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Boras: Dodgers 'bought store,' Mets 'in freezer'
With baseball awash in record revenue as the signing season starts, Scott Boras compares the habits of teams to families sifting through supermarket ...
NHL, union to meet Friday for 4th straight day
The best that can be said about the ongoing NHL labor negotiations is that they are still going, and will continue for at least a fourth straight day.
NHL labor talks to resume Thursday
Negotiations between the NHL and the locked-out players' association ended after nearly six hours Wednesday. Just as they did a night earlier, the ...
NHL, union back at bargaining table for new talks
Negotiations between the NHL and the locked-out players' association lasted deep into Tuesday night, and went well enough that the sides agreed to ...
NHL, union to return to bargaining table Tuesday
The NHL and the players' association stuck to their word and made quick plans to get back to the bargaining table. After all-day negotiations ...
NHL and union make progress, will meet again soon
A secret, long-awaited bargaining session has done some good in the NHL labor fight — so much so that the sides already have plans to get back to the ...
NHL cancels Winter Classic at Big House
The NHL has put one of its signature events on ice. The Winter Classic, scheduled between Detroit and Toronto for Jan. 1 at Michigan Stadium, became ...
Jordan: I'm committed to Bobcats for long haul
Michael Jordan could no longer hide his frustration midway through the Bobcats' dismal season last year. Not wanting anyone to see how angry he was, ...
Yankees RHP Rafael Soriano opts out of contract
Rafael Soriano turned out to be a vital insurance policy for the New York Yankees. Now, they might need a new one. The fill-in closer opted out of the ...
Column: Is Stern best commissioner in sports?
During the ring ceremony on opening night in Miami, a microphone picked up NBA Commissioner David Stern telling LeBron James, "I'm proud of you." No ...
Tigers bring back manager Jim Leyland for 2013
Jim Leyland insisted throughout the latter part of the season that there would be a time and a place to discuss his managing future. That moment came ...
NHL on ice: All games canceled through November
It will be December before the NHL returns to the ice, and that is a best-case scenario. With no deal in place, and no plans to resume negotiations ...
Stern to retire as NBA Commissioner in 2014
David Stern took the NBA around the globe in nearly three decades as commissioner, turning what was a second-rate league into a projected ...
Bettman says full NHL season unrealistic
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman still hasn't heard what he wants from the players' association, so he won't return to the bargaining table and he won't ...
NHL's Islanders moving to Brooklyn in 2015
Mike Bossy's fondest memories of the New York Islanders will always have Nassau Coliseum as the cherished backdrop, no matter where the team calls ...
Brooklyn ice: NHL's Islanders to Barclays in 2015
The New York Islanders finally have a new home and it's in Brooklyn, the borough that is suddenly a hot bed of pro sports 54 years after baseball's ...
Yankees headed into offseason of change
Alex Rodriguez and his potentially bruised ego might be the least of the New York Yankees' problems this offseason. Ace CC Sabathia is going to have ...
NHL rejects players' attempt to restart talks
The little hope that existed for a full NHL season appears to be gone. Shortly after the players' reached out to the league on Tuesday night to ...
Panthers fire GM Hurney after team's 1-5 start
Panthers owner Jerry Richardson sat down in his office Sunday night with Marty Hurney and posed two questions to the franchise's longtime general ...
Panthers GM Hurney fired after team's 1-5 start
Marty Hurney admits the "losing environment" for the Carolina Panthers must end. He won't be a part of the effort. Hurney was fired as general manager ...
NHL, union still talking but not negotiating
While the NHL and the players' association are keeping the lines of communication open, they don't seem to be moving any closer to getting back to the ...
Blue Jays trade manager John Farrell to Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are hoping that two big trades will help them get back to the playoffs after missing out three years in a row. The first was a ...