A new bill would prohibit the money grabs that billionaire team owners unleash to pit states and cities against each other in bidding wars over potential moves.
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Making Sports Work
There are lots of examples where sports isn’t dictated by oligarch whims at everyone else’s expense.
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Bananas for All
The Savannah Bananas are a national phenomenon. They have succeeded by putting fans first.
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Diamonds in the Rough
Novel public ownership models have kept minor league baseball franchises anchored in communities.
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Striking Out—and Winning
In 2023, minor league baseball players won a union contract and put an end to decades of exploitation.
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Baselines and Picket Lines
Superstar athletes are close to American royalty, but they still have to fight like other workers for fair pay.
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Circling Sharks
A look inside the athlete-finance industry, which resembles predatory lending—and worse
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The Roots of the Youth Sports Gold Rush
Steve Griffin got in on the ground floor with the John D. Rockefeller of youth sports. The climb out of the basement taught him that finance and kids’ sports are a toxic mix.
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The Scourge of Online Sports Betting
States and leagues must face up to the damage from app-based gambling for the next generation of bettors, most of them young men.
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Canada vs. the U.S.
President Trump announced the day before the World Series began that he was ending ongoing trade and tariff negotiations with Canada. As a result, the contest has taken on symbolic significance amid worsening relations between the two countries.