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Announcement comes as US group RedBird prepares to close acquisition of Italian football club
Private equity group seeks majority stake in company co-owned by New York Yankees
Sport hopes to begin shortened schedule without spectators during July 4 weekend
Consortium including Amazon and the baseball team acquire 80 per cent of YES
Few tasks are more important than planning for the replacement of a chief executive
The Boston Red Sox have joined a long and amusing tradition
A star baseball player’s admission to rehab has set off a timely national conversation
Player, coach and manager enriched both America’s national game and its lingua franca
Even for this Mets fan, there is a feeling of emptiness
The familiar in sport is fading as broadcasters drop coverage of old favourites such as the US Open tennis
Eric Simonson’s baseball drama is the finest of the playwright’s trilogy of sporting dramas
Many dubious investment products have been sold before
The country is realising outside competition is essential to progress, writes Kurt Campbell
Behind the feints and boasts lies a great capitalist story, writes Ludovic Hunter-Tilney
The current crop of conservative US leaders is proving to be surprisingly flighty
Chance for Murdoch to reshape his European broadcasting business
Stunt is a fresh take on the sportsman-as-ambassador formula
Battle of two media companies goes into a second week
Systems that revived a US sporting giant may help restore Liverpool’s pride, writes John Authers
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