Baseball fans attend the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Ticket prices to attend the Major League Baseball All-Star Game’s Home Run Derby sailed as high as many of the home runs hit by the likes of Albert Pujols, Juan Soto and Pete Alonso.…
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LOS ANGELES ― Juan Soto saved his best for last. The Washington Nationals designated hitter defeated Seattle Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez to win the Home Run Derby on Monday night at Dodger Stadium, turning the annual slugfest into a showcase for two of baseball’s bright young stars. The 23-year-old Soto, who was competing in the…
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The reign of terror is over. There was no three-peat, or three-Pete, at the Home Run Derby. Mets’ first baseman Pete Alonso chased his third straight victory at the event and came up short. Mariners’ phenom Julio Rodriguez proved too big of a roadblock, beating Alonso in the semifinals before Juan Soto took him out…
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Juan Soto’s name came up recently in trade speculation after he reportedly turned down a 15-year, $440 million contract offer to stay with the Washington Nationals. The outfielder was in the spotlight during Monday’s media sessions. And Monday night, he took center stage by winning the Home Run Derby. Soto tossed his bat high in…
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EUGENE, Ore. – The first time Noah Lyles and Erriyon Knighton, the two fastest runners over 200 meters this season, met after Lyle poured fuel onto global track and field’s five-alarm rivalry was during doping control at the U.S. Championships. “When we were both trying to pee for drug testing,” Lyles said laughing. Knighton wasn’t…
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LOS ANGELES — Mike Trout had good news for baseball fans and bad news for Angels fans during his All-Star Game media session on Monday. Just after the Angels announced that Trout was going on the injured list with rib cage inflammation, which means he will miss at least the first three games of the…
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Depending on how the Donovan Mitchell negotiations shake out, the Knicks will either look different or drastically different next season. But in just terms of free agency, the team lost only one player of note: Taj Gibson. It’s not that Gibson, at age 37, projects as especially productive on the court. He would’ve been the…
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An impression former Miami Heat forward KZ Okpala created last summer while with the Nigerian national team apparently has led to an NBA second chance. Out of the league since being dealt by the Heat to the Oklahoma City Thunder at the February NBA trading deadline and then waived two days later, Okpala has agreed…
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Nets general manager Sean Marks has signed a contract extension that keeps him in Brooklyn spearheading roster decisions for the foreseeable future, the Daily News has learned. Marks’ extension, which was signed near the beginning of July per sources, comes as the Nets maneuver the most important offseason in franchise history. Franchise cornerstone Kevin Durant…
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Securing a seatbelt for a long ride is probably the best posture during these Donovan Mitchell trade negotiations. Things can change in an instant, or with one offer, but reports suggest the Jazz and Knicks aren’t close. Yet. Danny Ainge, the top decision-maker for the Jazz, is a patient man. We could see it dragging.…
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