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The caveat before we get started with this exercise is to point out Mark Craig’s very good piece last week about how the strength of schedule of NFL teams going into a season is not a good indicator of how that team will fare — or even how hard their schedule will really be. The NFL is a league of change, with half of all playoff teams being displaced routinely from year to year.

Make that two victories in a row and two straights wins in Alabama for Newgarden.        

It’s uncertain where Joakim Noah’s NBA career goes from here, but his beard game isn’t past its prime. The exiled Knicks forward checked in from the wilderness somewhere, sporting a blond beard and wavy long hair, without his preferred ponytail. The two-time All-Star is almost recognizable from the player who has spent 11 seasons in

The Marinersacquired left-handed pitcher Roenis Elias from the Red Sox on Monday in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Elias will report to Triple-A Tacoma.

The Jets enjoyed the rising stock of Baker Mayfield, until now. The Oklahoma signal-caller has become the talk of the draft as it approaches. For weeks he’s been linked to the Jets at No. 3 — but it’s becoming possible he doesn’t even last that long. Three days before Thursday’s draft, reports have emerged that Mayfield is

Since Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, the Cubs and Indians have only faced each other in innocent Spring Training games in Arizona. On Tuesday, they'll meet at Progressive Field for the first time since Nov. 2, 2016, when the two teams played a nail-biting finale that fans of both franchises will never forget.