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Buster Posey takes center stage among the newcomers for next year's Hall of Fame ballot

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Posey is expected to be the top newcomer on the 2027 Hall of Fame ballot. Holdover candidates Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones were the only ones voted in. Beltrán and Jones were the top returning vote-getters from 2025, so it wasn't a shock when they received the necessary 75% approval from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

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Packers and coach Matt LaFleur agree to contract extension, AP source says

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Matt LaFleur has agreed to terms on a contract extension to remain the Packers' coach, a week after Green Bay's season ended with a wild-card playoff loss to the Chicago Bears, according to a person familiar with the situation. LaFleur had one year remaining on his contract. New Packers president and CEO Ed Policy had said last summer he would prefer not to have a lame-duck coach, saying it “creates a lot of issues.”

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200 FBS quarterbacks went into portal, and the best ones came out with promises of big paychecks

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About 200 Football Bowl Subdivision quarterbacks entered the transfer portal by last week's deadline. The top programs in the power conferences are paying a premium for players at the most important position on the field. Among the 68 quarterbacks who were starters in 2025 at power conference schools and Notre Dame, 24 are out of eligibility, 16 entered the portal and 28 indicated they would return to their teams.

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