler Skaggs the person, not the tragedy

ARLINGTON, Texas — Maybe Andrew Heaney will carve “45″ in the dirt behind the pitching rubber when he takes the mound Sunday. Maybe he will start the game against Houston with a big overhand curveball, a pitch he does not throw. Maybe he will just look at his right wrist…

Tribune News Service

Former Mets All-Star Matt Harvey Announces Retirement From Baseball

The veteran pitched for nine years in MLB.

Sports Illustrated

Judge OKs lawsuit against Angels over Tyler Skaggs death

A California judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against the Los Angeles Angels over the drug-related death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs

The Independent UK

A former Los Angeles Angels employee gets 22 years in Tyler Skaggs' overdose death

Eric Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in 2019.

WEKU

Ex-Angels employee sentenced to 22 years in prison in Tyler Skaggs overdose death

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Angels communications director Eric Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison Tuesday after being convicted of providing counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that led to the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.

Los Angeles Times

Ex-Angels Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Tyler Skaggs’s Death

Eric Kay had been found guilty on two counts of drug distribution resulting in death and drug conspiracy in February.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Former Angels employee sentenced to 22 years in Tyler Skaggs overdose death

Eric Kay was convicted on one count each of drug distribution resulting in death and drug conspiracy.

Los Angeles Times

Ex-Angels employee sentenced to prison for supplying drugs in Tyler Skaggs overdose death

Sports Illustrated

Good Riddance, Arte Moreno. Thanks for Wasting Trout and Ohtani

His ownership is defined by mismanagement and utter disappointment. His exit can’t come soon enough.

Los Angeles Times

Q&A: What’s next for the Angels: Leaving Anaheim? New owner? Shohei Ohtani?

Arte Moreno is exploring selling the Angels, the team announced Tuesday.

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Tribune News Service

Gene Collier: Matt Harvey's ban just the latest development in baseball's saddest story

PITTSBURGH — Sentencing for former Los Angeles Angels communications director Eric Kay is set for June 28, right about the moment the 60-day suspension Major League Baseball imposed on pitcher Matt Harvey this week is set to expire, and that's just one of a thousand or more perverse coincidences in…

Tribune News Service

Orioles’ Matt Harvey suspended 60 games for drug distribution following testimony in Tyler Skaggs-Eric Kay trial

BALTIMORE — Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Orioles pitcher Matt Harvey has been suspended 60 games without pay for violating the league’s joint drug prevention and treatment program.

Sports Illustrated

MLB Suspends Matt Harvey 60 Games for Violating Joint Drug Program

The suspension comes after Harvey testified in the Eric Kay trial that he supplied Tyler Skaggs with opioids while the two were teammates.

Tribune News Service

Ex-Met Matt Harvey suspended 60 games for drugs three months after testifying in Angel staffer Eric Kay case

The Matt Harvey story has taken another sad turn.

Los Angeles Times

Judge denies new trial for Eric Kay in Tyler Skaggs' death

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in Texas rejected Eric Kay's request for a new trial Tuesday, more than two months after a jury found the former Angels communications director guilty of providing counterfeit oxycodone pills that led to the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.

Los Angeles Times

El veredicto contra Eric Kay es el inicio de un largo y triste camino para Angels, MLB y la familia Skaggs

En la primera frase de su declaración de clausura el jueves, el gobierno federal dejó claro de qué creía que se trataba este juicio. "Este caso", dijo al jurado la fiscal adjunta Lindsey Beran, "es sobre una persona".

Sports Illustrated

Labor Wars: A New Hope (Well, Maybe)

With 10 days to go until the MLB lockout impacts the scheduled start of the regular season, the two sides have made little progress on a new collective bargaining agreement. Yesterday in Manhattan, where temperatures were in the 50s and the atmosphere ideal for some spring baseball, the ...

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