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As Al Davis sat down to reflect on John Madden’s coaching legacy, 30 years had passed since the Raiders’ first Super Bowl victory. “For a while, there were words that we and he couldn’t win the big one, because we had lost so many championship games,” Davis told me in 2006 during an exclusive interview. Fast forward to the modern-day 49ers. They’ve lost in the NFC Championship Game in ...

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PHOENIX — The Miami Dolphins have been on a strong run of reeling in top-tier veteran talent over the past two offseasons. In trades for star wide receiver Tyreek Hill and cornerback Jalen Ramsey, each indicated Miami was where they wanted to go among teams that could build the framework for a deal. They and edge rusher Bradley Chubb, acquired at last season’s trade deadline, all signed up for ...

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ATLANTA — The uncomfortable joking began months ago, when defending Masters champion and PGA Tour stalwart Scottie Scheffler ran into two-time Masters champ and LIV golf defector Bubba Watson on a vacation trip. The two had an upcoming engagement at the Masters — the champions dinner hosted by Scheffler. “I told him,” Scheffler reported earlier this year, “that I was going to have a separate ...

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Two years ago, when Jim Nantz decided this would be his last time calling the Final Four — a farewell in his hometown of Houston — he knew it would be an emotional experience. But the legendary CBS play-by-play announcer could not have anticipated the flood of feelings that would accompany this goodbye. He expected the waves of nostalgia, but not the sadness of the last several months. He lost ...

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Garret McGuire had an idea. But in his father’s opinion, that wouldn’t be enough. Garret, a Baylor sophomore quarterback at the time, needed more before he walked into head coach Matt Rhule’s office with a play suggestion. He needed a plan. He needed notes. He needed video proof. Even then, “he’s still going to crush your soul,” Joey McGuire, a former Baylor assistant and now head coach at ...

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Keon Coleman had a difficult time watching college basketball this season. It’s not because he lost his love of the game, but Coleman made a decision in late December that he needed to put his focus where it belonged — on the football field. The football field is where, after all, the Michigan State wide receiver stood out last season — he caught 58 passes for 798 yards ...

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PITTSBURGH — Now that Terrell Edmunds is Philly bound, one player remains from the Steelers’ thoroughly unexciting draft class of 2018, and that is thoroughly average right tackle Chuks Okorafor. They could always bring back Marcus Allen, I suppose, but only if they need somebody to infiltrate the other team’s huddle. A class that should be in its prime, with multiple players helping the ...

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LOS ANGELES — They went with a cold open. A rare night start, atmospheric rivers and whatnot combined to make this the chilliest Opening Day in recent memory. The announced game-time temperature of 54 degrees was the coldest (by eight degrees) for a Dodgers home opener in the past 25 years. But Will Smith kept the home fires burning, driving in four runs including the Dodgers’ first three of ...

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Logan O’ Hoppe finished batting practice, greeted his parents, then made his way past the hoards of reporters in front of the dugout. Asked what the young catcher, making his first opening night appearance, expected his starting pitcher to do, O’Hoppe’s eyes lit up and he grinned. “Do Shohei Ohtani things.” Ohtani pitched three innings of no-hit baseball against the Athletics ...

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LOS ANGELES — It was wet, cold and beautiful. The lineup was weird, worrisome and wonderful. Opening day was opening night, the decade-long dynasty was riddled with holes, the summer’s best fans were bundled up and uncertain and yet ... The magic returned, stronger than ever, the Dodgers opening the 2023 season Thursday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks with an 8-2 win at a Dodger Stadium ...