LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw and Max Muncy are getting back in games this weekend. Kershaw will make a start for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga on Sunday. It is likely to be a one-game rehab assignment with Kershaw then lined up to rejoin the Dodgers’ starting rotation during their series in San Francisco next weekend. “Unless…
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NEW YORK — The Angels’ eighth consecutive loss was all about their struggling offense until it became about their struggling bullpen. Just after the Angels had squeaked out a one-run lead in the eighth inning, they gave up two runs in the bottom of the inning to lose, 2-1, to the New York Yankees in…
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LOS ANGELES—In a change of publicly stated plans, Jacob deGrom is continuing his rehab back in New York rather than with the Mets on their tour of Southern California. DeGrom (right scapula stress reaction) did not join the Amazin’s for their 10-game, 11-day road trip against the Dodgers, Padres and Angels that began on Thursday.…
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A Brunson is coming to the Knicks. Rick Brunson, a former Knick and father of free agent point guard Jalen, is finalizing a deal to join Tom Thibodeau’s coaching staff, a source confirmed. The hire provides Thibodeau a familiar face and supporter on the bench to replace Kenny Payne, who left the Knicks last season…
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SANTA ANITA LEADERS Through Thursday JOCKEYS / WINS Juan Hernandez / 91 Flavien Prat / 73 Tyler Baze / 44 Abel Cedillo / 37 Diego Herrera / 33 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D’Amato / 49 Doug O’Neill / 37 John Sadler / 35 Mark Glatt / 28 Bob Baffert / 27 WEEKEND STAKES (SANTA ANITA)…
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Whether it’s the Sultan of Swat, the Splendid Splitter or The Big Unit, baseball has a storied history of nicknames for its stars. Twins color commentator Jim Kaat tried to add a new chapter to that history on Thursday and failed miserably. While describing Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes’ incredible start to the season, Kaat dubbed…
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Matt Carpenter came into the game never having faced Shohei Ohtani before, but with a plan. A Yankee for just a week now, he was back in the leadoff spot for the first game of the split doubleheader against the Angels — and he made an immediate impact. Carpenter had an 11-pitch at-bat against the…
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José Abreu led off the seventh inning with a single Thursday, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. More importantly for the Chicago White Sox, the hit snapped a stretch of 16 straight batters retired by Toronto Blue Jays starter Alex Manoah. The right-hander was on cruise control for most of the afternoon at Rogers…
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Here’s hoping this grand experiment of Mike McDaniel works, and not just to show there’s another way of leading a football team besides the drill-sergeant dinosaur from an antiquated time before players painted fingernails and got pedicures. It’s also because football sounds fun with the new Miami Dolphins coach. That’s a word you rarely hear…
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LOS ANGELES—Forget thumbs. That was so last year. This season, Francisco Lindor’s middle finger is making headlines. Lindor was out of the Mets lineup for their series opener against the Dodgers on Thursday after an accident in his hotel room. “After I finished my massage I went to my room,” the shortstop explained at Chavez…
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