The news: a proposed settlement was reached in the Garber v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball class action lawsuit.
How did I break the story? It wasn't my top league sources or my investigative reporting. In fact, the first reports of the settlement came out nearly a month ago on January 19. I am only reporting this now after receiving an email from MLB.com subscriptions because, according to the email, "A federal court authorized this notice."
More on the non-reporting in a moment. First, here is a quick primer on the what was included in the settlement.