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Why intra-MLS trade prices have gotten so high; FC Cincy interest in Gruezo; Cowell contract details: Notebook

The decline of TAM and influx of GAM has had a material impact on the price tag of recent transactions between MLS clubs

Bubble Watch: Rutgers is the new Providence. Tell your friends

After a disastrous first month of the season, Rutgers is somehow back in the NCAA Tournament picture.

Updated Top 100 NFL Draft board for 2022: No. 1 Aidan Hutchinson first of five edge rushers in Dane Brugler’s top 15

With all-star games completed and the NFL Scouting Combine two weeks away, offensive tackles and cornerbacks join pass rushers at the top.

Trail Blazers are doing the unexpected and winning back hearts in the process

Newcomers Josh Hart, Justise Winslow key another win, Portland's third in a row, as the Blazers continue to play a fun brand of basketball.

NBA Power Rankings: After the NBA trade deadline, who got better and who got worse?

By keeping tearful promises, Trendon Watford found a role with the Blazers: ‘Immense amount of joy and happiness’

Recruiting revisited: Ranking college football’s Class of 2018, four years later

Andy Polo domestic violence allegations raise numerous questions about Timbers, MLS response

Bracket Watch: Let’s play The Blind Résumé Challenge!

Did Trail Blazers belly-flop or excel at trade deadline? Depends on your expectation

Hollinger: NBA buyout market tiers, led by John Wall, Gary Harris, Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragić

Why more MLS players were sold abroad this winter than ever before

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What was the deal with Joe Burrow’s recruitment, where’s the love for Penn State? Recruiting mailbag

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NBA 75: Remembering the legendary Drazen Petrovic, and how basketball’s ‘Mozart’ composed a path for future trailblazers

If Petrovic, who joined the Trail Blazers in 1989, had to be the first of his kind in the NBA, he wanted to make sure he was not last.

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Bubble Watch: We don’t talk about LSU. No, no, no. (OK, we need to talk about the Tigers)

Providence, Texas Tech and Illinois join the locks, but it's the team that got locked early that's on Eamonn Brennan's mind.

NBA Power Rankings: Raptors climb up playoff hopefuls tier, plus NBA trade deadline buyers and sellers

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Hollinger: When comparing Caris LeVert and Norman Powell deals, it’s all about the contracts

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Trail Blazers get first look at Justise Winslow: ‘Everybody who plays with him loves him’

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As Blazers trade Norman Powell and Robert Covington, this much is clear: It was a great day to be a billionaire

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Updated Top 100 NFL Draft board for 2022: No. 1 Aidan Hutchinson first of five edge rushers in Dane Brugler’s top 15

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Bubble Watch: Rutgers is the new Providence. Tell your friends

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