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7:35 PM ET, March 28, 2022

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Omar Kelly / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins' free-agent frenzy sets tone for overhauled offense  —  PALM BEACH — Put your opinions and obsessions about the quarterback to the side for one moment.  —  For one spring, let's not overanalyze everything new coach Mike McDaniel said, or didn't say about Tua Tagovailoa …
Discussion: Mercury News
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Sources: Albert Pujols signing one-year, $2.5 million deal with St. Louis Cardinals  —  Albert Pujols is going back to where it all started — to the organization with which he carved out a Hall of Fame career, and to the city that still adores him.  —  On Sunday night, Pujols …
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Katie Woo / The Athletic:
The Cardinals are interested in bringing back Albert Pujols.  Here's how it could work, and how it could backfire  —  The Cardinals have had increased conversations with three-time MVP Albert Pujols, and interest is growing in bringing back the former Cardinal for the 2022 season …
Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Kyrie Irving's late-game home heroics fall short in loss to Hornets  —  Better late than never.  —  It's been the theme of this entire Nets season: At some point, they'd get healthy.  At some point, they'd build chemistry.  At some point, Kyrie Irving would get vaccinated …
Discussion: Mercury News
Matt Kawahara / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's shut down oft-injured Brent Honeywell Jr. with new elbow issue  —  MESA, Ariz. - A's right-hander Brent Honeywell Jr. will be shut down from throwing indefinitely with an elbow issue, trainer Nick Paparesta said Monday.  —  Paparesta said Honeywell has a stress reaction in the olecranon bone of his elbow.
Discussion: NBCSports.com
Brad Biggs / Chicago Tribune:
Ryan Poles has more work ahead to upgrade the Chicago Bears offensive line after missing out on Ryan Bates  —  PALM BEACH, FLA. — “It stinks.”  —  That was Ryan Poles' reaction when he learned the Buffalo Bills matched the offer sheet Ryan Bates signed with the Chicago Bears last week …
ESPN:
Sources: Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks agree to extension  —  The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to an extension with Ketel Marte that includes around $51 million in new money, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan, confirming multiple reports.  —  The agreement, which totals five years …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Peter King / ProFootballTalk:
FMIA: New Overtime Rule Proposal Has Its Moment; Tyreek Hill Trade Shows How The NFL Is Changing  —  We could be looking at one of the all-time sleepy NFL meetings if the one thing that matters this week—the proposal to make overtime fair—doesn't pass when it comes to a vote in Palm Beach, Fla.
Jayson Stark / MLB - The Athletic:
Why baseball is moving second base, and what this experiment could mean for the game  —  “I'm not sure if you've heard,” a minor-league instructor said to me the other day, “but they're moving second base.”  —  Wait.  What?  They're moving second base?  Where would it be moving, exactly?
Associated Press:
Dusty Baker tinkering with José Altuve's spot in Houston Astros' lineup  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Dusty Baker is tinkering with his lineup and wants to avoid hitting José Altuve leadoff.  —  Houston's manager primarily batted the three-time American League batting champion first last year …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Pat Leonard / New York Daily News:
Giants will trade CB James Bradberry, per sources; Texans, Chiefs, Colts teams to watch  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Giants are going to trade James Bradberry.  —  It's unwise, but it's going to happen.  —  GM Joe Schoen is expected to unload the team's best defensive back soon …
Discussion: Denver Post
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed headed for MRI as shoulder woes resurface  —  The right shoulder injury that has nagged at Nick Ahmed the past two seasons already has resurfaced this year, manager Torey Lovullo said, adding that the Diamondbacks shortstop is expected to undergo an MRI exam.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors and AZ Snake Pit
 
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