CLEVELAND – Cleveland Indians will consult with Native American groups when the team considers changing its name for the first time since 1915. Owner Paul Dolan elaborated on the steps the team is taking in a possible name change amid a national movement to remove racist symbols and monuments. Earlier …
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8:00 am ET Jeff passanESPN Near ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The baseball mega-offer, presumably a thing of the past since the arrival of the coronavirus, was resurrected on Wednesday. As with any proper resuscitation, there were double …
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Fox will use virtual fans for his MLB game streams starting Saturday. The use of augmented reality is designed to make viewers feel that broadcasts are as normal as possible, despite the ongoing pandemic that has left the stadiums empty. “The original concept sounds like something that would never happen: …
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7:00 am ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Near Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK – A week before Christmas last year, the New York Yankees held a press conference at the posh Legends Club at Yankee Stadium to introduce him to Gerrit Cole after signing a …
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The Boston Red Sox unveiled their display of a 250-foot Black Lives Matter billboard adjacent to Fenway Park on Wednesday, marking the 61st anniversary of Elijah “Pumpsie” Green’s first game as the team’s first black player. The billboard across from the Massachusetts Turnpike behind the iconic stadium comes as major …
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