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Assessing Aroldis Chapman's spot in the BBTN 500 relative to him being moved back to the closer role.

The free-agent market is one week old, and the past three days have seen the flood of new contracts slow to a trickle, but there's still plenty of talent available at virtually every position. The players who were on the market when free agency opene...

America rarely ever gets things wrong. It's a country that's brought the world professional wrestling, the KFC Double Down, Kenny Powers, and America. But sometimes — daylight saving time, Taylor Hicks, pull-ups being included in the requiremen...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Joe Girardi spoke for a bit longer than usual today -- nearly 12 minutes -- in the tent before a crowd bloated by a large contingent of Japanese media that turned out for Ichiro Suzuki's group press conference. But quantity didn't nece...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Takeaways from Day 7 of Camp Farrell: * Season debut: The Red Sox will begin the exhibition season with their annual college doubleheader against Northeastern and Boston College on Thursday at JetBlue Park at Fenway South. Red...

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As part of our preview heading into the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season, we've asked Joe McDonald and James Murphy to answer nine big questions (one per day) facing the Boston Bruins. Here's our Day 7 question: Will the Bruins make any big in-sea...

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OXNARD, Calif. -- The last time Alex Albright was on the offensive side of the ball was middle school, and he was a running back. Albright made a brief return to offense on Day 7 of Cowboys' training camp, lining up in some individuals at tight e...

Photos from Day 7 of the 2012 London Games

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Wrapping up the seventh day of training camp and the key storylines: Scuffle highlights practice. In Bill Belichick's 13 years as Patriots coach, this reporter can't recall a training camp scuffle as large as what unfolded Wed...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Patriots held their annual in-stadium practice for season ticket-holders on Wednesday evening, with 22,633 turning out to watch the full-pads practice. Here are some observations: Branch, Ninkovich limited. Receiver Dei...

CORTLAND, N.Y. -- Recapping Wednesday in training camp: 1. Taking the team's pulse. Rex Ryan, responding to the Antonio Cromartie/Chaz Schilens feud, made it clear that he's not asleep at the wheel. Ryan, who famously admitted after last season th...

Setting the schedule for the seventh day of Patriots training camp, as the Patriots will hold their sixth overall practice: 5 p.m. -- Bill Belichick news conference 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. -- Season-ticket holder only practice inside Gillette Stadium 9...

CORTLAND, N.Y. -- After a day off, the Jets return to the practice field Wednesday -- the first of three practices before Saturday night's intrasquad scrimmage. Players in the spotlight Wednesday will be CB Antonio Cromartie (who thinks he's the s...

One of the more compelling aspects of Summer League is the journey of players who aren't guaranteed roster spots on an NBA team. Dave McMenamin explores the nature of summer league and the frustration it can create. Kendall Marshall struggled might...