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None of Daniel Jones’ presumptive top receivers were on the field to catch his passes at Thursday’s third OTA practice. Rookie Kadarius Toney and veteran Kenny Golladay, two players with extensive injury histories, wore red jerseys and did not practice for undisclosed reasons. Sterling Shepard (torn Achilles) also was in a red jersey as he continues rehabbing. Head coach Brian Daboll said “some” of the players in red jerseys were “rehabbing” but he wasn’t going to “get into the specifics” about Toney and Golladay. Toney didn’t report to the Giants’ facility this offseason until late April, after the Daily News reported that the team was exploring trading him.

BALTIMORE — Yankees right-handed reliever Chad Green left Thursday afternoon’s game with what the team called right forearm “discomfort.” Green left in the middle of an at-bat against Austin Hays in the sixth inning of the Yankees game against the Orioles at Camden Yards. The team announced that Green will be evaluated by team doctors on Friday, when the Yankees are back in New York. The Bombers were very confident in their pitching depth coming into this season and until the last 48 hours, it really had not been tested.

Don’t let the name fool you — Brightline’s third annual #305Weekend is a sweet deal for the 954 and 561, too. Celebrating three years of intercity service in South Florida, the rail line is offering $3 and $5 one-way fares between Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach on Friday through Sunday, which ought to encourage us to get out in a new way in new places. Here are some low-hassle ideas for a weekend date night or afternoon out at destinations within an easy stroll of Brightline’s three South Florida stations.

Even though the whole team enjoyed throwing it during warmups, the football belonged to left-hander Nick Vespi. It was a good one, too, old and faded yet reliable, the leather still sticky despite all the use it got at Triple-A Norfolk. But when Vespi received a call-up to the Orioles on Tuesday, the football followed him to Baltimore.

Ravens punter Sam Koch is retiring from the NFL after 16 seasons in Baltimore, the team announced Thursday, and will join the coaching staff as a special teams consultant. Koch, who appeared in a franchise-record 256 regular-season games, including a team-record 239 consecutively from 2006 to 2020, holds several franchise records. He holds team marks in punts (1,168), punt yardage (52,868), career gross average (45.3), career net average (39.7) and punts inside the 20-yard line (453).

These, Erik Spoelstra said, are the times coaches have to put the ego aside. And hope that the egos of their leading men are enough to carry the night. As the Miami Heat turned their attention to Thursday night’s Game 2 of these Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics at FTX Arena, Spoelstra said sometimes it can be as basic as allowing shot creators Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro to create their own shots. “When you get to this time of year, you can have all the greatest plans of shifting a defense and moving ‘em and playing out of closeouts,” Spoelstra said.