YouTube and Major League Baseball have set a groundbreaking deal that will see 13 games live-streamed for free across the Google-owned video platform in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. It is the first live game distribution partnership for the two entities and a notable pact in the percolating and capital-intensive…

Brodie Van Wagenen, the 44-year-old former CAA agent who is now GM of the New York Mets, has stirred up fresh talk about links between pro sports teams and media outlets that cover them by hiring ESPN’s Jessica Mendoza as a team adviser. Mendoza, the team said, will have a role in player evaluation, roster…

In an unusual arrangement, New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia will work as an analyst on ESPN TV and radio broadcasts during his final season in Major League Baseball. Sabathia announced last month that 2019 will be his final season. A former Cy Young Award winner and World Series champion, Sabathia has pitched for…

Reinforcing one of its live-sports tentpoles, Fox Sports has reached a 10-year, multi-platform extension with Major League Baseball. The deal keeps the World Series on Fox, which has broadcast it every year since 1996, and will step up the number of regular- and post-season games on the network starting in 2022. The…

As the Major League Baseball season gets under way, Twitter has renewed its streaming deal, with Thursday’s Texas Rangers-Oakland Athletics game kicking off weekly live games. The @MLB handle will host a Twitter game of the week, with out-of-market live streaming of daytime games, which will be simulcasts of…

This news isn’t likely to cheer Clayton Kershaw up, but ESPN said today that Thursday’s 2018 MLB opener for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants drew the sports net’s best opening-day numbers in six years. The 1-0 victory by the hated Giants at Dodger Stadium was seen by 1.67 million viewers, also making…

Roy Halladay, a former star pitcher who won two Cy Young Awards and threw one of only two no-hitters in Major League Baseball postseason history, died today when the small plane he was piloting crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast. He was 40. The Pasco County Sheriff’s office said the single-engine…

Former New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez — one of baseball’s greatest players — is going to the show, but not in the way minor league players use the term when they make the big leagues. The 14-time All-Star and three-time American League Most Valuable Player just signed a multi-year deal to be a full-time…

Here’s a novel double-play combo: This summer at least 19 Major League Baseball teams will participate in a cross-promotional partnership with HBO to draw attention to its hit Game Of Thrones. HBO has not set a firm date to begin Season 7, but has said that it will take place this summer. Specific promotional…

A week after the iconic comedian made a surprise appearance at the end of an Obama press conference to talk up the Chicago Cubs’ chances in the National League championship, Bill Murray tonight showed up in the press box at Wrigley Field to cheer the team on during Game 3 of the 2016 World Series. After hyping the…

New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez, widely considered one of the greatest players in the history of baseball, and frequently one of its most controversial, is retiring from the sport after 22 seasons with Major League Baseball. His final game will come August 12 when the Yankees face off against the…

Just moments before a trial was to begin today in Manhattan federal court, Major League Baseball has reached a deal with fans to settle an antitrust class action lawsuit over out-of-market broadcasts. Details aren’t yet known. The case, which dates back to 2012, was sparked by sports fans who targeted the league, and C…