Eleventh-hour accord could save Nationals
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WASHINGTON - District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams and council chairman Linda W. Cropp reached agreement Monday night on a stadium financing package that they said will satisfy Major League Baseball by guaranteeing construction of a permanent
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The president of the re-named Washington Nationals, Tony Tavares, told WTOP Radio the vote was overwhelming. Tavares said the deal to move the Expos remains contingent on the DC Council giving final approval to a stadium plan.
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WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia leaders announced an agreement Monday night that they said would bring the deal to move the Montreal Expos to Washington back from the brink of collapse.
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Major league baseball will attempt to finalize negotiations within a week to move the Montreal Expos to Washington next year, a high-ranking baseball official said Thursday after a meeting of the sport's executive council.
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Baseball players gave their lawyers the go-ahead Tuesday to reach an agreement with owners on tougher testing for steroids. After negotiations with management were outlined to the executive board of the players
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D.C. leaders said yesterday they have reached a final agreement to spend $79 million on a plan to save financially troubled Greater Southeast Community Hospital after lawyers for the city worked out eleventh-hour assurances that its investment would be protected.
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Late Tuesday night, in the 11th hour of a marathon DC Council meeting, chairman Linda W. Cropp blew to smithereens the deal that MLB thought it had in place with Washington to build a ballpark on the Anacostia waterfront.
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Free-agent outfielder Carlos Beltran and the New York Mets agree Sunday to try to structure a $119 million, seven-year contract says a lawyer close to the talks.
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Jim Bowden projects his voice through the room. It is late at night. No one is there to listen. &quot;The Washington Nationals have signed free agent third baseman Vinny Castilla to a two-year, $6.2 million contract,&quot; Bowden says aloud.
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The long wait for baseball in Washington will prove worthwhile as fans begin a rewarding relationship with the Nationals.
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Johan Santana's star became the latest to go dark in Minnesota. The departure of baseball's most dominant pitcher, in a deal agreed to with the New York Mets for four prospects, was hardly surprising.
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A major league official said Carlos Beltran and the Mets have agreed in principle to a seven-year, $119 million contract.
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NEW YORK -- Johan Santana and the New York Mets were granted an extra two hours to work on a contract extension Friday, pushing the deadline to 7 p.m. EST.
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Major League Baseball and the players' union came together yesterday in a rare show of compromise and solidarity, one aimed at refurbishing the game's tarnished image, safeguarding players' long-term health, and restoring credence to the offensive accomplishments of the game's sluggers.
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D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp said that city and baseball officials are close to an agreement that would ensure her support in Tuesday's stadium vote.
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The Washington Nationals are back in business. A week after the deal to move the Montreal Expos to the nation's capital appeared dead, it was revived Tuesday when the District of Columbia Council voted 7-6 to approve stadium funding legislation.
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A lockout looms for the National Hockey League and its players union as the clock ticks down on a collective bargaining agreement that expires at midnight Wednesday.