Source: New MLB proposal to union has 76-game season  —  Major League Baseball's latest proposal to players on a return-to-play economic package offered a higher potential salary than their last plan but less guaranteed money over a 76-game season, sources familiar with the proposal told ESPN.

My awakening  —  On May 28, I received an emotional text from one of my few African American teammates.  He asked me to watch a video of a black man being killed under the knee of a white police officer.  My instincts provoked an instantaneous defense of the officer.  Perhaps the man was resisting arrest?

Billionaire Sports Owner Josh Harris Exploring New York Mets Bid (EXCLUSIVE)  —  The owners of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils are looking to expand their sports empire to baseball.  —  Josh Harris, the billionaire co-founder of Apollo Global Management, and David Blitzer …

Best MLB draft picks ever and one that got away for all 30 teams  —  Editor's note: This story initially ran on May 30, 2018  —  Draft history is fascinating, and maybe the first thing you learn when looking through past drafts is not just how few players make the majors but also how few end …

How Major League Baseball can save itself beyond 2021  —  This is the how baseball's destructive standoff needs to end: The owners, with greater wealth and with the lasting stewardship of the game, need to emerge from their bargaining bunker and extend themselves into the middle ground with an offer of a significant concession.

'We've Got No Chance': Pirates Remember Stephen Strasburg's Debut, 10 Years Later  —  The former No. 1 pick made his MLB debut 10 years ago.  Relive the 14-strikeout masterpiece through the eyes of the Pittsburgh Pirates.  —  Don Long's tone was grave.  His players were about to face …

Chicago's Bloody Sunday  —  “We've never seen anything like it, at all,” said Max Kapustin, the senior research director at the University of Chicago Crime Lab.  —  A hardworking father killed just before 1 a.m.  —  A West Side high school student murdered two hours later.

Mets legend Cleon Jones knows the America that is being protested all too well  —  When Cleon Jones first heard about George Floyd's killing by police, he was transported back to Mobile, Alabama, in 1977.  The former Mets outfielder was driving home while his wife, Angela, was doing so in another car.

What you need to know about Sosa-McGwire home run chase before watching ‘Long Gone Summer’  —  ESPN's 30 for 30 “Long Gone Summer,” directed by AJ Schnack  —  Livestreaming: ESPN+ and ESPN Player (where available)  —  Is 22 years too soon?  How do we look back on the great Home Run Chase of 1998?

New challenges as Yankees prepare for MLB Draft  —  Ten years ago, Damon Oppenheimer, the Yankees' longtime vice president of domestic amateur scouting, laid out his general philosophy entering a draft.  —  “You can't go into the draft targeting needs in baseball or you end up overdrafting …