Month: July 2022

7:02 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball is moving ahead with plans for advertising on uniforms next season. The new labor contract agreed to in March allows teams to add uniform and helmet advertising patches. The San Diego Padres in April became the first team to announce a deal for 2023,
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5:09 PM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said the Oakland Athletics need to quickly reach a binding agreement for a new ballpark and that relocation could be considered if a deal isn’t struck for a facility in the Bay Area. Meanwhile, in regard to the Tampa Bay Rays‘ stadium situation,
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11:42 PM ET The first All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in 42 years featured Clayton Kershaw starting in front of the home fans and appearances from Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera, but the final score looked all too familiar: The American League won 3-2 for its ninth straight All-Star victory and 21st in the past
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10:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera stand among the greatest baseball players from their respective countries, but they won’t take part in next year’s World Baseball Classic. At least not as players. Pujols, from the Dominican Republic, will retire at season’s end, and Cabrera, from Venezuela, will probably retire after
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9:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom pushed back a simulated game scheduled for Tuesday after experiencing muscle soreness in his right shoulder. New York said deGrom’s soreness was mild, and the right-hander’s live batting practice was delayed to Thursday “out of an abundance of caution.” The two-time
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8:30 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Baltimore Orioles aimed high with their 13th-round draft pick. A full seven feet — and that’s before their new pitching prospect gets on the mound. The O’s selected 7-foot left-hander Jared Beck from Saint Leo University with the first pick in Round 13 of baseball’s amateur
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8:58 PM ET ESPN News Services Charlotte Hornets restricted free agent Miles Bridges has been formally charged with felony domestic violence and child abuse stemming from an alleged assault that occurred last month in Los Angeles, the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Bridges, 24, was arrested on June 29 for “intimate partner violence
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4:15 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Ben Kennedy is thinking big. As in big cities, big ideas and big plans. That’s how NASCAR and Chicago got together. Kennedy played an instrumental role in NASCAR bringing an unprecedented street race to downtown Chicago during its 75th season in yet another radical change to its once
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6:02 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Tony Clark appears likely to stay on as head of the baseball players’ association. “There’s a lot of work that needs to be done, and I am more than committed to continue to do it,” the former All-Star first baseman told the Baseball Writers’ Association of America
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5:41 PM ET The 2022 MLB All-Star Game is in Los Angeles as Dodger Stadium hosts baseball’s biggest stars. 2 Related The midsummer festivities began with Juan Soto becoming the 2022 Home Run Derby champion after beating rookie Julio Rodriguez in the final round. One of the perks of winning the Derby is getting to
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