The Angels lock up Mike Trout for life, the Cardinals continue to flirt with Kyler Murray, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban job swap and more in today’s Schmidt List. Angels reel in a big one Mike Trout and the Angels are nearing an agreement on a record-shattering 12-year deal worth $430 million. This deal is
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Barely a month after Baker Mayfield was taken with the first overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, Kyler Murray, his heir apparent as the Sooners’ starting quarterback, was picked ninth overall in the MLB Draft. Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray announced this week that he will sign a $4.6 million deal with the Oakland A’s on
His decision is the direct opposite of Kyler Murray, but Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson was also taken in this week’s MLB Draft. Kyler Murray, the favorite to be Oklahoma’s starting quarterback this year, was taken No. 9 overall by the Oakland Athletics in this week’s MLB Draft. It seems obvious he’ll choose baseball, with a
As a two-sport athlete at a football-centric school, Kyler Murray has a tough choice coming very soon. There’s no real way to replace 2017 Heisman Trophy winner and NFL No. 1 pick Baker Mayfield, but Kyler Murray is considered the front runner to do so for the Oklahoma Sooners this year. But the Texas A&M
With an exemption to federal minimum wage and overtime laws for minor league baseball players ready to become law in the United States, a path to insulating itself against player compensation lawsuits has been illuminated for the NCAA. As Major League Baseball and its network of minor league affiliates celebrate a return on the investment
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