Sources: MLB proposal includes pay cuts for highest-paid players  —  Major League Baseball has proposed cutting the salaries of the highest-paid players in baseball, with the lowest-paid players taking lesser cuts from their full prorated shares, in its first economic proposal to the MLB Players Association …

Sources: Dodgers to implement salary cuts to avoid furloughs or layoffs  —  The Los Angeles Dodgers have informed their full-time employees that they will not impose furloughs or layoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic, but instead will begin a system of tiered salary cuts beginning on June 1, sources told ESPN.

Reaction to the death of Biff Pocoroba  —  The Braves had a tweet about Pocoroba's death Wednesday afternoon  —  Here is a tweet from Pocoroba's former teammate, Dale Murphy  —  And the Baseball Hall of Fame sent out condolences  —  Pocoroba died Sunday at the age of 66.

Kiley McDaniel's 2020 MLB mock draft 2.0  —  With the June 10 MLB draft two weeks away, team preferences and talent tiers are coming into focus, so it made sense to use the long weekend to pump some sources and put out another mock draft before we enter the final phase of preparations.

As Deadline Looms, MLB Teams Formulate Plans To Pay Minor Leaguers  —  While Major League Baseball negotiates a return to play with the MLB Players Association, the clock is ticking on continued pay for minor league players.  —  Non 40-man roster players, with few exceptions …

Inside Roy Halladay's struggle with pain, addiction  —  STEVE TRAX WAS in his office in Reston, Virginia, not far from Dulles International Airport when the phone rang.  It was mid-October 2013, around 11 a.m. The caller was Brandy Halladay, and she sounded distraught.  —  “He needs help.

Column: Phil Mickelson is ready to make ‘The Match’ an annual event  —  After the success Sunday of “The Match: Champions for Charity” golf exhibition in which Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning defeated Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady to help raise $20 million for COVID-19 relief, there are talks to make …

Damian Lillard doesn't plan to participate in resumed NBA season if Blazers don't have ‘true opportunity’ to make playoffs  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  If the NBA resumes the 2019-20 season by electing to play a handful of games with all teams just to reach 70 games to fulfill regional television deals,