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Dave Hyde / Sun-Sentinel:
Miami wants a diminished coach, thinks it's close to contending — and (sigh) still looks like the Dolphins — It is obvious now: The Miami Dolphins don't want a head coach. They want an offensive coordinator to call a head coach. They want a diminished leader in the traditional sense …
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Giants hire Dolphins candidate Daboll; Moore expected to stick with Cowboys — Take Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll off the list of candidates available to the Miami Dolphins for their coaching vacancy. — The New York Giants announced Friday night that they had hired Daboll to be their coach.
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Boston Herald, Giants Wire, Sports Illustrated and Cowboys Wire
Pat Leonard / New York Daily News:
Giants hire Bills OC Brian Daboll to be next head coach — The Giants are going all-Bills. — Buffalo offensive coordinator Brian Daboll agreed to be the 20th head coach in franchise history on Friday night, following new Giants GM Joe Schoen from upstate New York to North Jersey.
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Denver Post
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Brian Daboll reportedly the favorite to become Dolphins' next head coach
Brian Daboll reportedly the favorite to become Dolphins' next head coach
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Orange County Register and New York Daily News
Tom Silverstein / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Packers could lose another key assistant with Luke Getsy in talks with Bears — GREEN BAY - Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur might lose two of his closest offensive associates a week after his season ended. — Offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett left to become head coach …
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Brad Biggs / Chicago Tribune:
Ryan Poles and Matt Eberflus hit the ground running at a time when the Chicago Bears roster is ready to be revamped. That will make changes easier as they work to reboot the franchise. — Ryan Poles and Matt Eberflus are expected to be introduced soon at Halas Hall as the new power duo atop the Chicago Bears organization.
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Bleacher Nation, Orange County Register and Chicago Sun-Times
Brad Biggs / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Bears special teams coordinator Chris Tabor is leaving for the Carolina Panthers — The most likely coordinator candidate to potentially remain as a holdover on new Chicago Bears coach Matt Ebeflus' staff is departing. — Special teams coordinator Chris Tabor has agreed …
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Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Bears will hire Matt Eberflus as the franchise's 17th head coach — Matt Eberflus will be the 17th head coach of the Chicago Bears, according to league sources. — In his first move as Bears general manager, Ryan Poles on Thursday hired Eberflus from a group of finalists that included Dan Quinn and Jim Caldwell.
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Jay Horwitz / New York Mets:
New York Mets — We lost one of the good guys today. Jeff Innis passed away after a long battle with cancer that speeded up so quickly since the fall. — In November he was at Mets Fantasy Camp and having fun with alumni like Ron Swoboda, Doc Gooden, Josh Thole and Ed Hearn.
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets believe Eric Chavez is the answer to their hitting woes — On Aug. 8, 2021, Phillies ace Zack Wheeler retired 22 Mets batters in a row. The dominant right-hander, mercilessly pummeling his former team, struck out 11, walked one and gave up just two hits — both to Brandon Nimmo — in a complete-game shutout.
Max Goodman / Sports Illustrated:
YES Network Hires Carlos Beltrán as Yankees Game Analyst — Beltrán joins the broadcast booth after Ken Singleton's retirement and as David Cone adjusts to his part-time role with ESPN and Sunday Night Baseball. — Carlos Beltrán played for the Yankees from 2014 to 2016.
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Jonas Shaffer / Baltimore Sun:
In reunion, Ravens make Michigan's Mike Macdonald, 34, youngest defensive coordinator in NFL — The Ravens hired Mike Macdonald as their defensive coordinator Thursday night, tapping the 34-year-old coach to return to Baltimore and fix one of the NFL's most disappointing defenses.
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Associated Press:
Gene Clines, World Series winner and part of MLB's 1st all-minority lineup, dies at 75 — PITTSBURGH — Gene Clines, part of the first all-minority lineup in Major League Baseball history and a line-drive-hitting outfielder for the 1971 World Series champion Pirates, died Thursday. He was 75.
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Jake Fischer / Bleacher Report:
NBA Trade Rumor Intel: Latest on Collins, Turner, McCollum, Grant, More — At this stage of the NBA's midseason trade window, the Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers, Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and New Orleans Pelicans are considered to be the most active teams in trade conversations ahead …
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