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☆ Shohei Ohtani may DH for Angels in opener vs. Tigers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

September 15 - During their most recent series against the Detroit Tigers in late July, the Los Angeles Angels announced they wouldn't trade Shohei Ohtani. The Angels were hoping they could make a playoff push and convince Ohtani to re-sign when he entered free agency this offseason. "(Wednesday) just wasn't the right day to go," manager Phil Nevin said before the Angels' 3-2 road loss to the Seattle Mariners. Griffin Canning (7-6, 4.34 ERA) will start the series opener for the Angels (68-79). The Tigers salvaged the finale of a three-game series against the visiting Cincinnati Reds with an 8-2 victory on Thursday afternoon.

Persons: Ohtani, Phil Nevin, Griffin Canning, Nevin, Canning, Tarik Skubal, Skubal, Matt Vierling, Parker Meadows, Meadows, I'm, he's, isn't, A.J, Hinch Organizations: Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, American League, Tigers, Angels, Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit, Chicago White Sox, White Sox, The Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, Triple, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, Toledo, Detroit

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox fired Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom on Thursday as the team stumbled toward a third last-place finish in four seasons. “We’re aiming for World Series championships. We’re here to win World Series championships. That’s what the Boston Red Sox are all about." After going 86 years without a World Series championship, the Red Sox have won four since 2004, the most for anyone this century.

Persons: Chaim Bloom, “, Sam Kennedy, ” Bloom, Mookie Betts, Betts, Alex Verdugo, Bloom, Xander Bogaerts, Kennedy, ” Kennedy, “ We’re, we’re, John Henry, Tom Werner, Brian O’Halloran “, ”, Eddie Romero, Raquel Ferreira, Michael Groopman, — Theo Epstein, Ben Cherington, Dave Dombrowski, ” Epstein, ___ Organizations: BOSTON, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Boston, Tampa Bay Rays, Red Sox, AL, AL East

Mike Rizzo spent his first five years with the Washington Nationals painstakingly assembling a roster designed to make the club competitive enough to win a World Series. Washington signed Rizzo to a multiyear extension on Wednesday that will give the 62-year-old a chance to see if history can repeat itself. Jackson Rutledge, a first-round pick by Washington in 2018, will make his major league debut on the mound Wednesday. “Nobody aims to win 70 games in a season, they want to win 90 games in a season. “They’re looking forward to coming out the other end and start being a contender in this league,” Rizzo said.

Persons: Mike Rizzo, Washington, Rizzo, ”, Max Scherzer, Trea Turner, Juan Soto, C.J . Abrams, Soto, MacKenzie Gore, Jake Irvin, Jackson Rutledge, “, ” Rizzo, That's, Davey Martinez, Davey, Stephen Strasburg, Scherzer, Lerner, Patrick Corbin, — Organizations: Washington Nationals, Nationals, D.C, ”, Houston, NL East, Pittsburgh, Washington, Atlanta, Strasburg Locations: Washington, “, San Diego, Philadelphia, Strasburg

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs signed Chris Jones to a new one-year contract Monday, which should end the All-Pro defensive tackle's holdout and could mean he will be back on the field when they visit the Jacksonville Jaguars for Week 2. The Chiefs did not disclose terms, but a source told The Associated Press no years were added to his four-year, $80 million deal, which was due to expire. In his only public statement, Jones said: "Hopefully it gets worked out. It's always been my goal to be a Kansas City Chief for life.

Persons: Chris Jones, Jones, Chris, he’s, Brett Veach, “ He’s, Veach, Jason, Michael Katz, Andy Reid, ” Veach, Katz, ” Jones, Nick Bosa, Micah Parsons, Ronald McDonald, It's, I’ve, Aaron Donald, Dexter Lawrence, Daron Payne, Jeffrey Simmons, Quinnen Williams, “ I’ve, “ I’ll, ” Organizations: KANSAS CITY, The Kansas City Chiefs, Jacksonville Jaguars, Chiefs, Associated Press, ” Chiefs, Super Bowl, Kansas City, Detroit, 49ers, Cowboys, Charities, Kansas City Chief, Rams, Giants, Titans, Jets Locations: KANSAS, Mo, The, Kansas, Miami

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The grit Baker Mayfield showed Tampa Bay down the stretch of his debut sure outweighed the rough start. Mayfield recovered to throw two touchdown passes without a turnover, and the Buccaneers beat Minnesota 20-17 in the season opener after three first-half turnovers by the Vikings on Sunday. “It wasn’t our prettiest effort by any means, but we finished the right way,” Mayfield said. But after going an NFL-record 11-0 in one-score games during the 2022 regular season, the Vikings ran out of that late-game mojo. The Vikings have less urgency around Jefferson with two seasons left on his rookie contract.

Persons: Baker, Mayfield, ” Mayfield, Chase McLaughlin, Tampa Bay —, Todd Bowles, “, Tom Brady, Mike Evans, Shaquil Barrett, Chris Godwin, ”, ” Kirk Cousins, Jordan Addison, Alexander Mattison, Justin Jefferson, Kevin O'Connell, Jay Ward, McLaughlin, Trey Palmer, Cousins, Antoine Winfield Jr, Vita Vea, Christian Izien, Osborn, Izien, Ed Ingram, ” Cousins, Evans, Jefferson, Bud Grant, Grant, LB Lavonte David, Vea, Calijah, C Garrett Bradbury, LT Christian, OLB Marcus Davenport, ___ Organizations: Buccaneers, Minnesota, Vikings, Tampa Bay, Bucs, Browns, Panthers, Rams, BEST, The Vikings, LB Lavonte, LT, NEXT Buccaneers, Host Chicago, Sunday Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, Tampa, Winfield, Jefferson, Philadelphia

☆ Shohei Ohtani Won’t Pitch Again This Season
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Victor Mather | More About Victor Mather | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Shohei Ohtani has been one of the most brilliant baseball players in memory, and the first in generations to both pitch and hit at a star level. Ohtani, who is eligible for free agency this off-season, left Wednesday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds with one out in the second inning. He did not pitch for all of 2019 while recovering from Tommy John surgery on the same elbow, but he continued to hit. Ohtani leads the majors with 44 home runs and a .664 slugging percentage. He finished his pitching season with a 10-5 record and a 3.14 E.R.A.

Persons: Shohei Ohtani, they’ve, Ohtani, Tommy John Organizations: Los Angeles Angels, Cincinnati Reds

☆ Shohei Ohtani: MLB two-way superstar entering ‘uncharted waters’ on brink of record-breaking contract
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Sahil Kurup | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“The figures you hear mentioned, whether that be $50 million, $60 million, he will set a new standard. This season, he’s currently in the top three in both categories — Ohtani is doing things previously thought to be inconceivable in the sport. Steph Chambers/Getty Images“[Ohtani] increases interest in Japanese baseball — who’s going to be the next Ohtani?” Fellenzer said. It increases interest in Japanese baseball here. Ohtani receives his 2021 American League MVP trophy alongside his teammate and three-time MVP outfielder Mike Trout.

Persons: Shohei Ohtani, –, he’s, Jeffrey Fellenzer, Ohtani, Tim Heitman, “ Sho, ”, He’s, Dusty Baker, Yu Darvish, Hideo Nomo, Scott Miller, “ Nobody, Babe Ruth, Ruth, Steph Chambers, ” Fellenzer, Tommy John, — Ohtani, “, ” Ohtani, Mike Trout, Phil Nevin, we’ve, ” Nevin Organizations: CNN, ” University of Southern, CNN Sport, ”, Pacific League, Major League Baseball, LA Times, Los Angeles Angels, New York, Texas Rangers, ” Houston Astros, peerless, Los Angeles Dodgers, The Dodgers, Hokkaido, Ham Fighters, Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, Angels, MLB, American League, Kyodo, White Sox Locations: ” University of Southern California, America, Hokkaido Nippon, Japan

☆ All eyes on projected top pick Wembanyama ahead of NBA Draft
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

June 21 (Reuters) - When it comes to the 2023 NBA Draft, there is Victor Wembanyama and then there is everyone else. A so-called generational talent who can quickly change the trajectory of a franchise, Wembanyama is the most anticipated and hyped NBA Draft prospect since LeBron James, the league's all-time leading scorer, in 2003. I've never seen anything quite like him on a basketball floor," ESPN basketball analyst Jay Bilas said on a conference call. The Charlotte Hornets own the second pick in the NBA Draft while the Portland Trail Blazers are set to pick third overall. There will be 58 picks across two rounds in the 2023 NBA Draft instead of the usual 60 because Philadelphia and Chicago forfeited a second-round pick due to violating rules governing free agency discussions.

Persons: Victor Wembanyama, Wembanyama, LeBron James, I've, Jay Bilas, Antonio, Basketball Hall of Famers David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Duncan, San, James, Everybody's, LeBron, We've, Frank Pingue, Ken Ferris Organizations: San Antonio Spurs, NBA, ESPN, Basketball Hall of Famers, Spurs, Metropolitans, French League, Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia, Chicago, Thomson Locations: San Antonio, Toronto

☆ Michael Jordan is selling the Charlotte Hornets — and he stands to make billions
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Michael Jordan has agreed to sell his majority stake in his NBA team the Charlotte Hornets. The Hornets are valued at $3 billion, per ESPN — more than 10 times the sum Jordan paid in 2010. Michael Jordan could bag a billion-dollar windfall after he agreed to sell his NBA team for what's likely be a huge premium on the price he paid 13 years ago. Jordan previously sold a minority stake in the Hornets to Plotkin, who is the founder of investment firm Tallwoods Capital, and Daniel Sundheim in 2019. Rapper J. Cole is also part of the group that will buy Jordan's majority stake, the Hornets said.

Persons: Michael Jordan, Gabe Plotkin, Rick Schnall, Jordan, Plotkin, Daniel Sundheim, J, Cole, Schnall, He'll, Air Jordan Organizations: NBA, Charlotte Hornets, Hornets, ESPN, Morning, Tallwoods Capital, Charlotte Bobcats, Atlanta Hawks NBA, Nike, Air, Forbes Locations: Forbes

☆ Griner, 'superteams' in focus as WNBA season kicks off
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Brittney Griner is back in action for the Phoenix Mercury while the New York Liberty and defending champions Las Vegas Aces are expected to usher in the WNBA's "superteam" era when a new season tips off on Friday. "It was cool, and then at the same time, I was sitting there looking around, zoned out a little bit," said Griner, who will open her season on the road against the Sparks on Friday. I mean, these are some of the best players in the league," head coach Sandy Brondello told reporters this week. She will join reigning MVP A'ja Wilson and All-Star Kelsey Plum, along with two-time champion Alysha Clark, who also signed as a free agent. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Christopher CushingOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ NBA, NBPA ratify new collective bargaining agreement
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 27 - The NBA Board of Governors and NBA players ratified the new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Wednesday, a seven-year deal that will start on July 1 and run through the 2029-30 season. It features a number of major changes, including an in-season tournament where players on the winning team would each earn $500,000. Despite the plethora of changes, the CBA still requires players to be at least 19 years old to enter the league. But the sides never reached an agreement on that, keeping the "one-and-done" rule in place. Had the sides not reached an agreement on the CBA earlier this month, either party could have decided to opt out of the current agreement, which would have caused the first major NBA work stoppage since the 2011-12 season.

PinnedQuarterbacks, top-10 trades and a bull market for running backs headlined the first round of this year’s N.F.L. The Carolina Panthers chose Alabama quarterback Bryce Young at No. After the Texans picked Stroud, they struck again, leaping from pick No. One unexpected development was the move toward running backs, a position that has been devalued in the N.F.L. But teams picked other quarterbacks or filled other needs, this year’s reminder that pre-draft speculation is just that.

☆ How much a part-time TikToker who posts career advice for his 74K followers earns per month — and how he navigates the industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The 27-year-old makes TikTok videos giving career advice to Gen Z and millennial professionals. Now, he has 72,600 followers on TikTok, and has landed brand deals with companies like Google, L'Oréal, Adobe, Kiehl's, and Hollister. He was paid $300 to create three TikTok videos for $100 apiece. "All these brand deals come to me, I don't do any outreach," he said. Here's how much Rocker has made from brand deals in the past six months, which Insider verified with documentation:

☆ MLB roundup: Aaron Judge homers in Yankees' opening win
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Houston had its modern-day record of 10 consecutive Opening Day wins snapped. Orioles 10, Red Sox 9Adley Rutschman's 5-for-5 Opening Day helped Baltimore to a win over host Boston. Mets 5, Marlins 3Brandon Nimmo's three RBIs backed Max Scherzer's quality start, leading New York to an Opening Day victory over Miami. Twins 2, Royals 0Pablo Lopez and four relievers combined on an Opening Day two-hitter as visiting Minnesota blanked Kansas City. It was O'Neill's fourth consecutive Opening Day with a homer, tying a major league record.

☆ Unapologetic Aaron Rodgers promises decision 'soon enough'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

March 1 - Aaron Rodgers plans to deliver a decision about his 2023 plans "soon enough" he said on a podcast with Aubrey Marcus released Wednesday. Rodgers, 39, met with the Packers two days after the end of the regular season in January. General manager Brian Gutekunst said Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine that he hasn't had a chance to continue conversations with Rodgers. Favre didn't have a final decision, he would later say, but retired and then decided he wanted to continue playing. "It's best for anybody who has an interest in this to make a decision sooner rather than later," Rodgers said on the podcast.

☆ Former WNBA MVP Stewart headed to Liberty
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Twice WNBA champion and four-times All-Star Breanna Stewart is signing with the New York Liberty, the former first overall pick said on social media on Wednesday, in one of the most highly anticipated free agency moves. The announcement marks the end of an astonishingly prolific tenure with the Seattle Storm, where the lethal forward led the league in scoring last year and was twice named the WNBA Finals MVP. The Liberty are on the hunt for their first Women's National Basketball Association championship title after bouncing out of the playoffs in the first round the last two years. Last month they secured 2021 MVP Jonquel Jones in a trade with the Connecticut Sun. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Why Tom Brady was overlooked in the NFL Draft and why it was more than luck that led him to the Patriots
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Tom Brady was the 199th pick in the NFL Draft and is now considered the greatest quarterback ever. They hired Bill Belichick, and the team made the biggest steal in NFL Draft history: selecting Tom Brady in the sixth round. Tom Brady was just a part-time starter at the University of Michigan. Drew Bledsoe was only 28 years old when Tom Brady was drafted. The result was the biggest steal in NFL Draft history.

☆ Brittney Griner's return could be the unlikely catalyst that forces the WNBA to relent on its most contentious policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Meredith Cash | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

WNBA free agency is underway, with teams receiving the green light to recruit stars as of this weekend. Top free agent Breanna Stewart has reportedly made charter flights a key issue for teams wooing her. Private flights are not covered by the league's CBA, but Brittney Griner's return may force policy changes. The 2018 MVP took to Twitter to announce that she's prepared to help "subsidize charter travel for the entire WNBA" by offering her "NIL, posts + production hours." Several current WNBA players, including Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike, Elena Delle Donne, Napheesa Collier, Alysha Clark, Erica Wheeler, Kahleah Copper, and Natalie Achonwa, offered their support in the comments.

☆ Carlos Correa’s Strange Free Agency Tour Winds Up Back Where It Started: Minnesota
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Lindsey Adler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Carlos Correa’s strange free agency saga continued as he agreed to terms with the Minnesota Twins—the third time he has reached a deal with during this offseason. Shortstop Carlos Correa this winter has been on a 28-day free-agency tour that first took him west to the San Francisco Giants, then east to the New York Mets, and now seems likely to wind up back where it started: with the Minnesota Twins. Correa on Tuesday agreed to a six-year, $200 million guaranteed contract with the Twins—the team he departed just a few weeks ago after one year. His new deal is much smaller than both the 13-year, $350 million deal he agreed to with the Giants in mid December and the $12-year, $312 million he agreed to with the Mets in late December.

☆ Packers QB Aaron Rodgers to weigh what's next
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

January 9 - What's next for Aaron Rodgers with the Packers missing the playoffs? Rodgers said Sunday night in the wake of a season-ending loss to the Detroit Lions that his future is up in the air. Rodgers offered no timeframe for making a decision on returning to Green Bay for the 2023 season. Six weeks passed between the Packers' final game and the declaration from Rodgers on March 8 that he was returning for the just-completed 2022 season. Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said Sunday night the team welcomes Rodgers back, but knows "ultimately, he will decide that."

☆ How billionaire Steven Cohen went from hedge fund shark to big spending New York Mets owner
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Since buying the Mets, Steve Cohen has developed an approachable reputation. After buying the Mets in 2020, he said his goal is to win a championship in three to five years. The team's spending on pay has been so aggressive that the league imposed new costs, or a so-called "Cohen tax". Still, he bought the Mets to win, not to make money, he has said. To read more about how Cohen went from hedge fund shark to the sentimental owner to the New York Mets, read Insider's 2021 piece:

☆ The Mega Contract Is Back in Major League Baseball
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Lindsey Adler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SAN DIEGO—Major League Baseball’s first in-person Winter Meetings since 2019 was a blazing reminder that there is big, big money in baseball. And some team owners are once again willing to spend it far, far into the future. The dizzying pace of deals this week sent a jarring message across the sport: After years of clubs behaving much more conservatively in free agency, the payroll pendulum has swung.

☆ Aaron Judge Agrees to a Nine-Year, $360 Million Deal to Stay With the Yankees
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Lindsey Adler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

American League MVP Aaron Judge has reportedly agreed to a new nine-year, $360 million contract with the New York Yankees, who persuaded their homegrown star not to defect in free agency—and increased the pressure on themselves to get back to the World Series for the first time since 2009. Judge’s return to New York, first reported by MLB Network early Wednesday, comes after a season when he hit 62 home runs to break the American League record, is an expensive bid to cash in on a window of contention for the Yankees that opened in 2017. That’s when Judge had a stellar rookie season that won him the American League Rookie of the Year award and saw him finish second place in MVP voting.

☆ Aaron Judge signs record-breaking deal to stay with the Yankees—how his salary stacks up against other top players
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Yankee fans sighed a breath of relief as star player Aaron Judge signed a contract to continue playing in pinstripes for the next nine years. Last year's American League MVP agreed to a nine-year contract worth a record-breaking $360 million. In expressing his frustration with negotiations at the time, Judge told reporters he "wants to be a Yankee for life." After reportedly shopping offers from other teams, including the San Francisco Giants, Judge got a deal that worked for him to stay in the Bronx. At around $40 million per season, Judge will become the highest-paid position player in the league.

☆ Employees Are Using Job Offers to Win Big Raises From Their Employers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Employers, not surprisingly, hate that people are using job offers as bargaining chips. That strategy may work for employers in a normal job market, when it's hard to find another job, let alone a better-paying one. "Employees are finding that there's a big gap between where they are and what they can get." "The job market is still performing very well," says Jay Denton, the chief analytics officer at LaborIQ, a compensation-data provider. Independence, it turns out, pays way, way better than loyalty.

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