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MLB: Detmers keeps rolling as Angels hold off Mariners
Seven straight quality starts Ninety-five pitches, 66 of them strikes. Reid Detmers is in the best stretch of his career, and Tuesday night in Anaheim did nothing to slow it down. The Angels left-hander went six innings against Seattle, gave up three runs on seven hits, walked one and struck out eight. Los Angeles won…
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Rugby: Kirwan says All Blacks losses are not on Rennie
Three straight defeats to the Springboks would sink most new coaches. Sir John Kirwan argues Dave Rennie is not the problem, and names the one selection call New Zealand must settle.
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La Liga: Barcelona quietly line up Fabregas for life after Flick
Serie B to the Champions League in three seasons That is the line on Cesc Fabregas’s CV that has people in the Barcelona offices talking. Como were a second-tier Italian club when he took over. They are in Europe now. No succession plan exists at Barcelona. Hansi Flick is the manager, under contract to 2028…
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Champions League: Munich gets the 2028 final, Camp Nou the 2029
Thirty years between two nights in Barcelona The last European Cup final at Camp Nou was 1999, Manchester United and Bayern Munich, two goals in stoppage time. The next one arrives in 2029. UEFA’s executive committee met in Thessaloniki on Tuesday and settled both of the next open dates. Munich takes the 2028 Champions League…
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NFL: Eagles place Landon Dickerson on IR after he calls himself out
“I was a total liability” That is Landon Dickerson, on WIP in Philadelphia, describing Landon Dickerson. Monday morning, no hedging. “It was my fault. I should not have been out there until I felt right.” Three Pro Bowls, a starter every week he is healthy, and he spent a radio hit taking himself apart. By…
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MLB: Padres survive 8-7 in Denver for eighth straight win
A 449-foot swing that nearly wasn’t enough Fernando Tatis Jr. put one into straight center at Coors Field on Monday night, 449 feet, his 22nd of the year. It made the score 5-1 in the second inning. San Diego still needed a closer in the ninth to get out of Denver with it. The Padres…
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Premier League: Richarlison breaks silence over De Zerbi freeze-out
One word, posted at midnight: “why?” Richarlison thought the Carabao Cup was his way back in. A trip to Liverpool, a midweek tie, the kind of night managers usually hand to the fringe players. Roberto De Zerbi left him out anyway. The Brazilian was available and fit. He answered on Instagram. A crying emoji under…
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Ligue 1: Letexier handed OM-PSG at the Velodrome
Twenty-five comments in an hour, for a referee That was the reaction under the LFP’s announcement on Tuesday morning. Not a transfer, not a team sheet. A refereeing appointment. It tells you what Sunday night carries. Francois Letexier will take charge of OM-PSG. Kick-off at 20:45 at the Velodrome, closing out matchday five of Ligue…
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NCAA: Sankey pumps the brakes on a 24-team playoff
Opening the door does not mean walking through it Greg Sankey poured cold water on the idea. The SEC commissioner spoke Monday to the Monday Morning Quarterback Club in Birmingham, Alabama. The hot topic was a possible move to a 24-team College Football Playoff. Last week, CFP bosses opened a 30-day negotiating window with ESPN…