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Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold appeared in a Tampa courtroom Thursday facing felony charges of armed robbery and kidnapping. A judge ordered him held without bond until a pretrial detention hearing set for Monday morning. This situation is serious, and the Lions organization now faces real questions about his future with the team.
Shifting to baseball, Tampa Bay's pitching staff was ninety-nine percent of the way to something special Thursday night against Kansas City. Three Rays pitchers carried a combined no-hitter all the way into the ninth inning before Carter Jensen broke it up with a two-run home run off Craig Kimbrel. Heartbreaking timing, but an extraordinary collective effort nonetheless.
And on the labor front, Major League Baseball is pushing for a significant change in the next collective bargaining agreement. The league wants free agents switching teams capped at five-year contracts, while teams could lock up their own players for up to six years under what they're calling a Cornerstone Player Provision. The union is not going to love that distinction, and this one figures to be a major sticking point when negotiations heat up.
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