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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB to cancel another week of games if deal not reached by Tuesday night — Major League Baseball plans to cancel another week of regular-season games if it can't agree to a new collective bargaining agreement with the MLB Players Association by Tuesday night, adding another layer …
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Ken Rosenthal / MLB - The Athletic:
MLB willing to increase luxury tax if players move in other areas, people with knowledge of league's thinking said — Major League Baseball is willing to increase the first competitive-balance tax threshold from $220 million if the Players Association makes moves in other areas, people with knowledge of the league's thinking say.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Sources: New MLBPA proposal includes $5M reduction in pre-arbitration pool — The MLB Players Association gave a written collective bargaining agreement proposal to Major League Baseball on Sunday. It included a $5 million reduction to the union's last offer in a pre-arbitration bonus pool …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
‘We are deadlocked’: MLB could cancel another week of games soon as talks show little progress … Major League Baseball is expected to cancel another week of regular-season games soon after negotiations Sunday provided little movement toward a deal to end its 95-day lockout.
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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Four MLB owners opposed increasing the luxury tax at all: reports — Four MLB owners — the Reds' Bob Castellini, Tigers' Chris Ilitch, Diamondbacks' Ken Kendrick, and Angels' Arte Moreno — objected to the league's proposal to raise the competitive balance tax, making it clear that getting 23 owners …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Sources: MLB eyes pitch clocks of 14 seconds with empty bases, 19 seconds with runners on — Major League Baseball wants to institute a 14-second pitch clock with the bases empty and a 19-second timer with runners on, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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The Athletic:
LeBron, the Lakers and their road back to ‘winning time’: Why Magic Johnson and Phil Jackson still matter, plus what's next — LOS ANGELES — When LeBron James was sending all those unsettling messages the Lakers' way over All-Star weekend in Cleveland — the ones that left so many wondering …
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Peter King / ProFootballTalk:
FMIA: A Peek Inside The Journal Of Aidan Hutchinson, And What We Learned At NFL Scouting Combine — INDIANAPOLIS — “I don't know why I did it,” Aidan Hutchinson said Saturday night after his NFL Scouting Combine workout, sitting in his room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, a few long spirals from Lucas Oil Stadium.
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Calvin Watkins / Dallas Morning News:
After rejecting a pay cut, DeMarcus Lawrence's future with the Dallas Cowboys appears in doubt — Multiple sources said the team has asked Lawrence to take a pay cut, which he refused. — INDIANAPOLIS — Among the Cowboys' highest-paid players, quarterback Dak Prescott has job security …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Max Scherzer floats ‘ghost win’ playoff proposal with MLB labor talks set to resume Sunday — The Major League Baseball Players Association will respond to the league's latest CBA proposal on Sunday, sources familiar with the situation tell ESPN. — The league made a “last and best offer” …
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Jonathan Abrams / New York Times:
Brittney Griner, Star W.N.B.A. Center, Is Detained in Russia — The Russian Federal Customs Service said Saturday that its officials had detained an American basketball player after finding vape cartridges that contained hashish oil in her luggage at the Sheremetyevo airport near Moscow.
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Amid uncertainty, multiple MLB teams have asked league about canceling Rule 5 draft this season, sources say — Fallout from Major League Baseball's lockout of the players could have far-reaching implications on the trade and free-agent markets, potentially slowing them because teams …
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Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Aaron Rodgers has specific destinations in place, if he chooses to leave the Packers — Aaron Rodgers reportedly is torn between staying with the Packers or moving on. So if he'll be moving on, where will he go? — Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Rodgers has specific deals lined …
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