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#Bears All-Pro LB Roquan Smith has requested a trade.

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"I have never liked the word retirement. ... I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis" Serena Williams on saying farewell to tennis (via @voguemagazine )

ESPN has pulled out of Big Ten media rights negotiations, ending one of the longest sports media relationships in the business. ESPN said no to the conference’s final offer of a 7-year/$380 million per-year package, sources tell SBJ. Story to be filed soon.

Chris Sale Undergoes Successful Surgery:

Tennis without Serena 🥺

More frustrations: — The backloaded offer, which wouldn’t make him the highest paid in actual salary, included proposed de-escalators that not a single player out of the 94 non-QB, $15M+ contracts has. He was offended. — The deal would hurt the LB market as a whole.

Congrats, Troubs. We're all proud of you.

Bengals’ President Mike Brown on his franchise losing the name of his father off the team’s stadium: “This is a move that I think my father would have agreed to. He was always for what is best for the football team.”

Johnny Vegas 'walks off' This Morning after Josie Gibson's brutal comment