The Oakland A’s baseball team sued California’s toxic waste department Wednesday, claiming it has failed to rein in pollution generated by Schnitzer Steel — a multinational company operating the largest metal-shredding facility in the state next to the team’s proposed future waterfront home.
Read moreA federal judge in California dismissed a former MLB player’s claims that the league and players’ union unfairly targeted his health supplements company that sells a performance enhancer extracted from the shed tissue of elk antlers as part of an investigation into illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
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The Miami Marlins’ coronavirus outbreak could endanger the Major League Baseball season, Dr. Anthony Fauci said, as the number of their players testing positive rose to 15.
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In a joint demonstration of support for the Black Lives Matter movement, players, managers and coaches of the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals knelt in unison before the opening game of the 2020 baseball season, then stood for the national anthem Thursday night.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the first game of Major League Baseball’s pandemic-delayed regular season.
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Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to rescue a season amid the coronavirus after months of acrimony.
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Major League Baseball has made another try to start the coronavirus-delayed season in early July, proposing a 76-game regular season, expanding the playoffs from 10 teams to as many as 16 and allowing players to earn about 75% of their prorated salaries.
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In his most recent dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief concludes his reminiscences about family and his beloved Red Sox.
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In his most recent dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief reminisces about family and his beloved Boston Red Sox.
Read moreA federal class action demands restitution from Major League Baseball and all of its clubs for the price of 2020 season tickets.
Read moreWith no games being played, recent sports headlines have centered around hopes and dreams — namely, the uncharted path leagues and teams must navigate to return to competition in the wake of the pandemic.
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The Major League’s cheating scandal wounded fans across the country, but a baseball-loving federal judge ruled Friday that it did not give daily fantasy bettors a basis to sue for fraud.
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Major League Baseball has appointed its first African American umpire crew chief, promoting Kerwin Danley to the position this week.
Read moreMichael Bolsinger, a Toronto Blue Jays pitcher who lost his job after the Houston Astros knocked him out of the box on Aug. 4, 2017, sued the team in L.A. Superior Court, claiming the Astros were stealing signs when it happened, and should be forced to return their $31 million in World Series bonuses, to be donated to charity.
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Major League Baseball is considering expanding the playoffs to nearly half the 30 teams and allowing higher-seeded wild-card teams to choose opponents.
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Pete Rose again asked Major League Baseball to end his lifetime ban, saying the penalty is unfair compared with discipline for steroids use and sign-stealing.
Read moreA fantasy baseball contestant filed a federal class action Thursday against Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros, claiming that they cheated fans of an honest fantasy baseball competition.
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The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to demand awarding two World Series titles to the LA Dodgers in the wake of a sign-stealing scandal currently rocking Major League Baseball.
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Carlos Beltrán, called out on a curveball again. Beltrán’s 2½-month tenure as Mets manager ended Thursday before he spent a single game on the bench, the latest fallout from the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing.
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The Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora on Tuesday night, one day after baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he was “an active participant” in the Astros’ cheating when he was a bench coach in Houston.
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