21st Century Fox has completed its deal to take majority control of the YES Network from the parent company of the New York Yankees.

Fox finalized the agreement announced Jan. 24 and raised its ownership stake from 49 percent to 80 percent.

Albert Pujols has dropped a defamation lawsuit against Jack Clark after Clark issued a statement retracting his previous comments alleging that Pujols had used performance-enhancing drugs.

"I have accepted Jack Clark's retraction and apology to resolve my lawsuit against him and clear my name," Pujols said in a statement.

Clark created a stir on St. Louis sports talk radio last summer when he said he knew "for a fact'' that Pujols was a "juicer." Clark's show was cancelled following the comments.

"I would like to address Albert Pujols' pending defamation lawsuit and re-confirm that I have no knowledge whatsoever that Mr. Pujols has ever used illegal or banned PEDs," Clark said in a statement. "I publicly retract my statements that Albert Pujols used such substances. During a heated discussion on air, I misspoke and for that I sincerely apologize."

Suspended Yankees third baseman Alex Rodgriguez abandoned his fight against Major League Baseball on Friday, dropping his lawsuit for tortious interference in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

Rodriguez also withdrew lawsuits against commissioner Bud Selig and the MLB Players Association, putting an end to his battle to overturn an unprecedented 211-game suspension in connection with baseball's Biogenesis investigation that was reduced last month to 162 games plus the 2014 playoffs by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz.

Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig apologized publicly for his most recent reckless driving arrest. 

On stage at the team's Fanfest on Saturday, Puig was asked by host Alanna Rizzo what he wanted to say to the fans about his recent run-in with a Florida state trooper. Puig, laughing, at first replied, "Nada," the Spanish word for "nothing."

When the laughter subsided, Puig said, "I was driving fast. It was my fault. I want to apologize to the city of Los Angeles and to these fans. I'm done with speeding."