Red Sox Acquire Craig Kimbrel  —  The Red Sox have acquired star closer Craig Kimbrel from the Padres.  It's a stunning move for new president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski, whose club will now have both Kimbrel and ace reliever Koji Uehara to lock down the late innings.

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Yovani Gallardo declines Texas Rangers' offer in favor of free agency  —  Pitcher is looking for a multiyear deal Gallardo is a graduate of Trimble Tech Rangers could get compensatory draft pick … Yovani Gallardo's homecoming is over.  —  The right-hander who grew up in Fort Worth …

Phillies Acquire Jeremy Hellickson From Diamondbacks  —  The Phillies have announced that they've acquired starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson from the Diamondbacks, with 20-year-old righty Sam McWilliams heading to Arizona.  The 28-year-old Hellickson is projected to make $6.6MM in 2016 …

‘JACKASS’ STAR DEAD  —  Vincent Margera — the uncle of Bam Margera who appeared in “Jackass” — has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  Vincent became famous for pranks he pulled off with Bam on the TV show and later the “Jackass” movies as well as “Viva La Bam”.

Baseball clubs walk competitive tightrope when rebuilding  —  Rebuilding plans alienate fans iflosses outweigh potential gains  —  No pain, no gain might be the mantra of the modern baseball front office.  —  The worst is in the past for the Astros and Chicago Cubs.

Matt Forte's knee ‘80 percent’ better, but future health's ‘a factor’ … Bears running back Matt Forte is listed as questionable on the injury report for Sunday's game against the St. Louis Rams.  But it seems highly unlikely that Forte will return from a sprained medial collateral ligament …

Cal State Long Beach student among those killed in Paris terror attacks  —  A Cal State Long Beach student was among those killed in the Paris terrorist attacks, according to the university.  —  Nohemi Gonzalez, a 20-year-old design student from El Monte, was part of an international exchange program …

M.L.B. Picks Tampa Bay Rays to Play Possible Exhibition in Cuba  —  WASHINGTON — If a major-league baseball team plays a spring training game in Cuba next year, it will be the Tampa Bay Rays.  —  Commissioner Rob Manfred chose the Rays by picking a ball out of a bin at baseball's offices …

Cleveland Indians have outfield holes to fill, but not at expense of pitching or Carlos Santana  —  First baseman Carlos Santana, who led the Indians with 19 homers and 85 RBI in 2015, has been the subject of trade rumors since July, but right now it doesn't appear he'll be traded.  (Jim Mone, Associated Press)

Autopsy: Teen committed suicide by multiple cobra bites  —  AUSTIN - A Central Texas teenager who died in a SUV earlier this year committed suicide by letting a deadly monocle cobra repeatedly bite him, according to the autopsy report obtained by KVUE's Tony Plohetski.