MLB
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Black MLB players, executives strive to diversify baseball
Feb 16, 2021 6:00 am - Michele Meyer-Shipp doesn't have to travel far to realize the challenge of growing the sport of baseball in the Black community. She just sits down at the dinner table. ...
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Billy Conigliaro, Bosox 1st pick, Tony's brother, dies at 73
Feb 16, 2021 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Billy Conigliaro, the first-ever Red Sox draft pick who started out in the Boston outfield with star-crossed brother Tony and later spent years taking care...
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Cubs' Hoyer to discuss futures with Bryant, Baez, Rizzo
Feb 16, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Jed Hoyer plans to chat with Kris Bryant about his future during spring training. Also on deck for the top baseball executive for the Chicago Cubs: simila...
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Gregor: Giolito says this White Sox team has a 'killer instinct'Feb 16, 2021 12:00 am - Lucas Giolito knows what's what. He understands what it's like to be a terrible pitcher, which he was in 2018 when he posted the highest ERA (6.13) in the major leagues....
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Rozner: White Sox have a right to dream bigFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - If the last 12 months of living in the Bizarro World has taught us nothing else, at least it's clear now that trying to forecast tomorrow is pretty much impossible. Thro...
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Spring training '21: New year, but COVID-19 protocols remain
Feb 14, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Completing the 2020 season required MLB to rewrite its rule book. Stadiums were emptied, schedules rewritten. Some players opted out. The ones that didn'...
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With La Russa back in dugout, White Sox expecting to win nowFeb 13, 2021 12:00 am - Rick Renteria lost 95 games in 2017, his first year as White Sox manager. In his second season, the Sox lost 100 games for the first time in 48 years. The rebuilding Whi...
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Massive roster changes to test Cubs' sustained run of successFeb 13, 2021 12:00 am - The Cubs have been to the playoffs five times in the last six years. The core from the 2016 World Series championship team is back for another season. The Cubs won the N...
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Baseball Way Back: Minoso broke color barrier, and Hairston, Boyd paved the wayFeb 13, 2021 12:00 am - As we celebrate Black History Month, it is a time to remember the contributions of Minnie Minoso, the first Black player to don a Chicago uniform. Minoso burst upon the ...
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MLB cuts spring training travel, drops college opponents
Feb 12, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball revamped its spring training exhibition schedule because of the pandemic, cutting travel for Florida-based teams in an effort to mi...