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6:50 AM ET, April 22, 2023

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New York Times:
With Las Vegas Land Deal, Athletics May Finally Leave Oakland  —  After years of tense negotiations to remain in the Bay Area, the A's said they had reached a deal to acquire a stadium site near the Las Vegas Strip.  —  For more than half a century, the Oakland Athletics …
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The Nevada Independent:
Potential deal for A's relocation to Las Vegas could rely on $500 million in public financing  —  The Oakland A's spent nearly two years identifying a location for a $1.5 billion stadium and entertainment complex in Las Vegas.  But now the team and state lawmakers have a month and a half window …
Mick Akers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Oakland A's enter binding purchase agreement for Las Vegas ballpark site
Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Nets crumble late and lose to Joel Embiid, Sixers, 102-97, and fall into 3-0 series hole  —  Spencer Dinwiddie looked at the scoreboard, the time left on the clock, and slapped his hands in frustration.  —  Brooklyn's starting point guard just blew it — and he knew it.
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Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Run, pass, special teams: Nets defensive scheme is working, but not winning games  —  The Nets have taken away the run and the pass, but have lost Games 1 and 2 of their first-round playoff matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers on special teams.  —  And they're OK with that.
Adam Lichtenstein / Sun-Sentinel:
‘Protect home court’: Heat look to regain momentum in Game 3 vs. Bucks  —  The Heat went to Milwaukee hoping to take one game from the top-seeded Bucks.  They accomplished that, winning Game 1.  —  An opportunity presented itself to come back home up 2- with Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo …
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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Even at 1-1, Heat left feeling at a loss against Bucks, 'we've got to lick our wounds'
Gary Phillips / New York Daily News:
Yankees Notebook: Josh Donaldson out for a couple weeks  —  The Yankees initially expected Josh Donaldson back by now.  —  But after one rehab game at Double-A Somerset on Tuesday, the third baseman is on the mend again.  Donaldson reaggravated his right hamstring injury that night.
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
A story of atonement: Former Heat player Meyers Leonard's path from anti-Semitic slur to rabbinical embrace as Miami's playoff opponent  —  MIAMI — This was not how Meyers Leonard envisioned his return.  —  Foremost, because he never wanted to leave.  —  And yet in the wake of the shame …
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J.C. Carnahan / Orlando Sentinel:
Orlando area high school spring football game schedule  —  Florida High School Athletic Association football programs close out spring practices next month with exhibition games.  Below is the game schedule for Orlando area programs.  —  Tohopekaliga at Hagerty, 7  —  Pierson Taylor at The Master's Academy, 7
Discussion: Mercury News
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Cubs starter Jameson Taillon heads to the injured list while Kyle Hendricks nears a minor-league rehab stint  —  The first test of the Chicago Cubs starting pitching depth has arrived.  —  Jameson Taillon, who was scheduled to start Thursday at Wrigley Field, was placed on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain.
Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Max Scherzer suspended 10 games following ejection for excessive sticky stuff; opts not to appeal  —  SAN FRANCISCO — After getting ejected for his hand being too sticky Wednesday at Dodger Stadium, Max Scherzer is well aware of what people are calling him right now: A cheater.
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
‘Dream come true’: Mookie Betts makes 1st career appearance at SS  —  CHICAGO — On Wednesday night, Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts was sleeping in a hospital room in California.  Twenty-four hours later — after the arrival of his new baby boy — he was playing shortstop …
LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks says he is cancer-free after treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma  —  Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks announced he is cancer-free in an Instagram post Thursday.  —  “It's official.  I'm cancer free,” Hendriks wrote.  —  Hendriks began treatment in January for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
 
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