🤬 Harper Curses Out MLB Commissioner

NFL HQ shooting, Clase suspended, NHL TV Deal, and more!

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Sportie Newsletter
August 01, 2025

⚾️ Baseball

Bryce Harper Curses Out MLB Commissioner

Phillies star Bryce Harper confronted Rob Manfred last week during a meeting in Philadelphia and told the MLB commissioner to "get the f*** out of our clubhouse" if he wanted to talk about bringing a salary cap to baseball, according to ESPN.

The meeting took place last week as part of Manfred's annual effort to improve relations with all players across MLB, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The MLB commissioner visits with all 30 teams each year.

Clase placed on leave amid MLB investigation

Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase has been placed on non-disciplinary paid leave through Aug. 31 “while MLB continues its sports betting investigation,” the league said in a statement on Monday.

The statement reads in full: “Per an agreement with the MLBPA, Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase has been placed on non-disciplinary paid leave through games on August 31st while MLB continues its sports betting investigation. We will not comment further until the investigation has been completed.”

Left-handed reliever Tim Herrin was recalled from Triple-A Columbus as the corresponding move for Clase being placed on leave.

🏒 Hockey

NHL announces multiyear streaming deal with DAZN

The National Hockey League (NHL) and DAZN announced a multi-year strategic partnership which will see DAZN become the exclusive home of NHL.TV in nearly 200 countries beginning with the 2025-26 season.

Under the new partnership, NHL.TV will be available on DAZN as a standalone subscription or as an add-on to existing DAZN packages, across markets of operation in nearly 200 countries around the world, excluding the U.S., Canada, and the Nordics (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden). NHL.TV will be promoted and integrated across the DAZN platform to its fast-growing base of more than 120 million registered sport fans.

🏀 Basketball

Former NBA Star Arrested

Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday and is accused by the Department of Justice of being a part of a high-stakes illegal gambling ring that ran out of one of his California homes.

Arenas, 43, is facing a federal indictment on a count of conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, one count of operating an illegal gambling business and one count of making false statements to federal investigators. According to the Justice Department, Arenas rented out an Encino, California, mansion to host illegal poker games.

🏈 Football

NYC skyscraper shooter's 'suicide note' blamed NFL for brain disease

The man who shot four people dead with an assault-style rifle inside a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper was carrying a "suicide note" blaming the National Football League for a degenerative brain disease he claimed to have, New York City's police commissioner said on Tuesday.

The NFL worker was among several people shot in the lobby before Tamura, targeting the football league, used the wrong elevator bank and ended up in the 33rd-floor office suite of Rudin Management, a real estate company that owns the building, city officials said.

"A suicide note found in his possession at the scene spoke to a possible motive in the shooting and may explain why he targeted NFL headquarters," Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a video message posted on YouTube on Tuesday.

In the note, Tamura "claimed to be suffering from CTE, possibly from playing high school football, and he also blamed the NFL," Tisch said. CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is a degenerative brain disease.

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available.

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