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RJ Barrett, Tyler Herro eyeing max contracts

Jake Fischer: The word on the street is definitely that both Barrett and Tyler Herro are looking for maximum contract extensions. Source: Spotify What's the buzz on Twitter? Barry Jackson @ flasportsbuzz From PM: Readers asked if Donovan Mitchell is ...

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 16, 2022

Q&A: Rob Manfred on Trevor Bauer, payroll disparity, rule changes and TV blackouts

NEW YORK — On July 8, 1980, the day of the last All-Star Game played at Dodger Stadium, the No. 1 song in America was Paul McCartney’s “Coming Up.”

Los Angeles Times · Jul 16, 2022

Bill Shaikin: Rob Manfred says MLB antitrust exemption has one 'meaningful' use. Here's what it is.

NEW YORK — To baseball fans across America, the time-honored cry of summer is this: Kill the ump!

Los Angeles Times · Jul 16, 2022

Ivana Trump died of 'blunt impact injuries' as cause of death is confirmed

The 73-year-old first wife of former US president Donald Trump is understood to have fallen down the stairs of her New York City home and her death has been ruled as accidental

Daily Mirror · Jul 16, 2022

Ivana Trump’s cause of death revealed by NYC Medical Examiner’s office

NEW YORK — Ivana Trump died Thursday of injuries from an accident inside her Upper East Side apartment, a spokesperson for the city Medical Examiner’s office confirmed Friday.

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022

What you need to know about COVID subvariants BA.5 and BA.2.75

NEW YORK — Although new omicron subvariants are again driving COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, Americans are less inclined to mask up and get boosters because of pandemic burnout. Consequently, it’s a new opportunity for the mutating virus to reinfect the population with a different strain.

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022

Brooklyn DA tosses convictions in fatal 1995 token booth arson investigated by notorious NYPD detectives

NEW YORK — Three defendants jailed as teens for setting a fatal 1995 token booth fire that killed an innocent clerk were exonerated Friday, with authorities again linking two notorious Brooklyn detectives to the wrongful convictions.

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022

3 ways the Knicks can land Donovan Mitchell

NEW YORK — Securing a seat belt for a long ride is probably the best posture during these Donovan Mitchell trade negotiations. Things can change in an instant, or with one offer, but reports suggest the Jazz and Knicks aren’t close.

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022

Nets, general manager Sean Marks agree to contract extension: sources

NEW YORK — Nets general manager Sean Marks has signed a contract extension that keeps him in Brooklyn spearheading roster decisions for the foreseeable future, the New York Daily News has learned. Marks’ extension, which was signed near the beginning of July per sources, comes as the Nets maneuver the…

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022

Prosecutors seek to dismiss convictions against trio jailed for horrific 1995 New York subway murder

DA cites ‘serious problems with the evidence’ as it moves to vacate murder convictions

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022