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The league said new guidelines that empower umpires to search pitchers for foreign substances will take effect on June 21. 

Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench said headlines on pitchers using pine tar and other sticky substances on baseballs shouldn’t come as a surprise to fans.

When is the 2021 MLB Draft and who are the top prospects available? Heres everything you need to know about the draft.

MLB officials plan to empower umpires to enforce rules about players using sticky substances on baseballs, and the league could explore increasing suspensions.

The sports card is the first to show 19-year-old Babe Ruth as a minor league pitcher and available via a sports collectible IPO.

Candy Digital will release an exclusive Lou Gehrig nonfungible token during the Fourth of July weekend.

During the pandemic, pro leagues have advised clubs to follow local government mask and distancing policies, which are likely to remain after new CDC guidance.

The league said the franchise could start to explore options to seek a new home as city officials contemplate a new stadium on an Oakland waterfront property.

The Say Hey Kid turns 90 today. To celebrate Willie Mays, Major League Baseball tweeted out a happy birthday message from Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr., Cal Ripken Jr. and more.

Erling Haaland, 20, is among the best players in the Bundesliga league and joins NBA stars and the NFL as an investor in Hyperice.

Global investment bank UBS entered a multiyear, seven-figure partnership with Players Media Group.

The NHL’s new seven-year agreement with AT&T-owned WarnerMedia is worth over $1 billion.

MLB said its MLB.TV service saw more than 1.3 billion minutes of streams through its first three weekends of the 2021 season.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp praised the Augusta National Golf Club for not caving to the political pressures that have befallen the state recently.

President Joe Biden praised companies that have spoken out against Georgia’s restrictive voting laws saying, “I think it’s a very tough decision for a corporation to make, or a group to make, but I respect them when they make that judgment and I support whatever judgment they make.”

The All-Star Game will be played at hitter-friendly Coors Field this year. Major League Baseball officially announced the new venue Tuesday after pulling the Midsummer Classic from Atlanta over objections to sweeping changes to Georgia’s voting laws.

As some Republicans call for a boycott of Major League Baseball, White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended Major League Baseball’s decision to move the All-Star game from Georgia to Colorado in protest over new voter restrictions, saying that the White House supports decisions made by private sector companies. “We’re not standing here and calling for companies to boycott. That’s...

Atlanta lost Major League Baseball’s summer All-Star Game on Friday over the league’s objections to sweeping changes to Georgia voting laws that critics — including the CEOs of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola — have condemned as being too restrictive. The decision to pull the July 13 game from Atlanta’s Truist Park amounts to the first economic backlash against…

On opening day, Boston Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner told CNBC, “I certainly think that we’ve gone beyond where we were six months ago.”

Major League Baseball announced that Thursday’s scheduled game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets at Nationals Park has been postponed as a result of positive tests on the Nationals’ side.