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Soccer player in France gets yellow card for Chapecoense tribute – Washington Post

Thursday, December 01, 2016

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Britain shocked by growing soccer child abuse scandal – Reuters

Thursday, December 01, 2016

LONDON What began as a harrowing account of child abuse suffered by a former professional English soccer player last month has lifted the lid on what could be one of the worst pedophile scandals Britain has ever known. Andy Woodward, 43, who played in the lower divisions of English soccer, told the Guardian newspaper in an interview two weeks ago how his life had been ruined because he had been…

Soccer plane crashed without fuel, officials investigating – Reuters

Thursday, December 01, 2016

MEDELLIN, Colombia The plane that crashed in Colombia killing 71 people including most of a Brazilian soccer team had no fuel on impact, according to initial findings by aviation officials, prompting an investigation into why the plane flew under those conditions. The comments by the civil aviation authority late Wednesday night confirmed Bolivian pilot Miguel Quiroga’s final words to the control tower at Medellin’s airport on a crackly audio obtained…

‘Vectors! Vectors!’: Pilot in soccer team tragedy reported fuel emergency in moments before crash – Washington Post

Thursday, December 01, 2016

In the moments before the charter jet plummeted more than 9,000 feet into the Colombian mountains Monday night, the plane’s pilot signaled a fuel emergency, calling out for assistance with an emergency landing. An audio recording of the final conversation between the pilot and air traffic controller was leaked to Colombian press Wednesday, providing the clearest image yet of the crash that killed 71 people, including the members of the Chapecoense soccer team…

Chapeco gathers to remember its fallen team – CNN

Thursday, December 01, 2016

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LEADOFF: What baseball’s new labor deal means to Braves, others – Atlanta Journal Constitution

Thursday, December 01, 2016

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Baseball comes to its senses, making peace and avoiding chaos – ESPN

Thursday, December 01, 2016

11:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Once upon a time in baseball, it wouldn’t have ended like this. And that, of course, is because, for close to 25 years, labor negotiations in baseball never ended like this. With peace. With stability. With a sport that has now gone so long without a work stoppage that the three other major professional sports in this land have combined for…

Key points of baseball’s new deal – Washington Post

Thursday, December 01, 2016

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Luke from ‘Gilmore Girls’ played for the Durham Bulls baseball team – The Daily Tar Heel

Thursday, December 01, 2016

Sarah Vassello | Published 10 hours ago Scott Patterson, the actor who plays Luke in the hit show “Gilmore Girls”, was a pitcher for the Durham Bulls in the 1980s. Photo Courtesy of Matt Sutor. He wears a baseball hat in almost every episode. And apparently, it’s not just a fashion choice — it could be an homage to his former career as a Minor League Baseball pitcher. There have…

Plans for baseball stadium in Brentwood are abandoned – The Union Leader

Thursday, December 01, 2016

BRENTWOOD — The owner of the Seacoast Mavericks collegiate summer baseball team and USA Mavericks Baseball Club is abandoning plans for a baseball stadium and field complex in Brentwood in favor of a new location on the Seacoast. Dave Hoyt said he plans to move ahead with the project on about 100 acres of land off the Spaulding Turnpike, but…

Wednesday’s Sports in Brief – Fox News

Thursday, December 01, 2016

BASEBALL NEW YORK (AP) The league that wins baseball’s All-Star Game no longer will get home-field advantage in the World Series, which instead will go to the pennant winner with the better regular-season record. The change was included in Major League Baseball’s tentative new collective bargaining agreement and disclosed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the agreement. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because…

‘Vectors! Vectors!’: Pilot in soccer team tragedy reported fuel emergency in moments before crash – Washington Post

Thursday, December 01, 2016

In the moments before the charter jet plummeted more than 9,000 feet into the Colombian mountains Monday night, the plane’s pilot signaled a fuel emergency, calling out for assistance with an emergency landing. An audio recording of the final conversation between the pilot and air traffic controller was leaked to Colombian press Wednesday, providing the clearest image yet of the crash that killed 71 people, including the members of the Chapecoense soccer team…

New luxury tax rules, tobacco ban among changes in baseball labor deal – Chicago Tribune

Thursday, December 01, 2016

Baseball players and owners reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract Wednesday night, a deal that will extend the sport’s industrial peace to 26 years since the ruinous fights in the first two decades of free agency. After days of near round-the-clock talks, negotiators reached a verbal agreement about 3 1/2 hours before the expiration of the current pact. Then they worked to draft a memorandum of understanding,…

Key points of baseball’s new deal – The Washington Post – Washington Post

Thursday, December 01, 2016

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New MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement keeps labor peace, but … – ESPN

Thursday, December 01, 2016

3:18 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Once upon a time in baseball, it wouldn’t have ended like this. And that, of course, is because, for close to 25 years, labor negotiations in baseball never ended like this. With peace. With stability. With a sport that has now gone so long without a work stoppage that the three other major professional sports in this land have combined for…

Keeping Yoenis Cespedes, Mets Step Up to the Plate – New York Times

Thursday, December 01, 2016

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MLB Labor Deal Is Struck, Averting a Work Stoppage – New York Times

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Baseball peace endures, but new CBA curbs spending – ESPN

Thursday, December 01, 2016

1:35 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Once upon a time in baseball, it wouldn’t have ended like this. And that, of course, is because, for close to 25 years, labor negotiations in baseball never ended like this. With peace. With stability. With a sport that has now gone so long without a work stoppage that the three other major professional sports in this land have combined for…

Major League Baseball players, owners reach tentative labor agreement – Las Vegas Review-Journal

Thursday, December 01, 2016

IRVING, Texas — Baseball players and owners reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract Wednesday night, a deal that will extend the sport’s industrial peace to 26 years since the ruinous fights in the first two decades of free agency. After days of near round-the-clock talks, negotiators reached a verbal agreement about 3 1/2 hours before the expiration of the current pact. Then they worked to draft a…

Retired Baseball All-Stars Form Private Equity Group Dugout Ventures – Forbes

Thursday, December 01, 2016

A line-up of Barry Larkin, David Ortiz, Nolan Ryan, Vernon Wells and Torii Hunter would be tough to beat in a men’s adult baseball league. But would you have as much faith in their success off the field, investing in businesses? They believe that you will. The aforementioned list of baseball All-Stars have joined together to create Dugout Ventures, a private equity group focused on investing in brands and products that have…