Dolphins GM Chris Grier: This offseason was ‘right time to really be aggressive’  —  PALM BEACH — Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier was at Ohio State's pro day when he received word that the team's trade to acquire star wide receiver Tyreek Hill from the Kansas City Chiefs was going through.

Ryan Poles says nixing the Larry Ogunjobi deal ‘tore me to pieces’ — and the timing may have cost the Chicago Bears alternatives  —  PALM BEACH, FLA. — At the beginning of his first free agency as Chicago Bears general manager, Ryan Poles sat in the back of a car and had a conversation that he said “tore me to pieces.”

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 …

Knicks stay hot, but still have a Julius Randle problem  —  The Knicks won again Monday night, continuing their too-little, too-late surge to end the season, but there was nothing about Julius Randle's demeanor to suggest joy.  —  His night ended in anger, or frustration, or some other negative emotion …

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 …

Apple and Major League Baseball announce first 12 weeks of “Friday Night Baseball” doubleheader schedule beginning April 8  —  Scheduled games are free and available to anyone with internet access via Apple TV+  —  Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) today announced the first half of the 2022 “Friday Night Baseball” schedule.

Chicago Bulls' playoff seeding takes another hit with 9th loss in their last 10 road games  —  The final push to the playoffs went from worrisome to worse for the Chicago Bulls when they lost 109-104 Monday's in a must-win game against the New York Knicks.  —  The Knicks are 11th …

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 …

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.

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?

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.