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Rick Havner/Getty Images MIAMI -- Erik Spoelstra laughed at the question. The coach was asked at Heat practice on Friday if he feels pity for the video coordinators these days. After all, they have to prepare not one, but two, full scouting re...

Houston Texans The team signed outside linebacker Trevardo Williams, a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, to a four-year deal Thursday. The Texans have now signed five of their draft picks. The Texans' director of college scouting, Mike Ma...

Chad Ford recaps the Day 1 of the NBA draft combine. He writes about which players impressed (Steven Adams, Rudy Gobert, Allen Crabbe) and which did not (Archie Goodwin, B.J. Young, Vander Blue).

Blog | Conversation | May 17, 2013

The St. Louis Rams have added six and subtracted four in remaking their personnel department heading into their second season with Les Snead as general manager. The chart lays out the changes in personnel and titles for the scouting department. ...

The Kansas City Chiefs announced several additions to their front office. The moves were expected as part of the new regime. The team added former Seattle executive Will Lewis as director of pro scouting. He has a history with Kansas City general ...

It has been a whirlwind offseason for new Buffalo Bills general manager Doug Whaley. He spent the past several months on the road scouting for the NFL draft, and now Whaley is settling into his new position this week as Buffalo's general manager. ...

With Twitter questions on everything from player rankings updates to Drake Harris and Marcelys Jones moving up to West Coast bias, Tom Luginbill answers them all.

Story | Conversation | May 16, 2013

The Boston Bruins narrowly escaped a first-round upset loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins almost blew a 3-1 series lead, but they were able to rally back from a 4-1 third-period deficit and cap a historic comeback by beating Toronto in ov...

C.J. Nitkowski examines how major league teams have become better at scouting Asian pitchers. Rather than pitchers from the Far East improving, MLB clubs are better identifying traits that lead to successful transitions, like size and velocity.

Story | Conversation | May 15, 2013

Keith Law unveils his first mock draft for 2013, and the Astros are being linked to a surprising name at No. 1 overall.

Story | Conversation | May 15, 2013

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- White ball, white roof, look out below. It's an occupational hazard of playing in Tropicana Field, and it was a topic, David Ortiz said, that came up during the team's pregame meeting held to go over their scouting report o...

Amin Elhassan and Dave Telep offer their scouting reports on high school phenom and new Kansas Jayhawk Andrew Wiggins, the likely No. 1 pick in the 2014 NBA draft.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2013

The Arizona Cardinals grew their coaching staff earlier this offseason. Now, the team's personnel department is growing, too. Ownership appears to be arming new coach Bruce Arians and new general manager Steve Keim with greater resources overall, ...

Doug McIntyre looks at which American players are helping or hurting their national team stock with their current club play. This week, Clint Dempsey and Eric Lichaj are on the rise.

Blog | Conversation | May 13, 2013

We conclude our scouting report series with a look at Patriots seventh-round draft choice Steve Beauharnais, the team's final selection in 2013. Alignment: Beauharnais played as a stand-up linebacker for Rutgers, both in the middle of the defense ...

Continuing our scouting report series with a look at the first of two Patriots seventh-round picks, defensive end/outside linebacker Michael Buchanan. Alignment: Buchanan was used as both a defensive end and stand-up linebacker for Illinois. In th...