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Marvin Miller dies at 95; baseball union chief led push for free agency
Nothing about Marvin Miller seemed feisty or controversial at first glance; the soft-spoken economist was a smallish man with gray hair and a tidy mustache. But as a union leader, it was Miller who took on baseball's establishment in the late 1960s,...Tags: Sandy Koufax, United Steelworkers, David Carter, Unions, Studs Terkel
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Remembrance: Marvin Miller was a transformative figure in sports
He didn’t look like much of a revolutionary. He looked like an economist, which he was, only with some serious attitude. Kind of bookish, but with an unnerving gleam in his eye. The last guy you ever wanted to get into a fight with was Marvin...
Tags: Sports, Vin Scully, Politics, Ryan Madson, United Steelworkers
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Your Morning Phil: Miller, Feldman, A.J.
Talking baseball while wondering how Tom Thibodeau is going to survive until Derrick Rose returns: 1. To say that Marvin Miller was as tough as nails is to compliment the strength of nails. Miller has passed away at the age of 95, and somewhere there...Tags: Scott Baker, Yankee Stadium, Ryan Dempster, Major League Baseball, Jed Hoyer
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Miami Marlins: Beinfest does two-step on Stanton question; no-trade policy not changing
Sun SentinelI wasn’t expecting any assurances. I didn’t think President of Baseball Operations Larry Beinfest would guarantee that Giancarlo Stanton would be a life-long Marlin. At a minimum, I was banking on the “some players are less likely to...Tags: Miami Marlins, Sports, David Samson, John Buck, Spring Training
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Dodgers' proposed TV deal dwarfs what Frank McCourt wanted
Maybe you’re not a big Bud Selig fan. Maybe you’re still irked about that Milwaukee All-Star game or that he ever allowed the Dodgers to be sold to Frank McCourt or an inability to find a new barber. But say this for Selig, when he dug in...
Tags: Sports, Frank McCourt, Los Angeles Dodgers, Randy Choate, Baseball
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I'm thankful for a lot of sports stuff this year
Burp. Where am I, and why are there turkey feathers in my mouth? Oh, that's right. It was Thanksgiving, and I wasn't willing to wait for the oven to get hot. But now that the gorging is over and I've come to my senses (so to speak), here are a few...
Tags: Miami Marlins, Tennessee Titans, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Ryan Lindley, Bowl Championship Series
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Ex-Dodgers suitor Steven Cohen implicated in insider trading scam
Were you suspicious? Were you not just a tad nervous about hedge-fund billionaire Steven Cohen buying the Dodgers? There were certainly reasons to be, even after local extravagantly rich guy Patrick Soon-Shiong joined the Cohen bid. Some were...
Tags: Patrick Soon-Shiong, Joe Blanton, Spring Training, Frank McCourt, Insider Trading
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Three Things: Bud Selig's 'monitoring' system, Al Golden's future, Dwyane Wade's health
Sun Sentinel columnistThree Things to consider on this sports Tuesday: Thing 1: Don't know about you, but I feel so much better about the Miami Marlins going forward now that Bud Selig has promised to "continue to monitor this situation." Oh, Shruggin' Bud will "monitor"...Tags: National Football League, Miami Marlins, Sports, Dwyane Wade, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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La Russa still interested in learning — and winning
Future baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa stood next to Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau on the Patriots sidelines Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass., as both watched coach Bill Belichick teach football at minicamp. Neither man was there to pick Belichick's brain...
Tags: Robin Ventura, Sports, American League Central, World Series, Bill Belichick
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Series foes fighting for playoff lives
Life's cruel, sometimes. A year ago, the Cardinals and Rangers were atop the baseball world. They rode their talent and ability to deliver in the clutch all the way to the World Series. Now they're fighting for their lives in a new form of torture,...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Sports, Ron Washington, Spring Training, Detroit Tigers
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Selig looking to help Cubs with Wrigley restoration
While the stadium issues in Oakland and Tampa Bay are viewed as the most critical in baseball, Commissioner Bud Selig quietly is trying to help the Cubs secure funding for a public-private partnership that would allow Wrigley Field to be updated along the...
Tags: Sports, Chicago Mayor, Yankee Stadium, Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Chicago Cubs
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Phillies and Brewers back in wild-card playoff hunt
When the trade deadline rolled around at the end of July, the Phillies were 46-57, which put them only 21/2 games better than the Cubs in the National League's wild-card playoff standings. They were in ninth place, 13 games behind the Braves for the...
Tags: Detroit Tigers, World Series, Corey Hart, Orange County Register, Charlie Manuel
Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 19, 2012
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Nov 24, 2012
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Nov 20, 2012
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Nov 20, 2012
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Jun 13, 2012
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Oct 4, 2012
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Jul 14, 2012
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Sep 16, 2012
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