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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB, union reach tentative agreement on new CBA, salvage 162-game season — Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association reached a tentative agreement on a new collective-bargaining agreement Thursday, ending the league's 99-day lockout of the players and salvaging a 162-game season …
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Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
MLB, MLBPA agree to new CBA; season to start April 7 — Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement on Thursday, paving the way for the 2022 regular season to begin on April 7. — The CBA was ratified by the owners with a unanimous 30-0 vote on Thursday evening.
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
David Ortiz open to international draft in MLB, seeks further input from players before implementation — Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz, perhaps the most prominent voice in Dominican baseball, says he is open to the idea of an international draft but is wary of its implementation …
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Associated Press:
MLB, MLBPA agree to negotiate on international amateur draft amid lockout talks — NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and its locked-out players agreed Thursday to negotiate on an international amateur draft, paving the way for renewed economic talks. — Under an agreement reached on the 99th …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB's lockout is mercifully over. Where do we go from here? … Major League Baseball magically made those two weeks of cancelled games re-appear Thursday, keeping a full 162-game season intact, when MLB and the players association agreed to a new five-year collective bargaining agreement, ending the league's 99-day lockout.
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MLB, MLBPA reach labor agreement: Everything you need to know as lockout ends — The MLB lockout is over. — It took more than three months — and multiple deadlines for delaying the regular season — before Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association ended their stalemate …
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Baseball is back: MLB, players agree on new CBA to salvage 162-game 2022 season
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Major League Baseball cancels second week of season after discussions fail to produce CBA
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
MLB cancels another two series after negotiations with MLBPA break down again; Opening Day could be pushed to April 14
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
No deal: Cardinals' April 7 home opener canceled as MLB lockout leaks more games, talks fall shy
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Major League Baseball pushes for international draft, while players' union opposes it, sources say
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLBPA to respond to MLB's latest CBA proposal Wednesday; game cancellations on hold
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
MLB cancels 93 more games, gap narrows in bargaining
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Julia Poe / Chicago Tribune:
'He's got to get downhill.' How can the Chicago Bulls get Zach LaVine to regain confidence driving to the rim? — Despite a blowout loss in Philadelphia, Zach LaVine showed flashes of his old self with 24 points Monday against the 76ers. — It's a sight the Chicago Bulls are eager …
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Mike Preston / Baltimore Sun:
Ravens should be in no rush to offer QB Lamar Jackson contract extension — The Ravens are in no rush to sign quarterback Lamar Jackson to a contract extension, and they should be glad he isn't campaigning for a new deal, too. — Since training camp opened in 2021, I have advocated …
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Mike Ozanian / Forbes:
MLB Deals With Apple And NBC Sports Are Worth A Combined $115 Million Annually — Baseball is in the midst of a lockout that is threatening the start of the 2022 season, but that isn't preventing the league from getting richer. — The new multi-year streaming deal between Major League Baseball …
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Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
Julius Randle, Knicks take advantage of Mavericks' 38 missed three-point shots in blowout win in Dallas — DALLAS — It was a miraculous display of misfiring. Rim clank after rim clank. The Mavericks could've built the Great Wall of China with all those bricks.
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Former major league pitcher Odalis Perez dies after accident at his Dominican Republic home — Former major league pitcher Odalis Perez died after an accident at his home in the Dominican Republic on Thursday night, his attorney told ESPN's Enrique Rojas. — According to Walin Batista …
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
J.D. Davis says time with Mets may be over: ‘60-40 out of here’ — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Before the Mets played their final game of last season, J.D. Davis said it was a “coin flip” whether he would return or be traded in the offseason. — On Thursday, just hours before the lockout ended …
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
MLB players frustrated by league's deadlines, but ‘solid in where they stand’ — MESA, Ariz. — The pop of leather and the crack of wood reverberated through Bell Bank Park, a sprawling sports and entertainment facility outfitted with turf baseball fields and an expansive weight room.
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Alex Silverman / Morning Consult:
MLB Fans Are More Than Twice as Likely to Blame Owners Than Players for Canceled Games — 45% of self-identified MLB fans say team owners are most responsible for failure to reach new collective bargaining agreement — Amid the ongoing MLB lockout that has already resulted in baseball's …
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