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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NEW YORK — By the time Nolan McLean took the mound for the eighth inning Wednesday night, fans at Citi Field were hanging on every pitch. When McLean allowed the first two batters of the eighth to reach base, some shifted uncomfortably in their seats. When McLean escaped that jam — the only real trouble he faced all night — …
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Earning a preseason No. 1 ranking isn’t something new to Nebraska. Neither is starting the year at home for an AVCA event, which in this case is the 2025 AVCA First Serve Showcase. What is a bit new is the level of competition Nebraska faced out of the gate. After disposing of No. 3 Pittsburgh in four sets Friday night, …
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NEW YORK — Utility man Nate Eaton only has 33 plate appearances in the major leagues this season. Despite that, Eaton will find himself in the middle of the Red Sox’ lineup in primetime Sunday night. Eaton is starting in center field and hitting fifth for Boston as the club faces the Yankees and lefty Carlos Rodón in the Bronx. …
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LINCOLN—The Stanford block didn’t want to get burned by Rebekah Allick again. As junior setter Bergen Reilly took a pass from Taylor Landfair, Allick loaded like she was ready to jump and attack the ball. Both Stanford defenders, Logan Parks and Erika Sayer, stuck on the NU middle blocker as she faked the attack. The set from Reilly sailed over …
Read More »What we learned as Cubs sweep doubleheader over Brewers | Cubs News Marquee Sports Network Cubs 4-1 Brewers (Aug 19, 2025) Game Recap ESPN Caissie’s thrilling day of firsts powers Cubs to win over Crew MLB.com Cubs 4, Brewers 1: Milwaukee swept away in disappointing doubleheader defeat Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Column: With change in the air, the Chicago Cubs bounce back for a 6-4 …
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LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts declared his season over. Then it got going. The Los Angeles Dodgers star is mired in the worst season of his career, but released himself from the trappings of expectation. That’s what it took for him to find a swing as free as the one he had on Sunday afternoon, when he unleashed on a …
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LOS ANGELES — The reality check ended with a heartbreaker. But not a backbreaker. “We’re still aiming to win the division,” Fernando Tatis Jr. said late Sunday afternoon. “We’re going to face them next week. A lot of baseball left. And with this team, we can do anything.” The Padres on Sunday battled back little by little, got even in …
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It was a sight that’s been all too rare this season, coming precisely when the Dodgers needed it most. Mookie Betts, bat in hand, game on the line. A swing as smooth as it was strong, his two-handed finish sending the ball out of sight. For so much of this year, the Dodgers have been picking Betts up amid a …
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Picklum completed an insane year and Robinson came up huge when it counted. Photo: WSL The conditions were unreal throughout. And the performances were certainly up to par at the WSL’s Tahiti Pro this week, as Jack Robinson and Molly Picklum both stepped up in the biggest of ways at Teahupo’o, capturing huge wins at one of the Championship Tour’s …
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