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...have decided to pull out of their deal with Major League Baseball and will quit showing games after this year's World Series. "Baseball shot itself in the foot again," says TIME Sports writer Steve Wulf. "They just fiddled around, wouldn't make any kind of commitment to the networks, and now they don't have a broadcast TV deal." Acting commissioner Bud Selig has been reluctant to sign a new deal until baseball resolves its ongoing labor dispute with players. And some owners believe they can negotiate a more lucrative deal with CBS or FOX. Stay tuned...
...Riley, who won four NBA titles in nine seasons as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, resigned today after failing to capture a championship ring in four seasons with the New York Knicks. Riley turned down a $15 million contract extension in part, says TIME sports writer Steve Wulf, because Knicks management would not give him the control he wanted to wield over the composition of the team...
...questions abound. While fans wonder if the out-of-practice players will be up to snuff, the owners and players are wondering if the fans will come back. Season ticket sales are lagging in some cities, and five teams have cut their average ticket price. TIME sports editor Steve Wulf says that although there are many reasons for the fans to be dissatisfied--a shorter than normal season, an umpire's strike and the possibility that the players may strike again--mostly what he sees is a "sense of relief" by the fans. "People are ready to see baseball again...
...improvements. When their contracts expired at the end of 1994, the owners proposed cost-of-living raises that would increase salaries by just 2.7 percent this year. Umps expect the owners to start the regular season on April 25 with replacement umpires. Using replacement umpires, says TIME sportswriter Steve Wulf, "is not a pretty sight" because they make so many bad calls...
...April 26. Cincinnati, meanwhile, held its traditional opening-day parade today even though the first Reds home game has been re-scheduled for May 2. The union and the owners still have not worked out a new contract, which means players could walk out again. But TIME sportswriter Steve Wulf says both sides are afraid of further alienating fans. "I don't think they'd dare interrupt this coming season," says Wulf...