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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 · BIG MIKE’S DESKBoard as of 7:20 PM ET
NFLWhat I'm Eyeing · 4:00 PM ET · Nov 13

NFL Odds Today: Five Spots I'm Watching Before Week 10 Closes

A groin injury in Kansas City, a receiver back at practice in Munich, and a Tennessee lineup hollowed out before Sunday, here's what's actually moving before anything clears.

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New Orleans Pelicans Betting News: Dejounte Murray Wants Out Before Tipoff

NBAWhat I'm Eyeing · 4:00 PM ET · Nov 13

The Pelicans are 1-8 with him on the floor and 3-0 without him, and nobody in New Orleans knows yet who plays tonight.

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WNBA Betting News Today: The 2027 Calendar Is the Only Number Moving

WNBAWhat I'm Eyeing · 4:00 PM ET · Nov 13

No games on the floor right now, but the reporting on a May-to-October 2027 calendar is the first real data point for next year's futures board.

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Red Sox Lock Up Jake Bauers on a Four-Year, $58 Million Deal

MLBBreaking · 1:35 PM ET · Nov 13

No physical pending in the reporting, no fine print, just a number and a term that says Boston wanted certainty at first base before the position thinned out.

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NC State Wolfpack News: Philip Rivers Is Coming Home to Raleigh

CFBBreaking · 1:35 PM ET · Nov 13

The board of trustees finalizes a five-year deal Friday, closing a search that also included Russell Wilson and turns a program record-holder into a first-time college head coach.

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