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NEW YORK -- Rep. John Conyers Jr. would back off his call for Bud Selig's resignation if the commissioner dropped his threat to eliminate teams this season...
...appeared to violate major league rules in a 1995 loan from a company controlled by the Minnesota Twins owner. Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan said Wednesday the loan created an "irreparable conflict of interest" for Selig in his plan to fold...
...100 million," Ventura said. "The problem out there is they're paying their employees too much money." Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., who introduced legislation to repeal baseball's 79-year-old antitrust exemption as it applies...
...Twins. The contraction plan prompted criticism from some in Congress, leading to squabbling between Selig and Rep. John Conyers Jr., the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. Conyers, citing the close relationship between Selig...
...are included along with the address depends on the scope of the court order the FBI has obtained, Kerr said. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., set the tone for the hearing when he asked whether Carnivore "minimizes" the interception of nontargeted...
...House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry J. Hyde, R-Ill., and the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. John Conyers Jr., Mich., asked colleagues to delay passage of the bill so they could hold hearings. The CIA, whose director...
...strip baseball of its antitrust exemption. Dena Graziano, a spokesman for the ranking Democrat on the committee, John Conyers Jr., said the witness list will not be finalized until later this week, and there was a chance the date could change...
...baseball's antitrust exemption, created by a 1922 U.S. Supreme Court decision. The bill was proposed by Rep. John Conyers Jr., a Michigan Democrat, after baseball owners announced their plans.
...monopoly in a $3.5 billion-a-year industry. On Wednesday, one of those congressmen called Selig out. Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, the House Judiciary Committee's ranking Democrat, said Selig's loan arrangement with Pohlad created...
...exemption. Legislation introduced earlier in the week by Senator Paul Wellstone, a Minnesota Democrat, and Rep. John Conyers Jr., a Michigan Democrat, would apply antitrust laws to franchise elimination and relocation. Hours after baseball...