Nick Plummer will remember exactly one moment from his first big-league start. The Mets’ hero of the night—who was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday—hadn’t recorded his first major-league hit before the ninth inning of the Mets’ eventual 5-4 win over the Phillies in extra innings on Sunday. And he sent Phillies reliever Corey Knebel’s…
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Former Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles, who now plays for the Indianapolis Colts, on May 23 placed his seven-bedroom, 7,664-square-foot mansion in Glencoe on the market for $3.29 million. A onetime Super Bowl MVP, Foles, 33, only played in one game for the Bears last year — a victory, no less — and was released…
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Francisco Lindor has increasingly come through in the clutch for the Mets this season. In six straight games, since May 22, the Mets shortstop has logged at least one RBI, the longest such streak of his career. In that span, he’s knocked in 14 runs, six of which came against the Giants in San Francisco…
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Chris Bassitt’s early career as a Mets starter has not gone unnoticed. It’s had its highs, like the four wins and one no decision he picked up in which he did not allow more than one run to score on his watch in those games. It’s had some tough lows, like the two losses plus…
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CARSON — In need of a big response, the Galaxy replied with the loudest. Trailing Austin FC in the second half of Sunday’s game at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy (7-5-2, 23 points) scored four goals, with two from Dejan Joveljic, for a 4-1 win in front of 20,433. Joveljić, who last month said…
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MINNEAPOLIS — Nneka Ogwumike’s putback of her own miss with 7.3 seconds left lifted the Los Angeles Sparks to an 85-83 win over the Minnesota Lynx. Rachel Banham’s jumper with 26.6 seconds to go pulled Minnesota even for just the second time. The game was also tied at 65 after the Lynx erased a 17-point…
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LOS ANGELES — Four of Angel City FC’s first five matches in its inaugural season have been at home, but the fans at Banc of California Stadium haven’t had many goals to cheer for. On Sunday, a crowd of 18,704 watched Angel City get shut out by NJ/NY Gotham FC in a 1-0 defeat despite…
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And with Game 106 – through the preseason, regular season, postseason – it’s over. The Miami Heat’s wild ride through COVID absences, injuries and playoff challenges ultimately came to an end with Sunday night’s 100-96 loss at FTX Arena to the Boston Celtics in the winner-take-all Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. For the…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Sunday night’s 100-96 NBA playoff loss to the Boston Celtics: – Jimmy Butler is all that. – He is. – Win. Or lose. – At moments of truth, when able to get the knee right, he was the best player in the Eastern Conference finals. – By far.…
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In the back of Marcus Stroman’s mind, he prepared to go to third base. Stroman did not hesitate during the sixth inning of a scoreless game Sunday afternoon against the Chicago White Sox. The Cubs pitcher aggressively fielded his position on Danny Mendick’s sacrifice bunt attempt with nobody out — charging off the mound, barehanding…
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