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MLB Insiders / ESPN:
World Series Daily: Can Rays seize series lead over Dodgers in Game 5? — After all the oddities of the MLB regular season and postseason, the 2020 World Series pits baseball's top two teams against each other. While we've grown accustomed to seeing the Dodgers playing for the championship …
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MLB Baseball News …, Los Angeles Times, True Blue LA, Detroit Free Press and DRaysBay
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Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Dodgers tilt World Series back in their favor, move within one win of title — ARLINGTON, Texas — Can you taste it? Vindication with undertones of elation and relief, mixed with a lingering note of devastation. — It's that close. — The roof was closed to keep out the demons …
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Cincinnati.com, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Associated Press, Sportsnet.ca, The Athletic, Daily News and The Ringer
James H. Williams / Orange County Register:
World Series Game 5 live updates: Dodgers score two runs against Rays in first inning — Follow along for updates from our MLB reporters covering the game. — The Dodgers will start Clayton Kershaw today in World Series Game 5. Tyler Glasnow (Santa Clarita Hart HS alum) is expected to start for the Rays.
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MLB Baseball News …, Daily Breeze and Daily News
Mark Whicker / Orange County Register:
Dodgers won't let Manny Margot and Rays steal their title shot — The least attended World Series in modern times welcomed Brad Fullmer on Sunday night. — Sort of. — Fullmer was the big-boned right-handed designated hitter for the Angels in 2002. He was on third base and Scott Spiezio …
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MLB Baseball News …, Daily Breeze, Whittier Daily News, Los Angeles Dodgers News … and DRaysBay
Jillian Olsen / WALV-TV:
Rays tie the series 2-2 with exciting walk-off Game 4 win — Brett Phillips came through in the clutch for the Rays in their 9th inning comeback. — ARLINGTON, Texas — It was an ending no one could have predicted! After an already nail-biting game the Rays have won Game 4 in walk-off fashion.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
World Series 2020: Tampa Bay Rays revel, Los Angeles Dodgers despair as Game 4 delivers baseball bliss — ARLINGTON, Texas — It happened just past midnight on the East Coast, 34 years to the day the last time a World Series game concluded like this. There are so many possible outcomes for the final play of a baseball game.
Jerry McDonald / Mercury News:
Raiders offensive linemen Miller, Good, Hudson, Jackson cleared to face Bucs after COVID list stint — Kolton Miller, Denzelle Good, Rodney Hudson and Gabe Jackson all received final clearance to play for the Raiders Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Marin Independent Journal, Chico Enterprise-Record, The Reporter and East Bay Times
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Jerry McDonald / Mercury News:
Game on! Raiders-Bucs still good to go Sunday despite coronavirus — Aside from Trent Brown, the rest of the Raiders' offensive line tested negative for coronavirus and will face Tom Brady and theTampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday in Las Vegas — Offensive linemen Kolton Miller, Denzelle Good …
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CBS Los Angeles, Daily Herald, ProFootballTalk and Marin Independent Journal
Cam Inman / Mercury News:
49ers 33, Patriots 6: Warner leads dominant defensive effort, Wilson scores thrice before injury — Fred Warner flipped his body sideways as he shuffled and spied Cam Newton. Then, in a flash, Warner coyly retreated into coverage and, voila, the 49ers' star linebacker came up with a shoestring interception.
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Chico Enterprise-Record, Bangor Daily News, The Reporter, East Bay Times and Marin Independent Journal
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Kerry Crowley / Mercury News:
49ers hammer Patriots with run game as Jeff Wilson sets new career high in first half — The 49ers are without Raheem Mostert, Tevin Coleman in New England and still prioritizing the rushing attack against the Patriots — Raheem Mostert is on injured reserve with an ankle injury …
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The Reporter and Chico Enterprise-Record
Bill Madden / New York Daily News:
Exclusive: Ex-Astros exec Mike Elias eyed for potential MLB pension fraud in his new role as Orioles GM — It was rather interesting last week to see disgraced former Astros GM Jeff Luhnow emerge from MLB exile to once again proclaim his innocence in the Houston sign-stealing cheating scandal and this time …
Tim Healey / Newsday:
Francisco Lindor to Mets? Steve Cohen could make it happen — How about this for a championship-team-building strategy: Identify a superstar who is approaching free agency and whose team seems uninterested in guaranteeing him the money he inevitably will get. Trade for him.
