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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Angels unable to finalize coaching staff as lockout blocks potential hiring of Adam Eaton — The Angels have yet to finalize their coaching staff, in part because one of their candidates is a member of the players' union who currently is locked out by the league.
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets close to offering Joey Cora third base coach job — While most of the league is quiet in MLB lockout mode, the Mets have started the new year actively engaged in interviews. — Joey Cora, the older brother of Red Sox manager Alex Cora, is close to being named the Mets third base coach under …
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Amazin' Avenue, Rum Bunter, Sports Illustrated and MLB Trade Rumors
Mike Puma / New York Post:
Mets set to add Joey Cora to Buck Showalter's coaching staff — Buck Showalter's first coaching staff with the Mets is still under construction, but at least one vacancy is close to settled. — The team is finalizing an agreement with Joey Cora to become the new third base coach, sources told The Post on Tuesday.
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Why MLB's labor negotiations have gone nowhere — and baseball's path back — MORE THAN A month into Major League Baseball's lockout, well aware that the league and players haven't had a single substantive negotiating session since the work stoppage began and that spring training …
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Hub Arkush / Shaw Media Local:
An open apology for my Aaron Rodgers comments — So in case you haven't heard, I've spent the better part of the last 24 hours making a pretty nasty mess. — Actually, and much to my surprise, that may be the understatement of the year. There is absolutely nothing clever or remotely entertaining about it.
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Michael David Smith / ProFootballTalk:
One MVP voter says he won't vote for Aaron Rodgers, calling him “the biggest jerk in the league” — Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the favorite to win the league's MVP award. But one voter has already ruled out Rodgers for consideration. — That voter is Hub Arkush …
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Insider, New York Post, Acme Packing Company, CBS Boston, Packers Wire, Chicago Sun-Times, Deadline, NESN.com and Sports Illustrated
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins' Jaylen Waddle on verge of rookie record; Malcolm Brown's season over on IR — MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle is on the verge of the NFL rookie receptions record. — With one game remaining, he has 99 receptions. He's two away from tying and three away …
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Denver Post and Mercury News
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins dig for motivation in finale after ‘disappointment’ of elimination; plus, a Week 18 rooting interest for Miami fans — The overriding theme of Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores' Monday perspective after his team was eliminated from postseason contention on Sunday evening: Disappointment.
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The Phinsider, Orange County Register and Betsided
Dave Hyde / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins spent three years rebuilding the same mediocre team they tore down
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CBS Miami
CBS Boston:
Jim Corsi, Former Boston Red Sox Pitcher And Newton Native, Dies From Cancer At Age 60 — BOSTON (CBS) - Jim Corsi, a Newton native who made it all the way to the Major Leagues, won a World Series and pitched for the Boston Red Sox, has died from cancer. He was 60 years old.
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CBS Boston:
'I'm At Peace,' Former Red Sox Pitcher Jim Corsi Shares Emotional Story Of Terminal Cancer Battle
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The Boston Globe, RIP Baseball, Athletics Nation, Boston Herald and East Bay Times
Lorenzo Reyes / USA Today:
'I'm at peace': Former MLB relief pitcher Jim Corsi reveals terminal cancer diagnosis
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Gwinnett Daily Post and CBS Boston
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Ken Rosenthal out at MLB Network due to previous criticism of Rob Manfred — MLB Network has cut ties with insider Ken Rosenthal that is believed to be the end result of acrimony that peaked in the summer of 2020 after Rosenthal criticized commissioner Rob Manfred, The Post has learned.
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TMZ.com:
NFL's Sterling Shepard Files For Divorce From Chanel Iman — NFL'S STERLING SHEPARD SPLITS FROM MODEL CHANEL IMAN ... Files For Divorce — Sterling Shepard and Chanel Iman are dunzo — the NFL receiver has filed for divorce from the Victoria's Secret model, TMZ Sports has confirmed.
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Jason Wright / WashingtonFootball.com:
Why Wolves won't work (and a date to save) — We can finally say that we are in the homestretch of our rebrand journey. We know this has been a long process — one with a lot of pieces and details — and we appreciate you sticking with us. It's been a while since we've filled you in …
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Bruce Feldman / The Athletic:
Could Jim Harbaugh return to the NFL? 'I think it's real' — What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, Jim Harbaugh was coming off a 2-4 season after which he took a sizable pay cut to remain the head coach of his alma mater. Fast forward a year and Harbaugh finally beat archrival Ohio State …
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Antonio Brown's in-game exit from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was the perfect job walkout for the pandemic era — We all want to go out with that perfect ending, a chance to put an exclamation mark on a career no one dreamed would happen but you. — But few of us outside the sports arena ever …
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