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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB, players' association plan to meet again Tuesday after sides make progress, sources say — Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association plan to meet again Tuesday after a Monday bargaining session led to the first sliver of progress between the sides since the league locked …
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Evan Drellich / The Athletic:
MLBPA drops age-based free-agency proposal as negotiations on new labor deal continue: Source — The Major League Baseball Players Association dropped its request to introduce an age-based free-agency system into the sport on Monday, withdrawing a proposal in one of the three major areas MLB …
Evan Drellich / The Athletic:
Heated MLB bargaining includes mention of canceling games — but progress, too — NEW YORK — In a meeting with the Players Association on Monday, Major League Baseball deputy commissioner Dan Halem said that MLB is willing to lose games over some of the outstanding issues the sides have, people with knowledge of the talks said.
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
What to know about 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame vote: Is Ortiz getting in? Will Bonds, Clemens fall short? — MLB, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants — The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the results of the Baseball Writers Association of America voting Tuesday …
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Hall call: Find out tonight on MLB Network — As was the case in so many clutch moments during his legendary career with the Red Sox, all eyes are on David Ortiz as we eagerly await the announcement of the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Class of 2022. — After no players were elected …
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New York Post, DraftKings Nation, Talking Chop, The Boston Globe and baseballmusings.com
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Time may run out for Barry Bonds, but Hall of Fame will be worse off without baseball's home run king
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ESPN, MLB Baseball News … and SoDo Mojo
Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Either Braves or Freddie Freeman could act quickly once the lockout ends, flipping the assumed outcome — If I'm the Braves, I'm thinking about a pre-emptive strike coming out of the lockout to protect against the loss of first baseman Freddie Freeman. And if I'm Freeman …
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MLB Trade Rumors, NBCSports.com, Sports Illustrated, Talking Chop and Cubbies Crib
Dave Skretta / Associated Press:
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs outlast Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills for a 42-36 win in overtime — KANSAS CITY, MO. — In a never-say-die showdown between two of the NFL's top teams, and two of its bright young quarterbacks, the Bills and Chiefs played a classic Sunday night decided …
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Arrowhead Pride, New York Post, Sports Illustrated, Boston Herald, Mercury News, Chiefs Wire, The Boston Globe, The Ringer and The Athletic
Arizona State University Athletics:
Sun Devil Football Names Brian Billick Offensive Analyst, Advisor To The Head Coach — TEMPE, Ariz.—On a coaching staff that already features former NFL head coach and defensive guru Marvin Lewis as a Special Assistant To The Head Coach, Head Coach Herm Edwards added another legendary name …
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Mercury News and Sports Illustrated
The Athletic:
With Ben Simmons-James Harden trade a hope worth waiting for, sources say Sixers prefer a summer deal — With the NBA trade deadline just over two weeks away, rival teams interested in three-time All-Star Ben Simmons believe Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey …
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Billy Eppler, Buck Showalter confident in new coaching staff and state of the Mets: 'I know we're good' — To listen to Billy Eppler and Buck Showalter discuss the team they are building is to listen to a pair of men gushing with confidence, sometimes even bordering on arrogance.
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NorthJersey.com, The Athletic and New York Post
Mike Preston / Baltimore Sun:
Ravens need time to rebuild this defense, and that wasn't on Don Martindale's side — The Ravens announced the departure of Don “Wink” Martindale as their defensive coordinator Friday night, but they had already contacted defensive line coach Anthony Weaver and secondary coach Chris Hewitt …
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Michael Nowels / Mercury News:
Rams limiting ticket sales ahead of possible NFC title rematch with 49ers — The 49ers Faithful has the Rams worried. — Los Angeles hasn't yet secured a spot in the NFC Championship Game but the team is taking steps already to keep Niners fans out of SoFi Stadium in the event it hosts the game next weekend.
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Steve Megargee / Associated Press:
Robbie Gould's field goal on the final play gives the San Francisco 49ers a 13-10 playoff upset of the top-seeded Green Bay Packers — GREEN BAY — Robbie Gould lived up to his name. — On a field littered with snow flurries, Gould made a 45-yard field goal Saturday night as time expired …
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