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Sources: Holmgren, Raiders talk front office job

Bill Williamson and John Clayton, ESPN.com

The Oakland Raiders have been talking to former Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren about a leadership position within the organization, according to two sources.

Adam McCalvy, MLB.com

The last time Brewers pitching coach Rick Kranitz sat in the stands for a baseball game, it was March of 2009. He was the Orioles' pitching coach and one of his guys, Jeremy Guthrie, was on the mound for Team USA in a second-round World Baseball Classic…

Adam McCalvy, MLB.com

Franklin Gutierrez and Michael Saunders hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning and Justin Smoak delivered a go-ahead, two-run blast in the eighth, powering the Mariners' 6-5 win over the Brewers on Tuesday at Maryvale Baseball Park.

Matt Loede, packersgab.com

The Packers weren’t interested in paying DT Cullen Jenkins two years ago when he was an unrestricted free agent and subsequently signed a five-year, $25 million with the Eagles. A source said that Jenkins wanted to stay in Green Bay and would be interes…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

The Packers can’t be sure right now what, if anything, they’ll get from Jerel Worthy this year. So they’re already looking at possible replacements, and according to Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, have “expressed interest” in 49er…

CNNSI.com

Are the Texans a perennial playoff threat, or is it now or never? Andrew Perloff assesses what went wrong after a dominant start to 2012, and how Houston can fix it.