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Karma had a hand in top 5 ‘feel-good’ sports moments of 2019

Karma had a career year in 2019. She draped a green jacket on Tiger Woods, handed soccer’s World Cup to a tough-as-nails U.S. Women’s National Team, shipped the NBA’s Larry O’Brie...

Curt Flood set off the free-agent revolution 50 years ago

St. Louis Cardinals’ outfielder set off baseball free-agent revolution

Average MLB salary drops for 2nd straight year

NEW YORK – The average salary in the major leagues has dropped in consecutive years for the first time since the players’ association started keeping records more than a half-century ago. ...

MLB, union agree to testing for opioids after Skaggs’ death

SAN DIEGO – Major League Baseball will start testing for opioids and cocaine, but only players who do not cooperate with their treatment plans will be subject to discipline. Marij...

MLB’s winter meetings turned into Scott Boras show

Agent closing in on $1 billion in deals this offseason

Rockies, Oberg agree to 3-year deal

SAN DIEGO – Right-hander Scott Oberg and the Colorado Rockies agreed Wednesday to a $13 million, three-year contract with a club option for 2023 that could make the deal worth $21 million ov...

Rockies GM: Daniel Murphy probably returned too soon from injury

Colorado didn’t get return on investment it hoped for in 2019

Inconsistent seams, player behavior behind home run uptick

SAN DIEGO – Baseballs weren’t juiced during a record-setting 2019 regular season, according to a study commissioned by Major League Baseball. They were just flying farther. ...

MLB instituting 3-batter minimum for 2020 season

SAN DIEGO – Major League Baseball is pushing ahead with a rules change for 2020 that requires pitchers to face at least three batters or finish a half-inning. Baseball Commissione...

Astros probe widens to almost 60 witnesses, 76,000 emails

SAN DIEGO – Major League Baseball has interviewed almost 60 people and obtained tens of thousands of electronic messages in its investigation into allegations the Houston Astros broke rules ...

22 MLB teams to expand protective netting at ballparks

SAN DIEGO – Seven major league teams will expand protective netting to the foul poles and 15 others will expand their netting generally to the area in the outfield where the stands begin to ...

Strasburg, Nationals reach record $245M, 7-year deal

SAN DIEGO – Stephen Strasburg returned to the Washington Nationals with a record contract on the first day of the winter meetings, a deal that puts fellow free agent pitcher Gerrit Cole in p...