Major League Baseball agreed to pay minor leaguers $185 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging violations of minimum wage laws.

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A federal judge ruled that minor leaguers are year-round employees and found Major League Baseball violated Arizona state minimum wage law.

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Starting in 2020, Under Armour will be the official uniform provider for Major League Baseball. The Baltimore sports brand announced a 10-year partnership with MLB, confirming reports from October, marking Under Armour’s first-ever uniform deal with a professional American league. ...

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While Under Armour and Major League Baseball remain mum amid reports that the Baltimore sports brand will be the league’s uniform provider starting in 2020, people familiar with the company say the deal creates a huge opportunity to raise Under ...

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Pandora Jewelry, of Columbia, this week announced it had added MLB Network broadcaster Heidi Watney as an endorser. Watney is a host of the daily regular-season highlights show “Quick Pitch” and appears in other studio programming. Watney joins a roster ...

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NEW YORK — Major League Baseball pitched an arbitration shutout. Reliever Darren O’Day completed a $5.8 million, two-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, becoming the 133rd and final player to settle without a hearing among the 133 who ...

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Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, who has made his opening statements at Board of Public Works meetings can't-miss political theater for at least the last year, returned to a favorite topic Wednesday morning: handicapping Maryland professional sports.

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HAGERSTOWN — The majority owner of the Hagerstown Suns says Major League Baseball and the Washington Nationals have requested improvements to the 80-year-old stadium that the minor-league team calls home. Bruce Quinn told The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown Tuesday that major-league officials ...

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Sonja Sohn, who played Kima Greggs on HBO's "The Wire," were the headliners at the Defending Childhood Task Force hearing held Tuesday morning at the University of Maryland's law school in Baltimore. Baseball legend Joe Torre is co-chair of the task force, which collects testimony about children exposed to violence.

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DOVER, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge has canceled a hearing on a request by Fox Sports to delay consideration of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ plan to sell media rights to future games. The judge was to hear arguments Tuesday ...

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