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MINOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS

Minor-league baseball players officially have a union and have joined the MLB Players Association after an arbitrator approved the MiLB players union authorization cards. Here's what you need to know:

Some of the major goals of the unionization effort are to increase pay and improve working conditions and housing. The union will likely represent over 5,000 minor-league players.The Players Association also indicated it will bargain on behalf of players in the Dominican Summer League.

As part of his statement, MLBPA executive director Tony Clark said, "The historic achievement required the right group of Players and the right moment to succeed. Minor Leaguers have courageously seized that moment, and we look forward to improving their terms and conditions of employment through the process of good faith collective bargaining."

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ADAM SILVER AND THE NBA

The NBA is coming under fire from several key figures -- including LeBron James -- for its handling of the Robert Sarver investigation. Sarver, the owner of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, was banned from the league for a year and fined $10 million for inappropriate workplace conduct.

We detailed some of the findings -- including Sarver using the N-word on multiple occasions and making "sex-related comments" -- in yesterday's newsletter, and the abhorrent details and relatively light punishment caught the eye of the league's most influential player on Wednesday.

Other players, including the Suns' own Chris Paul have expressed similar thoughts on the punishment not being severe enough.