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MLB, MLBPA announce $2 million grant to Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to help preserve vital baseball history
"The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, as an institution, serves as a beacon of education and enlightenment."
Rob Manfred opens the door to national streaming package: ‘The RSN business is really deteriorating’
"What we're hearing from the streamers is they want a more national product, and we need to be responsive to what people want to buy."
Rob Manfred on Diamond Sports saga: ‘There is no plan at this point’
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred expressed skepticism with Diamond Sports' ability to emerge whole out of bankruptcy.
ESPN Radio’s Michelle Smallmon calls Shohei Ohtani scandal Rob Manfred’s ‘worst nightmare’
"This feels like a Mad Libs of Rob Manfred's worst nightmare."
Mike Greenberg launches campaign to become MLB commissioner: ‘I’m not kidding.’
"I think I have an understanding of a great many different elements of the business."
David Samson reveals MLB blackballed Dan Le Batard after heated Rob Manfred interview
"People colluded to make sure you would not get guests."
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred leaving legacy of media missteps
"He will be the next villain in the 'Batman' movie. And he’d be a good one."
MLB’s Billy Eppler Super Bowl news dump raises questions on if they’ll look at other GMs
Bally Sports hopes to broadcast 2024 MLB season still alive amidst bankruptcy saga
Bally Sports and MLB seem increasingly to be on the same page with the beleaguered company hoping to broadcast games in the 2024 season.
Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo shreds MLB over Shohei Ohtani contract: ‘This is why this sport’s a joke’
Rob Manfred claims MLB can broadcast ‘up to 16 teams next year’
Could MLB handle over half of the league's local broadcasts in 2024?
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred calls eliminating local blackouts ‘business objective number one’
"That's a product of a contractual arrangement between an individual club and an RSN, and that's one that has been hard to deal with."
Diamond Sports reportedly “close” to five-year discounted deal with Diamondbacks, but Rob Manfred might block it
The NHL took the easy way out by shelving Pride jerseys. Will the rest of sports follow?
With supporting LGBTQ people becoming harder, sports leagues are backing away.
Rob Manfred says sarcastic A’s comments were ‘taken out of context’
"One night doesn’t change a decade of inaction"
Ken Rosenthal slams Rob Manfred after dissing A’s fans: ‘Unbecoming of a commissioner of a sport’
"It's a person of authority, and responsibility and power, kind of looking at the average fan and saying, 'Ha-ha, not good enough, sorry.'"
Joe Posnanski’s ‘Why Is Rob Manfred So Bad At This?’ asks a good question
Albert Pujols named special assistant to commissioner, joins MLB Network
"I'm also grateful for the opportunity to join the MLB Network family. I've been a huge fan since the very beginning and can't wait to get started."
The relationship between MLB and Diamond Sports seems irrevocably broken
MLB and Diamond Sports are about as far apart as you can get, and it doesn't seem to be getting any better.
Rob Manfred said the quiet part out loud on sports TV revenues
"It’s a great business model when a whole bunch of people pay for something they don’t really care if they have or not, which is what the cable bundle did for us. It’s hard to replicate that."
Rob Manfred reveals MLB prepared to take over local broadcasts from Sinclair
"I think you should assume that if Diamond doesn’t broadcast, we’ll be in a position to step in."
Five under the radar sports media stories for 2023
Surely, you noticed quite a bit of overlap between our top ten sports media stories of 2022 and...
Rob Manfred calls ending MLB’s blackout policy a “top priority”
Manfred blamed existing distribution contracts for the issue.
Ken Rosenthal leaves MLBN after contract expires, amidst a report linking that to his writing on Rob Manfred
Ken Rosenthal will not appear on MLB Network this year after they didn't renew his contract. A New York Post report links that to what Rosenthal wrote about MLB commissioner Rob Manfred at The Athletic in 2020.
