PHOENIX — The San Diego Padres look around, make sure no one’s eavesdropping, and talk in hushed tones. They don’t mention names of the individual players, they don’t belittle their former manager, and they stop…
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The 2024 edition of NBA Media Day has arrived. It’s like the first day of school, picture day and homecoming all wrapped up in one. And it’s a beautiful start to the preseason schedule. Players,…
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Ozzie Virgil Sr., the first Dominican-born baseball player in the major leagues, has died, MLB announced Sunday. He was 92. Virgil became the first nonwhite Detroit Tigers player when he joined the team in 1958…
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In a sense, it took the Los Angeles Dodgers six months to move up one spot. This 2024 Major League Baseball season was a circuitous, bumpy, non-linear journey to the end of September, certainly for…
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The 32 things we learned from Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season: 1. Are the Minnesota Vikings the No. 1 team in the NFC? Their record suggests as much after they became the conference’s…
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We can’t help ourselves. We college football watchers, professionals and amateurs alike, always look for grand conclusions to draw from a single week of results. The just-concluded Week 5 slate provided us with plenty to…
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Major League Baseball’s 2024 regular season is going an extra day, with the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets set for a decisive doubleheader on Monday before the playoffs begin Tuesday. Forced into the twinbill…
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs were backed up on their own eight-yard line. On third-and-6, the Chiefs needed a first down to ice the game late in the fourth quarter.…
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After the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first loss of the season on Sunday to the Indianapolis Colts, Minkah Fitzpatrick aired out his frustrations – not just with one play, but what he sees as a larger trend.…
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(This story was updated to add new information.) Matchups for Major League Baseball’s playoffs are almost set. Almost. Twenty-eight of 30 teams finished their regular season Sunday, and the results ensured that the New York…