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“The 14-team format MLB originally proposed offers significant advantages to division winners and provides incentives to win at every level of the bracket,” MLB spokesman Glen Caplin said Saturday. “In an effort to compromise, MLB accepted a 12-team format after the discussion of formats, including a ‘ghost game.’ MLB made clear that the ‘ghost game’ raises serious issues and is not a viable path forward.”

“We are aware of the situation with Brittney Griner in Russia and are in close contact with her, her legal representation in Russia, her family, her teams, and the WNBA and NBA,” Griner’s agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas said Saturday. “As this is an ongoing legal matter, we are not able to comment further on the specifics of her case but can confirm that as we work to get her home, her mental and physical health remain our primary concern.”

“Taken in context, a reasonable reader would not understand the internal email by England to have been made for the purpose of causing harm to (McGurren’s) reputation or lowering her standing in the community, but rather to acknowledge the existence of the EEOC claim, convey to the radio station’s employees that the matter is being investigated, and indicate that the radio station does not agree with (McGurren’s) interpretation,” the judge wrote.

“(Expletive), take one of my dogs out like that, we’re going to have issues,” Thompson said. “You’ve got to set the tone. That’s what Bulls basketball’s about: setting a tone. What he did affected one of our guys, and I don’t think anyone should forget about that. … If guys want to play chippy, let’s play chippy. I like a little blood and sweat, so I enjoy it. I like to wrestle, everyone knows that.”