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Owners, MLBPA exchange opening CBA proposals as Dec. 1 deadline looms
MLB's proposal centers on a 2027 salary cap of $245.3 million and a floor of $171.2 million; the MLBPA opposes a capped system and says the proposal would cut the players' overall revenue share. Both sides describe themselves as far apart, with a lockout widely expected if no deal is reached by around March.
NFLNFL owners adopted five rule changes for 2026, focused on kickoffs and expanded replay authority
Owners approved letting the kicking team declare an onside kick at any point in a game (not just when trailing), moved the touchback/out-of-bounds spot on 50-yard-line kickoffs to the 20, tweaked setup-zone alignment rules, and gave the replay command center new power to eject players for flagrant acts even without an on-field flag. A one-year provision also lets the league's officiating department correct clear officiating misses if replacement officials are needed during a work stoppage.
MLBAward races sharpen entering the stretch run
AL Cy Young is a tight race between Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (2.09 ERA) and Blue Jays RHP Dylan Cease (217 K). In the NL, Brewers RHP Jacob Misiorowski holds a wide Cy Young lead over Phillies LHP Cristopher Sanchez and Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto; NL MVP conversation includes Cubs OF Pete Crow-Armstrong and Dodgers DH Shohei Ohtani, whose case is complicated by his 9/10 IL placement.
NFLNFL and NFLPA have not begun formal negotiations on a CBA extension
With JC Tretter now the NFLPA's executive director, the league and union have not started formal talks on extending the labor deal that runs through 2030. The league's stated goal for the next agreement includes an eventual 18-game regular season and 16 international games per year. Separately, the NFL reached a new agreement with its officials' union in May after talks broke down in March.
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Sample · 2026 World Cup
NRG Stadium, Houston · Jul 4, 2026
The café had run out of chairs an hour before kickoff, so half the street watched standing, tea going cold in a hundred hands. By the time Ounahi had his second, nobody was sitting anywhere — not in the room, not on the block, not with the cousins in Brussels who called the moment the third went in. Three-nil over the hosts, and all of…
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