A hurricane of activity: 8 things that will happen once the MLB lockout ends  —  When (and if) baseball resumes in 2022, general managers will work a lot like NFL coaches at the outset of games, with their first moves scripted.  At the transaction kickoff, you can almost imagine Red Sox honcho Chaim Bloom …

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Daniel Jeremiah 2022 NFL mock draft 2.0: Bills land another playmaking WR for Josh Allen  —  Now that college all-star game season is complete, here's my updated forecast for Round 1 of the 2022 NFL Draft.  —  Pick  —  This offseason is all about supporting Trevor Lawrence.

Sources: MLB, players' union still far apart after latest meeting yields no game-changer in CBA negotiations  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Five hours in the boardroom on Monday — sometimes together, sometimes in their own caucus — didn't equate to major progress between MLB and the MLB Players Association …

Little progress toward collective bargaining agreement as talks continue between MLB, MLBPA  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Day 2 of in-person meetings Tuesday between Major League Baseball and the MLBPA once again produced little progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement while the league actually viewed …

Hall of Famer Goose Gossage wants to punch MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, stick Brian Cashman in a trash can … SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage is sitting in a booth in the breakfast eatery, a golf cap pulled down low, his traditional Fu Manchu mustache still covering …

Are you sitting down?  Blaine Gabbert may be QB the Bucs need  —  The 32-year-old veteran knows Bruce Arians' system, has size and pedigree, and taught Tom Brady the offense.  He is behind Door No. 1.  —  TAMPA — Less than two weeks before the start of free agency, here's where the Bucs' quarterback search stands:

Reading the tea leaves — and dollar signs — it's time to end MLB lockout  —  Here is a bold prediction that shouldn't be all that bold:  —  By this time next week, baseball's lockout will have ended.  —  Recent headlines do not support this, and the general mood does not reflect this.

Incremental moves in MLB bargaining won't save Opening Day, standard season  —  JUPITER, Fla. — If you're following baseball's negotiations to learn whether the season will start on time, then the meetings in Florida have been only one thing: futile.  —  Have two straight days of talks …

Coyotes waive then trade goalie Carter Hutton to Maple Leafs, but he's not going anywhere  —  The curious case of Coyotes goalie Carter Hutton got a little stranger on Monday.  —  One day after Arizona waived the injured veteran, he cleared waivers and everybody assumed that he would be assigned to Tucson.

How Gleyber Torres uncertainty affects DJ LeMahieu, rest of Yankees' infield in 2022  —  TAMPA — Gleyber Torres has spent his late mornings and early afternoons taking balls on a high school infield over the last week.  He's working on his defense at both shortstop and second base these days …

Which Padres are in Peoria, post-lockout acquisition targets and the luxury tax: Padres mailbag, part one  —  This is a critical week for Major League Baseball.  The league has told the players' union that a collective bargaining agreement needs to be reached by Feb. 28 for the regular season to start on time.

What would happen if baseball killed the shift?  —  Once, there was a time when a hitter could fire a laser beam up the middle and not see the shortstop standing there, ready to scoop it up and turn it into routine old out fodder.  —  Once, there was a time when a left-handed hitter could drill …

Sunday Notes: Let's Look at Adrián Beltré, Brooks Robinson, and Graig Nettles.  —  Per the JAWS leaderboard, Adrián Beltré (4) and Scott Rolen (10) rank highest among third basemen not in the Hall of Fame.  Beltré will almost certainly get the nod once he becomes eligible …