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MLB plowing into the small season after rejecting the players’ proposal

MLB plowing into the small season after rejecting the players' proposal

MLB rejected the Players Association’s proposal for a 114 game season and is building an internal consensus on implementing a season of approximately 50 games for a full prorated game for players, unless players are willing to play around 82 games less than that, sources told The Send. The union on Sunday made a counterproposal to the MLB that would …

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Origin of the feat Rangers. Stan Fischler

Origin of the feat Rangers. Stan Fischler

Paul J. Bereswill It’s Wednesday, which means a new episode of the podcast “Up In The Blue Seats” with Ron Duguay. This week is a review of the history of the Rangers franchise. Ron opens the show by talking to NY Post sports journalist Mollie Walker. She shares internship memories for Stan Fischler, what John Davidson told the media in …

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MLS bypasses lockout with new work agreement and return plan

MLS bypasses lockout with new work agreement and return plan

Major League Soccer and its players union reached an agreement that allows play to resume with a summer tournament in Florida after the break caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The deal was announced by the Major League Soccer Players Association early Wednesday after tense talks led some players to skip volunteer workouts and the league threatened with a lockout. MLS …

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Brittney Payton relives the terrible racial harassment in the pharmacy line

Brittney Payton relives the terrible racial harassment in the pharmacy line

Brittney Payton, the daughter of legendary Bears running back Walter Payton, says she was the victim of racial slurs while sitting at the entrance of a Walgreens pharmacy. Payton, a local Fox presenter in Chicago, says a white man got out of the vehicle behind her, then made monkey sounds while holding a watermelon. “It is not the first racist …

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‘How they did it?’

'How they did it?'

This was more a coronation than a series. Four games that summed up the Mets’ dazzling career in the second half, from champions to National League champions as well. It started with them considered the underdogs of young and powerful puppies and ended with little doubt as to who was superior. The 2015 NLCS finale conformed to this one-sided series, …

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Jonathan Vilma jumps to Fox Sports in another ESPN loss

Jonathan Vilma jumps to Fox Sports in another ESPN loss

Fox Sports has picked up another ESPN commentator as it continues to transform its NFL game coverage, The Post has learned. Super Bowl champion Jonathan Vilma has decided to leave ESPN / ABC and will sign with Fox to be an NFL game analyst, according to sources. Vilma is likely to work with Kenny Albert on Sundays in the fall. …

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UCLA furious at LAPD using Jackie Robinson Stadium as a “field jail”

UCLA furious at LAPD using Jackie Robinson Stadium as a "field jail"

The Los Angeles Police Department has been using UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium as a “field jail” for people who were violating the curfew in protests held in response to the murder of George Floyd by police, according to University. UCLA said Tuesday night that it was unaware of how Los Angeles police were using its stadium, claiming that the protesters’ …

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This damned Mike French experiment is over

This damned Mike French experiment is over

You ask, we answer. The Post is answering readers’ questions about New York’s biggest professional sports teams, and having our rhythm writers answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: sports media. How much longer will French Radio.com’s horrible experiment continue? Many technological problems that it is not even in, limited audience. – Rich Sergi For …

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Denver Broncos head coach: “I don’t see racism at all in the NFL”

Denver Broncos head coach: "I don't see racism at all in the NFL"

“I think our problems in the NFL in that regard are minimal,” said Fangio. “We are a meritocracy league, you get what you get, you get what you get.” “I don’t see racism at all in the NFL. I don’t see discrimination in the NFL,” added Fangio. “… We are fortunate. We all live together, united as one, by a …

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NBA Grant Napear’s fired voice is not racist

NBA Grant Napear's fired voice is not racist

Chris “Mad Dog” Russo said NBA presenter Grant Napear, who was fired from one job and quit another after his “All Lives Matter” tweet amid George Floyd protests, was not racist. Russo, who has known Napear since “1965-66”, said that others who know Napear at different periods of his life may have a different opinion, but the man he knows …

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