"I was a first-ballot hall of famer. I was probably that five or six years before I got in trouble. And to think I remember I would send emails and people wouldn't write back to me. It was terrible!"
“This case is about one thing and one thing only, and that’s retaliating against Sage Steele for exercising her right to free speech under Connecticut law.”
"That prematurely ends a 20-year, $1.2 billion deal that was set to run through 2032, and just how the Padres will recoup the $60 million per year from these rights is unknown."
Borrell Associates projects that figure will climb considerably over the next four years as the industry undergoes what it describes as a "great reshuffling."