Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig and Giants catcher Nick Hundley got into a heated exchange during the seventh inning Tuesday night, ultimately leading to the benches clearing and both players being ejected.
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As the Boston Red Sox aim for a franchise-record number of victories, Rick Porcello got a taste of two-way play while stifling the Philadelphia Phillies.
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The Braves' phenom homered in his fifth straight game, and he's having fun doing it. But should we rank him with The Kid and Mike Trout?
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Mariners lefty James Paxton will miss at least one start after taking a line drive off his left forearm Tuesday, manager Scott Servais said. Felix Hernandez is likely to take Paxton's next turn in the rotation.
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Instead of kicking into high gear to end the NL Central race early, the Cubs are riding a roller coaster of emotional highs and lows.
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With two more homers Tuesday night against the Marlins, Braves rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. continued his tear at the plate, homering in five straight games and totaling eight homers in his past eight games.
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A discussion of plate umpire Phil Cuzzi's strike zone led to Cubs veteran Ben Zobrist's first career ejection on Tuesday after he remarked that players would prefer an electronic strike zone.
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After trying to push through pain in his arthritic right knee a year ago, Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia said Tuesday he didn't want to make the same mistake this year and that's why he went on the 10-day disabled list Monday.
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Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer has been placed on the 10-day disabled list with a "small stress fracture" in his right fibula, manager Terry Francona said Tuesday.
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With the NL West a dogfight and Kenley Jansen out, the Dodgers ace faces a big challenge in his quest for a World Series title.
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As Alex Rodriguez's suspension saga unfolds, the New YorkYankees insist it's business as usual for them.
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Carlos Beltran and Matt Adams homered in the eighth inning, andthe St. Louis Cardinals snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers' 15-gameroad winning streak with a 5-1 victory on Tuesday night.
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Chris Sale allowed one run while outpitching Hiroki Kuroda in tothe eighth inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the New YorkYankees 3-2 on Tuesday night.
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Eric Young made a diving catch to take a go-ahead hit away fromTodd Helton in the sixth inning, then raced home with thetiebreaking run in the eighth, and the New York Mets beat theColorado Rockies 3-2 on Tuesday night.
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Hit by a pitch two innings after homering, Bryce Harper jawedand pointed at Atlanta's Julio Teheran, and the dugouts andbullpens emptied, but the only haymakers thrown during the NLEast-leading Braves' 2-1 victory over the Nationals on Tuesdaynig…
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Facebook friends. Transcripts of BlackBerry instant messages.Records of texts.
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After more than a year of rehab following Tommy John surgery,Royals left-hander Danny Duffy is ready to make his season debut,pain-free for the first time since high school.
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Indians reliever Chris Perez has closed out the local media.
- 6 Aug 13, 7:01pm -

Plate umpire Manny Gonzalez has left Tuesday night's gamebetween the Rockies and Mets after he was struck in what appears tobe the throat by a pitched ball that bounced off the dirt.
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After three months out of the Toronto Blue Jays rotation, J.A.Happ is ready to make his return.
- 6 Aug 13, 4:45pm -

Major League Baseball (MLB) has hired London-based Sport Integrity Monitor (SportIM) to investigate suspicious gambling activity in professional baseball. The sport has its share of legal gambling and is among the top three favorites of sports betto…
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Hundreds of thousands of Kansas City fans will celebrate the city's first World Series championship in 30 years Tuesday with a Royals parade and victory rally. The parade will start at noon CT next and will be live streamed for fans who can' t make i…
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UPDATE: 5:21 p.m. EST -- The final Nielsen numbers are in, and Game 5 pulled in 17.2 million viewers total, confirming that it is indeed the highest-rated Game 5 since 2009.Original story:
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(Reuters) - Kansas City ended a 30-year wait for a World Series title as the Royals reigned over Major League Baseball with a 7-2, 12-inning victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.A pinch-hit single by utility infielder Christian Colon scored the…
- 2 Nov 15, 1:27am -

There isn't a hotter player in baseball right now than the New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy, who has hit a home run in a record six consecutive playoff games while leading his team to the World Series. But Murphy, who is married to wife T…
- 22 Oct 15, 4:52pm -

Daniel Murphy, once a largely anonymous second baseman for the New York Mets, has set the baseball world afire by hitting a home run in six consecutive postseason games, along the way propelling the Amazins to a National League pennant and a spo…
- 22 Oct 15, 3:11pm -

The Toronto Blue Jays have waited 22 painfully long seasons since Joe Carter’s magical home run to return to the postseason, but that drought ends with the American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers starting Thursday night.
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Yogi Berra, one of baseball's most well-known figures, who was renowned as much for his skills as a catcher on the field as his dizzying malapropisms off of it, died on Tuesday. He was 90.Berra died of natural causes at his New Jersey home, accordin…
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JetBlue is just fine if nine innings last the whole flight. JetBlue and MLBAM, the interactive media arm of Major Baseball League (MLB), have teamed up to bring free in-flight access to MLB.TV, the MLB’s streaming platform, JetBlue announced on T…
- 9 Jul 15, 10:45am -

Pete Rose bet on baseball games as a player, according to a notebook discovered by the U.S.
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A power outage hits the southern part of downtown Los Angeles forcing the Herald Examiner and La Opinion newspapers to be printed at the Los Angeles Times.
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El juego había llegado al séptimo inning en otra noche caliente y bochornosa en Los Ángeles, la gente inactiva, sin señales de carreras o vida en los Dodgers.
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The game had crept into the seventh inning, another warm and stuffy evening in Los Angeles, the crowd listless, with no sign of runs or life from the Dodgers. And then, an explosion of emotion. A player roared. A team roared to life. A stadium roared…
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What Kenta Maeda didn’t say about his move to the bullpen registered considerably louder than what he did. He didn’t say he accepted his new role as a late-inning, high-leverage reliever. He didn’t say he understood why he was taken out of the…
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About an hour before the StubHub Center gates opened to the public Tuesday, the stadium’s two huge video boards flashed with a message congratulating Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic for scoring his 500th career goal. It was just a test — and fo…
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It was the last regular-season home game for the Sparks, but coach Brian Agler’s team ensured it would play again at Staples Center this year, clinching home court for its opening playoff matchup with a 74-66 win over the New York Liberty on Tuesda…
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Justin Upton had three hits, including a home run for the second straight night, and drove in three runs to lead the Angels to a 7-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. Eric Young Jr. tripled and had two RBIs, and rookie Taylor Ward h…
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Clay Helton’s biggest takeaway from USC’s season-ending loss to Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl last year was watching the Buckeyes shuttle their defensive linemen in and out and never lose a step. They didn’t have a two-deep as a roster formalit…
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The Steelers have a very solid wide receiver group, but that will take a hit next season. The NFL has suspended Martavis Bryant at least one season following a violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy. In situations like this, you really hope…
- 15 Mar 16, 7:39pm -

With Brock Osweiler officially a Houston Texan, the Broncos QB situation is extremely murky. Many media reports had Robert Griffin III pegged to land in Denver, but alas, Mark Sanchez was traded to the Broncos. Sanchez is not really regarded as an NF…
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In the past few days, promising signs have begun to emerge regarding the potential for undefeated WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder facing his No. 1 contender, Alexander Povetkin. According to Povetkin’s promoter, Andrey Ryanbinsky, the fight…
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Rugby player Haydn Peacock suffered a horrible injury when his penis nearly got ripped off during a game in France. Peacock, a 23-year-old from Australia, was playing in a French Federation of Rugby League Elite 1 match last month when the unthinkabl…
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Los Angeles rookie Branden Dawson was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of spousal abuse, a felony charge. He was taken into custody at 8:30am and was released after posting $50,000 bond. The arrest involved his live-in girlfriend. “It’s an aw…
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On June 11, Ruslan Provodnikov returns to the site of his memorable 2015 clash with Lucas Matthysse, as he faces John Molina in his Showtime debut. I have covered a lot of fights at Turning Stone, which is one of the premier smaller venues in the Nor…
- 14 Mar 16, 9:11am -

The 2016 Printable Bracket for NCAA Tournament March Madness will be updated below with a version that has all the team names on the evening of Sunday, March 13th. So be sure to bookmark this page and check back in the evening of Selection Sunday to…
- 13 Mar 16, 4:53pm -

The Johnny Manziel era in Cleveland is over. Bottlegate, a website dedicated to all Cleveland area sports, created a Johnny Manziel football tribute video to remember his days with the Browns. Unfortunately there wasn’t a lot of on-the-field highli…
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Prizefighting is an unpredictable activity by its very nature. You never know what’s going to happen when two athletes square off for gloved combat. But sometimes, a fan can have pretty good reason for optimism. Certain combinations of fighters are…
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The writing has appeared to be on the wall for the end of 31-year-old Nate Robinson’s NBA career this season as he was picked up for a short two-game stint with the New Orleans Pelicans and hasn’t sniffed an NBA court ever since. Instead of tryin…
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Cuban players can make millions if they defect to the United States but others prefer to plot a career path that will keep them close to their familiesMost of the year, Noelvis Entenza pitches in Havana’s historic Estadio Latinoamericano, a ballpar…
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Dodgers add power-hitting second baseman Dozier at deadlineWashington Nationals says they will not trade Bryce HarperChris Archer traded to Pirates as Wilson Ramos head to PhilliesThe NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers kept revamping their infield,…
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The National League’s two worst teams are slogging their way through lost seasons on philosophically divergent tacksOne of the happiest moments of this lost summer for the New York Mets came last week, when Jeff McNeil made his major-league debut a…
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Braves pitcher’s old tweets resurface after Sunday no-hitter bidNewcomb ordered to meet with MLB’s inclusion czar Billy BeanAtlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb apologized Sunday for racist, homophobic and sexist tweets he sent as a teenager, call…
- 16 days ago, 30 Jul 18, 9:40am -

Judge to miss time after getting hit by pitch and breaking wrist26-year-old slugger is hitting .285 with 26 home runs and 61 RBIYankees slugger Aaron Judge sustained a fractured right wrist when he was hit by a fastball and is expected to miss a mini…
- 19 days ago, 27 Jul 18, 12:02am -

Brewers pitcher warmly received by fans in return to Miller ParkHader’s racist, homophobic tweets had prompted controversyReliever contrite after appearance: ‘That’s not who I am today’A three-run sixth inning for the struggling Milwaukee Bre…
- 24 days ago, 22 Jul 18, 12:46pm -

MLB is already at work to ensure next year’s London series between the Yankees and Red Sox is as authentic as possibleMajor League Baseball has staged regular-season games in Japan, Australia, Mexico and Puerto Rico. But nothing the league has atte…
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During All-Star week there have been rumblings that the National League will adopt the designated hitter rule. But pitchers themselves aren’t sold on the ideaIt was a stray comment, a line tossed out by Tony Clark, the head of the baseball players…
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Brewers player’s tweets resurface during All-Star gamePitcher was 17 at time of tweets and says he was ‘immature’Social media posts used n-word and also insulted gay peopleMilwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader took responsibility for racist and…
- 28 days ago, 18 Jul 18, 7:19am -

Washington Nationals star beats Kyle Schwarber in home parkSlugger teams up with father to win event in All-Star weekBryce Harper thrilled the home crowd and surely made his father proud, winning the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night with an ex…
- 29 days ago, 17 Jul 18, 7:25am -

WASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Nationals have activated outfielder Denard Span off the seven-day disabled list after he showed no linger effects from a concussion.Span was in the leadoff spot Saturday against St. Louis. Manager Matt Williams says, '…
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NEW YORK (AP) Aaron Harang threw no-hit ball for seven innings but was pulled after 121 pitches, and reliever Luis Avilan gave up David Wright's two-out single in the eighth as the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 6-0 Friday night.As Harang's p…
- 19 Apr 14, 2:53am -

DETROIT (AP) Albert Pujols hit his 497th home run and Howie Kendrick added two of his own to lead the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.The Angels chased Detroit starter Drew Smyly (1-1) after three innings an…
- 19 Apr 14, 1:58am -

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Ricky Nolasco was virtually unhittable a week ago in Minnesota, shutting down the scuffling Royals over eight innings in an easy victory that came amid a three-game sweep.Nothing was easy for Nolasco on Friday night.
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NEW YORK (AP) The New York Mets traded slumping first baseman Ike Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night, parting ways with a power hitter who proved to be too inconsistent at the plate.Pittsburgh sent minor league right-hander Zack Thornto…
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BOSTON (AP) David Ortiz wants to visit the Boston Marathon finish line Monday after the Red Sox are done with their Patriots' Day game against Baltimore.Just more than a year ago, two bombs went off near the finish line, less than a mile from Fenway…
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) In three short years, Sean Doolittle transformed himself from a top first base prospect into a shut-down reliever.The Oakland Athletics are rewarding him for it, giving the left-hander a five-year contract Friday for making the…
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Tanner Scheppers felt discomfort in his pitching elbow long before the Texas Rangers went to spring training with a plan to turn the right-hander into a starter.Scheppers finally said something after the fourth start of his big…
- 18 Apr 14, 8:21pm -

DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Tigers have recalled right-hander Justin Miller from Triple-A Toledo and optioned outfielder Tyler Collins to Toledo.The team announced the moves before Friday night's game against the Los Angeles Angels.
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PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks have reinstated outfielder Cody Ross from the disabled list and designated left-handed reliever Ryan Rowland-Smith for assignment.Ross sustained a dislocated hip while running to first base against the New York…
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Fantasy owners have a deep talent pool this season in their search for youth, upside.        
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