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11:50 AM ET, March 2, 2022

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ESPN:
No deal: What we know and don't know as MLB delays Opening Day  —  No deal.  The MLB lockout continues.  —  Major League Baseball has announced the delay of the 2022 regular season after the MLBPA player leaders agreed unanimously not to accept MLB's final proposal before the league's 5 p.m. ET deadline.
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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 …
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.
Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Manfred: MLB To Cancel First Two Regular Season Series  —  In the wake of today's league-imposed deadline to reach agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement passing, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced this afternoon that the league is canceling the first two series of the regular season.
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.
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB says it will make final CBA offer to players' union prior to 5 p.m. deadline  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Talks broke down between MLB and the MLB Players Association on Tuesday afternoon, leading the league to declare that it will make a final offer for a new collective bargaining agreement before a 5 p.m. EST deadline.
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Source: MLB, MLBPA remain far apart on new CBA as deadline looms
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB calls talks ‘productive’ while MLBPA says sides are still ‘very far apart’ entering deadline day
Omar Kelly / Sun-Sentinel:
Mike McDaniel admires the resiliency, fight of Dolphins team he inherited  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Mike McDaniel is still living out of a suitcase and residing in a hotel (he's moved to a second one) when he's not hunkered down at the team's facility in Miami Gardens.
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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.
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Don't let Mike McDaniel's looks fool you, Dolphins coach learned early he can lead NFL players  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Looks can be deceiving.  —  When Mike McDaniel was named head coach of the Miami Dolphins last month, a casual fan that hadn't followed the search in-depth could have seen …
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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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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ESPN:
Derek Jeter stepping down as Miami Marlins' CEO, shareholder
Sportsnet.ca:
With games now lost, baseball in limbo as both sides determine next steps  —  TORONTO - Ross Stripling, the Toronto Blue Jays' union-player representative, is optimistic by nature and excited about his team's chances this season.  So, he decided to be optimistic about talks ahead …
 
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