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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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Ken Rosenthal / MLB - The Athletic:
MLB's owners had every advantage, and still it wasn't enough for them — How dare they. That's all I keep thinking. How dare commissioner Rob Manfred and the baseball owners treat their players and their fans like this. Don't they recognize the impact of canceling games …
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baseballmusings.com, The Seattle Times, Bleacher Nation and Phillies Nation
ESPN:
MLB cancels first 2 regular-season series after MLBPA rejects league's final proposal — Major League Baseball has canceled Opening Day, with commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday that the sport will scrap regular-season games over a labor dispute for the first time in 27 years …
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.
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USA Today, The Ringer, NBCSports.com, Rox Pile, Pinstripe Alley, MLB Baseball News … and Rum Bunter
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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Over the Monster, Sports Illustrated and baseballmusings.com
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.
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The Athletic and baseballmusings.com
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB, union talk for more than 16 hours; new Tuesday 5 p.m. ET deadline set to save full season
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The Athletic, FanGraphs Baseball, MLB Baseball News … and Detroit Free Press
Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
MLB extends deadline to salvage openers to 5 p.m. Tuesday
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Denver Post, The Boston Globe, Phillies Nation, MLB Baseball News …, BaltimoreBaseball.com and MLB Trade Rumors
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Source: MLB, MLBPA remain far apart on new CBA as deadline looms
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BoSox Injection, Sports Illustrated and True Blue LA
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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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 …
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Dolphins planned to pursue Sean Payton, Tom Brady for 2022
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The Phinsider, New York Post, FanSided, CBS Boston, Boston.com, Sports Illustrated and Mercury News
Pat Leonard / New York Daily News:
Giants releasing veteran tight end Kyle Rudolph in start of salary cap cuts — INDIANAPOLIS — The Giants' cap clearing has begun. — Kyle Rudolph said goodbye to the Giants, their fans and his teammates on Instagram Wednesday morning. A source confirmed to the Daily News that the team …
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Reading Eagle, Elite Sports NY, Giants Wire and GMEN HQ
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Pat Leonard / New York Daily News:
Giants' Joe Schoen rightly ‘open to everything,’ including fielding calls on Saquon Barkley, as NFL Combine kicks off — INDIANAPOLIS - Joe Schoen put a refreshing process into action Tuesday at the NFL Combine. — The Giants' new GM announced he's “open for business” and “open to everything …
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Elite Sports NY and GMEN HQ
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 …
Jake Fischer / Bleacher Report:
Intel on Which Lakers VIPs Will Remain in LA Past This Season — With each mounting loss in Los Angeles, the noise around the Lakers' future only grows louder, despite LeBron James dismissing the recent furor from his public flirtation with the Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti …
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Silver Screen and Roll, Lakers Outsiders, Lake Show Life and NBA Analysis Network
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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Amazin' Avenue, ESPN, Battery Power and MLB Baseball News …
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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