Padres' Bogaerts says strikeout call 'messed up' whole game - ESPN
Count Xander Bogaerts among those looking forward to Major League Baseball's new challenge system for balls and strikes next season.
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Niners' Mac Jones beats odds, lets it fly in OT win over Rams - ESPN
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — In the hours before Thursday night's game against the Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan approached quarterback Mac Jones and let him know that the short-handed Niners were more than touchdown underdogs against their division rivals.
2025 MLB playoffs: Our predictions for every round - ESPN
After an exhilarating finish to the regular season, the 2025 MLB playoffs kick off Tuesday afternoon with 12 teams vying to hoist this year's World Series trophy.
Schlittler shuts down Red Sox as Yankees advance to ALDS - ESPN
NEW YORK — Rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler struck out 12 as he shut down Boston with 100 mph heat, and the New York Yankees took advantage of a pair of misplays in a four-run fourth inning to beat the Red Sox 4-0 on Thursday night for a 2-1 AL Wild Card Series win and a division series matchup against Toronto.
Ex-Braves catcher Ross interested in being Atlanta manager - ESPN
ATLANTA — David Ross, the former Atlanta catcher and Chicago Cubs manager, said Thursday that he's ready to manage again and said returning to the dugout with the Braves «would be amazing.»
Nevada court rejects NFL petition for Jon Gruden rehearing - ESPN
The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected the NFL's petition seeking a rehearing of an August decision that said former Raiders coach Jon Gruden could not be forced into league arbitration in his lawsuit alleging the league leaked damaging emails to the media before he resigned from the team in 2021.
Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is the hammer, not the nail - ESPN
Watch Puka Nacua on the sideline before each offensive possession, and you'll see the Los Angeles receiver ask a teammate to hit his pads. Hard.
Cubs quash Padres' threat in 9th to clinch NL Wild Card Series - ESPN
CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong hit an RBI single off a shaky Yu Darvish, and the Chicago Cubs shut down Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres for a clinching 3-1 victory in Game 3 of their NL Wild Card Series on Thursday.