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Pedro returning to Red Sox as a special assistant

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BOSTON (AP) -- Pedro Martinez has returned to the Boston Red Sox.

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The trade deadline sits like an inviting target four weeks away for the Trail Blazers, who have remained in playoff contention despite a recent six-game losing streak. Couldn't they make a deal to improve their unproductive bench and enhance their chanc…

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When the Phillies signed free-agent outfielder Delmon Young this week for a bargain-basement one-year guarantee of $750,000, it said a lot about the organization's willingness to take risk, about the sweet rewards of forgiveness, and it also spoke a vol…

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New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton kept using the word “closure” during an extraordinary, 45-minute news conference Wednesday morning.

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MOBILE, Ala. - At this early stage of the draft process, with a new Eagles coaching regime, we are all just throwing darts blindfolded, but there are some things we can make educated guesses about.

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WE DON'T know where Chip Kelly will settle now that he's the Eagles head coach. What we do know is that he doesn't like to be cooped up.

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THEY DO NOT defend with focus. They do not rebound with zeal. So, they must score. To salvage any sort of success from this dying season, the 76ers must abandon all else, save scoring.