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LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
Team USA needed Tim Anderson's bat in the lineup — so the shortstop switched to second base in win over Canada — PHOENIX — Mark DeRosa needed Tim Anderson's bat in the lineup. — Canada started a left-hander in Monday's World Baseball Classic matchup, and the Team USA manager wanted to play both Anderson and Trea Turner.
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
In WBC, Tim Anderson jumping to a new level of stardom with Team USA — PHOENIX - They're all great, right? As Team USA manager Mark DeRosa put it, every American position player is “1 of 1.” So when DeRosa said of Tim Anderson on Sunday, “out of any player here, he has grown on me the most,” it was high praise.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
WBC 2023: Why Freddie Freeman is playing for Team Canada — PHOENIX — When Team USA takes the field for the World Baseball Classic with a star-studded roster Monday night at Chase Field, Freddie Freeman will be in the other dugout wearing a red uniform with Canada written across his chest.
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Canadian Press, True Blue LA and Battery Power
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Butler, Herro, Adebayo step up late as Heat stave off Jazz 119-115 — MIAMI — It would be too simplistic to say the Miami Heat have a winning formula. — Not with just about every game going to the final buzzer and enough losses to have them mired at No. 7 in the Eastern Conference standings.
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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Winderman's view: Always an adventure, as concerning Heat trend continues even in win — MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Monday night's 119-115 victory over the Utah Jazz: — The ability for this Miami Heat team to make anything an adventure is remarkable.
Brad Biggs / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Bears' aggressive start to free agency has one common thread — young players entering their prime years — Ryan Poles wanted to pay Roquan Smith last summer — he just didn't want to get to the $20 million annual salary the linebacker desired. So the Chicago Bears opened 2023 free agency …
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Josh Kosman / New York Post:
MLB to stream games for free amid looming Diamond Sports bankruptcy: sources — MORE ON: — Major League Baseball plans to step up to the plate to broadcast games of roughly a half-dozen teams from a bankruptcy-bound regional sports network provider so that fans don't miss a single pitch, The Post has learned.
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Hayes Gardner / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles' and Nationals' attorneys will argue in critical MASN appeal in New York; $100 million waits in escrow — While the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals play separate spring training exhibition games Tuesday, their attorneys will face off in a pivotal financial dispute worth more than either team's 2023 payroll.
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Boston Herald and The Athletic
Childs Walker / Baltimore Sun:
Former Ravens tight end Josh Oliver agrees to 3-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings — Tight end Josh Oliver, one of the Ravens' most improved players in 2022, agreed Monday to a three-year, $21 million contract with the Minnesota Vikings, a source with direct knowledge of the deal confirmed to The Baltimore Sun.
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins reach deal with backup QB, local product Mike White to start free agency — On the first day of free agency, the Miami Dolphins found their backup quarterback. — The Dolphins and former New York Jets quarterback Mike White have agreed to terms, according to a league source.
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins, Rams agree on trade that brings All-Pro CB Jalen Ramsey to Miami
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Duque Hebbert signed by Tigers after striking out trio of MLB stars — MIAMI — Team Nicaragua lost to the Dominican Republic during pool-play at the World Baseball Classic on Monday, but one of its pitchers won in a big way. — EDITOR'S PICKS — Duque Hebbert, a 21-year-old right-hander who's listed …
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
Mets planning to shut down Jose Quintana for three months — JUPITER, Fla. — The Mets will prepare to play the first half of the season without Jose Quintana. — The left-hander is expected to be shut down from throwing for at least three months, according to sources …
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