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Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Roger Angell, Who Wrote About Baseball With Passion, Dies at 101  —  In elegantly winding articles for The New Yorker loaded with inventive imagery, he wrote more like a fan than a sports journalist.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Roger Angell, the elegant and thoughtful baseball writer …
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Remembering Roger Angell, Hall of Famer  —  In the course of a well-lived century, he established himself as the most exacting of editors, the most agile of stylists, a mentor to generations of writers, and baseball's finest, fondest chronicler.  —  In recent years, as his odometer headed …
Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:
Iconic New Yorker baseball writer Roger Angell dead at 101  —  Colorful New Yorker baseball writer Roger Angell, who covered balls and strikes with elegance and panache for more than seven decades, is dead at 101.  —  The New Yorker reported that the veteran wordsmith died Friday after a lifetime of covering America's pastime.
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees still waiting on injury update on righty reliever Chad Green: 'It's definitely a concern right now'  —  After years of having their pitching depth tested by injuries, the Yankees came into this season feeling they were fully stocked for the rotation and the bullpen.  That stockpile will likely be tested.
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees lose to Orioles, still have best record in baseball
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:   Yankee prospect Luis Gil heading to team doctor for reported elbow issue
Nathan Ruiz / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles promote top prospect Adley Rutschman to majors in most significant move of rebuild thus far  —  From the moment he was selected with the first pick of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, Adley Rutschman was the face of the Orioles' rebuild.  Starting Saturday, he'll finally be the face of their major league roster.
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Nathan Ruiz / Baltimore Sun:
WATCH: Adley Rutschman learns he's headed to Orioles: 'We're not looking for a hero.  Be Adley Rutschman.'  —  When Buck Britton was promoted to the manager of Triple-A Norfolk, among the duties he was most looking forward to was telling players they were heading to the majors for the first time.
Joon Lee / ESPN:
New York Mets' Max Scherzer out 6-8 weeks with oblique strain  —  New York Mets right-hander Max Scherzer is expected to miss six to eight weeks after suffering a “moderate to high grade” oblique strain during Wednesday night's start against the St. Louis Cardinals, the team announced Thursday.
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Dave Hyde / Sun-Sentinel:
After being put in a deep, dark hole, how will humbled Heat respond in Boston?  —  Erik Spoelstra said the following about how his Miami Heat should react to their looking outmatched and overcome in their staggering playoff loss:  —  “Don't listen to the noise,” he said.  “There's no excuses, no blame, inside our room.
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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Celtics load up, tie East finals 1-1 with 127-102 pounding of Heat  —  MIAMI — So what do the Boston Celtics look like when mostly whole?  Like a whole lot of trouble for the Miami Heat.  —  With Marcus Smart and Al Horford back in their mix after missing Tuesday night's series-opening loss …
Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Chris Paddack's medical red flag killed Mets-Padres deal  —  MORE FROM:  —  The Post's Jon Heyman delivers news and notes from around MLB.  —  Now it can be told.  The Mets-Padres deal was canceled after Mets doctors raised a red flag over right-hander Chris Paddack's medicals.
Frank Pingue / Reuters:
Exclusive: Former NFL quarterback Vick coming out of retirement  —  Michael Vick, the once-dynamic NFL quarterback whose involvement in a dogfighting ring halted a breathtaking career in its prime, has agreed to come out of retirement to join startup league Fan Controlled Football, a source told Reuters on Friday.
Keith Law / The Athletic:
2022 MLB mock draft: Orioles take Jacob Berry over Druw Jones in Keith Law's first look  —  The MLB draft is just about two months away — which still seems ridiculous to say when we're about to see the college conference tournaments begin, yet here we are.  There are at least some indications …
 
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