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Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
Knicks could be eliminated from playoffs as early as Thursday — The Tragic Number is one. — With the Knicks' 125-114 defeat to the Hornets on Wednesday, elimination from the playoffs could be sealed as early as Thursday if the Hawks beat the Cavaliers.
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Denver Post and New York Post
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Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
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 …
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Orange County Register, Mercury News and New York Post
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
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.
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Mercury News
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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 …
Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
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.”
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Bleacher Nation, The Athletic and Denver Post
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Apple:
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.
Julia Poe / Chicago Tribune:
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 …
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Mercury News
Jonas Shaffer / Baltimore Sun:
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti: Contract negotiations with QB Lamar Jackson are ‘unique as hell’ — PALM BEACH, Fla. — Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, in his first meeting with reporters in four years, acknowledged Tuesday that the team's negotiations with star quarterback Lamar Jackson …
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Orange County Register
Jesse Yomtov / USA Today:
MLB 2022 win totals: Predicting every team's record for the new season … Major League Baseball's arduous 2021-22 offseason featured a 99-day lockout that ultimately resulted in an abbreviated spring training and a delayed Opening Day. — Things have frantically fallen into place since …
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MLB Baseball News … and Bleacher Nation
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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Bucs Dugout, Associated Press, Viva El Birdos, MLB Baseball News …, FanSided and Call to the Pen
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
MLB offseason grades for all 30 teams: Did your team get an A ... or an F? — At his introductory news conference with the Colorado Rockies after signing a seven-year, $182 million contract, Kris Bryant was asked about the future of his new franchise. — “I take a lot of pride in the fact …
ESPN:
As Philadelphia Phillies prepare for 13 straight games to open season, Joe Girardi knows main goal is to ‘keep everybody healthy’ — CLEARWATER, Fla. — Philadelphia Phillies manager Joe Girardi says he thinks pitching around the majors in April will be a battle of attrition following the shortened spring training.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
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.
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NBCSports.com
