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• Soto will take time in free agency, Boras says
  Juan Soto will take his time surveying the free agent market before signing with a team, according to his agent.
• Blues' Holloway escapes serious neck injury
  Blues forward Dylan Holloway was back at the team's practice facility Wednesday and appeared to escape serious injury a day after being struck in the neck by a puck and leaving the ice on a stretcher against the Lightning.
• GM noncommittal on Watson's Browns future
  Browns general manager Andrew Berry was noncommittal when asked Wednesday about quarterback Deshaun Watson's standing with the franchise.
• McIlroy emerges after 3-week swing reworking
  Rory McIlroy said he has been hunkered down in a studio -- first in Florida, then in New York -- for three weeks, just hitting balls at a screen with a modified swing and not even looking at the flight of his shots.
• Rutgers star freshman Bailey out vs. Wagner
  Rutgers star freshman Ace Bailey is out for Wednesday's game against Wagner after suffering an injury in practice on Monday, the school announced, delaying the debut of the projected top-five pick.