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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Inside the self-inflicted crisis boiling over as MLB's lockout deadline arrives — MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL is in a crisis of its own making, a self-inflicted wound borne of equal parts hubris, short-sightedness and stubbornness from a class of owners who run the teams and seemingly have designs on running the game into the ground.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB, players pause CBA negotiations after marathon day of talks, hope to finalize deal before 5 p.m. ET Tuesday deadline — After a 16-hour day of meetings that stretched into early Tuesday morning, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association moved the deadline …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Source: MLB, MLBPA remain far apart on new CBA as deadline looms — JUPITER, Fla. — Despite a long day of conversations between MLB and the MLBPA on Sunday, the sides still remain far apart on a new collective bargaining agreement, a union source told ESPN.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB, union talk for more than 16 hours; new Tuesday 5 p.m. ET deadline set to save full season … JUPITER, Fla. — They gathered together mid-morning Monday at Roger Dean Stadium. — They started engaging with one another in the afternoon. — They talked heavily, frequently and politely into the next day.
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
MLB extends deadline to salvage openers to 5 p.m. Tuesday — JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball gave itself and the players' association six hours to salvage opening day. — After a marathon of 13 bargaining sessions over 16 1/2 hours produced progress toward a labor deal but left …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB calls talks ‘productive’ while MLBPA says sides are still ‘very far apart’ entering deadline day
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Associated Press:
Players unsure whether to head home after sixth straight day of MLB talks ends with sides far apart
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Commissioner Rob Manfred, MLBPA's Tony Clark meet face-to-face as MLB talks gain steam; more spring training games nixed
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James Wagner / New York Times:
A Rare Face-to-Face Meeting as M.L.B.'s Deadline Nears
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Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Dolphins planned to pursue Sean Payton, Tom Brady for 2022 — The Miami Dolphins are moving forward with Mike McDaniel as the head coach and, for now, Tua Tagovailoa as the starting quarterback. At one point after the end of the 2021 season, however, the Dolphins explored a different approach.
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Associated Press:
Derek Jeter stepping down as Miami Marlins' CEO, shareholder — MIAMI — Derek Jeter went into the offseason talking about the Miami Marlins spending more money on contracts, figuring out ways to contend and continuing to build for the future. — His focus — or the Marlins' focus — apparently has changed.
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Derek Jeter stepping down as Miami Marlins' CEO, shareholder — MIAMI — Derek Jeter announced a surprise departure from the Miami Marlins on Monday after 4½ mostly unsuccessful years that didn't come close to matching his success as a player for the New York Yankees.
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
How the Mets will be impacted if MLB cancels a month of games — Major League Baseball, on the day of its manufactured deadline for the regular season to start on time, decided to spell out the part of these labor negotiations that we already knew. — MLB on Monday indicated to the players union …
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Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Making history: Elizabeth Benn hired as Mets director of Major League ops
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DJ Bien-Aime II / New York Daily News:
5 players and positions to watch for Jets at NFL Combine — The Jets possess the most prolific draft capital in 2022 as they own four picks in the top-40. — They hold selection Nos. 4, 10, 35 and 38 in the upcoming draft. And after going 4-13 last season, they have plenty of issues to address on the roster.
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
MLB in serious talks with NBC Sports about broadcasting games — MLB and NBC Sports have had serious talks about the network broadcasting games this season, The Post has learned. — If a deal comes to fruition, most of the games are expected to be on NBC's streaming platform, Peacock.
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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
With lockout, MLB opens the door to steroids flooding back into the game — One problem with locking out the players, Major League Baseball may soon learn, is that when you tell players to stay away from you, it's hard to know what they're doing. — On Feb. 7, MLB announced that it had halted …
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