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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune With the MLB owners’ lockout leading to the cancellation of the opening week of the 2022 season, anxious baseball fans are asking the same question: “What’s next?” Because Nostradamus wasn’t a baseball fan, we only can speculate about how and when the stalemate will end. Based on 28 years covering baseball … Read more
By The Associated Press The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: PARIS — French authorities say they have seized a yacht linked to Igor Sechin, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as part of European Union sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The French Finance Ministry said in a statement Thursday that customs authorities … Read more
By The Associated Press The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean pharmaceutical company manufacturing Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine says it’s bracing for business complications as the U.S.-led West escalates sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. Recently expanded U.S. sanctions include targeted measures against the Russian Direct Investment … Read more
John Romano, Tampa Bay Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — By now, you are weary of reading the multiple thresholds and percentage increases of baseball’s luxury tax. And, surely, you have no interest in delving into the weeds of the latest revenue sharing plan. But there is one proposed change in baseball’s labor negotiations that should … Read more
By The Associated Press The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden said in his first State of the Union address that the United States is closing its airspace to all Russian flights in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He said the U.S. is working to seize yachts and … Read more
By The Associated Press The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican politicians across the U.S. are criticizing President Joe Biden over his domestic energy policies and urging his administration to do more to embrace domestic production. The sanctions imposed by the U.S. and its allies on Russia for its war with … Read more
By The Associated Press The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: LOS ANGELES — Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation says equipment to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has arrived in his country. Mykhailo Fedorov thanked SpaceX founder Elon Musk for the equipment in a Twitter post Monday that was accompanied by a photo of … Read more
By Joe Sullivan For FrontPageBets Conference tournaments are not created equal in men’s college basketball. The projected winners of many are considered forgone conclusions, but we all know basketball in March isn’t like that. There will be upsets and unlikely champions. With that in mind, FrontPageBets not only projects the winners, but ranks this season’s … Read more
By The Associated Press The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities say at least 44 people have been wounded in fighting in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, and that seven of them died in hospitals. It wasn’t clear if the casualties, which covered the past 24 hours, were all civilians. … Read more
RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball negotiations to end the lockout are extending to the limit. Management says a deal must be reached by the end of Monday’s negotiations to salvage a March 31 start to the regular season and a 162-game schedule. With that in mind, the sides … Read more