Top News:
Albert Breer / Sports Illustrated:
MMQB: Shad Khan Talks About Trevor Lawrence (Without Confirming the Pick, Of Course) — Who will the Jaguars pick No. 1? (Wink, wink.) Inside Urban Meyer's hiring process and a franchise-defining decision on Thursday. — Shad Khan sits four days from completing what amounts …
Discussion:
Pride Of Detroit, Bleeding Green Nation, The Falcoholic, Cincy Jungle, ProFootballTalk, CBS Boston, New York Post and NESN.com
RELATED:
Peter King / ProFootballTalk:
FMIA Mock Draft: Mysteries, Trades and Guesswork As First Round Nears — The best thing I can say about my mock draft: I am cautiously optimistic about hitting my first two picks. — Before you see my mock draft and commence tomato-throwing at your screens—Penei Sewell, dropping to seven?!
Discussion:
CBS Boston, Arrowhead Pride, NESN.com, Big Blue View, Mercury News, Cincy Jungle, Bleeding Green Nation, Bleacher Nation, Bengals Wire and Browns Wire
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Beer and sandwiches for life — Joe Musgrove's no-hitter for his hometown San Diego Padres was life-changing — LOS ANGELES — Joe Musgrove has been promised free beer for life by a local establishment, San Diego's Ballast Point Brewing, so that's no empty promise.
Discussion:
New Jersey Online, MLB Trade Rumors, Sports Illustrated, Pinstripe Alley, New York Post, NESN.com and MLB Baseball News …
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers set stage for memorable summer — LOS ANGELES — It seemed as if Sunday's finale, the seventh game in 10 days between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers, would finally produce the first dud of this exhilarating matchup.
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, True Blue LA, Daily Breeze, The Athletic, Sportico, Padres, Deadspin, Gaslamp Ball and Sports Illustrated
RELATED:
Scott Boeck / USA Today:
MLB power rankings: Dodgers remain at No. 1 for third straight week — Round 2 of the heated Padres-Dodgers series goes to San Diego. — The Padres won three of four games — including the epic 11-inning comeback Sunday night — against their rival in Los Angeles, but the Dodgers remain …
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Madison Bumgarner Throws a No-Hitter. Kind Of. — In a game limited to seven innings as part of a doubleheader, the Arizona lefty gets a shutout but won't be credited with a no-no. — Madison Bumgarner took the mound in Atlanta on Sunday afternoon for a game that was scheduled to last seven innings.
Discussion:
Arizona Republic, Bleed Cubbie Blue and FanGraphs Baseball
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Colorado Rockies chose GM Jeff Bridich over Nolan Arenado; now they have neither — Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort, fiercely loyal to his employees, perhaps to a fault, had a critical decision to make. — He had to choose this past winter between firing general manager Jeff Bridich …
Discussion:
MLB | NBC Sports and MLB Trade Rumors
Evan Petzold / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers trying to make sense of embarrassing offense: 'It's not a care issue' — Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch said it was aggravating, maddening, frustrating and “everything else you can think of” in describing his team's performance through the last 10 games, in which they've lost nine times and scored just 18 runs.
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News …, Bless You Boys and MLive.com
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Taijuan Walker grinds through seven scoreless innings with help from defense in Mets' win — The good vibes returned to Queens after the Mets enjoyed a satisfying victory over their division rivals. — Taijuan Walker pitched seven scoreless innings with four strikeouts and allowed …
Ryan Burschinger / FOX Sports Radio:
Troy Vincent Talks Deshaun Watson, New Number Rules, Officiating, & More! — Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the NFL Troy Vincent joins Up On Game with LaVar Arrington, TJ Houshmandzadeh, and Plaxico Burress! Vincent gives deep insight on some of the biggest rule changes …
Discussion:
ProFootballTalk, The Athletic and New York Post
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Marcus Stroman has first stumble of year in loss to Nationals — After three straight solid starts to begin the year, Marcus Stroman faltered on Saturday against the Nationals, resulting in his first loss of the season. — Stroman (3-1, 2.25 ERA) allowed five runs, four earned …
Discussion:
NorthJersey.com, Newsday and New York Post
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Carlos Carrasco set to return in two weeks, Noah Syndergaard faces live hitters — The Mets expect Carlos Carrasco (right hamstring tear) to come off the injured list and join the Mets rotation by the second of week of May, manager Luis Rojas said on Saturday.
Discussion:
Newsday and MLB Trade Rumors