MLB: It's deadline day to save opening day, 162-game season schedule

Major League Baseball's lockout is now in its 89th day. Management says a deal must be reached by the end of Monday's negotiations to salvage a March 31 start to the regular season and a 162-game schedule.

MLB negotiations recessed, will resume Monday as deadline looms

The sides held a series of short and more frequent meetings that stretched into Sunday night before saying they would resume in the morning.

MLB lockout talks resume in Florida as season openers threatened

The lockout enters its 82nd day Monday as negotiations resume in Florida. MLB on Friday canceled spring training games from Feb. 26 through March 4.

MLB postpones 1st week of spring training amid lockout

Major League Baseball has canceled the first week of spring training games through March 4 in the first public acknowledgement of the disruption caused by the lockout.

Oakland A's president discusses moving forward with new ballpark
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Oakland A's president Dave Kaval discusses moving forward with new ballpark after Oakland councilmembers voted to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report for the park.

Former Angels employee convicted in Tyler Skaggs’ overdose death

Former Angels employee Eric Kay was found guilty of supplying Tyler Skaggs with the drugs that led to his overdose death. Kay could face life in prison.

Oakland could take crucial vote on new Oakland A's stadium development

Oakland councilmembers will vote on whether to certify the final environmental impact report, a necessary step toward a new A's ballpark. The A's are also considering building a ballpark in Las Vegas and moving the team there.

Jeremy Giambi’s cause of death was suicide, coroner’s report says

Former Major League Baseball player Jeremy Giambi died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s coroners report.

MLB Lockout: Spring training camps on hold as labor negotiations continue

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says spring training remains on hold because of a management lockout and his goal is to reach a labor contract that allows opening day as scheduled on March 31.

MLB stops testing athletes for steroids amid lockout, AP sources say

Two people familiar with the sport’s Joint Drug Program tell The Associated Press that Major League Baseball has stopped testing players for steroids for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sport’s drug agreement.

SF 49ers fans planning SoCal invasion ahead of playoff game with Rams
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Flights from San Francisco to Los Angeles were crowded Friday as multitudes of 49ers fans flew south for the NFC championship game against the Rams on Sunday. KTVU's Ann Rubin reports..

Barry Bonds rejected in Baseball Hall of Fame vote

Barry Bonds was rejected by sportswriters for the 10th time as a candidate for the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Baseball Hall of Fame: David Ortiz elected in 1st turn on ballot

David Ortiz was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first turn on the ballot, while steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were denied entry to Cooperstown in their final year under consideration by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

49ers' Talanoa Hufanga talks to KTVU
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Talanoa Hufanga who scored the only 49ers touchdown in their win over the Packers talked to KTVU's Joe Fonzi in Green Bay. Hufanga scored the TD by returning a blocked punt.

49ers super fan deep in Green Bay territory
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in 1979, a trip to watch the 49ers at Candlestick Park made quite the impression on a 15-year-old from Wisconsin. Look at him now, 43 years later, as he has taken his fandom to new heights with perhaps the most impressive Niners man cave in the country.

Robot umpires being called up to Triple-A this season

Major League Baseball is expanding its automated strike zone experiment to Triple-A, the highest level of the minor leagues.