The 2025 MLS season won’t end quite how a half-dozen Eastern Conference clubs had planned back in February. Though as of publication, we don’t know exactly which half-dozen. Two spots are left for FC Dallas, Real Salt Lake, the Colorado Rapids and San Jose Earthquakes. That means two of those teams will see their vacations start on Sunday, and we …
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The 2025 MLS season won’t end quite how a half-dozen Eastern Conference clubs had planned back in February. The New York Red Bulls ran out of gas just as the calendar flipped to autumn; the five others we’re about to talk through never really got the engine started. Injuries, midseason shakeups, defensive lapses at the worst possible moments… it was …
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Since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, there have been just four teams to start the season 1-5 and make the postseason. The Ravens want to become the fifth — joining the 1970 Bengals, 2015 Chiefs, 2018 Colts, and Washington in 2020. The odds, clearly, are not great. But with a bye-week reset, head coach Jim Harbaugh noted on Monday that the …
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TORONTO — Every so often in the Seattle Mariners clubhouse, the “Top Gun Anthem,” full of soaring guitar notes and pick-me-up vibes, will randomly blast from inside a locker. Everyone knows the culprit. Jorge Polanco, the Mariners’ veteran second baseman, is not a fan of silencing his phone. “But he loves Maverick and Iceman,” Mariners star Cal Raleigh said. Nobody …
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The Dodgers lineup against the Brewers in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Monday night in Milwaukee looks an awful lot like their previous lineups this postseason, but with Max Muncy back at third base, batting seventh. Muncy this postseason has five hits, including a double, in 16 at-bats, with three walks and a hit by pitch, …
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Four hours and 58 minutes after it had begun, the longest winner-takes-all playoff game in MLB history was decided in suitably dramatic fashion on Friday night. With the bases loaded, one out and a full count, Jorge Polanco – who was 0-for-5 up until that point – sent the 472nd pitch of the night into right field, and sent the …
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are heading back to the National League Championship Series after an extraordinary error from Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Orion Kerkering ended his team’s season. With the scores tied at 1-1 and the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning, the Dodgers’ Andy Pages hit a routine grounder to Kerkering. But the 24-year-old …
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The Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs Wednesday as part of a loaded slate in Major League Baseball’s 2025 postseason. The Tigers mounted a comeback against the Mariners in the day’s opening game, keeping their season alive and forcing an ALDS Game 5 on Friday night. The Cubs staved off their own elimination with a Game 3 win over the rival …
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The Dodgers had Game 2 of the National League Division Series until they didn’t, and right at a point when it looked like the Phillies’ ultimate comeback was inevitable, the Dodgers got a lifeline thanks to some quick thinking and terrific defense. “It was a lot tougher — they made it look easier than it was,” manager Dave Roberts told …
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After four games of action on Saturday, we now move to the second day of the divisional round in the 2025 Major League Baseball playoffs. Sunday welcomes Game 2 on the ALDS side with the New York Yankees visiting the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners hosting the Detroit Tigers. In the Yankees-Blue Jays series, the Blue Jays struck …
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