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Hurricane Helene isn’t the only one to blame for Mets-Braves schedule mess

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Hurricane Helene isn’t the only one to blame for Mets-Braves schedule mess

Major League Baseball didn’t ask for Hurricane Helene to interrupt what is shaping up to be two fantastic wild-card races. But the league isn’t blameless in avoiding the worst-case scenario announced Wednesday: the potential for the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets to play a doubleheader Monday, the day before postseason play begins. The […]

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Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball up for auction starting at $500,000

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Shohei Ohtani’s home run baseball that founded the 50-50 club is up for sale. Goldin will auction off the ball beginning at noon ET Friday, with the opening bid starting at $500,000. Buyers have the chance to purchase the baseball outright for $4.5 million between Sept. 27 and Oct. 9. If bidding reaches $3 million

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Expectations for Victor Wembanyama in Season 2? Use your imagination

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P.J. Carlesimo can’t remember the exact play, but he can’t forget how helpless it made him feel. It took place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day last season, in the second half of an Atlanta Hawks home game against the San Antonio Spurs. Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama reached back, using his 7-foot-4 frame and massive

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After 3-0 start, UNLV QB Matthew Sluka to sit rest of season over NIL payment dispute

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By Antonio Morales, David Ubben and Brian Hamilton The starting quarterback for UNLV will sit out the rest of the season because of a disagreement over payments following his transfer to the school. Matthew Sluka said Tuesday he planned to redshirt this season by not playing in any more games. His decision, which comes on

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Law: Picking winners for 6 major MLB player awards, including Rookie of the Year

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I actually have the NL Manager of the Year ballot this year, an award on which I think I’ve only voted once previously in my 15ish years in the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), and certainly my least favorite one to vote on, because I don’t think there’s a good way to evaluate managers

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New Era resurrects the NFL helmet hat: The good and the bad of the ’80s throwback

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New Era recently announced the return of NFL helmet hats — think the design of a football helmet with logos on each side (except for the Steelers), but on a baseball cap. The concept was first introduced back in the 1980s by a company called Louisville, which utilized an ad campaign in which an NFL

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They came to see history. Instead, they saw the White Sox win a game

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CHICAGO — White Sox fans booing? It happens almost every game on the South Side. White Sox fans chanting “Sell the team!”? It’s like their version of “How ya doing?” But White Sox fans booing the White Sox for winning a game? Well, that is a little unusual, even for this wacky franchise. But that’s

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New York Liberty sweep Atlanta Dream, advance to WNBA semifinals

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NEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu’s final pass of the New York Liberty’s 91-82 Game 2 victory over the Atlanta Dream was to no one in particular. In fact, it was less of a chest pass, and more of a celebratory spike — an emphatic bounce of the basketball around midcourt after a 36-point, nine-assist masterclass

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Jayden Daniels has near-flawless performance in prime-time debut: ‘He’s special’

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CINCINNATI — Actions speak louder than words, right? Well, if you went to sleep after “Monday Night Football” with your ears ringing, blame Jayden Daniels. The Washington Commanders rookie quarterback uncorked a scintillating, sensational and spectacular road performance in his prime-time debut. Daniels outdueled his fellow LSU Heisman Trophy winner, Joe Burrow, with a near-flawless

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