Author: Michael

MLB has long stood out among other professional sports leagues for its lack of a hard salary cap. But should that structure ever change, the owner of the game’s most recognizable franchise does not view a potential cap as a hindrance to competitive viability.
At MLB’s quarterly owners meetings in New York on Tuesday, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner told reporters that he thinks his club could thrive if the league ever adopted a hard salary cap, although he offered some caveats about how critical the framework of such a structure would be.

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J.J. Watt became a household name among NFL fans during his 12-year career.
The newly retired defensive end built his reputation as one of the league’s most effective edge rushers during his 10 seasons with the Texans before playing his final two with the Cardinals. As the three-time Defensive Player of the Year prepares for his induction into Houston’s Ring of Honor in October, many have wondered if Watt might sign a ceremonial one-day contract to retire with the franchise.
Watt made his feelings on the subject abundantly clear Tuesday.

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Floyd Mayweather and the grandson of famed mob boss John Gotti — John Gotti III — fought in one of the craziest yet unknown exhibition boxing fights in recent memory.
Illegal punches were thrown, and now, one six-month ban has been administered concerning their after-the-bell brawl.
John Gotti III has been suspended from boxing in Florida for six months after attacking Floyd Mayweather on Sunday night. Gotti III rushed at Floyd — the boxing GOAT — after referee Kenny Bayless stopped the fight in the sixth inning, with the victory going to Mayweather.

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Costa Rica and the U.S. government have agreed to open potential legal pathways to the United States for some of the Nicaraguan and Venezuelan migrants among the 240,000 asylum seekers already awaiting asylum in the Central American country. The agreement – announced by Costa Rica Tuesday and the United States late Monday – appears aimed at reducing the pressure on Costa Rica’s overwhelmed asylum system and heading off asylum seekers who could give up on the slow Costa Rica process and instead set off for the U.S. border.

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