Oakland officials apologize to A's Wolff over misstatement
While negotiations to keep the A's in Oakland for another five years are expected to be fierce, they might not match the intensity of a dispute this week between top city officials and team owner Lew ...
View ArticleReport: Selig gives A's tentative guidelines for move to San Jose
Font Resize Mercury News staff report Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig's office has given the Oakland Athletics tentative guidelines for a move to San Jose, the Los Angeles Times is ...
View ArticleHyde5: Jeffrey Loria comes out swinging (and missing)
Dave Hyde owner Jeffrey Loria went on the offensive with full-page ads in the three daily newspapers today...He makes it sound like anyone with a brain cell should buy in to his purging the roster of ...
View ArticleBud Selig Calls for Tougher Drug Penalties
Ariz. (AP) Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig wants tougher penalties for major league players who violate the sport's drug agreement. Speaking at a news conference on Saturday, Selig says the situation ...
View ArticleKraft says Patriots made better offer to Welker
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft says his team's contract offer to Wes Welker was better than what the receiver got in Denver. Kraft also says Welker's agent, David Dunn, "misrepresented" ...
View ArticleTim McCarver to step down from Fox after season
Baseball analyst Tim McCarver says he will step down from his position at Fox after this season. McCarver said on a conference call Wednesday he had told the network he will not try to extend his ...
View ArticleMLB Hoping for Large Replay Expansion in 2014
Major League Baseball hopes to expand video review by umpires for the 2014 season and says all calls other than balls and strikes could be subject to instant replay. Commissioner Bud Selig and MLB ...
View ArticleWrestling expected to make Olympic shortlist
Nenad Lalovic told Reuters. "We of course expect to be in the shortlist," the Serbian said in a telephone interview before his departure for the IOC Executive Board meeting in Russia this week. "We ...
View ArticleESPN report: A-Rod, Braun, Rangers' Nelson Cruz among 20 players MLB ...
Brandon Wade/Special Contributor Texas Rangers Jurickson Profar (13) is congratulated by teammates after hitting a solo home run in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals ...
View ArticleSuspensions loom over drug use, sources say
The network says it is potentially the worst drug abuse case in the history of baseball. The league declined to comment to CNN, but confirmed that an investigation is in the works...In 2012, a drug ...
View ArticleColumn: Selig finally takes stand in steroid fight
Alex Rodriguez's claim that he only used steroids while employed by the Texas Rangers seemed pretty convincing at the time, too. He went on national television to blame his drug use on being young and ...
View ArticleOakland A's owner Lew Wolff says Coliseum sewage mess not unusual
A's owner Lew Wolff said Monday he has no plans to talk to baseball commissioner Bud Selig about the urgency of the club's stadium situation in the wake of a drainage issue that flooded the Coliseum's ...
View ArticleSan Jose sues MLB over stalled Oakland A's move
With no progress after more than four years on the Oakland Athletics' planned San Jose move, the city Tuesday filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Major League Baseball. The lawsuit argues MLB's ...
View ArticleCalif. city sues MLB over A's proposed move
Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials said in a lawsuit ...
View ArticleMLB meeting with A-Rod as suspensions loom
Alex Rodriguez 's moment of truth or at least some loosey-goosey version of it will come on Friday, when baseball officials will interview A-Rod about his links to alleged Miami steroid dealer Anthony ...
View ArticleRyan Braun is a disgrace to baseball
In my opinion Ryan "I love PEDS" Braun is a big fat liar who duped his team and its fans. Ryan's team is the Milwaukee Brewers. The fan base of the Brewers live in a fog and will ...
View ArticleBlair: Selig's suspensions could throw pennant races for a loop
Story The big names on the list of 20 players who are in danger of being suspended are Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees and Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers, but there are several players ...
View ArticleDoping Inquiry Has Baseball Playing Tough
Daniel Wallace/Tampa Bay Times, via Associated Press Alex Rodriguez is a key figure in a doping inquiry involving the Florida clinic Biogenesis. In striking contrast to how the league once dealt with ...
View ArticleSelig Insists 'This Sport Is Cleaner Than Ever'
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig insists "this sport is cleaner than it's ever been." Selig declined to detail timing for decisions on the sport's investigation of the closed anti-aging clinic ...
View ArticleGood news for Cruz? MLBPA: Suspensions from steroid investigation ...
The Rangers' Nelson Cruz makes a gesture many Rangers players do whenever they make a good play. Cruz had just made an over-the-shoulder catch against the Pirates' in the second inning of their game ...
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