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Jaguars have little hope of Justin Blackmon's return (Yahoo Sports)

Nearly two years after Justin Blackmon’s last NFL practice, the Jacksonville Jaguars have all but given up on the suspended receiver. General manager Dave Caldwell said Tuesday he’s pretty much lost hope Blackmon will return. Caldwell hasn’t had any contact with Blackmon in some time and believes the former Oklahoma State star’s skills would be diminished if he was reinstated by the league.

Blue Jays, Royals escalate feud by trading barbs on Twitter (Yahoo Sports)

TORONTO (AP) — – The Royals and Blue Jays have moved on: After an exchange of hit batters, they’re now trading barbs on Twitter. First, Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista posted a message Sunday night saying he had ”lost a lot of respect” for Ned Yost after hearing the Royals manager praise home plate umpire Jim Wolf’s handling of Sunday’s game. Two Blue Jays batters were hit by pitches and

Dombrowski says there were no contract talks with Tigers (Yahoo Sports)

Dave Dombrowski says there had been no talks with Tigers ownership about a new contract, so as the end of the season drew closer, he began to have doubts about his future in Detroit. ”You’re sort of suspicious there’s a chance it could go the other direction,” Dombrowski said. The Tigers announced Tuesday that Dombrowski’s tenure as president and general manager was over, naming Al Avila the new GM.