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Dan Wiederer / Chicago Tribune:
Candidates, connections and ‘Canandaigua’: The Chicago Bears coaching and GM searches have reached the in-person phase — and outside intrigue is peaking — The video surfaced late Monday night, a little before 11 p.m. Undercover, of course. And shared on social media by Eric Bohn …
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Da Windy City
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Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
The Chicago Bears are working to hire Ryan Poles as their new general manager. Next up: Finding the new head coach. — The Chicago Bears are working on a deal to make Ryan Poles, the Kansas City Chiefs executive director of player personnel, their new general manager, a league source confirmed.
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Touchdown Wire, Chiefs Wire, Da Windy City, Arrowhead Pride, The Athletic, Yahoo! Sports, CBS Chicago and NFL Spin Zone
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB, players' association plan to meet again Tuesday after sides make progress, sources say — Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association plan to meet again Tuesday after a Monday bargaining session led to the first sliver of progress between the sides since the league locked …
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New York Times, Ballpark Digest, Bleacher Nation, MLB Baseball News … and baseballmusings.com
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Evan Drellich / The Athletic:
MLBPA drops age-based free-agency proposal as negotiations on new labor deal continue: Source — The Major League Baseball Players Association dropped its request to introduce an age-based free-agency system into the sport on Monday, withdrawing a proposal in one of the three major areas MLB …
Evan Drellich / The Athletic:
Heated MLB bargaining includes mention of canceling games — but progress, too — NEW YORK — In a meeting with the Players Association on Monday, Major League Baseball deputy commissioner Dan Halem said that MLB is willing to lose games over some of the outstanding issues the sides have, people with knowledge of the talks said.
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MLB Trade Rumors, Dodgers Nation, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Brew Crew Ball and Beyond the Box Score
Dave Skretta / Associated Press:
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs outlast Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills for a 42-36 win in overtime — KANSAS CITY, MO. — In a never-say-die showdown between two of the NFL's top teams, and two of its bright young quarterbacks, the Bills and Chiefs played a classic Sunday night decided …
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Dave Hyde / Sun-Sentinel:
What a dramatic, historic and utterly depressing weekend for Dolphins fans — Sunday's loser threw four touchdowns. Sunday's loser had a pristine 136 quarterback rating. Sunday's loser led his team on two, 75-yard touchdown drives in the final two minutes to give Buffalo the late lead twice.
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Mercury News and CNN
Ryan Phillips / The Big Lead:
Will the 49ers Trade Jimmy Garoppolo if They Win the Super Bowl?
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Old Juve, The Real Champs, Puck Prose, Forever Fortnite, Vegas Hockey Knight and Pain in the Arsenal
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
What to know about 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame vote: Is Ortiz getting in? Will Bonds, Clemens fall short? — MLB, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants — The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the results of the Baseball Writers Association of America voting Tuesday …
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MLB.com, Denver Post, Associated Press, Royals Review, New York Times and Boston.com
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Hall call: Find out tonight on MLB Network
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DraftKings Nation, Talking Chop, The Boston Globe, New York Post and baseballmusings.com
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Time may run out for Barry Bonds, but Hall of Fame will be worse off without baseball's home run king
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ESPN, Mercury News, MLB Baseball News … and SoDo Mojo
Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Either Braves or Freddie Freeman could act quickly once the lockout ends, flipping the assumed outcome — If I'm the Braves, I'm thinking about a pre-emptive strike coming out of the lockout to protect against the loss of first baseman Freddie Freeman. And if I'm Freeman …
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New York Post, MLB Trade Rumors, NBCSports.com, Sports Illustrated, Talking Chop and Cubbies Crib
Arizona State University Athletics:
Sun Devil Football Names Brian Billick Offensive Analyst, Advisor To The Head Coach — TEMPE, Ariz.—On a coaching staff that already features former NFL head coach and defensive guru Marvin Lewis as a Special Assistant To The Head Coach, Head Coach Herm Edwards added another legendary name …
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Mercury News and Sports Illustrated
The Athletic:
With Ben Simmons-James Harden trade a hope worth waiting for, sources say Sixers prefer a summer deal — With the NBA trade deadline just over two weeks away, rival teams interested in three-time All-Star Ben Simmons believe Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey …
Eric Pincus / Bleacher Report:
Latest NBA Trade Intel: Would a John Wall-Westbrook Trade Really Help Lakers? — Can or should the Los Angeles Lakers get rid of Russell Westbrook? — The Lakers (23-24) hope to have Anthony Davis return from a knee injury shortly. Frank Vogel is still the head coach despite rumors that his job is in jeopardy.
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Union-News, Yahoo! Sports, CelticsBlog, Hoops Rumors, Celtics Wire, 98.5 The Sports Hub and Detroit Bad Boys
