Evan Drellich
Senior Writer at The Athletic
Senior writer, The Athletic, and author of "Winning Fixes Everything." Everything's in order in a black hole.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Ralph Russo |Evan Drellich
Bryan Seeley, a high-ranking executive at Major League Baseball and former assistant U.S. attorney, will be hired by the Power conferences to lead their newly formed college sports enforcement body, a spokesperson for those conferences told The Athletic. The College Sports Commission will oversee rules related to the new revenue-sharing system coming to NCAA Division I athletics as part of the $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit settlement that was approved by a federal judge on Friday, June 6.
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nytimes.com | Evan Drellich |Andrew Marchand
NEW YORK - On the day of their breakup this spring, Major League Baseball flashed some anger toward ESPN. When the broadcaster opted out of the final three years of its national baseball deal, commissioner Rob Manfred criticized the network in a letter to the sport's owners. A few months later, a different feeling has cropped up: regret.
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nytimes.com | Evan Drellich
NEW YORK - Commissioner Rob Manfred said on Wednesday he plans to introduce a proposal to Major League Baseball's competition committee that would bring the automated ball-strike system to MLB in 2026. Barring a change of heart inside Manfred's group, then, ABS appears likely to arrive in the big leagues next year. The league office has enough votes on the 11-person committee - which is also made up of player representatives and one umpire - to ultimately push through what it wants.
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nytimes.com | Evan Drellich
NEW YORK - MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday appeared to acknowledge that President Donald Trump had some influence on his decision to reinstate the late Pete Rose. Manfred last month took Rose off MLB's permanently ineligible list, which made Rose newly eligible for election into baseball's Hall of Fame. Manfred had met with Trump in Washington, D.C., in April.
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nytimes.com | Evan Drellich
In the face of a federal investigation, Tony Clark and the union he runs, the Major League Baseball Players Association, have hired separate lawyers. The Eastern District of New York is reviewing whether MLBPA officials used licensing money or equity to improperly enrich themselves, according to people briefed on the investigation who were not authorized to speak publicly. That could put the union and its membership in a place where they have divergent interests.
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