BALTIMORE—Anthony Rizzo got ejected for the first time this season on Thursday. The Yankees first baseman said he was tossed by home plate umpire Manny Gonzalez in the top of the eighth inning of the Yankees 9-6 loss to the Orioles for shouting “the same pitch, same pitch,” from the dugout after he had been…
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On an objectively sad day for the Mets, the team soldiered on for yet another win, beating St. Louis 7-6. Pete Alonso picked up closer Edwin Diaz, who blew a save in the ninth inning, by massacring the ball for a walk-off homer in the tenth. It was surely an incredibly cathartic moment for Alonso…
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Josh Allen engineered Brian Daboll’s explosive Buffalo Bills offense. Patrick Mahomes made the Kansas City Chiefs’ attack tick when Mike Kafka was working under Andy Reid. Now it’s up to Daniel Jones to meld Daboll’s and Kafka’s ideas with his own game to elevate his production and play in this make-or-break fourth NFL season. “We’re…
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Even though the whole team enjoyed throwing it during warmups, the football belonged to left-hander Nick Vespi. It was a good one, too, old and faded yet reliable, the leather still sticky despite all the use it got at Triple-A Norfolk. But when Vespi received a call-up to the Orioles on Tuesday, the football followed…
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Don’t let the name fool you — Brightline’s third annual #305Weekend is a sweet deal for the 954 and 561, too. Celebrating three years of intercity service in South Florida, the rail line is offering $3 and $5 one-way fares between Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach on Friday through Sunday, which ought to…
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BALTIMORE — Yankees right-handed reliever Chad Green left Thursday afternoon’s game with what the team called right forearm “discomfort.” Green left in the middle of an at-bat against Austin Hays in the sixth inning of the Yankees game against the Orioles at Camden Yards. The team announced that Green will be evaluated by team doctors…
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None of Daniel Jones’ presumptive top receivers were on the field to catch his passes at Thursday’s third OTA practice. Rookie Kadarius Toney and veteran Kenny Golladay, two players with extensive injury histories, wore red jerseys and did not practice for undisclosed reasons. Sterling Shepard (torn Achilles) also was in a red jersey as he…
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Longtime Democratic leader and cannabis consultant Melahat Rafiei on Thursday confirmed she is the FBI’s prime cooperating witness in an unfolding Anaheim corruption investigation. This week, that investigation stalled a $320 million deal to sell Angel Stadium. It also has led to calls for Mayor Harry Sidhu to resign over corruption allegations and resulted in…
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After three weeks of steady increases, the average price of a gallon of regular gas breached $6 a gallon in California, a first for the state and the U.S. The California average stood at $6.06 on Thursday, according to AAA. Orange and Los Angeles counties each had topped $6 in late March before prices went…
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By Virginia Langmaid | CNN American gunmakers manufactured more than 11 million guns in 2020, nearly three times the number produced in 2000, according to a report published this week by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that provides in-depth data on firearms manufacturing, sale and enforcement. The report, dubbed by the…
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