As Americans, we might have our differences, but at the end of the day we’re all in this together. Right? America has never been easy. Long before shots were fired at Fort Sumter, the Founders struggled to find consensus across a vast land of cities, farms and wilderness. Since the earliest days of America, there’s…
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The 2021 Ravens no longer resembled the team they were designed to be over the last six weeks of the season. Rampant injuries left them with an offense incapable of generating big plays and a pass defense incapable of holding leads. They fell from an 8-3 No. 1 seed to an 8-9 playoff nonparticipant. We…
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The first half of the minor league baseball season came to a close last week, with a four-day respite to coincide with the major league All-Star break. That creates an opportune time for The Baltimore Sun to generate an All-Star list for the Orioles’ farm system, featuring a starter at each position as well as…
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Q: A guy like Harrison Barnes would make the Heat better than last year. – Juan, Miami Beach. A: And this again comes down to when, or if, you move on to Plan B (or even Plan C). The Heat have one prime salary chip to put into play in a trade, the contract of…
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Admiral Schofield re-signed with the Orlando Magic on a two-way contract Friday evening, the team announced. A league source told the Orlando Sentinel before the team’s announcement that Schofield signed the two-way qualifying offer the Magic extended to him before free agency started, making way for his return. Schofield, a 25-year-old forward who was the…
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Q: Ira, when do the Heat recognize they don’t have enough for Kevin Durant. We don’t have anyone as good as Jaylen Brown to offer. – Don. A: First, it’s all speculation at this point when it comes to the names that are or aren’t being offered. And even then, it’s a matter of the…
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Nikki Spoelstra, the wife of Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, posted on Instagram on Friday evening a heartfelt message detailing a health issue that has affected their 4-year-old son, Santiago. Nikki Spoelstra, who has almost 25,000 followers on Instagram, wrote: “The day after his fourth birthday, our son went in for an unexpected surgery. Intussusception.…
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Tears started to fill Willson Contreras’ red-rimmed eyes. For months the Chicago Cubs All-Star catcher had kept thoughts about his future at bay. Free agency, the trade deadline, all the uncertainties after 13 years with the only big-league organization he has known — those were things to worry about later. He had maintained since spring…
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Where the NBA free-agent list stands: Best available: Miles Bridges (R), Colin Sexton (R), Montrzel Harrell, Dennis Schroder, Eric Bledsoe, Hassan Whiteside, Rodney Hood, Kent Bazemore, Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo, Dwight Howard, Markieff Morris, Elfrid Payton, Paul Millsap, Wayne Ellington, Blake Griffin, Tristan Thompson, Kemba Walker. Agreed to terms: Kyle Anderson (Timberwolves), Deandre Ayton (Suns),…
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BRIDGEWATER, N.J. – Anthony Michael Volpe is still a Yankee. At least for today. With the Major League Baseball trade deadline on Aug. 2, the Yankees have the assets to deal for 23-year-old megastar Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals, who recently turned down the Nats’ offer of a 15-year, $440 million contract extension and…
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