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Reports: Giants OT Andrew Thomas (foot) could miss rest of season
New York Giants offensive tackle Andrew Thomas has a serious foot injury that could require season-ending surgery, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday night. ,NFL Network reported that Thomas went to Charlotte, N.C., to meet with a foot expert as he determines how to best treat the injury. ,Thom...
Tom Kim relishes chance to three-peat at Shriners Children's Open
Tom Kim is up against history this week.,No player has won the same PGA Tour event three years in a row since Steve Stricker at the John Deere Classic from 2009 through 2011. Kim is aiming for a three-peat at the Shriners Children's Open, which begins Thursday in Las Vegas.,"I think it's a very, ver...
Blue Jackets ready to honor Johnny Gaudreau in home opener
Emotions will run high when the Columbus Blue Jackets play their home opener on Tuesday against the Florida Panthers.,It will be the first game in Columbus since the death of star forward Johnny Gaudreau. On Aug. 29, Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were killed while cycling as they were hit ...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dodgers blank Padres, advance to NLCS
Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched five shutout innings, Enrique Hernandez and Teoscar Hernandez hit home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the National League Championship Series with a 2-0 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Friday.,By claiming Game 5 of the best-of-five NL Division S...
Dodgers 1B Freddie Freeman (ankle) set to go in Game 5
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is in the starting lineup for Los Angeles' crucial Game 5 against the visiting San Diego Padres in Friday's National League Division Series.,Freeman's injured right ankle was heavily taped as he went through pregame warmups at Dodger Stadium.,Los Angeles manager...
Patriots RB Rhamondre Stevenson (foot) out vs. Texans
New England Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson did not participate in practice all week due to a foot injury and was ruled out for Sunday's game against the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass.,Stevenson sustained the injury during New England's 15-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins last Sunday.,He...
Padres-Dodgers: Game 5 Preview, Props & Prediction
The contentious National League Division Series between San Diego and Los Angeles comes down to a winner-takes-all Game 5 clash in L.A. on Friday night.,ODDS AND TRENDS,The Dodgers are consensus 1.5-run favorites at home. The Padres have drawn 62 percent of the spread-line money wagered at BetRivers...
Winner-take-all: Padres, Dodgers battle for NLCS berth
LOS ANGELES -- All that spending and all that star power, amid a season of crushing injuries, did buy the Dodgers an additional valuable asset heading into a deciding Game 5 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres on Friday., ,The winner-take-all game, for the right to pl...
Dodgers' power display stops Padres, sends NLDS to Game 5
SAN DIEGO -- Mookie Betts and Will Smith homered in the early innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers used a makeshift lineup to keep their season alive with an 8-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday in Game 4 of the National League Division Series.,Gavin Lux added a home run and eight Dodger...
Take 5: Keys in Dodgers-Padres NLDS Game 4
SAN DIEGO -- Forever in the shadow of their neighbors to the north, the San Diego Padres are all grown up and can make it two National League Division Series victories over the Los Angeles Dodgers in three seasons when the teams play Game 4 on Wednesday.,The Dodgers had won the regular-season series...
Padres chase deja vu dismissal of Dodgers in NLDS
SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres are not interested in blazing a trail when the old path is working well.,For the second time in three seasons, the Padres can eliminate the Los Angeles Dodgers from the National League Division Series with three consecutive victories after losing the opener in a bes...
Six-run inning lifts Padres, sends Dodgers to brink
SAN DIEGO -- David Peralta hit a two-run double and Fernando Tatis Jr. added a two-run home run in a six-run second inning as the San Diego Padres held on for a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Division Series.,Four relievers combined to throw four scoreless ...
Andreeva sisters to meet in Wuhan second round
Russian sisters Mirra and Erika Andreeva will meet for the first time as professionals in the second round of the Wuhan Open in China.,The 16th-seeded Mirra, 17, defeated Chinese wild card Xiyu Wang 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Tuesday. Older sister Erika, 20, defeated Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska 7-5, 6-4 in her...
After hostile Game 2 win, Padres aim to take series lead vs. Dodgers
No matter what has been thrown the San Diego Padres' way -- from the mound or from the stands -- not much has deterred a club headed back to the warm embrace of home.,The Padres did not just even their National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at a game apiece on Sunday.,They w...
Fernando Tatis Jr. hits 2 HRs as Padres crush Dodgers to even NLDS
LOS ANGELES -- Fernando Tatis Jr. hit two home runs as the San Diego Padres went deep six times and evened the National League Division Series with a 10-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 on Sunday.,Tatis hit home runs in the first and ninth innings, while former Dodger David Peralta h...
Fernando Tatis Jr. hits 2 homers as Padres crush Dodgers to even series
LOS ANGELES -- Fernando Tatis Jr. hit two home runs as the visiting San Diego Padres went deep six times and evened the National League Division Series with a 10-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 on Sunday., ,Tatis hit home runs in the first and ninth innings, while former Dodger Davi...
After breaking playoff winless streak, Dodgers look to take 2-0 lead on Padres
LOS ANGELES -- Longing for their regular-season success to carry into the playoffs after multiple postseasons of disappointment, the Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves on track -- for one day, at least. ,The host Dodgers will head into Game 2 of their best-of-five National League Division Series ag...
Shohei Ohtani leads Dodgers past Padres in playoff debut
LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run home run in the first playoff game of his career and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 7-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday in Game 1 of their National League Division Series.,Teoscar Hernandez delivered a go-ahead two-run single in the f...
Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw (toe) will not pitch in playoffs
Los Angeles Dodgers veteran left-hander Clayton Kershaw will not pitch in the playoffs, manager Dave Roberts said on Saturday.,Kershaw has been sidelined since the end of August due to a bone spur in his left big toe. Roberts announced the news on Kershaw after the latter was left off the team's 26-...
Shohei Ohtani primed for playoff debut in Dodgers-Padres NLDS
LOS ANGELES -- The last two teams left standing west of the Missouri River will hunker down along the Pacific Ocean over the next week amid anything but a serene setting.,The MLB-best Los Angeles Dodgers will take on the San Diego Padres, the top team since the All-Star break, when a fiery National ...