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• An Old Friend of the Vikings Shows Up Once Again

Adam Thielen never strays too far away from the Minnesota Vikings. An old friend continues to surface in Vikings conversations […]...2025
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• Braves try to fend off the Yankees - and here’s how you can watch

Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images Will the the visiting New Yorkers ignite Atlanta’s second half? The Atlanta Braves start the second-half of the 2025 baseball season with a six-game home-stand, first welcoming the New York Yankees and then the San Francisco Giants. The Braves enter play on Friday 11 games under .500 with less than two weeks until the trade deadline. Atlanta made a minor...2025
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• NXT’s Darkstate invades TNA again and gets a match for Slammiversary

TNA Wrestling The NXT group is running amok with another attack in TNA. Darkstate is running amok in TNA. The group crashed Impact (July 17, 2025) again, and now they will have a match at the Slammiversary PPV on Sunday, July 20. The Darkstate story began two weeks ago by attacking Matt Cardona. It carried over to NXT this week when the System targeted them. The System attacking DarkStat...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Shortstop

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Injuries turned shortstop into a revolving door until the rookie stepped in The historically bad 2025 Colorado Rockies look very different than they did when the season began in a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. With this in mind, the staff at Purple Row felt it would be useful to revisit the “State of the Position” series that we run in ...2025
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• The 2025 MLB All-Star Game ended in a home run swing-off

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Did you like it? The rule about the All-Star Game ending in a home run swing-off if tied after nine innings was instituted as part of many changes in the latest CBA. I even wrote about it when it happened in March 2022 and in a poll attached to that article about 85 percent of you voted either “love it” or “don’t care either way.” So do you...2025
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• The landscape of AEW is changed forever

AEW Major changes are coming to AEW in the fallout from All In Texas. Dynamite airs tonight (July 16) with a live show from Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois. This is the first episode of Dynamite during the six week build to Forbidden Door, which takes place on August 24. The landscape of AEW is changed forever This past weekend’s All In Texas event changed the landscape of...2025
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• NXT’s Darkstate invades TNA again and gets a match for Slammiversary
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• Penguins Acquire Goalie Silovs from Canucks
Just when I was rather blissfully settling into deep a summertime hockey slumber, Kyle Dubas had to go and pull off another trade. The Penguins’ POHO/GM acquired 24-year-old goalie Arturs Silovs from old friend Jimmy Rutherford’s Canucks for minor-league forward Chase Stillman and a fourth-round pick in the 2027 Entry Draft. My initial reaction…surprise bordering on shock. Especially since P...2025
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• Yankees 11, Cubs 0: The Cody Bellinger game (Oh, wait. That’s not good anymore, is it.)

Photo by Evan Bernstein/Getty Images The Cubs got blown out in the stadium that’s been a house of horrors for them for years. So one of the things the Cubs really wanted to make sure to do as they entered this three-game series against the Yankees was neutralize Aaron Judge. That, they did, at least at the plate. Judge went 0-for-2 with a pair of strikeouts (and a couple of walks and a sac...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Yankees series preview

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images A big-time series ahead of the All-Star break. The Yankees had a 4½-game lead in the AL East after sweeping the Royals in a three-game series that ended June 12. Since then they’re 10-16, although they just swept the Mariners in a three-game series and Thursday, came back from being no-hit into the eighth to walking the game off in the 10th. In that s...2025
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• What would it look like for the Braves to officially throw in the towel for 2025?

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It’s time. Despite having a run differential, Pythagorean record, expected W-L, and BaseRuns record that all suggest they should be right around .500 (which would still be a disappointing outcome in its own right), the Atlanta Braves are 12 games under. And even though the projections still project them to play like a top five team in...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Checking in on the newest Rockies at the halfway point of the season

Chet Strange-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, July 10th, 2025 Prior to this ongoing 2025 season, the Colorado Rockies seemed at an impasse. With a combination of veterans looking to regain their form and younger players trying to make an impact, the team found itself in a tricky spot as they worked to figure out who would receive regular playing time, and where t...2025
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• Braves News: All-Star Selections, Weekend Woes, Jesse Chavez, more

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Unfortunately, more of the same. It is more than fair to suggest that the two most disappointing teams in baseball this season met over the weekend in Atlanta. And, unfortunately, the Braves made sure there was little debate as to who currently is the biggest disappointment after being swept by the Orioles. It is the same story, as the lack of offense just leave...2025
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• TNA Slammiversary PPV card: Five title bouts and former friends fighting

A look at the updated card. TNA Slammiversary is around the corner on Sunday, July 20. The lineup currently includes: TNA World Championship: Trick Williams (c) vs. Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana Title vs. Title: Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich (c) vs. NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne (c) (or Jordynne Grace if she beats Jayne at Evolution) TNA World Tag Team Championship: Nemeths (c) vs. Hardys...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 11, 2025

All aboard the Jacwagon? | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Can the Royals keep up the momentum into the All-Star Break? There were a couple of stories about Vinnie Pasquantino giving Jac Caglianone an il bacetto in celebration after his home run on Wednesday. Anne Rogers mentions it in her story: Caglianone’s two-run home run off Pirates starter Bailey Falter cleared not one, not two but ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 16, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Were you part of the Royals international amateur class? Cole Ragans joined MLB Network Radio to discuss his offseason throwing program: Baseball America has a scouting report on Kansas City’s international amateur class ($): Dominican shortstop Ramcell Medina, signing for $950,000, has been an up-arrow player. Early on, Medina looked like he might end up a...2025
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• Doncic has hilarious goals for when he becomes NBA star
Because he spent the season dominating at the professional level in Europe, many people are unfamiliar with Luka Doncic’s impressive skillset. Even less have gotten a glimpse of the star point guard’s outgoing personality, but he’s sure to endear himself to NBA fans wherever he ends up.Doncic entertained reporters this week by sharing some of his personal goals for after he is drafted by an NBA te...2018
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Outrage over Max Scherzer's Missed Perfecto Off-Base
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• Braves try to fend off the Yankees - and here’s how you can watch
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Shortstop
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• LeBron James Pens Heartfelt Message to Old Friend Koby Altman As Cavaliers President Secures Long-Term Extension
"LeBron James showed support for Koby Altman's contract extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers, fueling speculation about a potential return home....2025
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• Bernie's big assist on Parker's HHOF selection; Four named to U.S. WJSS roster; 19 draft picks on 25-26 squad

As we reported a few weeks ago, Jack Parker has been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto with his induction set for November. He'll become the fourth NCAA coach so honored, joining Ron Mason (Michigan State), Red Berenson (Michigan) and Jerry York (BC). And for many in Terrier Nation and the greater hockey community, the selection was long overdue. Bernie Corbett, the longtime...2025
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• What would it look like for the Braves to officially throw in the towel for 2025?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 11, 2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Checking in on the newest Rockies at the halfway point of the season
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• TNA Slammiversary PPV card: Five title bouts and former friends fighting
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• 4 NBA free agency winners and 3 losers after wave of 2025 player movement

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Let’s hand out the biggest winners and losers in free agency. NBA free agency remains ongoing, but at this point most of the top players have come off the board. Next season’s NBA championship picture is already taking shape, and there are some clear winners and losers from the offseason. The reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder will head into next ...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Shortstop
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• The 2025 MLB All-Star Game ended in a home run swing-off
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• Yankees 11, Cubs 0: The Cody Bellinger game (Oh, wait. That’s not good anymore, is it.)
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• Scotney routs Mercado to unify three world titles

Ellie Scotney is the clear class of the 122 lb division | Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix Ellie Scotney is the clear class of the 122 lb division after her dominant win over Yamileth Mercado. Ellie Scotney unified three of the four major world titles at super bantamweight tonight at Madison Square Garden, dominating against Yamileth Mercado over 10 rounds. Scotney won by unanimo...2025
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• Bernie's big assist on Parker's HHOF selection; Four named to U.S. WJSS roster; 19 draft picks on 25-26 squad
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Yankees series preview
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• Notes: Dan Campbell talks how special Detroit is as a sports town

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell joined the LiucciCast and talked about everything from their time at Texas A&M to Campbell’s love of the Lions’ fanbase. Detroit Lions’ coach Dan Campbell is a popular guy these days. Just a few days ago, he joined 96.7 am in Dallas to discuss how much he loves being in Detroit. We love you too, Dan. And whil...2025
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• Scotney routs Mercado to unify three world titles
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 11, 2025
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• Red Sox 10, Rockies 2: Brayan Bello was brilliant, but Kyle Freeland (again) deserved better

David Butler II-Imagn Images Freeland was good; the offense and bullpen were not. It was Tooth Day at Fenway Park as the Colorado Rockies faced the Boston Red Sox in the second game of a three-game stand. Congrats to all with teeth.— Peter Abraham (@peteabeglobe.bsky.social) 2025-07-08T22:53:54.095Z Both Brayan Bello and Kyle Freeland kept the opposing offenses toothless until the si...2025
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• TNA Slammiversary PPV card: Five title bouts and former friends fighting
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• Scorpio Sky returns to AEW with a new team

AEW’s YouTube The former TNT and Tag champ hasn’t wrestled for his home promotion in nearly two years, but he did on Collision 100. Sky showed up with an old friend and a new squad. Scorpio Sky made a grand return on Collision (July 5, 2025) to test himself against the Best Wrestler Alive. This was Sky’s first match back in AEW in 658 days. The scene was set up by Max Caster flapping his g...2025
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• Cardinals 8, Cubs 6: Well, that was ugly, despite another great game from Michael Busch

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images A stirring comeback went for naught when the Cubs bullpen blew up in the eighth. The Cubs bullpen has been so good this year that having an inning like the one Brad Keller had in the eighth inning of the Cubs’ 8-6 loss to the Cardinals is, frankly, shocking. It turned on one play in that inning, and I’ll get to that, but first things first. The Drew Pom...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images “Well, there is always next year,” Kansas City Royals fans have said for the past ten years. The Athletic’s latest power rankings feature Levi Weaver comparing today’s Kansas City Royals more to the 2023 squad than last year’s. [$] The stories of the Tigers and Royals were twin flames last year — two AL Central teams ascending from the mire to cla...2025
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• Michael Harris returns to Braves lineup for opener against Angels

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Harris sat the past two games as his struggles worsended. Weather permitting*, the Braves will kick off a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night. Atlanta is coming off a frustrating series loss to the Phillies and has lost 4 out of 5 after picking up some momentum in previous weeks. One step forward, one and a half steps back. *The foreca...2025
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• Zach LaVine Is Terrified by Kevin Garnett's Return to Minnesota Timberwolves
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• Carmelo Anthony Must Trust NY Knicks' Rebuild, Phil Jackson...For Now
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• Watch Derrick Rose Go Off For Season-High 31 Points In Win Versus Blazers
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• Tim Duncan Bets Friend $100 He'd Make 3-Pointer vs. Thunder, Wins Bet
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• Kobe Bryant First Player in NBA History with 30,000 Points and 6,000 Assists
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• The Timberwolves Shade Kevin Love by Not Including Him in Cavaliers Hype Tape
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• Darnell Dockett Lobbies for Kurt Warner Return After Another Cardinals QB Injury
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• Jarred Kelenic crushes a three-run homer as Braves clamp down on Colorado, 5-2

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images All the Braves do is win — on Ludacris Night, at least. Southern hospitality was not on the cards for the Colorado Rockies tonight. The Atlanta Braves rode a big first inning all the way to a 5-2 series win over the Rockies as their rude welcome to Atlanta continued for another night. As I mentioned in the opening sentence, the Brav...2024
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• Giants Maul Mal Mahle
Hello darkness, my old friend...I sing to the T. Mahle coming out my butt a day after eating Chipotle is this enough details for you I can't even punctuate I'm so miserable. WHAT THE EFF, Tyler Mahle (2 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 4.20)? 4.20 is right because I want to get high to numb the pain. Eff me, that was brutal. Maybe I can sit down again in June. Right now I'm too sore from ingesting that T. Mahle. ...2021
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• The Depressing Friars
While historically known as the "Swinging Friars", my new nomenclature I think fits a bit tighter. Tiger toite, if you like dating yourself with classic Mike Myers references. And while I think the viewing public has some understanding of what it means to be a San Diego sports fan (not a Mike Myers fan), I'm fascinated when fantasy baseball is able to put into focus exactly why the many dozens of ...2021
• Cannon Blasts: Filling the hockey void
Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images This week’s links, and more Normally I’d lead this column with a major news story regarding the Blue Jackets or the NHL, or come up with some other CBJ topic to discuss. Today, however, I’m all tapped out. All we have are rumors about when the NHL season may start, or how long it may last. Nothing is set in stone yet. It’s weird being a week into December ...2020
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• Catching up with SpecmenceCBJ, YouTube’s foremost Blue Jackets archivist
Elvis Merzlikins photo by Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images | The Cannon illustration Meet the hero who uploads all your favorite videos If you’ve ever whiled away an afternoon watching Columbus Blue Jackets videos on YouTube, you’ve almost certainly encountered the work of SpecmenceCBJ. His YouTube channel goes beyond the normal goals, hits and saves (though those are there, too) to...2020
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• SF Giants Are Just One Slugger Away from Big-Time NL Threat Status
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• Cleveland Cavaliers Get Even Deeper, More Lethal with Mo Williams Signing
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• Fantasy Football: Jay Cutler Helped Fantasy Owners More Than His Chicago Bears
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• NXT’s Darkstate invades TNA again and gets a match for Slammiversary
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• Notes: Dan Campbell talks how special Detroit is as a sports town
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• Penguins Acquire Goalie Silovs from Canucks
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• Yankees 11, Cubs 0: The Cody Bellinger game (Oh, wait. That’s not good anymore, is it.)
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• Atlanta’s California nightmare finally comes to a merciful end

Photo by Kelley L Cox/Getty Images The Braves finally won a game in California. The fact that that was cause for celebration tells you all you need to know about this season. Three losses in San Diego. Four losses in Los Angeles. Three losses in San Francisco. The state of California has been the world’s largest House of Horrors built specifically for the Atlanta Braves, it seems. 10 game...2025
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• LeBron James Pens Heartfelt Message to Old Friend Koby Altman As Cavaliers President Secures Long-Term Extension
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• Cardinals 8, Cubs 6: Well, that was ugly, despite another great game from Michael Busch
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• Sweep attempt goes sideways as Rockies roll Braves, 10-1

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Well, that was a flop! For the first six innings of this one, we were treated to an intense pitchers’ duel that saw Grant Holmes and Austin Gomber go toe-for-toe while they were out there. Then the seventh inning rolled around and the Rockies proceeded to pull away and eventually turn it into a 10-1 laugher over the Atlanta Braves. I’m going to be completely hones...2025
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• Can Atlanta put an end to their misery in Milwaukee?

Photo by Lawrence Iles/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If the Braves are going to find a way to save their season, it’s got to start by making something happen against a tough Brewers team. With the season currently off the rails, the Atlanta Braves are currently limping into their former hometown in order to take on the Milwaukee Brewers. As you can see by the fact that the Brewers are ...2025
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• Braves bop Boston in 10-4 series win

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images The Red Sox hit a grand slam but it was nowhere near enough to offset what the Braves had in store for today’s contest. The Atlanta Braves matched their season-high for runs today, as the lineup made things very difficult for both Brayan Bello and old friend Sean Newcomb. As such, the Braves ended up leaving Fenway Park with an emphatic 10-4 win over the Boston Re...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 24, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Stormy nights in the Midwest. ICYMI, last night’s game was rained out and will be played today as part of a doubleheader. Anne Rogers took to Reddit for an AMA: Right now there is a lot of platooning and rotation, especially in the outfield. Is the plan to eventually settle on a group if/when the offense improves, or will there be continuous rotation? Along ...2025
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• The Linc - PFF proposes Eagles trading up for a tight end

Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 4/23/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... 2025 NFL Draft: 3 things Howie Roseman could have up his sleeve on draft day - PFFTrade in front of the Los Angeles Chargers for Michigan TE Colston Loveland, then trade veteran TE Dallas Goedert to the Chargers. With Goedert entering the fina...2025
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• Old friend Harrison Barnes' buzzer-beater deals major blow to Warriors in West playoff race

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• Everything you need to know about Season 7 of ‘Drive to Survive’

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Netflix’s F1 docuseries is back this week for Season 7. Here is what you need to know The 2025 Formula 1 season begins in just under two weeks, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. While the Bahrain Grand Prix has in recent seasons served as the first race on the schedule, with Ramadan taking place in March F1 has shifted races scheduled in Bahrai...2025
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• Ernest Jones, former Seahawks defender place high in latest top 100 free agent list

Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Another midseason trade ends up as one of the top targets in consecutive offseasons. The Seattle Seahawks are connected to the names of two defensive free agents this offseason. The 33rd Team just released their Free Agency Rankings, and midseason trade linebacker Ernest Jones comes in as 16th-best on the market this winter. Because...2025
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