Baseball Salary Growth Trails NFL and NBA as Sports Revenues Boom
MLB owners spent more than $2 billion last month in free agency deals and contract extensions, as nine players secured nine-figure commitments from clubs. Corey Seager…
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MLB Lockout Cancels Winter Meetings as Sides Target Spring Training Start
Major League Baseball locked out the players after the current five-year Basic Agreement between the sides expired at midnight Wednesday night. The sport’s annual Winter…
MLB Lockout on Pace Despite Deals as Owners and Labor Dig In
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are barreling toward a lockout, which would take effect when the current Basic Agreement expires at midnight on…
MLB Labor Talks Proceed as Manfred and Clark Cross Paths at Series
Tony Clark, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, cautioned Tuesday night there’s still time in the next five weeks for owners and the…
MLB and Sinclair ‘Need One Another’ Despite Tough Talk on Rights
JohnWallStreet is on vacation and will return Jan. 4. In the meantime, enjoy this “Best of” selection from 2021.  Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred made…
MLB Field of Dreams Stunt Delivers Biggest TV Audience Since 2005
Baseball’s Field of Dreams stunt was an unqualified success, as Fox’s presentation of the Yankees-White Sox cornfield slugfest now stands as the most-watched…
Manfred Rebuffs Labor Strife as MLB Mulls Old Rules in New CBA
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred doubled down Tuesday morning on his assessment that the owners and the MLB Players Association are trying to avoid a labor…
MLB’s Sticky Substance Ban Belies Hidden Ball Trick
Major League Baseball has decided to enforce rules already on the books to stop pitchers from doctoring the baseball, beginning with Monday’s games. Pitchers caught…
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Manfred Downplays MLB Lockout Talk as Baseball Seeks Growth
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred moved to assure fans that the coming summer of collective bargaining with the players’ union will not lead to a work…
Baseball Faces Permanent Changes a Year After COVID Shutdown
Kim Ng was still working for Major League Baseball this time last year, when the coronavirus became so acute in the U.S. that major professional sports leagues began to…
Top Sports Law Trends to Follow in 2021
The new year will bring new developments in the intersection between sports and law. One development became apparent on Tuesday, when Major League Soccer notified the…
Top Ten Sports Law Controversies of 2020 Set to Shape Industry’s Future
The past year has been one of the most trying in the country’s 244-year history. The sports world, and the many industries that serve it, won’t forget 2020 anytime…
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