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Turns out NHL owner greed is right on time for once & could save lives — no, reallyThe NHL’s return to action this summer came after negotiations not only to solidify health and safety protocols, but on a new collective bargaining agreement. Having endured a canceled season in 2004-05, and lockout-shortened campaigns in 1995 and 2013, everyone in the sport knew that it was importa...

Deadspin Fixes Stuff: Two new expansion teams could solve MLB’s cash 'problems' right nowWith MLB now in the overture of its musical, entitled “Winter of Discontent,” they’re still making it clear just how desperate they want people to think things are. My colleague has written about Cleveland’s desperate “need” to move Francisco Lindor before they have to pay him anything close to what...

MLB Players Are Sick of Owners' B.S. and Fire Back On Social MediaThe long, stupid dance between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association continues, as the sides negotiate conditions for a 2020 season that might be better off not happening anyway, while coronavirus cases are spiking in a country that has been tripping over rakes in i...

Former Cy Young Winner Blake Snell: 'I'm Risking My Life, A Pay Cut Is Not Happening'

Blake Snell won’t play for less pay. The Tampa Bay ace said in an interview on his Twitch channel that it’s not worth it for him to play this season at reduced salary due to the health risk of coronavirus....