Major League Baseball hired a high-ranking executive from Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group as the sport deals with concern over the future of regional sports networks.
Read More »MLB players’ association trying to unionize minor leaguers
The Major League Baseball Players Association is attempting to unionize minor leaguers, reversing decades of opposition.
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Read More »MLB to pay minor leaguers $185M to settle minimum wage lawsuit
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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Read More »Judge: Minor leaguers work year-round, MLB violated wage law
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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Read More »Under Armour confirms uniform deal with Major League Baseball
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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Read More »MLB deal will give Under Armour more brand awareness
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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Read More »MLB host endorses Pandora
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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Read More »No baseball salary arbitration cases go to hearings
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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Read More »Franchot looking for a Ravens-Redskins Super Bowl
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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Read More »MLB, Nationals express concerns about Hagerstown Suns’ park
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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