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Holland declines $15M option with Rockies, goes free

DENVER (AP) All-Star closer Greg Holland has become a free agent after declining to exercise his $15 million player option with the Colorado Rockies. Holland bolstered Colorado’s bullpen this year by saving a franchise record-tying 41 games in his first…

Rams rout Giants as Goff throws 4 TDs

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — If the last two games are any indication, the Los Angeles Rams are for real — and then some. Jared Goff set career highs with four touchdown throws and 311 yards passing, Todd Gurley ran…

Michigan State's Bridges tops AP preseason All-America team

Michigan State’s Miles Bridges has everyone’s attention. The 6-foot-7 sophomore headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team as the leading vote-getter by a wide margin for the five-player squad. Bridges received 61 votes from the 65-member national media panel that…

Bautista's $17.5M option declined by Blue Jays

TORONTO (AP) Jose Bautista’s $17.5 million option has been declined by the Toronto Blue Jays, who will pay a $500,000 buyout. Bautista became a free agent Sunday after the team turned down its half of the mutual option on the…

O'Brien says Texans have discussed signing Kaepernick

HOUSTON (AP) Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien says he and general manager Rick Smith have discussed signing Colin Kaepernick in the wake of last week’s season-ending injury to Deshaun Watson. When asked about Kaepernick on Monday, a day after Tom…

Another hearing set over Cowboys RB Elliott's 6-game ban

NEW YORK (AP) A federal appeals court has set a Thursday hearing as attorneys for Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott seek a longer-lasting injunction to stop his six-game suspension over domestic violence allegations. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of…

Sens GM: Getting Duchene was a 'no-brainer'

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) Senators general manager Pierre Dorion says the trade to bring Matt Duchene to Ottawa was a ”no- brainer.” Dorion and Duchene met with reporters on Monday, a day after the Senators acquired Duchene from Colorado as part…