Arizona D-backs, Maricopa County at odds over Chase Field lease extension
D-backs and Maricopa County continue talks to extend Chase Field leaseGetty Images A new “slow-paced, acrimonious exchange” of negotiations this week reveals how the D-backs and Maricopa County are trying to work out a “mutually amicable deal” to keep the team at Chase Field, according to the front page. He says he has deepened doubts […]
D-backs’ Hall speaks on growing rift with county over Chase Field lease
The Arizona Diamondbacks have been negotiating with Maricopa County for a lease extension at Chase Field, with the current contract ending in 2027, but the friendly negotiations took a negative turn this week. AZCentral publishes summary of letter Starting this week, we’ll see some suddenly controversial exchanges between the D-backs and the county. Maricopa County […]
Newsom signs bills to close Inglewood Oil Field and increase fines on idle wells
Gov. Gavin Newsom has intensified his fight against the fossil fuel industry, signing a bill Wednesday that will shut down the vast Englewood oil field by 2030 and raise fees companies must pay to cover the costs of cleaning up 40,000 idled oil wells in the state. Standing on a Los Angeles football field with […]
D-backs’ Chase Field lease extension talks sour with county
The Arizona Diamondbacks have been in negotiations with Maricopa County about extending their lease on Chase Field, whose current contract expires in 2027, but the amicable talks took a turn for the worse this week. AZCentral.com published a summary of the letter. A contentious exchange began this week between the Diamondbacks and Maricopa County, which […]
Diamondbacks in negotiation with Maricopa County over Chase Field
The team's lease expires in 2027, so the team is in negotiations with Maricopa County, which owns Chase Field, about a lease extension. PHOENIX — Tensions are rising between Maricopa County and the Arizona Diamondbacks amid lease renewal negotiations at Chase Field, with team officials calling a recent letter they received from the county “deeply […]
Commanders Drop Their Kicker Cade York Like A Hot Potato After Missing Two Field Goals Against Buccaneers
Business is business. It may not have lasted long, but Cade York's time with the Washington Commanders is over. The team waived him after he missed not one but two emphatic field goals in the season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. We've heard plenty about how the National Football League remains a tough world […]
Umpire Taken Off Field After Being Hit By Giancarlo Stanton’s Broken Bat
A baseball game at Yankee Stadium took a horrifying turn on Sunday when home plate umpire Nick Murray was struck in the neck by a shard of a broken bat. The incident occurred during the fifth inning of a game between the New York Yankees and Colorado Rockies, when Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton's bat shattered […]
Video Shows ESPN Commentator Field Yates Suffer Dislocated Shoulder In Tackle Drill Mishap
ESPN commentator Field Yates was injured Friday during a seemingly harmless tackling drill. Yates' colleague Adam Schefter wrote on social media: video As for how the commentator dislocated his shoulder, Yates was on the beach with the co-hosts taking part in a skills competition to determine the league's draft order. Video shows Yates charging toward […]
Aussie Field Hockey Player Matthew Dawson Gets Part Of His Finger Chopped Off To Guarantee His Spot In The Olympics
That's true dedication! Matthew DawsonThe Australian field hockey player revealed on Wednesday that he has decided to have part of his ring finger amputated in order to take part in the 2024 Paris Olympics. During pre-Olympic competition, Dawson broke her finger, so she didn't want to let the injury and recovery process stop her from […]
Bolivian President Announces Discovery Of Natural Gas ‘Mega Field,’ Biggest Find Since 2005
Bolivian President Luis Arce announced on Monday the discovery of the country's largest natural gas deposit since 2005. Arce tweeted in Spanish that the country was “hugely [natural gas] “It's an oil field north of La Paz and it's the third-highest producing field in the country,” the president said, adding that the well has “potential […]