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MLB Owners Lock Out Players, 1st Work Stoppage Since 1995
Written by RONALD BLUM and STEPHEN HAWKINS Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport’s collective bargaining agreement expired Wednesday night and owners immediately locked...
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Fitting Finale: Dodgers Win Title, Turner Tests Positive
No large dogpile, no champagne and a mask on nearly every face — the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their first World Series title since 1988 in a manner no one could have imagined prior to the coronavirus pandemic. They started...
Read MoreOpening Day Amid Virus: Masks, Empty Parks, Social Justice
Opening day, at last. A baseball season that was on the brink before it ever began because of the virus outbreak is set to start Thursday night when excitable Max Scherzer and the World Series champion Washington Nationals host...
Read MoreMLB Players Taking Visible Stance on Social Justice
Major League Baseball hasn’t always been at the forefront of the social justice movement in recent years, with leagues like the NBA and NFL usually taking center stage. But in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis...
Read MoreNBA, MLB, NHL, MLS Closing Locker Rooms Amid Virus Scare
The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are closing access to locker rooms and clubhouses to all nonessential personnel, including media, in response to the coronavirus crisis, the leagues announced in a...
Read MoreChansky’s Notebook: Improbable Comeback
This is today’s Art Chansky’s Sports Notebook as heard on 97.9 WCHL. You can listen to previous Sports Notebooks here. A-Rod is having an amazing season, but an all-star? Who would have guessed that Alex Rodriquez would have...
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