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Associated Press:
Commissioner Rob Manfred, MLBPA's Tony Clark meet face-to-face amid progress on amateur draft lottery talks — JUPITER, Fla. — Baseball players and owners took a first step toward salvaging opening day, nearing agreement Friday on an amateur draft lottery during lockout negotiations …
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Chicago Sun-Times and baseballmusings.com
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Associated Press:
MLB labor talks to extend to Friday as Monday deadline to cancel regular-season games looms — JUPITER, Fla. — With less than 4½ days until Major League Baseball's deadline for a labor deal to salvage Opening Day and a 162-game season, New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner …
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MLB Baseball News …, Chicago Sun-Times and baseballmusings.com
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB on potential shortened season: ‘A deadline is a deadline’ — JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball will begin canceling regular-season games if the league and the MLBPA can't come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement by Monday, a league spokesperson said Wednesday.
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BaltimoreBaseball.com
James Wagner / New York Times:
M.L.B. Tells Union Games Will Be Lost Without a Deal Soon
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The Crawfish Boxes
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB labor talks to extend to Friday as Monday deadline to cancel regular-season games looms
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Lookout Landing and The Good Phight
Ken Rosenthal / MLB - The Athletic:
Why Carlos Correa might not be as good a fit for the Red Sox as he appears — So I was thinking: Wouldn't Carlos Correa be a great fit for the Boston Red Sox? He would, for reasons that I will explain shortly. But there is a problem with the Red Sox signing Correa, the top remaining free agent.
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NBCSports.com and Bleacher Nation
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Chris Cotillo / Union-News:
NESN pursued Lou Merloni to call Boston Red Sox games in 2022, but radio host declined
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Boston.com and CBS Boston
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Troy Aikman's $90M ESPN deal has Sean McVay, Al Michaels, Joe Buck implications — MORE FROM: — After the seismic broadcasting move of Troy Aikman from Fox to ESPN, the next tremors are expected to reverberate from the NFL sidelines to some of sportscasting's all-time biggest names.
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ProFootballTalk, Niners Wire, Boston.com, Sports Illustrated, CBS Boston, Bleacher Nation, 98.5 The Sports Hub and The Big Lead
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Troy Aikman on verge of bolting Fox for ESPN's ‘Monday Night Football’ — ESPN is deep in negotiations with Fox Sports' Troy Aikman to make him its lead analyst on “Monday Night Football,” The Post has learned. — Aikman's deal is not completed yet, but there is an expectation that it will be finalized.
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ProFootballTalk, Pro Football Rumors, The Draft Wire, Bleacher Nation, Acme Packing Company, Cowboys Wire, Boston.com, Field Gulls, Sports Illustrated, The Landry Hat, Chicago Sun-Times, Elite Sports NY, The Big Lead, Niners Nation, Canal Street Chronicles, USA Today, DraftKings Nation and FanSided
Dave Hyde / Sun-Sentinel:
Understandable and unusual, Josh Boyer returns to Dolphins defense to protect Mike McDaniel's blindside — MIAMI GARDENS — If you want a nostalgic reunion, there was former Miami Dolphins cornerbacks Sam Madison and Patrick Surtain, together again, talking Wednesday about coaching with each other this time.
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ProFootballTalk
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Madison, Surtain happy to be back with Dolphins: 'We're going to always be linked together' — MIAMI GARDENS — Sam Madison and Patrick Surtain grew together as NFL cornerbacks that found considerable success playing the position with the Miami Dolphins between the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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ProFootballTalk
FanGraphs Baseball:
2022 Top 100 Prospects — Picks to Click: Who We Expect to Make the 2023 Top 100 — Fantasy Update: 2022 Re-Draft Top 25/Dynasty Top 100 — How We Built the Top 100 - ZiPS 2022 Top 100 Prospects - Managing Prospect Expectations - Exploring 40-Man Roster Timeline Dynamics
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The Athletic, Into The Fountains, Rox Pile, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Bleacher Nation, Bless You Boys, Beyond the Box Score, Steve Melewski, Camden Chat, Athletics Nation, McCovey Chronicles, Elite Sports NY, Lookout Landing, Pinstripe Alley, True Blue LA, Sports Illustrated, North Side Bound, MLB Baseball News …, Lone Star Ball, Over the Monster and Battery Power
Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
Tom Brady Makes Post-Football Moves, to Produce, Appear in Road Trip Comedy for Paramount, Endeavor Content (Exclusive) — Hollywood icons Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field will star in ‘80 for Brady,’ which Kyle Marvin will direct and Brady will produce via his 199 Productions.
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Chicago Sun-Times, USA Today, KGET-TV, Boston.com, New York Post, PatsFans.com and FanSided
Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
Ryan Pace joins the Atlanta Falcons as a senior personnel executive, while Chicago Bears GM Ryan Poles adds to his staff — Former Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace has landed a new job. — The Atlanta Falcons on Thursday announced they hired Pace as a senior personnel executive.
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Orange County Register
Dan Szymborski / FanGraphs Baseball:
ZiPS 2022 Top 100 Prospects — For the seventh year, I've run down the Top 100 prospects as seen by the ZiPS projection system. If you're unaware of what the ZiPS projections are or what they're trying to do, please consult this article for further information or the MLB.com executive summary.
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True Blue LA and Battery Power
