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Top 100 MLB prospects 2023: Keith Law's rankings, with Corbin Carroll at No. 1 — Welcome to this year's ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball. I've been compiling and writing such rankings for 16 years now, and those of you who've read them before will find the format here similar to those from the recent past.

Eagles, Jalen Hurts rout 49ers in NFC title game, soar into Super Bowl — Hurts has one of Philadelphia's four rushing touchdowns and the Eagles force both of San Francisco's quarterbacks out of the NFC championship game with injuries and beat the wounded 49ers, 31-7

Nightengale's Notebook: Malachi Moore is a trailblazer as first umpire from MLB's Compton academy — PHOENIX — Malachi Moore would set the alarm for 5 a.m. every morning, head over to MLB's Youth Academy in Compton, Calif. and start his day. — There was grass to be mowed. — Fields to be raked.
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Mariners ditching gray road jerseys because of new MLB rules — The gray is going away. — Unfortunately this isn't about the weather in the Puget Sound. It has to do with the local professional baseball team and their uniforms. — Chris Creamer of SportsLogos.net broke the news …
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Dolphins land coveted defensive coordinator Vic Fangio — South Florida Sun Sentinel's Chris Perkins & David Furones discuss how the Miami Dolphins begin to build a better team next season in 2023. (, , /South Florida Sun Sentinel) — The Miami Dolphins got their top choice to fill their defensive coordinator vacancy.
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Owner Dick Monfort: Rockies can “play .500 ball” in 2023 — Monfort doesn't “100% agree” with Padres' spending plan — GREELEY — Prior to the 2020 season, owner Dick Monfort boldly predicted the Rockies would rebound from their disastrous 2019 season and win a franchise-record 94 games that year.

Darren O'Day announces his retirement — The longtime relief pitcher, and two-time Atlanta Brave, announced his retirement today after parts of 15 seasons in MLB. — Former Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Darren O'Day announced his retirement today after parts of 15 seasons in MLB.
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Way-too-early 2023 MLB lineup rankings — We're calling these lineup rankings “way-too-early” — and while that might well be true, maybe it's not. At this point of the winter, teams across MLB have largely completed their heavy lifting. We do still have a few free agents out there and some trades …
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CBS debuted a live mic hole with Max Homa and it was predictably awesome … It's hard to describe how quickly CBS has revamped their golf coverage. — Long a plagued by a staid feel, CBS has now quickly risen to the top of network golf coverage thanks to being willing to innovate and push …
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Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa still in concussion protocol, won't participate in Pro Bowl — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa remains in concussion protocol a month after entering it, according to a league source, and now will be unable to participate in the Pro Bowl.
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Kings fend off Panthers for 3rd straight win — Adrian Kempe has a short-handed goal and an assist, Pheonix Copley makes 45 saves and the Kings, who had a three-goal lead midway through the second period, hold on for a 4-3 win — SUNRISE, Fla. — The Kings will need to grind their way to wins …
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Tampa Bay Rays sign Pete Fairbanks to 3-year, $12M extension — Reliever Pete Fairbanks has signed a three-year, $12 million contract extension with the Tampa Bay Rays that includes a club option for a fourth season, it was announced Friday. — Fairbanks, 29, was dominant …
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