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Oct 16, 2023 10:15 AM CDT

She Made MLB History, Now Makes an Exit

Kim Ng was the first woman GM of an MLB team, is leaving after 3 seasons with the Miami Marlins

(Newser) - Kim Ng is leaving the Miami Marlins after three seasons as general manager, Marlins chairman and principal owner Bruce Sherman announced Monday. Ng, 54, became the majors' highest-ranking woman in baseball operations and the first female GM in the four major North American professional sports leagues in a groundbreaking hire...

ESPN to
Steve Phillips:
You're Out!

Oct 25, 2009 9:43 PM CDT

ESPN to Steve Phillips: You're Out!

Network fires philandering baseball analyst

(Newser) - Less than a week after the revelation of his affair with a production assistant, ESPN has fired baseball analyst Steve Phillips. "His ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been significantly and irreparably damaged, and it became evident it was time to part ways," the network...

Ex-GM Baylor Sues
Clippers for Discrimination

Feb 12, 2009 2:52 PM CST

Ex-GM Baylor Sues Clippers for Discrimination

(Newser) - NBA Hall of Famer and former Los Angeles Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor has sued the team, alleging that owner Donald Sterling had a “vision of a Southern plantation-type structure,” the Los Angles Times reports. The suit claims Sterling often talked about “poor black kids” and at...

Millen Out as Lions' President

Sep 24, 2008 12:12 PM CDT

Millen Out as Lions' President

Ugly era ends in Detroit for former NFL star

(Newser) - Matt Millen’s tenure as the Detroit Lions’ president and GM is over, Fox Sports reports. His removal came after an executive meeting last night, and Millen reportedly packed up his office this morning. Millen, 50, was among the most reviled executives in sports—with even the son of owner...

Baseball's
Youngest
GM Makes
His Mark

Jul 13, 2008 7:56 AM CDT

Baseball's Youngest GM Makes His Mark

30-year-old Jon Daniels brings a new approach to baseball managership

(Newser) - Jon Daniels is 30. He’s a little geeky. The last time he played baseball was in Little League, and he wasn't very good. Jon Daniels also is in his third season as manager of the Texas Rangers, part of a new breed of sports executives sprung not from the...