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.

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 …

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?

New York Yankees prospect spending summer delivering groceries and food, not pitches to opposing batters  —  BETTENDORF, Iowa — The first delivery of the day for New York Yankees pitching prospect T.J. Sikkema is the Home Instead Senior Care facility in Bettendorf.

MLB claims that umpire Angel Hernandez eavesdropped on an investigation  —  Major League Baseball claimed umpire Angel Hernandez eavesdropped last July on a league investigative call looking into why a game between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays was delayed 14 minutes over confusion about the rules.

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?

2020 MLB draft: With so many 1st-round busts, Phillies have made up for it in 2nd round a few times  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  From 1998 through 2002, the Phillies went 4 for 5 with their first-round picks.  —  They used the first overall pick in '98 on Pat Burrell …

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 …

'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.