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Officials from Fort Myers want to stem the flow of teams moving spring operations from Florida to Arizona by luring the Milwaukee Brewers to the Gulf Coast. Officials from Fort Myers want to stem the flow of teams moving spring operations from Florida to Arizona by luring the Milwaukee Brewers to the Gulf Coast and […]

The New York Yankees will launch a college football bowl beginning in 2010, featuring a Big East-Big 12 matchup. The New York Yankees will bring a college bowl back to the Northeast with a new game between Big 12 and Big East teams slated to launch next season. The Yankees are aggressively pushing college football […]

Major League Baseball attendance will be down more than 6.5 percent this season, the biggest decline since Harry Truman was president, and we're guessing revenues declined by a much larger margin. The reaction from Bud Selig? It's the best of all possible worlds. Major League Baseball attendance will be down more than 6.5 percent this […]

Mesa city officials say they're ready to work with the Chicago Cubs on a new spring-training facility and will pass along a list of proposed sites in November. Alas, poor HoHoKam, I knew thee well. But not well enough to prevent Mesa and the Chicago Cubs from casting covetous eyes toward a new spring-training facility […]

David M. Schwartz Architects and Sarasota’s Hoyt Architects are the initial choices by the Baltimore Orioles and Janet Marie Smith to make over Sarasota’s Ed Smith Stadium as the spring home of the Orioles. Washington’s David M. Schwartz Architects and Sarasota’s Hoyt Architects are the initial choices by the Baltimore Orioles and Janet Marie Smith […]

If a new San Jose Earthquakes stadium is never built, the MLS team could end up sharing a new Oakland A's ballpark — if it is ever built. Heaping speculation upon layers of speculation, Oakland A's owner Lew Wolff admitted Saturday night his San Jose Earthquakes could end up sharing a new ballpark with the […]

Steve Monforto is the talk of the nation after his daughter throws back a foul ball at Citizens Bank Park — and he responds with a huge hug. Steve Monforto wins the award for father of the year after his reaction to his daughter throwing a foul back back onto the field of play at […]

Tommye Richardson, the wife of long-time baseball executive Spec Richardson, has passed away.Tommye Richardson, the wife of long-time baseball executive Spec Richardson, has passed away. She was regarded as one of the classiest women in baseball, according to the online reports we've been forwarded. 

Janet Marie Smith, who worked on Oriole Park at Camden Yards and then oversaw the recent expansion and renovation of Fenway Park, has returned to Baltimore. Janet Marie Smith, who worked on Oriole Park at Camden Yards and then oversaw the recent expansion and renovation of Fenway Park, has returned to Baltimore as vice president […]

Bob Arum says a big boxing match will be held at the new Yankee Stadium next year, marking the return of the sport to an outdoor venue. Top Rank head Bob Arum says a big boxing match will be held at the new Yankee Stadium next year, marking the return of the sport to an […]

A report from Conventions, Sports & Leisure says a new downtown San Jose ballpark for the Oakland A's will yield economic benefits for the city — and, predictably enough, the "sports economists" rush out to pooh-pooh the idea. A report from Conventions, Sports & Leisure says a new downtown San Jose ballpark for the Oakland […]

Because the Japanese professional season starts in mid-March, there will be no Japanese teams training in Tucson in 2010 — but 2011 remains a possibility. Because the Japanese professional season starts in mid-March, there will be no Japanese teams training in Tucson in 2010 — but 2011 remains a possibility. That's the word from a […]