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Steve Gardner / USA Today:
How Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens can still make it into the Baseball Hall of Fame — The voters have spoken, and after falling short of election to the Baseball Hall of Fame for the past 10 years, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will be removed from the ballot.
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NBCSports.com, New York Post, MLB Baseball News …, The Athletic, FanSided, McCovey Chronicles, The Ringer and Boston Herald
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
David Ortiz elected into baseball's Hall of Fame; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens denied in final year on ballot — David Ortiz needed just one swing to power his way into baseball's Hall of Fame, narrowly punching his ticket to Cooperstown on the same night voters denied steroid-stained legends Barry Bonds …
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Sports Illustrated, NBCSports.com, MLB Baseball News …, Denver Post, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and Mercury News
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz lone inductee into Baseball Hall of Fame as Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens miss again
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The Boston Globe, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Yahoo! Sports, CBS Boston, baseballmusings.com and BoSox Injection
Jeff Fletcher / BBWAA:
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz elected to Hall of Fame
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NBCSports.com, The Boston Globe, MLB Trade Rumors, Beyond the Box Score, CBS Boston, True Blue LA, The Athletic and Over the Monster
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Hall call: Find out tonight on MLB Network
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BoSox Injection, AZ Snake Pit, DraftKings Nation, Talking Chop, New York Post, The Boston Globe and baseballmusings.com
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
What to know about 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame vote: Is Ortiz getting in? Will Bonds, Clemens fall short?
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MLB.com, Press Enterprise, Denver Post, Royals Review, New York Times and Boston.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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NBCSports.com, ESPN and Mercury News
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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New York Times, Ballpark Digest, Bleacher Nation, MLB Baseball News … and baseballmusings.com
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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 …
ESPN:
MLB open to pre-arbitration bonus pool for eligible players as labor talks continue, sources say — Major League Baseball indicated for the first time that it is open to a pre-arbitration bonus pool during a labor meeting Tuesday with the MLB Players Association, but the sides remain far apart …
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Sports Illustrated, Denver Post, baseballmusings.com and MLB Daily Dish
Dave Hyde / Sun-Sentinel:
What a dramatic, historic and utterly depressing weekend for Dolphins fans — Sunday's loser threw four touchdowns. Sunday's loser had a pristine 136 quarterback rating. Sunday's loser led his team on two, 75-yard touchdown drives in the final two minutes to give Buffalo the late lead twice.
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Mercury News and CNN
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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
Ryan Phillips / The Big Lead:
Will the 49ers Trade Jimmy Garoppolo if They Win the Super Bowl?
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Old Juve, Puck Prose, Forever Fortnite, The Real Champs, SenShot, Vegas Hockey Knight and Pain in the Arsenal
Dan Wiederer / Chicago Tribune:
Candidates, connections and ‘Canandaigua’: The Chicago Bears coaching and GM searches have reached the in-person phase — and outside intrigue is peaking — The video surfaced late Monday night, a little before 11 p.m. Undercover, of course. And shared on social media by Eric Bohn …
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CBS Chicago and Da Windy City
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Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
The Chicago Bears are working to hire Ryan Poles as their new general manager. Next up: Finding the new head coach. — The Chicago Bears are working on a deal to make Ryan Poles, the Kansas City Chiefs executive director of player personnel, their new general manager, a league source confirmed.
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Touchdown Wire, Da Windy City, Chiefs Wire, The Athletic, Arrowhead Pride, Yahoo! Sports and NFL Spin Zone
Jake Fischer / Bleacher Report:
Sources Explain Why James Harden Would Welcome New Scenery Next Season — As the NBA calendar approaches the Feb. 10 trade deadline, word has circulated around the league about James Harden's increased interest in testing the open market this summer and how his impending free agency is impacting …
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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, New York Post, Talking Chop, NBCSports.com, Sports Illustrated and Cubbies Crib
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins standout cornerback Xavien Howard earns All-AFC season honor — Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard continues to add to his career accolades in the aftermath of the 2021 season. — On Monday, Howard was named to the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) All-AFC Team, as a repeat selection from 2020.
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Denver Post
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
