MLB Players Association

League looks to third party as negotiations with MLBPA fail to advance

Ongoing labor negotiations take on new wrinkle

Representatives for players, owners to hold second straight day of in-person negotiations

Likelihood grows of a delayed start to Spring Training as lockout continues

Planned bargaining session will be first substantive talks since lockout started

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview 777 Partners managing director Juan Arciniegas. Fisher and Russo also discuss Major League Baseball’s lockout of the MLB Players Association, Sinclair Broadcast Group’s new digital rights deal with the National Hockey League, and the $840m funding round for India-based fantasy sports platform Dream Sports.

League, union leaders signal that MLB lockout is likely to be a lengthy one

League, union remain squarely at odds on core economic matters

Sport now nearing its first work stoppage since 1995

Clubs have committed more than $1.6bn to player contracts since the end of the World Series

Move aimed at providing greater certainty for players

Commissioner says "time is becoming an issue" in ongoing labor talks

Prominent agent decries perceived loss of integrity to 2021 season

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Bo Han, Buzzer founder and chief executive. Eric and Chris also discuss issues surrounding Major League Baseball’s World Series, the merger of esports organization FaZe Clan with a special purpose acquisition company, potentially mounting issues for Peacock, growing scrutiny surround National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell, and Greg Norman’s developing effort to create a new golf series.

Commissioner also again comes to the defense of Braves' Tomahawk Chop

Star outfielder is one of four Dodgers players to rank in the top eight