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The Chicago Cubs have extended the contract of manager David Ross through the 2024 MLB season, the team announced Friday.

For all the vitriol, Major League Baseball owners and players have closed the gap in recent weeks and are negotiating on similar frameworks for a new collective bargaining agreement.

Major League Baseball's continued lockout and cancellation of games have fans in a mood. Many have said that it has changed their perception of the sport and game for good. I get the frustration, but why not support College Baseball, specifically area programs instead?

After what seemed like optimism on Monday night, MLB presented the MLB PA a "final offer", which was rejected.

After MLB and the MLBPA made progress, MLB extended the deadline to start the season on time to Tuesday afternoon.

There is baseball at the Carpenter Complex in Clearwater. However, there are no major leaguers present as the lockout continues.

NHL hockey is finally back, and this time it's official. The league and its players agreed to a required memorandum of understanding on Saturday night that truly makes the lockout a thing of the past. Training camps open Sunday and the 48-game regular season starts Saturday.

The Minnesota Wild -- the team that arguably lost more momentum during the NHL lockout than any other -- is eager to get to work at recapturing it.

It looks like there will be a hockey season after all -- shortened for sure, but perhaps back in business in a week or so. The NHL and the players' association reached a tentative agreement early Sunday to end a nearly four-month-old lockout that threatened to wipe out what was left of an already abbreviated season.

If there is going to be a hockey season, the NHL and the players' association can't afford many more days like this.