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Mariners Hire Yankees' Tanner Swanson as Bench Coach
Seattle pulls one of the game's sharpest catching minds away from the Bronx, and it says plenty about where the Mariners think their next edge is hiding.
NFL
SEC Weighs a Luxury Tax to Rein In the Player-Spending Arms Race
The conference wants a working formula on the books before the December signing period, and the gap it is trying to close is roughly $14 million a school.
WNBA
WNBA Betting News Today: Nothing's Live, But the Notebook Is Filling Up
No slate, no board, no numbers to chase, so today's radar runs through a podcast, a knee, and a Geno Auriemma soundbite that won't die.
CFB
CFB Betting News Today: Alabama's Return Trio Headlines a Friday Full of Backup QBs
No lines in front of me yet, but four backup quarterbacks and a healed Alabama front are exactly the kind of numbers I want to watch move before anything clears.
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Joe Burrow's Madrid Wander Is the Best Story of NFL Week 9
NFL Picks Today: Myles Garrett's Return Headlines My Week 9 Watch List
Indianapolis Colts Injury News: The Sauce Gardner Trade Looks Worse Than Ever
NFL Odds Today: Five Spots I'm Watching Before Week 9 Locks In
Las Vegas Raiders News: Kirk Cousins Revives 'Kirko Chainz' as Team Hits 4-4
MLB Betting News Today: Clase Witness Says the Inside Info Dried Up
Robert Stock Returns to the Mets for One More Chapter
MLB Betting News Today: What I'm Eyeing Before the Lockout Clock Runs Out
Guardians Betting Scandal: Clase, Ortiz Federal Case Shakes Cleveland's Outlook
MLB Hot Stove Heats Up: Dodgers, Yankees, Braves Chase Winter's Biggest Names
MLB News Today: Joe West and Fellow Ex-Umpires Sue Over Retirement Shortfall
Illinois Clinches Bowl Eligibility as Collin Dixon and a Trick Play Sink Nebraska
CFB Line Movement Today: The UTSA Blowout That Broke the Close
Florida Atlantic Stuns Unbeaten-In-Conference UTSA 60-29, Clinches Bowl Eligibility
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Odds Today: The Toney Injury Changes Everything
Massachusetts Minutemen Snap Four-Game Skid With OT Win Over Ball State
Indiana Football Earned This. Stop Auditing The Resume.
Dallas Wings News: Paige Bueckers And Azzi Fudd Open Up On The Pod
Phoenix Mercury Legend Diana Taurasi Headlines 2027 Hall of Fame Class
Texas RB Hollywood Smothers Out for Season: Torn MCL Hits a Live Line
WNBA Best Bets Today: The Board's Dark, So Here's What I'm Actually Tracking
Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream Turn a Finals Loss Into a Foundation
Golden State Valkyries News: Championship Parade Draws Estimated 400,000 Fans
Luka Doncic's 53 Headline the Latest Los Angeles Lakers News, and It Was Already a Wild Week
Golden State Warriors Injury News: Porzingis Steps Away, but the Line Already Knew
Golden State Warriors News: Steph Curry's 29 Points Cap Six-Game Turnaround Past Klay Thompson's Heat
NBA Odds Today: What I'm Eyeing Before Friday's Slate
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