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The Orioles-Nationals dispute over MASN
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February 5, 2016
Nats must look in mirror before blaming O's over $
To hear the Nationals tell it, it's MASN's and the Orioles' fault that they haven't been able to spend money on free agents this offseason. Maybe they should have committed their money more responsibly instead.
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December 14, 2015
MASN case redux: O's, though winners, file appeal
The winding saga over the Orioles and Nationals rights fees from MASN enters its next phase as the case is appealed. It was the MASN/Orioles side of the case to appeal even though they were winners in the recent trial. It's complicated.
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November 5, 2015
Ruling didn't solve MASN case, so what comes next?
There was a Wednesday ruling in the MASN court case that granted the Orioles a victory, but still didn't solve the conflict.
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November 4, 2015
MASN court case: O's win for today, future unknown
The verdict is in and a judge agrees: the Orioles got screwed in their hearing in front of baseball's revenue panel concerning MASN rights fees. However, this ruling does not resolve the long-term dispute and the next step is unclear.
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January 14, 2015
MASN court case: When your lawyer is my lawyer too
How much does a $25 million loan matter? That's one of the two things at the heart of the latest filings by MASN in their court case over rights fees for the Orioles and Nationals.
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December 15, 2014
MLB must turn over documents to MASN, judge rules
A judge on Monday gave MASN a partial, but potentially significant, victory in the court case over Orioles and Nationals television rights fees. MLB must turn over some documents that could prove it influenced the arbitration process.
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December 15, 2014
O's, Nats have battle in MASN court case today
It's almost 2015 and the Orioles and Nationals are still in court over MASN rights fees that were supposed to be settled before the 2012 season. Oops.
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November 12, 2014
MASN rights fee case pushed back to at least March
The MASN trial has been pushed back to March as MASN tries to compel discovery to learn just how much Commissioner-elect Rob Manfred influenced the arbitration process.
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October 23, 2014
Orioles, Nats on a collision course in MASN case
In their dispute with the Nationals over MASN rights fees, the Orioles decided they'd rather sue than accept an MLB panel ruling that they'd make tens of millions of dollars less than they do now. Here's where things stand in the court case.
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August 18, 2014
Judge sides w/ O's in MASN hearing on injunction
The Orioles won a victory in the MASN dispute on Monday, with a New York court blocking MLB and the Nationals from taking action to enforce a potentially biased arbitration panel ruling that could cost the O's tens of millions of dollars annually.
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August 15, 2014
Where do O's stand ahead of Monday's MASN hearing?
The Orioles and the Nationals filed papers to a New York court on Wednesday evening in advance of a Monday hearing for the next step in the MASN dispute. What do we know now that we didn't know before?
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August 8, 2014
The case that MLB cheated the O's in MASN dispute
The Orioles, through the proxy of MASN, have taken baseball to court over a dispute about MASN rights fees. How did things get to this point? Probably because MLB decided it was going to screw the Orioles. Here's how.
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August 7, 2014
O's get temporary court victory in MASN dispute
The Orioles received a temporary victory in the MASN rights fee dispute with the Nationals on Thursday, as the New York State Supreme Court issued an injunction against the MLB arbitration panel that ruled MASN would have to pay the Nationals more.
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July 30, 2014
Orioles, Nationals still fighting over MASN money
The two teams are still grappling over revenues, with the possibility of going to open court in the near future.