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MLB qualifying offer price rises to $23.15 million

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NEW YORK — The price of a qualifying offer for this year’s major league free agents rose 5.1% to $23.15 million from $22,025,000. The figure is determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this year. The price dropped by $100,000 to $17.8 million in 2019, then rose to $18.9 million in 2020, fell $500,000 in 2021 and rose to $19.65 million in 2022, $20,325,000 in 2023 and $21.05 million in 2024. Qualifying offers began after the 2012 season, and only 18 of 157 offers have been accepted. A free agent can be made a qualifying offer only if he has been with the same ...

Steelers' belief in rookies is paying dividends

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PITTSBURGH — Shortly after hearing their names called in front of record-setting crowds on Pittsburgh's North Shore at the 2026 draft, the Steelers' rookie class did what some do when they find themselves thrust together by circumstance: they started a group chat. Over the past six months, ...

McVay goal send Indians past JFK

High School Sports

GIRARD — Girard spent the first half playing timidly. While on their home field, the Indians were officially considered the road team and played like it. However, they came alive in the second half, scoring twice to down Kennedy, 2-1, in a first-round Division IV tournament matchup. “I ...

Ex-NC State coach, Akron assistant Amato dies

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Chuck Amato, the longtime Florida State assistant football coach who went on to lead his alma mater at N.C. State for seven seasons, has died at the age of 80. Amato died early Monday at his Raleigh home under hospice care, the school announced on its athletics website. Amato had previously ...

Blood clots to end season for Eagles' Hurts

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PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the season because of blood clots in his lungs, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the ...