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Bay Area native CC Sabathia doesn’t want to see the Raiders leave Oakland, but he gets it. The New York Yankees pitcher is a fan and doesn’t want to see his city lose one of its professional teams. However, speaking as a pro athlete …
The practice of projected NFL draftees skipping their bowl games has become more commonplace in recent seasons, but West Virginia quarterback Will Grier looks set to be the first prominent quarterback to hop on the train. The school announced …
It’s getting to be crunch time in the NFL, with Week 14 upon us. Some teams basically need to win out to make the playoffs now, so things are getting tense for certain teams. Others are probably in the playoffs either way, but they’re …
Former Green Bay Packer Damarious Randall thinks his former team erred in firing coach Mike McCarthy and should be casting the blame elsewhere. Randall, now with the Cleveland Browns, believes the Packers’ front office let too many good players …
Where does Kyler Murray’s future lie? In the eyes of one NFL scout, it should be as a first-round NFL draft pick. One AFC South scout told Zach Barnett of FootballScoop that he’d grade the Oklahoma quarterback as a first-rounder after a …
Miami Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto continues to attract wide interest across the league. According to Jim Bowden of The Athletic, five teams are most aggressively leading the charge in Realmuto trade talks, including the widely-linked New York Mets. …
There has been a lot of noise about Bruce Arians potentially returning to coaching with the Cleveland Browns next season, but the former coach of the Arizona Cardinals downplayed the likelihood of that happening. Arians told Tyler Dunne of Bleacher …
Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky is set to start Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams. Trubisky, who has been out since Week 11 with a shoulder problem, is completely off the Week 14 injury report and poised to return to action. Bears’ QB …
We’re slowly beginning to whittle down the list of NFL playoff contenders as teams begin to fade and fall out of the race. That still leaves us with plenty of potential entrants, though, some much more likely than others. Even the best of these …
The New York Jets will likely have their starting quarterback in action again on Sunday. Sam Darnold, who hasn’t played since Week 9, confirmed Wednesday that he intends to play Sunday against the Buffalo Bills barring an unexpected setback. …
Once upon a time, it looked like the LSU Tigers might have a shot at dethroning the Alabama Crimson Tide atop the SEC West. An emphatic 29-0 home defeat at the hands of the Crimson Tide put an end to LSU’s ambitions rather quickly. So what set …
The Golden State Warriors are finally putting something akin to a date on Draymond Green’s return. According to coach Steve Kerr, Green is likely to return early next week, having only played twice since Nov. 5 thanks to a nagging toe issue. …
The New York Mets are making aggressive moves this offseason, but one of their key players may not feature for quite some time in 2019. Mets COO Jeff Wilpon admitted Wednesday that the team’s expectation is that outfielder Yoenis Cespedes …
The St. Louis Cardinals have made a major deal for a big bat. The Cardinals acquired first baseman Paul Goldschmidt from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Among the players headed back to Arizona is former top-100 pitching prospect Luke Weaver. …
The Seattle Mariners may already be prepared to trade one of their new acquisitions. According to Jayson Stark of The Athletic, the Mariners have already discussed first baseman Carlos Santana with other teams less than two days after acquiring him …
Another underwhelming Cincinnati Bengals season is coming to an end, and with it comes a new wave of speculation about coach Marvin Lewis’s future. One Cincinnati Bengals source told ESPN’s Josina Anderson that Lewis was expected to think …
