Bud Selig

Could A's Move Away From Oakland?

AP | By RONALD BLUM | Posted 05.17.2012

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NEW YORK -- Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says it's up to Lew Wolff to decide whether to consider additional sites for a new ballpark for the Athlet...

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MLB Commissioner Reviews Marlins New Ballpark

AP | STEVEN WINE | Posted 04.05.2012

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MIAMI -- Commissioner Bud Selig offered a one-word review of the Miami Marlins' new ballpark. "All you can say is, `Wow,'" Selig said....

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Ryan Braun: "Testing, 1, 2, 3..."

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.10.2012

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The Reputation Assassination of Ryan Braun

Linda Kenney Baden | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Steroids, Shyam Das, Bud Selig, Forensic Science, Mlb, Drug Testing, Steroids in Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Ryan Braun, Arbitration, Sports News
Linda Kenney Baden

There is not one legitimate shred of valid forensic evidence to prove Braun is guilty -- yet he stands accused by both baseball and public opinion with an axe over his head.

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Len Berman | Posted 03.31.2012

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Len Berman

You can put the tennis ratings in a thimble when you compare it with the zillions who will watch Sunday's football game. However, if you were one of the fortunate ones to have watched the Djokovic/Nadal final you saw something special.

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Len Berman | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Tim Tebow, Dwight Howard, NFL Playoffs, Denver Broncos, Bud Selig, Bowling, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Jorge Posada, Baseball Hall of Fame, New York News
Len Berman

I guess the odds makers aren't Tebowing. Denver goes into New England a 13 1/2 point underdog tomorrow night. I don't bet or advocate sports betting, but Tim Tebow has proved just about everyone wrong.

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Len Berman | Posted 03.12.2012

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Len Berman

After proclaiming that of course they're bringing back their offensive coordinator, the Jets show him the door. And a New York Daily News story has Jets players taking shots at their quarterback Mark Sanchez.

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Joe Torre Looking To Buy Dodgers

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 03.05.2012

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NEW YORK — Joe Torre resigned Wednesday as Major League Baseball's executive vice president for baseball operations to join a group trying to bu...

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Say It Aint So, Bud

Antonio Gonzalez | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Sports, Cultura, Baseball, Dodgers, Frank Mccourt, Mlb, Bud Selig, Latino Voices News
Antonio Gonzalez

All interested parties should agree that Selig needs to take his "nuclear option" off the table. Los Angeles fans have loyally supported the Dodgers for fifty years and we deserve better.

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Frank McCourt Agrees To Sell Dodgers

The Los Angeles Times | Bill Shaikin | Posted 01.01.2012

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Frank McCourt agreed Tuesday to sell the Dodgers, abruptly surrendering the team after fighting to retain it over two years and in two courts. ...

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MLB Should Stop Using All-Star Game to Decide World Series Home-field Advantage

Rob Kirkpatrick | Posted 01.01.2012

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Rob Kirkpatrick

For the integrity of the game, MLB needs to do away with the ridiculous and arbitrary rule that awards home field in the World Series to the team from the league that won the All-Star Game.

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Baseball's $20 Million Man Has Some 'Splainin' to Do

Antonio Gonzalez | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Dominican Republic, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseball, Saturday Night Live, Major League Baseball, Carlos Santana, Bud Selig, Latino Voices News
Antonio Gonzalez

Where was Selig's "civil rights" voice when a wave of racist and classist hysteria swept the LA media/establishment blaming the tragic opening day fan beating on young LA Latino "gangbangers"?

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Sources: Stern Paid Less Than Goodell, Selig

AP | By BRIAN MAHONEY | Posted 10.04.2011

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NEW YORK -- Two league officials say NBA Commissioner David Stern makes less than baseball's Bud Selig or the NFL's Roger Goodell, leaving his salary ...

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Ozzie Guillen Talks Tough Childhood, Drunken Interviews, and Sean Penn

Graham Bensinger | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Twitter, Baseball, President Obama, White Sox, Mlb, Bud Selig, Graham Bensinger, Sean Penn, Alex Rodriguez, Academy Awards, Venezuela, World Series, Steroids, Major League Baseball, Actor, Derek Jeter, Ozzie Guillen, Sports News
Graham Bensinger

In a new interview, Ozzie Guillen tells me the surprising story of why he was drunk during both his interviews for the White Sox Manager job and explains why he thinks actor Sean Penn is a loser for his comments on Venezuela.

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McCourt's Lawyers Call MLB Financing 'A Deal With The Devil'

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 09.20.2011

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The Los Angeles Dodgers and Major League Baseball squared off in a Delaware bankruptcy court Wednesday as the team sought cou...

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Baseball's Error: No Marvin Miller in the Hall of Fame

Peter Dreier | Posted 09.19.2011

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Peter Dreier

Forget steroids. Forget Frank McCourt's mismanagement of the Dodgers. The biggest scandal in baseball at the moment is the Baseball Hall of Fame's failure -- for the fourth time -- to induct Marvin Miller, who freed players from indentured servitude.

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Judge Denies McCourt Access To MLB Documents

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Dodgers, Frank Mccourt, Los Angeles Dodgers Bankruptcy, Bud Selig, Dodgers Bankruptcy, Los Angeles News

DOVER, Del. — A Delaware judge on Thursday denied a request by the Los Angeles Dodgers to order Major League Baseball to turn over a vast array ...

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Arizona All Star Game: Boycott or Knock It Out of the Park? Interview with Carlos Muñoz

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.04.2011

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Jeff Biggers

Would baseball legend Roberto Clemente have played in next week's Major League All Star baseball game or joined a boycott in protest of Arizona's controversial SB 1070 "papers please" law?

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Frank And Jamie McCourt 'Enormously Positive About Each Other' Before Hellish Divorce Trial

Huffington Post | Sara Wilson | Posted 08.30.2011

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Was a protracted divorce trial at least partially to blame for the intense acrimony between Los Angeles Dodgers co-owners--and now ex-husband and wife...

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Bud Selig Is Positioning MLB To Seize Dodgers, Says Source

AP | By RANDALL CHASE | Posted 08.29.2011

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WILMINGTON, Del. -- Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt may have won the first round in a bankruptcy court fight with Major League Baseball, howev...

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Bud Selig & MLB Object To Dodgers Bankruptcy Filing

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 08.28.2011

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers won a reprieve in bankruptcy court Tuesday to maintain day-to-day operations, while Majo...

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Len Berman | Posted 08.21.2011

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Len Berman

Here's an Australian sports story that deserves the raspberry. Seven-year-old girls in a kickboxing match. The match ended in a draw, but it may be the last of its kind. The Queensland government is investigating.

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Bud Selig Rejects Dodgers Television Deal, Forces Frank McCourt To Sell Or Sue

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 08.20.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has rejected a proposed television deal between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Fox Sports that voids ...

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Public Ownership of Dodgers Backed By LA City Council

2011-04-04-tcmhuffpo.jpg | Posted 08.15.2011

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This story comes courtesy of The City Maven By Alice M. Walton The concept of public ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers was backed today by th...

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Bud Selig: Dodgers' Problems Are 'Historic'

AP | By CHRIS JENKINS | Posted 07.21.2011

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MILWAUKEE -- Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig calls the Los Angeles Dodgers' turbulent ownership situation "historic," and acknowledges that the league...

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