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Seiya Suzuki, Marcus Stroman headline Cubs named to World Baseball Classic rosters

Five players on the Cubs 40-man roster and several top prospects were included on WBC rosters,

Chicago Sun-Times

Seven White Sox to play in World Baseball Classic

Anderson, Lynn, Graveman, Moncada, Robert, Jimenez, Ruiz set for WBC

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB prepared to take over local TV broadcasts from Sinclair

About $1 billion of Major League Baseball’s revenue is at risk if a cable television company fails to make payments for local broadcasting rights to 14 teams, and the sport is preparing to take over telecasts

The Independent UK

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Before He Was a Pro Receiver, A.J. Brown Was Making Money Playing Baseball

During his time at Ole Miss, the now Eagle had a strange agreement with the Padres: He’d make a few thousand dollars here and there … provided he fulfilled one obligation.

Sports Illustrated

Paul Sullivan: Cubs and White Sox are equally eager for spring training to begin — regardless of how their offseasons went

CHICAGO — Depending on which team you root for, this has been the longest or shortest offseason in baseball history.

Chicago Tribune

Braves’ Ronald Acuña will play in World Baseball Classic

ATLANTA — As it turns out, Braves star Ronald Acuña will play for Team Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic, which is huge news for baseball fans around the world.

Tribune News Service

Millions of Americans are problem gamblers – so why do so few people ever seek treatment?

The opportunity to gamble has moved from a trip to Vegas, to a drive to a local casino, to the phone in your pocket. And if you’re a sports fan, nudges to place bets have become nearly impossible to ignore, with sports gambling ads and promos routinely appearing on TV,…

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How growing up in an MLB clubhouse prepared Patrick Mahomes for NFL stardom

Pat Mahomes spotted the wizardry as it unfolded before him on the Arrowhead Stadium field, long before the 74,336 fans on hand for a 2018 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens, and right before television analyst Tony Romo noticed it on the CBS broadcast.

Los Angeles Times

Brendan Fraser 'blamed himself' for son's autism diagnosis after 'smoking weed in college'

Oscar nominated The Whale actor Brendan Fraser said he felt as though he'd been 'hit over the head with a baseball bat' after his son Griffin was diagnosed with autism and immediately blamed himself

Daily Mirror

‘Toni Stone’ an engrossing look at a Negro League pioneer who followed her dream

Lydia R. Diamond’s play, now running at the Goodman Theatre, provides a compelling character study of a woman driven to achieve what she was told she couldn’t.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB The Show video game will include storylines on legendary Negro Leagues players

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is one of the best places to visit in Kansas City, because there is much to learn about the men and women who were part of that piece of U.S. history.

Tribune News Service

Ben Frederickson: What the Cardinals should have added to their Truck Day packing list

Bags and baskets and boxes, oh my.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Printers of Nigeria election regalia lose out as ad campaigns pivot online

A loud whir filled the back of a print shop in Nigeria's capital Abuja as machines churn out grinning faces of presidential election frontrunners on posters, flyers and food packaging.

Reuters

Led by Max Fried, Braves should once again have stellar starting rotation

The idea is simple: When you have a great starting rotation, you have a chance to win every night. It’s a relatively reliable path to piling up victories.

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Orioles star Adley Rutschman is expected to be one of the best in baseball. The pressure is ‘more exciting than anything.’

Opening beer cans for Orioles fans during Saturday’s Birdland Caravan happy hour, Adley Rutschman got hasty, prompting a Checkerspot Brewing Company employee to jokingly remind him to make sure the patrons paid for their drinks. A nearby fan offered a reason the Orioles’ catcher should have been able to get…

Boston Herald

Jason Mastrodonato: Red Sox failing to find momentum heading into Spring Training

Some scattered thoughts on the Red Sox as the truck pulls into JetBlue Park in Fort Myers…

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Dodgers are finally retiring Fernando Valenzuela's number

LOS ANGELES — It is more than digits on a uniform, it is a symbol of community, a monument to connection, a deep blue landmark that has long bonded a city and its baseball team.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball quiz: The common market

These people — most of them ballplayers — share one significant similarity. Can you name it?

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Ex-Cub Jason Heyward grows his Chicago legacy through baseball academy at new North Austin Center

The North Austin Center hosted a ribbon-cutting this week.

Tribune News Service

Bryce Miller: San Diego's favorite Joe (Musgrove) puts the 'we' and 'us' in Padres' rise

SAN DIEGO — The cars lined both sides of Tavern Road and Victoria Park Terrace as far as eyes could see. They jockeyed for spots because of a man sitting at a small table in a parking lot next to a giant ice machine, sandwiched between a landscaping business and…

Chicago Tribune

Jason Heyward opens his baseball academy — a 10-acre campus that also includes Chicago’s largest indoor soccer field

CHICAGO — Former Chicago Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward attended a ribbon cutting Thursday for the North Austin Center, a 10-acre campus for education, sports and wellness on Chicago’s West Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB creates economic group as regional TV broadcaster faces bankruptcy

Baseball executives have said that the sport needs to prepare in the event that rights-fee payments are not made by Diamond Sports Group. Diamond owns local broadcasting rights to 14 of the 30 MLB teams,

Sports Illustrated

Catch ’23: What MLB’s Top 10 Catchers List Means for the Position

Last night, MLB Network concluded its annual Top 10 Right Now list of players at every position with its ranking of the best catchers in the league entering the 2023 season. All of the positional lists are good starting points for fun baseball debates. Is Corbin Burnes really the best…

The Independent UK

AP source: MLB forms economic group as regional TV in peril

Major League Baseball has formed a new economic study committee in light of a possible bankruptcy for the company that owns local broadcasting rights to 14 of 30 teams

The Independent UK

Vanessa Hudgens reportedly engaged to baseball player Cole Tucker

‘High School Musical’ star and Pittsburgh Pirates player have been dating for two years

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