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Khobi Price / Orlando Sentinel:
Magic's Mo Bamba, Jalen Suggs suspended for roles in fight with Timberwolves — Orlando Magic big man Mo Bamba and guard Jalen Suggs were penalized late Saturday by the NBA for their roles in the altercation with the Minnesota Timberwolves Friday evening at Target Center.
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Seattle Sports
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Khobi Price / Orlando Sentinel:
As Suggs embraces defensive role, Anthony leads Magic to victory in Minnesota — MINNEAPOLIS — Jalen Suggs' role with the Orlando Magic has changed significantly in the past year. — After being a full-time starter as a rookie last season and the start of this season …
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Denver Post and Boston Herald
Khobi Price / Orlando Sentinel:
Mo Bamba, Jalen Suggs ejected from Magic-Timberwolves after on-court scuffle — MINNEAPOLIS — Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs and big man Mo Bamba were ejected from Friday's road game against the Minnesota Timberwolves for their roles in an on-court altercation during the third quarter.
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Seattle Sports, The Athletic and New York Post
Khobi Price / Orlando Sentinel:
Magic enter matchup at Timberwolves more confident after series with 76ers
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FanSided and Boston Herald
LeBron James / Associated Press:
Kyrie Irving asks for trade from Nets — Irving, who was suspended for eight games after posting a link to antisemitic work this year, could be a trade target for Lakers — NEW YORK — All-Star guard Kyrie Irving has asked the Brooklyn Nets for a trade, according to ESPN and The Athletic.
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DraftKings Nation, New York Post, Pasadena Star News, The Athletic, Daily News, The Ringer and Seattle Sports
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The Athletic:
Nets' Kyrie Irving requests trade as Lakers, Suns, Mavericks emerge as potential suitors: Sources — Brooklyn Nets All-Star guard Kyrie Irving has requested a trade, league sources tell The Athletic. Here's what you need to know: — The franchise has been informed that Irving prefers …
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
If you insist, possible Heat deals that could make sense at Thursday's NBA trading deadline — The exercise ahead of the NBA trading deadline, which this season comes at 3 p.m. Thursday, typically is to get a read on what a team is looking to add. — That is what makes the Miami Heat's position this time around atypical.
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Denver Post
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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Heat attention turns from scouting reports to medical reports amid break — The hope this week is of the Miami Heat getting a better sense of self, in what has turned more into a quest for healing than necessarily an upgrade at Thursday's NBA trading deadline.
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Denver Post
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
ASK IRA: What does playing Udonis Haslem over Dewayne Dedmon say about Heat roster?
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Boston Herald
New York Post:
Carlos Beltran leaving YES Network for job in Mets' front office — Former Mets great Carlos Beltran is getting another chance with the club. — Sources tell The Post the Mets are hiring their former star center fielder to join their front office, where he will work under GM Billy Eppler.
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MLB Baseball News …, MLB Trade Rumors and Bleacher Nation
Nathan Ruiz / Baltimore Sun:
From patience to pressure: Mike Elias, Brandon Hyde looking forward to Orioles' ‘non-rebuild mode’ — Part of what made Mike Elias and Brandon Hyde the Orioles' choices to lead the organization through a rebuild is that each had been through one before. That experience also offers them insight into when that process is over.
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The Baltimore Banner, MASNsports.com, Boston Herald, Camden Chat and BaltimoreBaseball.com
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Cincinnati.com:
Prosecutors drop charges against Cincinnati Bengal Joe Mixon but refiling is ‘possible’ — Sharon Coolidge Kelsey ConwayCincinnati Enquirer — A Hamilton County judge dismissed a warrant for Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon, which had alleged he threatened a woman with a gun during a road rage incident Jan. 21.
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Associated Press, New York Post, Denver Post, UPI and New York Daily News
Associated Press:
Pitcher Max Fried loses to Braves in salary arbitration — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Pitcher Max Fried lost to the Atlanta Braves in salary arbitration on Saturday, and will make $13.5 million in the upcoming season instead of his $15 million request. — Mark Burstein, Fredric Horowitz …
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Battery Power, MLB Trade Rumors and FanSided
Erik Boland / Newsday:
An early look at the Yankees' 26-man roster — Yankees pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to Tampa on Feb. 15, with the first workout scheduled for a day later. Position players are scheduled to report Feb. 19, with the first full-squad workout coming the next day.
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Pinstripe Alley
Associated Press:
Tom Brady retires from the NFL, insisting this time it's for good — TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady, who won a record seven Super Bowls for New England and Tampa, has announced his retirement. — Brady — the most successful quarterback in NFL history, and one of the greatest athletes in team sports …
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The Boston Globe, Dawg Pound Daily, Boston Herald, Dan Shaughnessy Watch, New York Post and Mercury News
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Jill Martin / CNN:
Robert Kraft tells CNN he wants Tom Brady to sign a one-day contract and retire as a New England Patriot
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ProFootballTalk, Boston Herald, Mercury News and UPI
