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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Commissioner Rob Manfred, MLBPA's Tony Clark meet face-to-face as MLB talks gain steam; more spring training games nixed — JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball canceled three more days of spring training games on Friday, stating the earliest Cactus or Grapefruit league play would start is on March 8.
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James Wagner / New York Times:
A Rare Face-to-Face Meeting as M.L.B.'s Deadline Nears — Commissioner Rob Manfred had not met Tony Clark, the head of the players' union, since before the lockout began. Progress was made but time is running out. — JUPITER, Fla. — And on the 85th day of baseball's lockout, they met.
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baseballmusings.com
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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Washington Post, Associated Press, Sportsnet.ca, Sports Illustrated, Chicago Sun-Times and baseballmusings.com
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB labor talks to extend to Friday as Monday deadline to cancel regular-season games looms — JUPITER, Fla. — The Major League Baseball Players Association offered more tweaks to its latest proposals Thursday, the fourth straight day of negotiations this week with MLB …
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Lookout Landing and The Good Phight
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’
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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
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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New York Post, MLB Trade Rumors, MLB Baseball News … 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, Sports Illustrated, Boston.com, NESN.com, CBS Boston, 98.5 The Sports Hub, Bleacher Nation 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’
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ProFootballTalk, Blogging The Boys, Bleacher Nation, Pro Football Rumors, Acme Packing Company, NESN.com, Sports Illustrated, The Draft Wire, Canal Street Chronicles, Cowboys Wire, Boston.com, Field Gulls, The Landry Hat, Chicago Sun-Times, The Big Lead, Niners Nation, 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'
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ProFootballTalk
Omar Kelly / Sun-Sentinel:
New offensive approach could produce collateral losses for Dolphins — Whenever there is change in front office or coach there is usually some collateral loss expected on the Miami Dolphins roster. — That's been a consistent occurrence during Miami's ride on the mediocrity merry-go-round …
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Denver Post
Elliott Teaford / Orange County Register:
Kings build early lead, chase John Gibson, beat Ducks — The Kings pounce on another off night from Gibson in a 4-1 win that vaults them into second place in the Pacific Division — ANAHEIM — One team was razor sharp on Friday night at Honda Center. — The other was not.
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Los Angeles Times and Press Enterprise
Dan Szymborski / FanGraphs Baseball:
ZiPS 2022 Top 100 Prospects — A Conversation With Orioles General Manager Mike Elias — A Conversation With Red Sox Amateur Scouting Director Paul Toboni — Catchers '22: The Changing Catcher Prospect Landscape — A Conversation With Baltimore Orioles Prospect Grayson Rodriguez
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Over the Monster, True Blue LA, Battery Power and Camden Chat
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Big-league life: Workouts at college field, hopes for good news — Yankees star DJ LeMahieu, among a dozen pros working out at Eckerd College, is “optimistic” of a deal. — Updated Earlier today — ST. PETERSBURG — A half-dozen rounds of batting practice over, DJ LeMahieu had one more item …
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Tampa Bay Times, MLB Baseball News … and New York Post
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.
