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Tennis

Patrick Mouratoglou prepares takeover of tennis academy, Jessica Pegula says her injuries helped her

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Welcome to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where we’ll explain the stories behind last week’s on-court stories.This week, exhibitions have taken over what we call the offseason even as the WTA Tour continues. Patrick Mouratoglou can’t help but mark academies with a capital M, Jessica Pegula says injuries have really helped her and Belinda Bencic is on the comeback trail.Will Patrick Mouratoglou take over the brilliant world of tennis academies?Since 1996, Patrick Mouratoglou, coach, future tennis disruptor and general impresario, has run one of the world’s largest tennis academies in the south of France. He is now opening an academy in…

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MLB

Five Red Sox free agents to target with Juan Soto off the board

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Five Red Sox free agents to target with Juan Soto off the board originally appeared on NBC Sports BostonJuan Soto left, and in the end, the Red Sox weren’t even close. Soto chose $765 million of Steve Cohen’s money on the emotional arguments the Red Sox could muster to increase their own game by $700 million (by Sean McAdam of MassLive).Crush them if you want, but also recognize this for what it was: the richest owner in sports deciding he wouldn’t be denied. I suspect that if John Henry had offered $775 million, Cohen would have increased his offer to…

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NFL

Q&A, Week 14: Who is more desperate, the Jets or the Bears?

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(Illustration by Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports)Each week of the NFL season brings a host of new questions…and answers some old ones, too. Let’s review what we learned in Week 14…and what we’ll wonder about in Week 15 and beyond.ASK: Who is more desperate, the Jets or the Bears?This weekend saw some ignominious milestones in the NFL. First, the Jets lost (shocking) and the longest in any major American professional sport. Meanwhile, the Bears, in the first game of the post-Eberflus era, got their doors blown out by San Francisco, 38-13, in a game that didn’t even look that competitive. Together they…

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MLB

Juan Soto’s historic contract with the Mets, where the Yankees go from here | Baseball-B-Cast Bar

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Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-CastJuan Soto made the decision Sunday evening to keep his talents in New York. However, the potential future Hall of Famer opted to trade neighborhoods, moving from the Bronx to Queens, where he would join the New York Mets.Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss, live from the MLB Winter Meetings in Dallas, the historic 15-year, $765 million deal that shook the sports world and created jubilation among Mets fans who hope the 26-year-old outfielder helps them reach their first World Series championship since 1986. They then talk about where teams like the New York Yankees, Boston Red…

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NHL

Flyers fall to Utah Hockey Club, lose momentum with third straight loss

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Flyers fall to Utah Hockey Club, lose momentum with third straight loss originally appeared on NBC Sports PhiladelphiaThe Flyers followed their three-game winning streak with a three-game skid.They lost to the Utah Hockey Club, 4-2, Sunday night at the Wells Fargo Center.With less than six minutes left in the third period, John Tortorella’s team had the chance to tie even on the power play. But the Flyers allowed a shorthanded goal. Morgan Frost skated the puck too much in the defensive zone, which allowed Kevin Stenlund to score a breakaway.Tortorella defended Frost after the match.“He won’t repeat that for the…

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