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The illegal sign-stealing drama that rocked MLB before the pandemic might not be over — and this time it involves the Yankees. A letter from commissioner Rob Manfred to the Yankees detailing the findings of a 2017 investigation into the ball club’s alleged sign-stealing program should be unsealed, a judge ruled Friday, according to The …

“It is going to be the first line in my obituary.” — Jim Joyce It is not this simple: Joyce missed a call and the Astros committed baseball sins that rocked the sport. It is not that kind of straight line. From there to here. A lot happened in between. And MLB was probably on …

Astros third baseman Alex Bregman’s decision to part ways with his sports agency, Klutch Sports, was reportedly influenced by last week’s announcement that Uninterrupted, a film production company co-founded by fellow Klutch athlete LeBron James, is helping produce a documentary about the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. The Athletic reported late Tuesday night that Bregman “felt …

Jeff Van Gundy could return to an old job, but maybe it’s not the one he has often been linked to. Rather than the Knicks, Van Gundy could go back to Houston and coach the Rockets, The Athletic is reporting. With Mike D’Antoni’s contract up after the season and owner Tilman Fertitta setting the NBA …

Jeremy Lin really wanted the Knicks to match and tried to lower the Rockets’ infamous offer sheet in July 2012. That is what Lin says now in an hour-long one-on-one interview with MSG Network broadcaster Mike Breen in the capper to “Linsanity Week’’ that airs Friday. Lin’s run in New York ended when owner James …

Think of the major league players in a clubhouse like the cool kids in high school. The world revolves around them. Their approval, friendship and respect are collateral in that universe. I have seen owners gravitate toward star clusters in clubhouses, GMs dumb down their language, curse and spit to try to be one of …

LOS ANGELES — A feature film about Whitney Houston’s life is in the works from the screenwriter of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” The biopic is being shepherded by the Whitney Houston Estate, music producer Clive Davis and Primary Wave Music, the partners said Wednesday. “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” will follow Houston from obscurity to pop stardom …

The Red Sox were no Astros in the opinion of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. The commissioner ruled Wednesday that in response to the Red Sox’s sign-stealing during their 2018 championship season, the team’s video replay system operator is the only current Red Sox person penalized. That person, J.T. Watkins, is suspended for the entire 2020 …

Billionaire Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta said he was doing fine after laying off 45,000 employees — claiming he was doing them a “favor.” “I’m holding up pretty damn good,” the Texas mogul who is said by Forbes to be worth $4.8 billion told Fox News Saturday. “But I’ve got 45,000 employees out there that …

Bill O’Brien offered more spin than a Clayton Kershaw curveball, describing the DeAndre Hopkins trade as in the “best interest of our team” in the Texans coach’s first public comments since Hopkins was moved to the Cardinals for running back David Johnson and two draft picks, a light return for a three-time All-Pro. “I would …