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• Royals recall MJ Melendez

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Nick Loftin heads to the 7-day concussion IL. The Royals have recalled outfielder MJ Melendez and placed Nick Loftin on the 7-day concussion list. Loftin appeared to injure himself on a tag play in Wednesday night’s loss to the Cubs. Melendez began the season with the Royals, but hit 4-for-47 (.085) with 20 strikeouts in 16 games. He went to Triple-A Omah...2025
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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Royals, Tuesday 7/22, 7:05 CT

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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Red Sox, Saturday 7/19, 6:15 CT

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• Chicago Cubs vs. Boston Red Sox preview, Friday 7/18, 1:20 CT

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs open the 2025 season’s second half at Wrigley Field. Friday notes... FRIDAY ON MY MIND: The Cubs are 5-3, a winning percentage of .625, this season at home on Friday afternoons. In all other day games, home and road, they are 20-16, .556. They also are .556 in all other day games at home, 10-8. In all other games at home, day and night, since Au...2025
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, July 14 edition

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs enter the All-Star break on a high note. As most of you know, I usually write an article during the All-Star break giving Cubs players midseason grades. That article will appear here tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s who was hot and not for the Cubs over the past week, when they went 3-3 on a road trip to Minnesota and New York. Three up Shōta Ima...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. New York Yankees preview, Sunday 7/13, 12:35 CT

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Sunday notes... THE RUBBER MATCH: This is the 19th of the Cubs’ 32 series this season in which they have split the first two games. They are 9-8 in the third games of the previous splits. There was no third game in one series. But the Cubs are only 3-6 in rubber games after losing, then winning, including 2-5 on the road. ...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Boston Red Sox preview, Friday 7/18, 1:20 CT
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• Chicago Cubs vs. New York Yankees preview, Sunday 7/13, 12:35 CT
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• NBA trade grades for Michael Porter Jr.-Cam Johnson swap for Nuggets and Nets

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Let’s grade the Nuggets-Nets trade from both sides. The Denver Nuggets are loading up for another championship run, and they’re willing to risk their future to do it. The Nuggets acquired Cameron Johnson from the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night for Michael Porter Jr. and an unprotected 2032 first-round draft pick. Minutes later, the Nuggets brought back old...2025
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuna in the Home Run Derby, Drake Baldwin for NL ROY, more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Well, the Braves did not have the best evening in Flushing, but Drake Baldwin hit a homer and drew a walk (something he’s been doing a lot of recently). Drake is having a great season, having accumulated 2.0 fWAR, posting a great 135 wRC+, and giving strong defensive value at the valuable catcher position. He is...2025
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• Will the Giants have a real placekicking competition?

Jude McAtamney | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Does Jude McAtamney have a chance to unseat Graham Gano? Watch Jude McAtamney and Graham Gano kick during New York Giants practices, and it is crystal clear that the 25-year-old McAtamney has a stronger leg, probably much stronger, than the 38-year-old Gano. Gano is a 16-year veteran who has had a a number of serious leg injuries during hi...2025
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• A look ahead at Week 16: Saints vs. Jets

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Big Apple travels to Big Easy for late-season matchup. For the first time since 2021, the New Orleans Saints and New York Jets will square off when they meet at the Caesars Superdome in Week 16 of the 2025 NFL Regular Season. The game will also mark the first time New York has traveled to New Orleans since 2017. The Saints-Jets matchup is one that has been...2025
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• Game Thread: Tigers at White Sox

Jonathan Cannon faces off against Jack Flaherty tonight. | Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The South Siders are back home after a rough road trip The White Sox are back home after a terrible East Coast road trip, losing five of six. If you’re expecting a win in this series, I’ve got bad news for you: The Tigers are in town and sitting pretty at the top of the league. And not just the American Lea...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Pick your rookie

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which rookie excites you the most. It’s Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the coolest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and groove out with us for a while. There’s no cover charge. Let us know if we can do anything. There are still a couple tables av...2025
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• Better or worse in 2025? New York Giants tight ends

Theo Johnson (84) celebrates after a play. | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images This group has the potential to be better, if Theo Johnson ascends During the Joe Schoen-Brian Daboll years, the New York Giants have completely remade their tight end group. Let’s look at the tight ends as we keep rolling through our position-by-position “better or worse” series. Key additions: Thomas Fidone II...2025
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• Juan Soto is bringing juice back to the Subway Series

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The best young hitter in baseball took the Yankees to their first World Series in 15 years before moving across town in free agency. Now, he returns to the Bronx as two division leaders clash. On December 7, 2023, the New York Yankees swung a blockbuster trade with the San Diego Padres. It cost a pretty penny, with future Cy Young contender Michael King le...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Vladito stays in Toronto

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays agree to a massive contract extension. Tragedy in the Dominican Republic hits baseball. More on torpedo bats and two long losing streaks are broken. Good morning. You’ve probably heard this already, but Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays agreed on a 14-year, $500 million contract extension. Michael Baumann l...2025
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• The Philadelphia Phillies’ formidable five
The Philadelphia Phillies have officially become one of baseball’s most disappointing teams, owning a horrid 27-52 record. The Phillies will presumably have a, “fire sale” as the trade deadline approaches. Year after year, the Phillies have become less and less (June 23, 2015-Jim McIsaac/Getty Images North America) proactive and frequently downgrade their roster. At the heart of their pitching s...2015
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"Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images 12 straight games scoring four or fewer runs."

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"Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images He’s available again The New York Giants and Odell Beckham Jr."

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"Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs scored six unanswered runs to end the first half on a high note."

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"Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs put together solid pitching and some home runs and defeated the playoff-bound Mets."

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"(Source: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images North America) For the most part, the Rays slumped heading into the All-Star break, going 4-11 in their previous 15 games."

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• Los Angeles Chargers Hidden Gems: 3 Secret Superstars on the 2025 roster

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The 2025 Chargers are hoping that their upcoming season ends more positively than 2024’s did. Here are three Secret Superstars who can help Jim Harbaugh’s team on its way. If you evaluate draft prospects long enough, you’re going to have swings and misses along the way. I regret to inform you up front that Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert was one of my Vlad G...2025
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• Are Braden Fiske and Jared Verse the NFL’s top pass rush tandem?

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images While both players look to be future superstars, playing together has been the best thing for both of their careers Iron sharpening iron might be the best way to describe the relationship between Los Angeles Rams pass rushers Jared Verse and Braden Fiske. Individually, each player is an up-and-coming star with votes for Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2024...2025
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• NBA trade grades for Michael Porter Jr.-Cam Johnson swap for Nuggets and Nets
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• A brief moment of appreciation

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports The Tampa Bay Bucs are in the midst of unprecedented franchise success, but how did it start? Heading into 2025, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have high expectations. The team is coming off of a 10-win season. In the offseason, Jason Licht and co. made sure to keep all the key cogs in position to counteract any sort of drop off. Tampa Bay kept all 11 of their starti...2025
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• Daniel Jones’ agents went to ‘absurd’ lengths to get contract from Giants

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images It took a 42-page “manifesto” on quarterbacks to get deal done at the last second There are many New York Giants’ fans who still believe the four-year, $160 million contract the team gave Daniel Jones before the 2023 season was absurd. Now, one of the agents who represented Jones in those negotiations admitted Athletes First went to “absurd” lengths to get...2025
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuna in the Home Run Derby, Drake Baldwin for NL ROY, more
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• Former Browns player files huge lawsuit against NFL team

Photo by NFL via Getty Images The litigation makes a lot of claims The Kansas City Chiefs are being sued by one of their former workers. Disgruntled ex-employees are nothing new, but this situation goes pretty deep. Ramzee Robinson was the Chiefs’ Director of Player Engagement, a position responsible for supporting players’ well-being and development both on and off the field. Robin...2025
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• A look ahead at Week 16: Saints vs. Jets
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• New York Jets Flight Connections 05/30/25

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Bringing your daily links to the NFL’s New York Jets Good morning Gang Green Nation! Newsflash: Justin Fields thinks he can be great with the Jets. Steve Wilks is confident in the Jets defense. Tanner Engstrand is confident in his role as Jets offensive coordinator. This is what passes for news at this time of year. I certainly hope Justin Fields is great ...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. New York Yankees preview, Sunday 7/13, 12:35 CT
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• Cubs 5, Yankees 2: All-Star Matthew Boyd dominates

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs lefthander threw his best game of the year. Matthew Boyd, a first-time All-Star this year, won’t be pitching in the Midsummer Classic Tuesday. Fortunately for the Cubs, Boyd put together a classic outing in his Saturday start against the Yankees. He became the first Cubs starter to go eight full innings in 2025, allowing just four hits, and the Cu...2025
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• Are Braden Fiske and Jared Verse the NFL’s top pass rush tandem?
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• NBA trade grades for Michael Porter Jr.-Cam Johnson swap for Nuggets and Nets
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• Braves walk the plank in 7-3 loss to Mets

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images I will keep talking about walks until they find a different way to score runs (namely, homers) There are a lot of reasons why the baseball season is so long, but part of it is because each team is, no matter the circumstances of their season, going to get dealt a terrible hand of outcomes for a pretty substantial chunk of those games. The Braves didn’t exa...2025
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• Former Browns player files huge lawsuit against NFL team
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• A look ahead at Week 16: Saints vs. Jets
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• Are Braden Fiske and Jared Verse the NFL’s top pass rush tandem?
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• A look ahead at Week 16: Saints vs. Jets
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• New York Jets Flight Connections 05/24/25

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Apportez vos connexions quotidiennes aux Jets de New York de la NFL. Happy Saturday, Gang Green Nation! You made it to the weekend after a long work week. The Jets can say the same. They kicked off their OTAs this past week. As far as offseason practices go, this was eventful. There was plenty of news, mostly from what was said to the media. At the top of ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Pick your rookie
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs tease a series win but come up short in a 6-2 loss. Today’s shocking fact is that the Cubs weren’t quite good enough against the Mets in New York in a series where they were without Justin Steele, Shōta Imanaga and Ian Happ. Ryan Pressly hasn’t worked out at closer and the Cubs are at the tail end of what has been and probably will remain the tou...2025
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• New York Giants roster review: Color-coding starters and key reserves

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Let’s see how many top-tier players the Giants actually have The New York Giants are less than two weeks away from the 2025 NFL Draft. We want to take an honest look at the Giants’ roster ahead of the draft, using former Washington and 49ers general manager Scot McCloughan’s color-coded scheme, inspired by Mark Tyler’s article at Hogs Haven. Here’s the co...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Vladito stays in Toronto
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• New York Giants free agency: Jason Pinnock leaving Giants for San Francisco 49ers

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Pinnock bolts New York after sign Jevon Holland Former New York Giants safety Jason Pinnock is finalizing a one-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers, per Jordan Schultz. Pinnock started the last two seasons for the Giants, playing a total of 1,987 snaps while contributing 473 defensive snaps in his inaugural season as a Giant in 2022. The 25-year-old too...2025
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• Cubs 7, Yankees 4: A big-time comeback win
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs scored six unanswered runs to end the first half on a high note. Here is one way to show how much the Chicago Cubs have improved over the last year or so. In June 2022, the Cubs visited Yankee Stadium and got swept. They were outscored 28-5 and were embarrassed to the point where Frank Schwindel threw a 35 mile per hour pitch hit for a home run, t...2023
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• A few midseason thoughts about David Ross as Cubs manager
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images How does the Cubs skipper stack up as we head to the season’s second half? A number of BCB readers have suggested, not just this year but in the past, that when I issue grades for the players at midseason, I should also rate the manager and coaching staff. Truth be told, I just don’t know enough about many members of the coaching staff to assign a grade. H...2023
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• Should the Giants resign Odell Beckham Jr.?

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images He’s available again The New York Giants and Odell Beckham Jr., their 2014 first-round pick, had a tempestuous relationship before former general manager Dave Gettleman traded the star receiver to the Cleveland Browns. The Baltimore Ravens have released Beckham Jr. and designated him as a post-June 1 cut after the former Giant caught 35 passes for 565 yar...2024
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• De’Andre Swift trade: Eagles acquire Lions running back in exchange for draft picks
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Philly native is returning home! If you thought Howie Roseman couldn’t possibly acquire more former Georgia Bulldogs ... think again! The Philadelphia Eagles are trading for Detroit Lions running back D’Andre Swift, according to a report from NFL insider Ian Rapoport. Details of the deal: EAGLES RECEIVE D’Andre Swift, 2023 seventh-round pick (No. 249)...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz elected to the Hall of Fame

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1976 - Ted Turner, owner of UHF television station WTCG which already broadcasts Atlanta Braves games, buys the team for $12 million, largely with borrowed funds. He will soon turn his television station into a national superstation, on which Braves games are a staple product. 1997 - Former Atlanta Braves knuckleballer Phil Niekro...2024
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• Ian Anderson to undergo Tommy John surgery, per report
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Ian Anderson’s season is over. Atlanta Braves right-hander Ian Anderson will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the 2023 season according to a report by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Anderson made just one start at Gwinnett, before going on the injured list. Atlanta Braves right-hander Ian Anderson will undergo Tommy John surgery, sources tell ...2023
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• Andre Dawson wants his Hall of Fame plaque changed to a Cubs cap — and the Hall is listening

Andre Dawson with his Hall of Fame plaque at the induction ceremony in Cooperstown, July 25, 2010 | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Give the man what he wants. Tuesday, Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune posted a column in which he wrote that Hall of Famer Andre Dawson wants the cap on his Hall of Fame plaque changed from an Expos cap to a Cubs cap. Dawson’s reasoning, per Sullivan: “...2023
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• Ryne Sandberg will get the next statue in Gallagher Way
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images There was a bit of news in the Ricketts’ family panel at Cubs Con. Statue Row at Gallagher Way honors the most beloved Cubs Hall of Famers in the long and storied franchise history of the Cubs. As you may recall from my reconnaissance from the days before the Fergie Jenkins statue was unveiled, there are two extra bases for statues on either end of Statue ...2023
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, July 14 edition
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• Chicago Cubs vs. New York Yankees preview, Sunday 7/13, 12:35 CT
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• Are Braden Fiske and Jared Verse the NFL’s top pass rush tandem?
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• NBA trade grades for Michael Porter Jr.-Cam Johnson swap for Nuggets and Nets
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• A brief moment of appreciation
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuna in the Home Run Derby, Drake Baldwin for NL ROY, more
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• Braves walk the plank in 7-3 loss to Mets
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• Former Browns player files huge lawsuit against NFL team
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• A look ahead at Week 16: Saints vs. Jets
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, July 14 edition
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• Daniel Jones’ agents went to ‘absurd’ lengths to get contract from Giants
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• Juan Soto is bringing juice back to the Subway Series
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41
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• Outside The Confines: Vladito stays in Toronto
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• 2025 South Side Sox Hall of Fame Vote

Ichiro will cross the HOF line ahead of C.C. Sabathia, but both stand a great chance of election. | Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Ichiro, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner lead a ballot that is almost certain to see multiple HOFers elected Once again, our Cooperstown ballot is hosted in this post, so you will be able to see the running results in real time right here, rather than having to vote off-...2025
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• Who could replace Vic Fangio as Dolphins defensive coordinator? Taking a look at the candidates

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Miami Dolphins have swung into the coaching carousel with the news on Wednesday that defensive coordinator Vic Fangio will not return in 2024. Who could be his replacement? The Miami Dolphins and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio mutually agreed to part ways on Wednesday, opening a major vacancy on the Dolphins’ coaching sta...2024
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• Change is coming to the New York Giants’ coaching staff

Wink Martindale | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images How much change will there be? We recently looked at a handful of potential free agents who could be playing their final games with the New York Giants on Sunday. Several coaches on Brian Daboll’s staff could also be in that situation. Let’s assess some of the potential changes. Wink Martindale Around midseason, Jay Glazer of FOX Sports ...2024
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• Andre Dawson wants his Hall of Fame plaque changed to a Cubs cap — and the Hall is listening
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• Thoughts & Jots: From Donovan Peoples-Jones to the Bengals to Colin Kaepernick

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Things on my mind 1. I was expecting to see Chase Young be traded but for a single third-round pick? His teammate Montez Sweat was traded to Chicago for a second. Young joins a playoff contender whereas Sweat will go to a team that is competing for the first overall draft pick. Both players would have been free agents this off-season so at least Washington g...2023
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