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Braves add catching depth, sign former Rangers All-Star Jonah Heim to $1.25 million. 1-year deal

NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — The Atlanta Braves added catching depth while awaiting the return of Sean Murphy by signing former Texas Rangers All-Star Jonah Heim to a $1.25 million, one-year deal on Tuesday.

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Heim was with the team for the first workout with pitchers and catchers.

The Braves announced the signing of Heim and placed right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach on the 60-day injured list. Schwellenbach, whose 2025 season was cut short by abroken right elbow, has inflammation in the elbow.

Braves first-year manager Walt Weiss told reporters Schwellenbach has "bone spur type stuff" in addition to the inflammation. "It's going to be significant time he's going to miss," Weiss said.

"I always say before a season even starts your pitching depth is going to get tested. It's inevitable. You'd rather it not be right away in February."

Heim, 30, was an All-Star and Gold Glove winner in 2023, when he hit .258 with 18 homers and 95 RBIs with Texas. He hit .220 in 2024 and .213 last season.

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Murphy hadseason-ending surgeryin September to repair a labral tear in his right hip. He began running on Tuesday and said he had no timetable on when he expects to be ready to play.

The Braves are expected to rely on 2025 NL Rookie of the YearDrake Baldwinto handle most starts at catcher to open the season. Heim will serve as depth, possibly allowing Baldwin to remain in the lineup as the designated hitter when he's not catching.

Murphy told reporters: "I feel good. I think we're making good progress on the hip and now we're checking boxes as we go. So far no setbacks and everything is going well."

Infielder Nacho Alvarez also worked with the catchers during the first workout.

Brian Snitker, whoretired after last seasonas manager to assume an advisory role, sat in a golf cart as he chatted with new manager Walt Weiss for the first day of workouts. Snitker will be inducted into the team's hall of fame this year after 49 years in the organization. He led the Braves to the 2021 World Series championship.

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Braves add catching depth, sign former Rangers All-Star Jonah Heim to $1.25 million. 1-year deal

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Will Campbell says he tore knee ligament during 2025 season

New England Patriotsleft tackleWill Campbellbroke his media silence with a significant revelation on Feb. 10.

After leaving thePatriots' locker room after the Super Bowl without talking to members of the media, Campbell spoke to reporters a couple of days later. According toMark Danielsof MassLive, the first-yearoffensive linemansaid he tore a ligament in his knee during the season.

Campbell said he played at less than 100% during thePatriots' Super Bowl runbut also said it was not an excuse for his struggles down the stretch.

Campbell missed all of December after landing on injured reserve with a knee injury he sustained in a Week 12 game against theCincinnati Bengals. Campbell had to be carted to the locker room after the injury, and he landed on injured reserve the following week. After missing the minimum four games on IR, Campbell returned for Week 18 and the playoffs.

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Week 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18)makes a catch for a touchdownagainst the Green Bay Packers during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned. Despite TeSlaa's effort, the Packers won the game 27-13.

The No. 4 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft allowed 14 pressures against the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 60, according to Next Gen Stats. That was the most allowed by a single player in any game during the 2025 season, including the playoffs.

Next Gen Stats also attributed 29 total pressures allowed to Campbell over the course of the Patriots' playoff run, which is the most of any player since 2016, the beginning of the Next Gen Stats era.

In the days after the Super Bowl, more than a handful of current and former offensive linemen took to social media to analyze Campbell's struggles. Several pointed to a lack of solid base/foundation in his stance, which could be chalked up to the knee injury he was still recovering from.

Patriots head coachMike Vrabel saidon Feb. 10 that he and the team have no plans to move Campbell to the interior after his rough outing.

"Will's 22 years old. He's our left tackle," Vrabel said. "He'll get better and get stronger. (There were) moments where he played well, moments where he blocked a guy. There's plays he'd like to have back; we're not moving him to guard or center or tight end or anywhere else."

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LeBron James bluntly says Lakers aren't a championship team after loss to Thunder: 'We can't sustain energy and effort'

Since starting the season 15-4, in part thanks to a seven-game win streak down the stretch of November, the Los Angeles Lakers have yet to stack more than three wins in a row. They had another chance to accomplish that feat for the first time in the New Year on Monday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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With injuries sidelining reigning NBA MVPShai Gilgeous-Alexanderand 2025-26 NBA scoring leaderLuka Dončić, Crypto.com Arena featured a physical contest that included a combined 52 free throws.

A scrappy Thunder bunch, which leads the league in defensive rating for the second straight season,outlasted the Lakers 119-110, pulling away in the final minute.

Although Oklahoma City (41-13) had dropped its previous two games in the absence of Gilgeous-Alexander, who will be out through at least the All-Star break, and has looked increasingly vulnerable this season, the Thunder are still the defending NBA champions and the Western Conference's top team.

Plus, they're 2-0 against the Lakers (32-20), currently the fifth-place team in the West. More than just eight games separate the Thunder and the Lakers in the conference standings, according to LeBron James.

"That's a championship team right there,"James told reporters postgame. "We're not."

The 41-year-old James was then asked what's keeping the Lakers from joining the Thunder in that echelon.

"We can't sustain energy and effort for 48 minutes, and they can," he said bluntly. "That's why they won a championship."

James scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half of the loss. He also logged 10 assists and six rebounds. Austin Reaves, in his fourth game backfrom a calf injury, pitched in 16 points off the bench. Marcus Smart finished with 19 points and went 4 of 7 from deep.

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But James, Reaves and Smart each missed a 3-point attempt in the final 40-some seconds, as the Thunder held on to win, bolstered by a clutch-time, midrange jumper by Jalen Williams that made it a 115-110 game with 51.9 seconds remaining. Williams had a game-high 23 points, most notably 10 in the final five minutes.

In James' eyes, shotmaking and 50-50 balls made the difference.

While the Lakers' defense has been criticized during the JJ Redick era, including by Redick himself, and they rank 22nd in the NBA in defensive rating this season, James maintained that defense wasn't the problem on Monday against the Thunder.

James conceded that the Lakers let Isaiah Joe get way too many 3-point looks in the first half and weren't executing their switches to a high enough level. Joe hit four 3s and scored 19 points.

"But I mean, listen, for the majority of the second half, I thought we was really good defensively," James said. "We didn't have that many lapses."

Redick was even pleased with his group's effort overall.

"I think when you play the best teams — and Oklahoma City is clearly — you know, you have to have a really high level of effort and you have to have a really high level of execution," Redick said,per ESPN.

"It's got to be both, and I thought for the most part our effort was fantastic. In key stretches of the game, our execution wasn't great."

Regardless if it's execution, effort or energy, these Lakers are too often missing a key ingredient for championship-level success. James called them out after a setback against the defending champs.

LeBron James bluntly says Lakers aren't a championship team after loss to Thunder: 'We can't sustain energy and effort'

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Blake Shelton Calls Out Fan for Wearing Luke Bryan T-Shirt to His Concert: 'What's the Matter with You?'

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  • Blake Shelton called out a fan for wearing a Luke Bryan t-shirt to one of his recent Las Vegas residency shows

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  • The two musicians are longtime friends with a history of making fun of one another

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Ina TikTok video sharedon Saturday, Jan. 31 from one of the 49-year-old the country star's recent residency show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, he called out a fan in the crowd for choosing to wear aLuke Bryant-shirt.

The clip shows Shelton spotting a fan in the crowd, asking what they're wearing and confirming the shirt features Bryan. "You come to my show wearing Luke Bryan s---," he said with a smile. "What's the matter with you?"

"That guy's an idiot," exclaimed Shelton.

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The fan laughed and replied, "I love him!"

"Quick, get her some merch on me," said Shelton. "Luke Bryan. You've obviously been to one of his shows, right? You ever notice that he always does the,y'all sing along?"

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"It's because he's too drunk to remember the words to his own songs," added the "Don't Mississippi" artist. "Drunk and high. Put that on YouTube. Put it on your Instagram."

The two musicians are longtime friends with a history of making fun of one another. In an October 2025 interview with CMT, Bryan joked thattheir rivalry is the only thing that keeps him goingafter the host noted he holds more No. 1 hits than Shelton.

"That's the only reason that I'm still in the game of country music, to stay ahead," Bryan quipped. "I thought he was retiring — he's back putting songs out. It's not the deal we had."

In an April 2025 appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live!, Bryan revealed he was once mistaken for Shelton. "My gas station that I live nearby... one of the attendants that works the cash register [mistook] me for Blake Shelton. That has been my worst thing in the neighborhood," he said at the time.

"He was so convinced. He's like, 'You're Blake Shelton. Tell me about being Blake Shelton.' He goes, 'Do you get that a lot?' I said, 'Not much,' " he continued.

"The guy looked and me, and he's like, 'You are Blake Shelton's doppelgänger... and he goes, 'Could you imagine what it would be like to have Blake Shelton's money?'" Bryan recalled, before joking:"Oh, what it must be like."

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Sarah Michelle Gellar feared being 'Star Search' mean judge. It passed

LOS ANGELES —"Star Search"judgeSarah Michelle Gellardoes not throw around top scores willy-nilly onNetflix's rebooted talent competition.

While fellow judgesJelly RollandChrissy Teigenstarted tossing out perfect five-star marks judging the live show that premiered Jan. 20, the"Cruel Intentions"star, 48, held out.

"I don't take five stars lightly. I waited to give that five-star," Gellar tells USA TODAY. "I actually felt badly because both other judges had given fives and I hadn't. It was like 'Am I just the mean judge?'"

Gellar didn't set aSimon Cowell-esque streakon "Star Search," which streams live Tuesdays and Wednesdays (9 ET/6 PT) through the Feb. 17 finale.

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The "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress bestowed her first five-star rating to the last performer on the Jan. 21 Episode 2 — singer Bear Bailey, whose version of "Hard Fought Hallelujah" brought Jelly Roll (the song's co-writer) to tears.

"When Bear came on stage, I was like, 'That's why I waited!' Because that was a five-star performance," says Gellar. "That performance was the first one that I'd seen this season where I was like, 'Oh, he's ready to win this right now.'"

Bear was eliminated in Episode 4, but Gellar can rely on decades of "Star Search" experience to spot talent. She was a diehard fan of the OG "Star Search," famously hosted by Ed McMahon, during the syndicated show's run from 1983 to 1995 that featured young up-and-coming stars like Beyoncé, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake.

"Britney Spears, I always remember for some reason. I could always pinpoint her look, the song. But there were so many, like the comedians that I wasn't supposed to watch," says Gellar, who didn't even know her good friend and"All My Children"co-star Lindsay Price also appeared on "Star Search" until researching the show.

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"And I was watching the acting category the other day, and there was a contestant namedMitzi Kapture,who was later on 'Silk Stockings,'" says Gellar. "There are people that you don't even realize were on the show."

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Not Gellar, however. The child actress who starred in 1980s Burger King commercials auditioned unsuccessfully for the TV talent show.

"In the original 'Star Search,' there was an acting category where they'd have two performers start the scene, and then two performers end the scene," says Gellar. "I think I was five. But I'd been working for a while by then. And alas, I didn't make it."

<p style=The Emmy-nominated star of "Euphoria" and "The White Lotus," Sydney Sweeney, has made a name for herself in prestige television, on silver screens in horror flicks or romantic comedies and as a fashion darling on red carpets like the Met Gala.

Scroll through for more photos of her life and career.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Harry Shum Jr. and Sydney Sweeney walk the red carpet at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2019.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Sydney Sweeney attends The 2020 InStyle And Warner Bros. 77th annual Golden Globe Awards Post-Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Sydney Sweeney attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 94th Oscars at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 27, 2022.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney poses for a photo session during the 5th edition of the Cannes International Series Festival in Cannes, southern France on April 2, 2022. <p style=Sydney Sweeney attends the 2022 Met Gala.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Sydney Sweeney attends ELLE's 29th annual Women in Hollywood celebration on Oct. 17, 2022, in Los Angeles.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Sydney Sweeney attends the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2022 on Nov. 16, 2022, in London.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Sydney Sweeney attends the 2023 Met Gala.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Sydney Sweeney and her cousin Lucille Hancock attend the Miu Miu fashion show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 3, 2023, in Paris, France.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Sydney Sweeney attends Columbia Pictures' "Anyone But You" New York Premiere on Dec. 11, 2023, in New York City.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney attend the World Premiere of Sony Pictures' "Madame Web" on Feb. 12, 2024, in Los Angeles.

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Sydney Sweeney photos: Look back at the 'Euphoria' star's best looks, career

The Emmy-nominated star of"Euphoria"and"The White Lotus," Sydney Sweeney, has made a name for herself in prestige television, on silver screens in horror flicks or romantic comedies and as a fashion darling on red carpets like theMet Gala.Scroll through for more photos of her life and career.

The Hollywood vet, who landed her first big role as a teen soap star on "All My Children," eventually found stardom, and even other performers who also had star careers after not making the "Star Search" cut.

"I'm not alone in my club. I've found out that John Legend also did not make it on," says Gellar of Teigen's EGOT-winning husband. "So we have a support group now, and we help each other through the difficult times. But it shows that you can't give up on your dreams. It might take a while, but I wound up on 'Star Search.'"

"The Voice" coach Legend also gave some helpful advice to the judging newbie.

"He said to find your own voice. It has to be authentic," says Gellar, who says the show is unique. "We're looking for a star, not the most talented singer or model or dancer. It's just this combination of things that makes magic."

Gellar has the opportunity to bring out the enchanting sparkle in her outfits and daring heeled boots, despite the potential peril of tripping during live shows.

(L to R) Chrissy Teigen, Jelly Roll, Sarah Michelle Gellar in

"It's just fun and silly excuse to wear the things you would never normally wear," says Gellar. "I'm scared every show that I'm going to be the one who falls."

During the live viewing, viewers worldwide can vote for their favorite performers in the global Netflix showcase, a reach that was never possible on the original.

"The viewers are the fourth judge," says Gellar. "I talk to Jelly and Chrissy about this all the time. I was in this industry for a long time before I performed for a worldwide audience. Every contestant on this show has that opportunity. That's huge."

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