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MLB and the Players Association are in a familiar situation unfamiliarly. They are fighting about money. Duh. Players and owners have done that since the inception of the game, quite publicly since the Players Association was formally recognized as a union in 1966. Within that frame what occurred Tuesday is as routine as the national …

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) move to defy its legal obligations and dismantle Hong Kong’s autonomy leaves the Trump White House with few good options. The United States will not use military force to defend a tiny city-state that partially sits on the Chinese mainland. But American leaders could render the CCP’s victory a hollow …

MLB made its financial pitch to the Players Association on Tuesday. The key question when it comes to restarting a season is, how does the union take that pitch? MLB’s plan, as first reported by USA Today, was to have a sliding scale, so that those who make the least in 2020 would receive the …

Touring the real-life Hogwarts Castle might come with a coronavirus curse. Universal Orlando has warned guests that they might contract the deadly COVID-19 bug if they visit the sprawling resort when it reopens next week. “Note that any public location where people are present provides an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 and we cannot …

Saturn the alligator was given to the Soviet Union in 1946 and the myth was born that he was in the collection of the Nazi leader. The zoo said the reptile, called Saturn, was around 84-years-old when he died on Friday. Saturn was born in Mississippi in the US and was later gifted to Berlin …

Chinese plans to tighten legal control over Hong Kong represents “a death knell” for the former British colony’s relative independence from the mainland regime, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “The decision to bypass Hong Kong’s well-established legislative processes and ignore the will of the people of Hong Kong would be a death knell …

Human beings react to every rule, regulation, and order governments impose, and their reactions result in outcomes that can be quite different than the outcomes lawmakers intended. Every human decision brings with it unintended consequences. Often, they are inconsequential, even funny. When Airbus, for example, wanted to make its planes quieter to improve the flying …

The Players Association was expected to deliver its response to MLB’s 67-page health and safety manual Thursday while the league is supposed to provide answers to economic questions raised by the union by Friday. One of these issues is more vital to tackle first and completely. Because as the saying goes, you have nothing without …

Hal Steinbrenner and Jeff Wilpon DNA-ed their way into jobs. Whatever you think of Jacoby Ellsbury and Yoenis Cespedes, they used talent to gain their contracts. There was no inheritance, nepotism or being born on third base. Players earn what franchises are willing to pay. Scott Boras, for example, has been accused of many tricks …

Alex Rodriguez caused a stir last weekend after calling for MLB players to accept the owners’ offer of a 50-50 split in revenues for games played in empty ballparks. And ESPN Radio host Dan Le Batard says players have every right to be angry at A-Rod, the retired ex-Yankee who raked in roughly $450 million …