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Cam Inman / Mercury News:
Instant analysis of 49ers' 27-24 loss to the Rams after late collapse — INGLEWOOD - Jauan Jennings' three touchdown catches — and 11 receptions overall for 175 yards — should have been enough for the 49ers to bury a wounded Rams team Sunday. — Instead, the 49ers blew it.
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Dieter Kurtenbach / Mercury News:
Studs and Duds: The 49ers' collapse can be tied to three players — There are losses, and then there are games that make you question everything. — The 49ers' loss last week to the Vikings was just a loss. Minnesota played great and the Niners have trouble against that defensive scheme.
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GV Wire, Marin Independent Journal and Los Angeles Times
Geoff Pontes / Baseball America:
Kristian Campbell: Baseball America's 2024 Minor League Player Of The Year — No one saw Kristian Campbell's 2024 season coming. — When the Red Sox drafted the Georgia Tech product in the fourth round last year, his scouting report described a “slash-and-dash specialist.”
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Boston Herald, NESN.com and NBC Sports Boston
Robert Snell / The Detroit News:
Dan Campbell moved after Snapchat harassment, unwanted visitors, police reports show — Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell and his family were repeatedly targeted by unwanted visitors to their Bloomfield Township home, including in late January when his home address was posted on Snapchat …
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New Jersey Online, Associated Press, The Oakland Press, New York Post, USA Today and Larry Brown Sports
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Full regular-season grades for all 30 MLB teams — There are still a few days left in the regular season and a couple of playoff spots up for grabs, but let's hand out some final regular-season team grades. A few of these could change depending on who makes the playoffs and who doesn't …
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NESN.com
Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Charlie Blackmon To Retire At Season's End — Charlie Blackmon is calling it a career. The four-time All-Star announced this evening (on X) that he is retiring at the end of the season. — “As a kid you play the game because you love it, like nothing else matters,” Blackmon wrote.
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Purple Row, Associated Press, CBSSports.com, Burn City Sports, Yahoo Sports, Denver Post, MLB.com, New York Post, Deadspin and baseballmusings.com
David Brandt / Associated Press:
Jared Goff throws 2 TD passes and Lions' defense slows Kyler Murray in 20-13 win over Cardinals — Jared Goff looked as though he might never throw an incompletion for a while Sunday, picking apart the Arizona Cardinals' defense for a pair of touchdowns in the first half.
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Seattle Sports, Deadspin, Arizona Sports, The Oakland Press, PHNX Sports and Associated Press
New York Times:
The Restaurant List … We have finished our annual search for America's best restaurants. — Over the last 12 months, reporters and editors traveled to nearly every state scouting restaurants for our annual list. This year, it was about spaces as much as places.
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Denver Post and Baltimore Sun
Tony Andracki / Marquee Sports Network:
Kyle Hendricks reflects on uncertain future with Cubs: 'I'm not ready to say goodbye to Chicago' — Kyle Hendricks will head into free agency for the first time in his career this offseason. — The veteran right-hander is wrapping up his 11th season with the Cubs and will be set to hit the open market.
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Yahoo Sports and Forbes
ESPN:
Yankees place RHP Jake Cousins (pec) on 15-day IL — New York Yankees right-handed reliever Jake Cousins landed on the 15-day injured list on Sunday, retroactive to Friday, with a right pec strain. — In a corresponding roster move, the Yankees recalled rookie right-handed reliever Clayton Beeter from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
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Yahoo Sports, Pinstripe Alley, MLB Trade Rumors, Associated Press, New York Daily News and New York Post
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Cincinnati Reds fire manager David Bell after 6 seasons — The Cincinnati Reds fired manager David Bell on Sunday with five games to go in a disappointing season that began with the Reds as playoff contenders and will end with them missing the postseason for the 10th consecutive full season.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB playoffs home-field advantage is overrated. Why ‘road can be a beautiful place’ — (This story has been updated to correct a factual error.) — PHOENIX− You're the Arizona Diamondbacks, the defending National League champions, and you've got a huge decision looming.
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Yahoo Sports, Sports Illustrated, Sporting News, FanSided, Just Baseball and MLB Trade Rumors