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There is a lot of bandwidth taken up with discussions about the byzantine financial nature of the Major League Baseball labor dispute which has, at this writing, put Spring Training on hold, let alone the start of the 2022 regular season. read more

Major League Basebrawl

Even in May, emotions were running high.

In general, apart from limiting sales of booze, at some point MLB teams — as well as teams in other professional and college sports — may have to consider a dress code of sorts: That is, banning fans from wearing team jerseys into a stadium for security reasons, even if both mean a loss in revenue. read more

Michelle Beadle Counted Out of ‘NBA Countdown’

Michelle Beadle will no longer anchor ABC/ESPN’s NBA Countdown and may be out of job entirely on the self-named Worldwide Leader in Sports. As a formerly rising TV star in the sports industry, Beadle is now a three-time loser. She failed as a host on the NBC Sports Network, was essentially told to get lost as host of ESPN’s Get Up, and now she is done on Countdown. This is one case, however, of where someone who got woke doesn’t go broke. She may even collect her massive $5 million annual salary for another year perhaps for just sitting on the couch. read more

Is This the Best Mashup Ever? [Video]

Tim Tebow is leading a great life, including upcoming nuptials with a former Miss Universe, despite washing out of the NFL in 2015. The ex-quarterback is also the subject of perhaps the best mashup ever, an addicting video called “All He Does is Win” that received millions of views in its original upload and won a Webby for creator DJ Steve Porter. The clip is embedded below. read more