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LOS ANGELES — Any chance of the Los Angeles Dodgers dousing each other with champagne on Wednesday flew away into the night with one mammoth, memorable swing.For the previous two games in this National League Division Series, the Dodgers had fulfilled the task that kept their coaches and staff up late at night. They neutralized the Philadelphia Phillies’ best hitters, draining the life from their offense to push the Phillies to the brink of elimination. The Dodgers had not only taken a hold of this series — they’d taken away what made the Phillies go.The Phillies did not have life…

Kevin Durant made his Rockets debut on Wednesday night and he looked … well … like Kevin Durant, finishing with 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting in 23 minutes as Houston defeated the Jazz, 140-127.Durant missed his first three shots. Not to worry. He made his next seven and closed his night with 12 third-quarter points. His first bucket as a Rocket was the elbow pull-up we’ve seen him make thousands of times. There isn’t too much to say about Durant. He did his normal thing. He looked exceedingly comfortable playing with his new teammates, and why wouldn’t he? This is…

Highlights from day one of the Buick LPGA Shanghai at the Qizhong Garden Golf Club.

See red zone opportunities inside the 20, 10 and 5-yard lines along with the percentage of time they converted the opportunity into a touchdown. How do Zay Flowers’ 2025 advanced stats compare to other wide receivers? This section compares his advanced stats with players at the same position. The bar represents the player’s percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average. The longer the bar, the better it is for the player. Explain These Stats See where Zay…

Overreactions after a football game are natural. Why did this team win or lose and can it continue that momentum (or end it)? Will a decision by a player end up sending his team into a downward spiral or spark it to new heights?What about the coaches? Is it necessary to fire a coach in the midst of a bad season or be patient? Same with a quarterback who is trying to retain his starting job week to week? That’s the beauty of the NFL, the instant reaction to a result, then having time to think about said reaction. Overreactions are…

New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge discussed the team’s 2025 season after getting eliminated by the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALDS.”It’s what you play for, you play to win,” Judge told reporters (1:04 mark). “When you don’t win, it’s not a good year. Just gotta put in more work, review the season, see what I can keep doing to try to help this team and put them in the best position to win every single night.”While the Yankees’ postseason run came to an end with a 5-2 loss to the Blue Jays in Game 4 on Wednesday night, Judge…

Dana White was critical of one fighter for not performing to the best of his ability when it mattered the most. There are some athletes who are able to rise to the occasion and deliver the best versions of themselves under the brightest lights. We recently saw this at UFC 320, where Alex Pereira avenged his loss to Magomed Ankalaev despite so many people believing that the result would be the same as their first encounter. Some even questioned whether Ankalaev’s first title defense now ranked as one of the worst ever, with the Russian being stopped in just 80…

Chelsea full-back Marc Cucurella, who began his youth career at Barcelona, has opened up about his journey and revealed that he has no regrets about leaving the club.  Despite moving away from La Masia, Cucurella is currently enjoying a successful period in his career, both in the Premier League and with the Spanish national team. Cucurella joined Barcelona’s academy in 2012 but struggled to secure a permanent place in the first team after a series of loan spells.  In 2021, he joined Brighton & Hove Albion in England, which is when he came under the spotlight. Reflecting on his time…

If Wednesday’s game proves to be the last one in a Dodgers uniform for Clayton Kershaw, it will do little to tarnish his legacy, said teammate Mookie Betts.“He’s gonna have a statue, so we have to kind of keep that in mind,” Betts said. “In the grand scheme of things, Kershaw is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, one of the best pitchers to ever do it.Advertisement“So if you let two innings kind of ruin that, then you don’t know baseball.”But, Betts confessed, Kershaw’s relief appearance in Game 3 of the National League Division Series was hard to watch. In those…

MILWAUKEE — Following Wednesday’s practice, Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers and superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo addressed a recent ESPN report about an offseason discussion Antetokounmpo and his representation had with general manager Jon Horst, and a subsequent conversation the Bucks conducted with the New York Knicks about trading the two-time NBA MVP.Antetokounmpo said that while he considers his options during the offseason, something that he has publicly discussed doing for years, any consideration of another opportunity ends when the season begins.“I’ve always wanted to be in Milwaukee. I always wanted to represent the city. As long as we have…