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MLB labor talks to extend to Friday as Monday deadline to cancel regular-season games looms — JUPITER, Fla. — With less than 4½ days until Major League Baseball's deadline for a labor deal to salvage Opening Day and a 162-game season, New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner …
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MLB owners say season to be shortened if no labor deal reached by Monday — JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball said Wednesday that the 2022 season will be shortened if no labor agreement has been reached by the end of Monday. — Management had maintained that was the deadline for a deal …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB on potential shortened season: ‘A deadline is a deadline’ — JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball will begin canceling regular-season games if the league and the MLBPA can't come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement by Monday, a league spokesperson said Wednesday.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Little progress toward collective bargaining agreement as talks continue between MLB, MLBPA — JUPITER, Fla. — Day 2 of in-person meetings Tuesday between Major League Baseball and the MLBPA once again produced little progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement while the league actually viewed …
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James Wagner / New York Times:
M.L.B. Tells Union Games Will Be Lost Without a Deal Soon
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Dave Hyde / Sun-Sentinel:
Understandable and unusual, Josh Boyer returns to Dolphins defense to protect Mike McDaniel's blindside — MIAMI GARDENS — If you want a nostalgic reunion, there was former Miami Dolphins cornerbacks Sam Madison and Patrick Surtain, together again, talking Wednesday about coaching with each other this time.
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Madison, Surtain happy to be back with Dolphins: 'We're going to always be linked together' — MIAMI GARDENS — Sam Madison and Patrick Surtain grew together as NFL cornerbacks that found considerable success playing the position with the Miami Dolphins between the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
A hurricane of activity: 8 things that will happen once the MLB lockout ends — When (and if) baseball resumes in 2022, general managers will work a lot like NFL coaches at the outset of games, with their first moves scripted. At the transaction kickoff, you can almost imagine Red Sox honcho Chaim Bloom …
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Troy Aikman on verge of bolting Fox for ESPN's ‘Monday Night Football’ — ESPN is deep in negotiations with Fox Sports' Troy Aikman to make him its lead analyst on “Monday Night Football,” The Post has learned. — Aikman's deal is not completed yet, but there is an expectation that it will be finalized.
Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
Tom Brady Makes Post-Football Moves, to Produce, Appear in Road Trip Comedy for Paramount, Endeavor Content (Exclusive) — Hollywood icons Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field will star in ‘80 for Brady,’ which Kyle Marvin will direct and Brady will produce via his 199 Productions.
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Chris Cotillo / Union-News:
NESN pursued Lou Merloni to call Boston Red Sox games in 2022, but radio host declined — NESN pursued former Red Sox infielder Lou Merloni to work as a color analyst for the 2022 season but Merloni declined, multiple sources told MassLive. Merloni, who co-hosts the afternoon “Merloni & Fauria” …
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Rick Stroud / Tampa Bay Times:
Are you sitting down? Blaine Gabbert may be QB the Bucs need — The 32-year-old veteran knows Bruce Arians' system, has size and pedigree, and taught Tom Brady the offense. He is behind Door No. 1. — TAMPA — Less than two weeks before the start of free agency, here's where the Bucs' quarterback search stands:
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