MLB rumors: Dodgers meet with Roki Sasaki, Mets still want to add bat, Marlins and Cubs swap ex-top prospects
Major League Baseball’s offseason continues to regain steam heading into the new year. With that in mind, CBS Sports has compiled below all of Sunday’s most notable news, notes, and rumors in one space for your viewing convenience.
Dodgers meet with Sasaki
Here’s a link to the story at CBS Sports.
Aaron Rodgers sets dreadful NFL record as Jets crushed against Bills
Aaron Rodgers hoped to achieve milestone touchdown pass No. 500 in a New York Jets win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday afternoon but got the completely opposite result.
Here’s a link to the story at Fox News.
Column: Why Pete Carroll makes sense as a candidate for the Chicago Bears coaching job
Perhaps Pete Carroll’s age feels like a legitimate deterrent to some. He is, after all, a septuagenarian, turning 74 in September 2025. Do the Chicago Bears really want to roll those dice and unite with a gray-haired coach whose NFL career likely won’t reach the end of this decade?
Here’s a link to the column at Chicago Tribune.
Analysis: It’s hard to see how the Cardinals or Nolan Arenado win by staying together
The new year approaches. The Cardinals’ “retool” has begun. Paul Goldschmidt’s new home ballpark is Yankee Stadium.
Yet Nolan Arenado remains the Cardinals’ third baseman.
Here’s a link to the story at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
2024’s most annoying people. Left and right can agree on at least two
The year is ending and, shockingly, it was filled with less drama than most people predicted. Self included. Last year’s annoying list focused on the enemies of sanity like teachers union boss Randi Weingarten and Greta Thunberg, climate extremist turned full-time lefty activist.
Here’s a link to the column at Fox News.
Incoming WH Advisor Alina Habba: Biden “Extremely Destructive” In Final Days Of Presidency; “Hemorrhaging Money”
Alina Habba, his personal lawyer who will be one of Donald Trump’s White House counselors starting next month, talks about the “damage” President Biden is doing in his final days in office, during an interview with Jason Chaffetz on FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”
Here’s a link to the column at Read Clear Politics.
How Trump could crack down on blue cities and states to enact mass deportations
President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly clashed with Democratic cities and states that adopted policies offering “sanctuary” to undocumented immigrants during his first term. Now, both sides are gearing up for round two.
Here’s a link to the column at Real Clear Politics.
Bill O’Reilly: Key Lessons From 2024
Some folks never learn. I mean that, literally. They wander through life heads down, thumbs waggling, looking at their best friend: a handheld device that is addictive.
Here’s a link to the column.
Everett Lee Tabor-Benton, IL
Everett Lee Tabor, 86, of Benton, Illinois passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family on Saturday December 28, 2024 in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale at 2:26p.m.
Everett was born July 17, 1938 in West Frankfort, Illinois to Harry and Blanche (Edwards) Tabor. Everett was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He was a very giving person. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church – Benton, Illinois. Everett was a faithful servant of the Lord and had a heart for missions. He was a previous member of First Baptist Church of Milford, Ohio. Everett served in the Bearing Precious Ministry and First Bible International. Everett pastored East Fork Cemetery in West Frankfort in the early 1970’s .
He was preceded in death by his son, Keith Tabor; parents; sisters: Joyce Tabor, Marcella Felton, and Jenita Punchard; brothers, Harry Joe and Charlie Tabor.
Everett is survived by his wife, Betty Tabor who he married in 1985; son, Kent Tabor; daughters: Melanie (Tim) Norman and Kathy (Mark) Miller; nine grandchildren: Reggie (Alyssa) Norman, Leah Bailey, Jake Tabor, Chelsea (Gunner) Bailey, Natasha (Mike) Dolan, Nathan Shurtz, Nick (Lindsey) Tabor, Mitchell Bahr, and Nick Carter; fourteen great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00a.m. Thursday January 2, 2025 in the Immanuel Baptist Church – Benton, Illinois with Minister Eddie Paul Davis officiating. Burial will be in Denning Cemetery on the Orient Road. Visitation will be held in the church from 9:00-11:00a.m. prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Bearing Precious Seed Ministry in Milford, Ohio. Envelopes will be available and accepted at the church or funeral home.