Voluntary minicamp is next week. But before players head to Halas Hall, Brad Biggs answers your Chicago Bears questions weekly. I know free agency signings don’t all happen in March and there’s plenty of time for the Bears to keep making additions. But given the lack of signings at offensive tackle, is that a vote…
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The Yankees and Aaron Judge cannot agree on what the slugger is worth, in terms of moolah and years. Yet the Bombers’ bottom line does not include what his value is to the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network. When Brian Cashman and his crew are crunching the numbers on Judge, they don’t quantify how he…
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After a quiet two weeks in free agency, the Ravens went back to checking boxes last weekend. They needed a veteran inside linebacker, so they re-signed starter Josh Bynes to a one-year deal Friday. They needed an impact defensive lineman, so they re-signed starter Calais Campbell to a two-year deal Saturday. And because they need…
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Q: Ira, this is exactly what Erik Spoelstra does best, game plan against one player. Bring on Trae Young. — David. A: But it’s easier to game plan against one player when there isn’t a solid supporting cast in place, which the Hawks have with the shooting of Bogdan Bogdanovic, Danilo Gallinari, Keven Huerter and…
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The last time the Miami Heat stepped on the court for a playoff game, the roster included seven players no longer with the team. Such is the reality of being swept out of the postseason 4-0 by the Milwaukee Bucks. Even then, there was the buzz of the Heat eventually aligning with Kyle Lowry in…
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Two weeks into the season and already we can make some definitive assessments: GERRIT COLE IS NOT A $324M PITCHER Not that any player is worth that kind of crazy money, but the Yankees broke the bank for Cole because they knew they had to have a dominant No. 1 starter if they were ever…
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Let’s get something straight with the Nets: This isn’t about one of them. This is about both of them. All of them really. The whole Brooklyn Nets thing. It starts with Kevin Durant and Dr. Kyrie Irving, of course. Package deal, just like always. They came here together, for big change, with big expectations, and…
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The exact details of John Means’ left elbow prognosis await further testing over the next few days, but the fallout of what is expected to be a lengthy absence for the Orioles’ lone rotational mainstay is already rippling. Baltimore lacks established big league starting pitchers, which in many ways is by design as executive vice…
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Harry Styles stood at the top of the stage, the singer-songwriter swallowed up in a fluffy black coat at the start of his headlining set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday, April 15. But not for long. In an instant, he was off, running down the curved white staircase that surrounded…
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In his eighth NBA season, Zach LaVine is in the playoffs for the first time. And the Chicago Bulls guard’s excitement is mixed with dogged relief. “It’s about time,” LaVine said with a laugh Wednesday after practice. As the Bulls prepare for Game 1 against the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday, they need LaVine to assume…
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