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 …

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.

Yankees coach Carlos Mendoza a candidate for Red Sox manager  —  Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza has talked with the Red Sox and Tigers about their respective managerial openings.  —  Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames, a former Tiger player, has also spoken to Detroit, who is looking for Ron Gardenhire's replacement.

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.

Rams' defense, unlikely heroes lead big win over the Bears  —  INGLEWOOD — The Rams faced an opponent Monday that became one of the NFL's teams to beat this season by winning game after game with late defensive stands.  —  The Rams beat the Chicago Bears by putting this game away early.

Cardinals are bringing back Shildt's coaching staff, Maddux and Albert included, for 2021  —  ARLINGTON, TEXAS — As they begin preparing for the offseason and engineering their team for the 2021 season, the Cardinals have elected to bring back all of the coaches on Mike Shildt's staff.

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 …

Bengals notebook: OG Quinton Spain to visit team, RT Bobby Hart (knee) out for Week 8  —  Left guard Quinton Spain is on the verge of signing with the Cincinnati Bengals.  —  According to a source, Spain is visiting the Bengals this week.  If all goes well and Spain passes …

Jeff Wilpon says goodbye to Mets employees in strong sign  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — The Wilpons are putting the finishing touches on their long-standing ownership of the Mets.  —  On Monday afternoon, a team source confirmed, the Mets held an organization-wide Zoom call to award employees who had reached milestones for service.

Mets Claim Robel Garcia, Designate Ryan Cordell  —  The Mets announced Monday that they've claimed infielder Robel Garcia off waivers from the Reds.  Outfielder Ryan Cordell was designated for assignment to create space on the Mets' roster.  —  Garcia, 27, made his MLB debut with the Cubs …

Eliminating universal DH for 2021 season would help Nationals  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred joined his interview like everyone else these days, via video conference software.  —  Manfred was in a little screen …

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.