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sports Diamars 23 November 2021

Red Sox pick up manager Alex Cora’s option for 2 seasons

(AP) — The Boston Red with the entire Red Sox front Houston Astros cheating
Sox have picked up Alex office, I am excited for many scandal.
Cora’s option for two years of continued partner-
more seasons, rewarding ship as we work together to After Ron Roenicke man-
their manager for taking bring another World Series aged the pandemic-short-
them to the AL Champi- trophy to Fenway Park.” ened 2020 season, Cora was
onship Series in his first brought back to the Boston
year back after serving A former infielder who was dugout. The Red Sox went
his one-year sign-stealing a member of Boston’s 2007 92-70, then beat the New
suspension. World Series championship York Yankees in the AL wild-
team, Cora is 284-202 in card game and the Tampa Bay
Cora, 46, is now under con- three seasons as manager. Rays in the divisional round
tract through 2024. before losing to the Astros in
In his first year, 2018, he led the ALCS.
“Alex’s leadership of our staff the club to a franchise-record
and our players was critical to 108 victories and a World Se- “I am beyond grateful for
all that we accomplished in ries title. Cora was let go a this opportunity to manage
2021,” Chief Baseball Officer year later when he was iden- the Red Sox,” he said. “We moments as a team and as a unfinished business to take
Chaim Bloom said. “Along tified as the ringleader in the experienced so many special city in 2021, but we still have care of.”

Offensive regression leads Jaguars to ‘hard conversations’

(AP) — Jacksonville’s of- has got to become Trevor a are tied for second in the NFL that, especially in your posi- 14 – consecutive games Jack-
fense has regressed to the little bit.” Veteran NFL of- with 30 pre-snap flags, in- tion, any position.” sonville has lost to NFC
point where coach Urban fensive coordinator Darrell cluding a delay-of-game pen- teams. The Jags’ last victory
Meyer is fielding ques- Bevell countered with “this alty Sunday because punter INJURIES against someone from the
tions about potential staff is not Clemson where we are Logan Cooke didn’t get on WR/KR Jamal Agnew is go- other conference came in the
changes with nearly two pulling the ball and running the field fast enough on one ing on IR. He twisted his 2018 season opener against
months left in the season. downhill inside and letting fourth down in the fourth right hip/leg, an injury Meyer the New York Giants.
linebackers and safeties hit quarter. Cooke’s strange mis- called “a hit square in the jaw.
The Jaguars (2-8) are aver- him.” cue came after Lawrence was That’s a problem.” CB Sha- NEXT STEPS
aging 264.5 yards and 10.8 sacked on a third-and-25 play quill Griffin (concussion), The Jaguars get another
points over their last four Meyer insisted Sunday that near midfield, setting up an CB Tyson Campbell (shoul- chance to end its NFC skid
games, a stretch of futility there’s no internal strife and obvious punting situation. der), LT Cam Robinson at home against Atlanta next
that has made rookie quar- no decisions have been made (knee) and S Andre Cisco Sunday. The Falcons have
terback Trevor Lawrence’s about coaching changes. STOCK UP (groin) also are undergoing been outscored 68-3 in con-
development the main topic Chief of Staff Fernando Lovo, further evaluation. secutive losses to Dallas and
of conversation inside and “I have high expectations,” he who was Meyer’s right-hand New England.
outside the facility. said. “When someone’s not man at Florida and Ohio KEY NUMBER
performing well, yeah, we State, is leaving to return to
Lawrence threw for fewer have hard conversations, but Texas and become the Long-
than 160 yards for the third that’s the game of football. … horns’ senior associate ath-
consecutive week in a 30- letic director for facilities and
10 loss to San Francisco on “Do I have high expectations operations. Lovo spent four
Sunday. It was also his third for position groups? Abso- years (2016-20) as Texas foot-
straight game without a lutely. Very high expecta- ball’s chief of staff. He also
touchdown pass. tions. If it’s not fulfilled, then spent time at the University
we have to have a conversa- of Houston since working
“Obviously, that’s tough,” tion about it.” under Meyer in Gainesville
said Lawrence, who’s been and Columbus.
plagued by penalties, dropped WHAT’S WORKING
passes and poor offensive line Linebacker/defensive end “Fernando’s like a son to me,
play. “It’s a bad feeling. … Josh Allen had a career-high so all positive,” Meyer said.
There’s not a magic pill, like 10 tackles against the 49ers
this is what we need to do to and a forced fumble. He STOCK DOWN
fix it. We all just have to take didn’t have a quarterback hit Safety Rayshawn Jenkins, one
ownership and be better. Un- for the first time since Week of the team’s seven captains,
til we do that, it’s going to be 4, but he continued an im- was ejected in the second
the same thing.” pressive run that’s proven quarter for trying to punch
he’s worthy of a lucrative receiver Jauan Jennings. He
CBS Sports, citing anony- contract extension following is likely to get fined.
mous sourced, reported be- his third year.
fore Sunday’s game that Jack- It was the second mistake in
sonville’s coaches are at odds The seventh overall pick in the game for Jenkins, who
over how to use Lawrence, the 2019 draft already has a also had an unsportsmanlike
and added that staff changes career-high 51 tackles this conduct penalty earlier in the
are expected. The report said season to go along with 5½ season. He was flagged for
some coaches are pushing sacks, an interception, a holding on a third-and-5 play
back on Meyer’s preference forced fumble and a fumble that gave the Niners a new set
to run more simplified run- return. He has 18½ sacks in of downs. They went on to
pass options that helped Law- 34 career games. kick a field goal and cap a 20-
rence become so successful at play opening drive that took a
Clemson. WHAT NEEDS HELP little more than 13 minutes.
Jacksonville was penalized at
Similar discussions came least eight times for the fifth “We’re just going to have a
up earlier this season, when consecutive week, a troubling grown-man conversation,”
Meyer suggested “Trevor trend for Meyer. The Jaguars Meyer said. “You can’t do