Baseball
Mantle card sale sets new industry record
Rare trading card of late Hall of Famer sold for $5.2m.
MLB names former Cubs executive Epstein to consultant role
Three-time World Series winner to aid with on-field matters
Blue Jays sign president and CEO Shapiro to extension
MLB club retains veteran senior executive with five-year deal
Citi Field to be vaccine distribution site
Ballpark joins growing wave of sports facilities enlisted in ongoing health crisis
Worcester Red Sox’ Polar Park becomes most expensive MiLB stadium at $157m
The cost of constructing Polar Park, the new home of Triple-A team Worcester Red Sox, has ballooned to $157m so far, making the facility the most expensive minor league baseball stadium ever built.
Nationals to build in-stadium sportsbook as part of BetMGM partnership
Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals will open a sportsbook at Nationals Park as part of a multiyear exclusive sports betting partnership with online gaming operator BetMGM
Dodger Stadium to become vaccine distribution site
MLB ballpark finds another crucial public use
Mets look to “create a new reality” with Lindor deal
New team owner Steve Cohen looks to flex financial muscle
MiLB 2021 seasons could be delayed for Class A, AA
Lack of vaccinations, social distancing needs likely to revise spring training
MLB Rangers expand role for co-owner Leibman
Current team COO adds title of president of business operations
Baseball Hall of Fame sees decline in donations, net income
Baseball shrine extends slide in incoming charitable contributions
MLB formally recognizes Negro Leagues as major leagues
Baseball history, record books to be reshaped with new designation
Round-Up: Amazon’s India rights ambitions, Rugby World Cup draw made, Federer’s Australian Open in doubt, and more
Amazon is expected by some sports media rights industry experts to follow up its bid for New Zealand Cricket rights in India with bids for bigger properties such as the Indian Premier League
Indians confirm name change plans, but no interim moniker
MLB club to remain as Indians until new identity determined
Fresno Grizzlies receive final invite for new MiLB
Club agrees to lower classification in order to stay affiliated with MLB
Cleveland MLB franchise set to drop Indians nickname
MLB club preparing to part with highly debated moniker after 105 years
MLB clubs settle on list of minor league affiliates
Invitations formally tendered to 119 clubs for new minor league structure
MLB Draft League team owner says new developmental baseball entity represents industry upgrade
Chuck Greenberg, veteran minor league baseball club owner and chairman and managing partner of the State College (Pennsylvania) Spikes discusses the historic shift of the franchise from the lower-levels of professional baseball to a new amateur league aimed at showcasing draft-eligible players.