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Cold Guardians waste Williams’ 11 strikeouts in Game 2 loss

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Guardians have picked a bad time for their offense to go cold again. Manager Stephen Vogt's squad had one of the worst offenses in the American League before turning it on after the Aug. 3 trade deadline en route to winning its third straight AL Central title. The ...

Former college football coaching veteran dies at 75

Dennis Franchione, the longtime college football coach whose career included stops at TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M, has died, TCU said in a statement. He was 75. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, which first reported the news, said Franchione’s family confirmed his death Tuesday, adding that ...

Cleveland strikeout king dies at 84 with legacy of redemption

CLEVELAND — Sam McDowell, a six-time All Star who led the American League in strikeouts four times before becoming a counselor for athletes suffering from addiction issues and depression, died Monday at his home in The Villages, Florida. He was 84. “Sam spent eleven of his fifteen seasons ...

Brooklyn-born Palacios puts Yankees in hole with huge hit

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As a kid, Richie Palacios was one of the biggest Yankees fans in Brooklyn. On Monday night, he sent New York home in a huge playoff hole. Palacios laced a two-run single to cap a four-run fifth inning that propelled the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory and a 2-0 lead ...

Tropicana flyout the latest baseball-meets-roof adventure

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For the second time in three nights this postseason, a roof got in the way. Yankees rookie Spencer Jones hit a towering flyball off a catwalk at quirky Tropicana Field that was caught by Rays right fielder Victor Mesa Jr. for an out in the second inning of New York's ...