BALTIMORE — Ceddanne Rafaela played the role of hero Wednesday, belting a go-ahead two-run home run in the ninth inning to lead the Red Sox to a 3-2 win over the Orioles. “(Bench coach) Ramon Vázquez actually won the game today,” manager Alex Cora said. Vázquez, the sole remaining coach from Cora’s 2018 World Series staff, suggested a strategic lineup …
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US Open 2025 Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 24 August-7 September Coverage: Live radio commentaries across 5 Live Sport and BBC Sounds, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website & app Advertisement Novak Djokovic says he is “trying to solve the riddle” and find his best form after fighting back from a set down to beat American …
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Nolan McLean isn’t a curiosity or a placeholder. He hardly even seems a rookie. Not when he is working with Greg Maddux’s efficiency and John Smoltz’s electricity against a first-place team before 40,000-plus at Citi Field in late August amid a playoff chase. McLean is a solution. In replacing Frankie Montas, the righty hasn’t been a breath of fresh air …
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Ever since resuming two-way duties earlier this year, Shohei Ohtani had been throwing the ball well. It wasn’t until Wednesday, however, that he finally pitched like a frontline starter, too. Coming off his second career Tommy John surgery this year, Ohtani immediately lit up the radar gun with 100-mph fastballs and amassed gaudy strikeout totals with a devastating sweeper. In …
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The Giants hoped when they cut quarterback Tommy DeVito on Tuesday that they could bring him back to their practice squad. The Patriots had other ideas. DeVito was claimed by the Patriots and is now on the 53-man roster in New England, and Giants General Manager Joe Schoen said he wasn’t surprised another team valued DeVito that highly, even if …
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NASCAR returns to its roots with a visit to Darlington Raceway for Sunday’s Southern 500. At a track that hosted its first Cup race in 1950, the playoffs will begin. Coverage begins at 5:30 p.m. ET Sunday on USA Network. The green flag is scheduled to wave shortly after 6 p.m. ET. With help from Racing Insights, here is a …
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As Tomahawk Nation’s Curt Weiler wrote on Sunday, the time for talk is over; game week is finally here. With Alabama just days away and the final scouting reports being put into place, it’s time to take stock of the Seminoles heading into Saturday. After the release of FSU’s first depth chart, what position groups do the coaching staff sound …
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Given how the first four innings went, it’s surprising that today was the day Bryan Woo’s streak of 25 consecutive six-inning starts came to an end. Woo started out pitching from the rocking chair against the potent Padres lineup in the final game of the 2025 Vedder Cup, the only real hiccup being a single off the bat of Fernando …
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ROCHESTER, N.Y . — Josh Allen isn’t old. But, in an NFL context, there are signs of age starting to creep up, slowly and subtly. “We got Joe Andreessen last year, and the whole thing was like he was wearing 17 jerseys years back—he’s from Buffalo,” Allen told me in a quiet moment, maybe 50 yards away, and behind a …
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See Also Westchester native Cameron Young is living out his Ryder Cup dream Good for Keegan Bradley. But good for the 2025 U.S. Ryder team? TBD. Bradley, the 39-year-old U.S. Ryder Cup captain, delivered as strong a statement of selflessness as you can make when he revealed Wednesday that he would not play on this year’s team despite clearly establishing …
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