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After a long period of negotiations and counter-offers, Arsenal finally won the race to sign Lille winger Nicolas Pepe on Thursday. Arsenal came out on top after battling for Pepe’s services with other European giants such as Paris St-Germain and Manchester United. Their $93 million bid and their contract offer won out, and Pepe was announced as a Gunner on...

The Houston Astros pulled off a trade deadline shocker on Wednesday, completing a deal for Arizona Diamondbacks righty starter Zack Greinke. https://twitter.com/astros/status/1156680492210630657?s=21 Houston gave up a package include prospects Corbin Martin, J.B. Bukauskas, Seth Beer, and Joshua Rojas in exchange for the All-Star starter. It’s a heavy prospect load in order to acquire the eccentric righty, but Houston didn’t think twice about...

Preseason camp has gotten off to a pretty rotten start for the Cincinnati Bengals. The AFC North squad found out over the weekend that star receiver AJ Green will miss at least the first part of the season after fracturing an ankle during training camp. https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1156306938935820288?s=21 After undergoing surgery on Tuesday to repair a severely sprained ankle which was suffered on...

After spending the past two seasons on loan at Bayern Munich, it appears that attacking midfielder James Rodríguez is set to stay at Real Madrid for the 2019-20 season. https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1155831138545491969?s=21 Los Blancos have apparently made the decision to keep James due to the serious knee injury suffered by Marco Asensio earlier in the preseason. While the club's original plans included the...

The speculation that has connected Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba to Real Madrid throughout the summer turned up on Sunday after his brother announced a move to Spain. https://twitter.com/cdmanchegocreal/status/1155387074775851008?s=21 C.D. Manchego Ciudad Real, a small club in Spain’s Third Division, announced their signing of Mathias Pogba on Sunday morning. Considering the team’s location just south of Madrid, it heightened the rumors...

The new-look Los Angeles Clippers have already been plenty ambitious in 2019 after signing prize free agent Kawhi Leonard and acquiring superstar forward Paul George in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Now, after announcing plans for a new privately-funded arena, they're looking to truly complete a makeover for the long-maligned franchise. https://twitter.com/LAClippers/status/1154569393604452352 The Clippers have shared an arena with the...

The Tennessee Titans have decided to make Kevin Byard the highest-paid safety in the history of the NFL after agreeing to a five-year contract extension potentially worth $70.5 million on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/Titans/status/1154198924548280320 Byard's contract includes $31 million in guaranteed money and breaks the record set for a contract for safety which was previously shared by the Redskins' Landon Collins. It has been...

Mets veteran second baseman has played for 15 seasons in the MLB, recording 320 home runs in 2,153 career games. Before Tuesday, however, he has never gone deep three times in one game. That changed after a memorable performance in a 5-2 Mets win over the San Diego Padres. Canó, who has been slumping in the midst of his worst career...

The Texas Rangers might have been surprising playoff contenders for the first half of the season, but with the team now at 50-50 and 6.5 games out of the Wild Card chase, it appears that they will look to sell some of their top assets. It appears that lefty starter Mike Minor could be on the move at the trade...

The Los Angeles Angels made a move that surprised no one on Sunday, cutting bait with former All-Star starting pitcher Matt Harvey. Harvey signed a one-year, $11 million deal with Los Angeles last offseason after a decent 2018 campaign with the Cincinnati Reds. While he wasn’t the “Dark Knight” of old, he still managed to post respectable numbers and show...