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MLBPA, FanDuel settle lawsuit over alleged improper use of name, image and likeness

Nov. 15, 2024 17:58 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A commercial affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association settled a lawsuit with FanDuel on Friday over the alleged unauthorized use of the names and images of MLB players on its sports betting platform. The settlement obtained by The Associated Press...

Arbitrator upholds 5-year bans of Bad Bunny baseball agency leaders, cuts agent penalty to 3 years

Nov. 13, 2024 17:55 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — An arbitrator upheld five-year suspensions of the chief executives of Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm for making improper inducements to players and cut the ban of the company's only certified baseball agent to three years. Ruth M. Moscovitch issued the...

Dick Moss, the lawyer who won free agency for baseball players, dies at age 93

Sep. 23, 2024 12:10 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Dick Moss, the lawyer who won the arbitration case that created free agency for baseball players and revolutionized pay for professional athletes, has died. He was 93. Moss died Saturday at an assisted-living residence in Santa Monica, California, the Major League...

Bad Bunny firm held in contempt by federal judge in dispute with MLB players' association

Sep. 04, 2024 15:09 PM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm was held in contempt Wednesday by a federal judge, who ordered it to withdraw from a new arbitration proceeding it filed against the Major League Baseball Players Association. U.S. District Judge Camille L....