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• Former Astros GM Jeff Luhnow: 'I am not a cheater'
In the wake of massive discipline handed down by MLB to the Houston Astros over the organization’s sign-stealing scheme, general manager Jeff Luhnow has responded. Issuing a statement in which he accepted responsibility for the rules violations that occurred on his watch, Luhnow was adamant that he had nothing to do with the cheating that took plac...2020
Jeff Luhnow
• Twitter Tuesday: A Conor Timmins call-up snub, organizational special teams struggles, and Akim Aliu
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Who would win: Two horse-sized Nathan MacKinnons or 100 duck-sized MacKinnons? These are the important questions The question that dominated this week’s Twitter Tuesday mailbag seemed to focus around a passing comment that head coach Jared Bednar made after practice on Sunday about Conor Timmins ...2019
Conor Timmins
• Nationals, World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg agree to record seven-year, $245M contract
The defending World Series champs and the game’s biggest agent have kicked off the winter meetings with a bang. The Nationals have reached agreement on a new contract with star righty Stephen Strasburg, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. It’s a stunning seven-year deal that guarantees the Scott Boras client a whopping $245M, per Jeff Passan of ESPN....2019
Stephen Strasburg
• Trump Administration Overrides MLB Deal On Cuban Player Transfers
The Trump Administration has rejected an agreement between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation regarding the movement of Cuban ballplayers, as Vivian Salama and Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal report. For the time being, the preexisting state of affairs will continue to govern any Cuban players that seek to join MLBR...2019
Major League Baseball
• Trump Administration overrides MLB deal on Cuban player transfers
The Trump Administration has rejected an agreement between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation regarding the movement of Cuban ballplayers, as Vivian Salama and Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal report. For the time being, the preexisting state of affairs will continue to govern any Cuban players who seek to join MLB orga...2019
Major League Baseball
• Report: Kaepernick grievance nets under $10M
Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid won their grievances against the NFL, but according to the Wall Street Journal, the players will receive less than $10 million total....2019
• Report: Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid got less than $10 million in NFL settlement
There has been speculation that Colin Kaepernick must have received an enormous amount of money from the NFL to agree to settle his collusion case against the league. But the quarterback was not paid as much as many people think. Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal reports that Kaepernick and Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid received less th...2019
Colin Kaepernick
• Report: Robert Kraft will not accept plea deal offered in prostitution case
Robert Kraft and other defendants who were charged as part of a prostitution sting in Florida were offered a deal this week that would allow them to avoid being prosecuted, but the New England Patriots owner is reportedly not planning to accept it. According to Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal, prosecutors offered to drop the charges agains...2019
Robert Kraft
• Report: Robert Kraft offered deal that would see prostitution charges dropped
Robert Kraft and several other men who were involved in a prostitution sting in Florida last month have reportedly been offered a deal that would allow them to avoid being prosecuted. According to a report from Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal, Florida prosecutors have offered to drop the charges against Kraft and other defendants in the ca...2019
Robert Kraft
• Report: Robert Kraft gets offered deal that would see prostitution charges dropped
Robert Kraft and several other men who were involved in a prostitution sting in Florida last month have reportedly been offered a deal that would allow them to avoid being prosecuted. According to a report from Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal, Florida prosecutors have offered to drop the charges against Kraft and other defendants in the ca...2019
Robert Kraft

• Twitter Tuesday: A Conor Timmins call-up snub, organizational special teams struggles, and Akim Aliu
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Who would win: Two horse-sized Nathan MacKinnons or 100 duck-sized MacKinnons? These are the important questions The question that dominated this week’s Twitter Tuesday mailbag seemed to focus around a passing comment that head coach Jared Bednar made after practice on Sunday about Conor Timmins ...2019
Conor Timmins
• Nationals, World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg agree to record seven-year, $245M contract
The defending World Series champs and the game’s biggest agent have kicked off the winter meetings with a bang. The Nationals have reached agreement on a new contract with star righty Stephen Strasburg, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. It’s a stunning seven-year deal that guarantees the Scott Boras client a whopping $245M, per Jeff Passan of ESPN....2019
Stephen Strasburg
• Report: Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid got less than $10 million in NFL settlement
There has been speculation that Colin Kaepernick must have received an enormous amount of money from the NFL to agree to settle his collusion case against the league. But the quarterback was not paid as much as many people think. Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal reports that Kaepernick and Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid received less th...2019
Colin Kaepernick
• Report: Robert Kraft will not accept plea deal offered in prostitution case
Robert Kraft and other defendants who were charged as part of a prostitution sting in Florida were offered a deal this week that would allow them to avoid being prosecuted, but the New England Patriots owner is reportedly not planning to accept it. According to Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal, prosecutors offered to drop the charges agains...2019
Robert Kraft
• Report: Robert Kraft offered deal that would see prostitution charges dropped
Robert Kraft and several other men who were involved in a prostitution sting in Florida last month have reportedly been offered a deal that would allow them to avoid being prosecuted. According to a report from Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal, Florida prosecutors have offered to drop the charges against Kraft and other defendants in the ca...2019
Robert Kraft

• Twitter Tuesday: A Conor Timmins call-up snub, organizational special teams struggles, and Akim Aliu
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Who would win: Two horse-sized Nathan MacKinnons or 100 duck-sized MacKinnons? These are the important questions The question that dominated this week’s Twitter Tuesday mailbag seemed to focus around a passing comment that head coach Jared Bednar made after practice on Sunday about Conor Timmins ...2019
Conor Timmins
• World Series 2016: Schedule and Predictions for Cubs vs. Indians Fall Classic
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World Series
• NFL Picks Week 6: Examining Recent Odds and Expert Predictions
2016
• Bumgarner-Syndergaard Wild-Card Duel is Must-See Opening Act of MLB Playoffs
2016

American League
• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
2016

National Baseball Hall

• Gisele says she would never try to convince Tom Brady to retire
Gisele Bundchen has voiced concerns in the past about her husband Tom Brady’s long-term health and the physical impact football has had on him, but she insists she would never try to persuade the five-time Super Bowl champion to retire.In a wide-ranging interview with Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal that was published on Tuesday, Gisele said a...2018
Super Bowl
• Latest On Colin Kaepernick’s collusion lawsuit
Colin Kaepernick and his legal team have now requested two high-profile individuals be deposed in his collusion lawsuit against the NFL. Jane Goodell, the wife of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, and John Schnatter, the former CEO of Papa John’s pizza, have both been sent deposition requests, according to Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports and Jason L...2018
• Roger Goodell’s wife exposed for using secret Twitter account to defend NFL commissioner
Warriors star Kevin Durant isn’t the only person to be accused of using a secret Twitter account to defend himself, it seems.NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s wife, Jane Skinner Goodell, has also been using the same strategy to defend her husband from criticism, according to a report from Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal.The report states th...2017
• Roger Goodell’s wife was defending him from anonymous Twitter account
The wife of Roger Goodell has admitted to defending her husband via an anonymous Twitter account she created that has since been deactivated, according to a report.The Wall Street Journal reports that Jane Skinner Goodell was defending her husband from criticism over his actions as NFL commissioner via the Twitter account. The account was “@forargu...2017
• Injury to Ben Simmons Reveals Flaws in 76ers' Radical Rebuilding Process
2016

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