Change is in the air. “Black Monday” arrived in the NFL the day after the regular season ended with a flurry of major changes around the league. By the end of the month, the Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans, Las Vegas Raiders and New Orleans…
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This is owner Steve Ross and general manager Chris Grier’s best chance, maybe their last chance, to show they know how to run the Miami Dolphins. That means learning enough from their years of mistakes and recognizing talent in a manner that gives fans some belief — or merely hope — things will get better…
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Dave Hyde, Sports Columnist Mike McDaniel brings a sharp offensive mind and comes from a healthy coaching tree of Mike and Kyle Shanahan. He’s also not the kind of first-time hire to get overly excited about — unless you did similar offensive minds and first-time hires Joe Philbin and Adam Gase. This team needs some…
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Nowhere in the United States was as hot as Anaheim was Sunday, weather experts said. Anaheim’s high temperature of 85 degrees was the highest in the nation and also broke a heat record for the city for Feb. 6, 84 degrees set in 2000, according to the National Weather Service. Highs in Anaheim were expected…
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Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton, right, drives by Los Angeles Clippers forward Nicolas Batum during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Los Angeles Clippers’ Robert Covington, left, is congratulated by forward Norman Powell after scoring and drawing a foul during the second…
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Ravens tight end Mark Andrews finished his career year in style Sunday as he caught five passes for 82 yards and a pair of first-half touchdowns to help lead the AFC to a 41-35 victory over the NFC in the return of the Pro Bowl in Las Vegas. But it was the quarterback who threw…
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Messier, already a serious Kentucky Derby contender, put an exclamation mark by his candidacy for this spring’s Run for the Roses with a record-setting victory in Sunday’s $200,000 Grade III Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita. The son of 2003 Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker, named after former NHL standout Mark Messier, turned in…
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Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton, right, drives by Los Angeles Clippers forward Nicolas Batum during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Los Angeles Clippers’ Robert Covington, left, is congratulated by forward Norman Powell after scoring and drawing a foul during the second…
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The Houston Texans are in talks with assistant coach Lovie Smith for their head coaching vacancy, a person familiar with the meetings told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the team had not announced that Smith had interviewed for the job. The 63-year-old Smith is currently…
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Drivers Joey Logano (left) and Brad Keselowski (right) share a laugh along Bill Robertson Lane prior to racing on the specially built quarter mile asphalt oval inside the Los Angeles Coliseum during the NASCAR Busch Light Clash in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) A race…
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