Baseball
MiLB attendance up 2.6 per cent for 2019
Affiliated minors top 40 million in attendance for 15th straight year
MLB enters lottery draw space with EquiLottery Games deal
Baseball's recent run of dealmaking in legal wagering space extends to chance-based lottery games
Red Sox fire president of baseball operations
Defending MLB champions dismiss architect of World Series-winning club
MLB strikes tech partnership with Japanese giant NTT
Tokyo-based firm to aid league with immersive Ultra Reality Viewing video technology, sponsor MLB Network's Ballpark Cam
Rights to beloved Phillie Phanatic mascot in dispute after more than 40 years
Legal battle revives tension that previously existed between the MLB club and the design firm that helped create iconic character.
Kansas City Royals reportedly nearing sale to Cleveland Indians’ vice-chair
Indians co-owner would divest his current team interest to become Royals' controlling owner
MLB signs betting data distribution deal with Swish Analytics
League signs third betting deal to join prior pacts with Sportradar, Perform
MLB bringing FoodFest back to New York
League marketing effort uses baseball's deep connection with food to target non-core fans
‘Brown as a bear’: Shock, awe and despair as prized autographs ruined by defective baseballs
Browning has marred thousands of once-valuable autographed baseballs, with the precise cause of the damage still unknown. Dennis Tuttle examines the impact on the baseball collectibles market
Mickey Mantle: In death, still king of the collectors’ world
Dead since 1995, the revered Hall of Famer still commands a lofty position among baseball memorabilia collectors
MLB signs agreement to help revamp Chinese professional baseball
Major League Baseball signed an agreement with the Chinese Baseball Association to help with a revamp of the China National Baseball League
MLB names FanDuel an authorized gaming operator
League expands its roster of betting operators with access to official data feed and marks
MLB 2020 schedule includes earliest domestic start ever
League next year will continue recent focus on providing teams additional off days, concentrating divisional games at the beginning and end of the season
MLB to stage regular-season game next year at “Field of Dreams” site in Iowa
First-ever MLB game in Iowa will use filming site from famed 1989 baseball movie
Dodger Stadium to add skip-the-line food service
Trial of mobile-based, grab-and-go concessions to be held in upper deck of MLB's third-oldest stadium in advance of stadium-wide rollout in 2020
MLB, MLBPA revive and expand Players’ Weekend
Marketing effort to again feature player nicknames on jerseys, customized uniform accessories
MLB China hires former Fox Network Asia vice-president Tony Qi as managing director
Tony Qi, formerly the senior vice-president and China territory head at Fox Networks Group Asia, has joined Major League Baseball China as their managing director
MLB aims to ‘democratize’ esports with inclusive push around Home Run Derby VR game
Major League Baseball's developing esports strategy, much more inclusive and based on a game title much simpler to play, veers heavily from other major US sports properties