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MLB to begin producing Padres broadcasts after Diamond Sports Group misses rights fee payment, per report

Major League Baseball will begin producing and distributing San Diego Padres games on Wednesday after Diamond Sports Group, which operates the Bally Sports regional networks, skipped a rights fee payment, reports the Sports Business Journal. Diamond missed the payment two weeks ago and Tuesday is the final day of a two-week grace period.

The team’s media rights revert back to the Padres on Wednesday. Here are more details from the Sports Business Journal:

MLB will produce the Padres’ Wednesday game in Miami, with the same announcers — who are employed by the team — and many of the same producers

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How to watch Diamond League Rabat 2023 on TV and live stream

Athletics fans are set for a treat in the Diamond League Rabat meeting this month with a blockbuster 100m encounter expected in Morocco.

World champion Fred Kerley, 2020 Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs and 2022 Diamond League final champion Bromell Trayvon are all in the mix.

Akani Simbine, Andre De Grasse and Yohan Blake are all among the enticing field hoping to put on a spectacular show.

Fans around the world will be excited to see some of the biggest names in full flow, knowing that the 2024 Olympic Games will roll around with haste next summer.

RadioTimes.com has rounded

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Lynx, Reeve energized around new star duo of Napheesa Collier and Diamond Miller

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx tried a stopgap approach to filling the void from the disassembly of their four-championship dynasty, a patchwork process that worked all right until a collapse last season left them out of the playoffs and produced the worst record in 13 seasons under head coach Cheryl Reeve.

The time for a clear new direction has come, with Napheesa Collier and Diamond Miller leading the way.

Collier’s return and Miller’s arrival had sparked a freshness around one of the WNBA’s model franchises and left Reeve feeling “energized and enthusiastic” by her first training camp without anyone

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How a Humble Piece of Rock Solved a Long-Standing Diamond Mystery

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Two QUT researchers used a standard laptop and a piece of rock from a diamond mine waste pile to solve a long-standing geological puzzle about diamond formation in the Earth’s ancient continents.

Two researchers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have utilized a simple laptop computer and a piece of rock, obtained from a diamond mine’s “waste pile”, to unravel a long-standing geological mystery surrounding the formation of diamonds in the deep roots of the earth’s ancient continents.

The lead author, QUT Ph.D. student Carl Walsh, along with QUT Professor Balz Kamber and Emma Tomlinson from Trinity College, Ireland, recently

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David Lee Roth “Sang So Bad … It Was Embarrassing”

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Sammy Hagar has once again taken a position at former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth, bashing Diamond Dave’s singing abilities and egocentric personality in a new interview.

During an appearance on Steve-O’s “Wild Ride!” podcast, Hagar praised his counterpart’s charisma as a “showman,” but said it comes at the expense of Roth’s singing ability and dedication to the craft.

“Hey, listen, I’m a showman too,” Hagar said [as transcribed by Blabbermouth]. “But that’s his gig. He doesn’t care about singing. If

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From A Diamond Sorting Teenager To World’s Second Richest To Fraud Allegations

The tale of Adani’s scandal-plagued, wheeling-and-dealing ascent is also the story of India’s post-Cold War economic boom and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rise to power.

By Giacomo Tognini and John Hyatt

GAutam Adani was not marked for success. One of eight siblings, he was the fourth of five sons. His dad owned a small textile shop. He dropped out of high school at 16.

Today, Adani, 60, is the 24th wealthiest person in the world with a $47.3 billion fortune. He is the face of India’s Adani Group, the $38 billion (2022 sales) energy and infrastructure conglomerate.

How did

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Jeremy Diamond fined $100,000, can’t practice for three months

Toronto personal injury lawyer Jeremy Diamond must not practice law for three months and has been fined $100,000 after being found guilty of professional misconduct for misleading advertising, according to an order made by a Law Society disciplinary panel.

Diamond is the face of the firm Diamond & Diamond, known across the country for billboards, TV and radio spots boasting “nothing is tougher than a diamond.”

In a March 29 decision, the panel ordered Diamond not to practice law or provide legal services for three months starting April 28, 2023. The Law Society Tribunal is an independent adjudicative body that

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Diamonds to pinwheels, blood drives and much more

Maybe it was the official start of spring, or just the substantial dose of warmer weather and sunshine, but this sure felt like a good week for all diamonds.

Diamonds to the 10th annual planting of pinwheels at the Luzerne County Courthouse by the Child Advocacy Center. These blue and silver spinners are an effective and eye-catching way to draw attention to the number of child abuse cases the Center handles each year (about 500) and to increase awareness so that, hopefully, more people will speak up when they see signs of suspected of abuse.

Diamonds to the three Luzerne

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