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New York Times:
Raiders Coach's Emails Included Homophobic and Misogynistic Comments — A trove of emails in a separate workplace misconduct case shows Raiders Coach Jon Gruden went beyond previously disclosed racist comments to issue broad tirades. — When the vaunted professional football coach Jon Gruden …
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Los Angeles Times:
Jon Gruden emails were part of June court filing by WFT owner Dan Snyder — Several inflammatory emails by Jon Gruden were filed as exhibits in federal court by attorneys for Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder in mid-June, almost four months before they were leaked to two newspapers …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Houston Astros finish off Chicago White Sox to reach 5th straight ALCS as Tony La Russa fumes over ‘intentional’ Jose Abreu plunking — The Houston Astros advanced to their fifth consecutive American League Championship Series on Tuesday by beating the Chicago White Sox 10-1 in Game 4 of their best-of-five division series matchup.
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Houston Chronicle, FanGraphs Baseball and New York Post
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Astros finish off White Sox in ALDS, advance to fifth consecutive ALCS — They may be the scourge of countless baseball fans, but the Houston Astros are also the sport's most consistent force when October arrives. — And for the fifth consecutive year, they'll be playing for a chance to advance to the World Series.
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Sports Illustrated, MLB Baseball News …, NBCSports.com, The Athletic and CBS Boston
Associated Press:
Game 4 of Astros vs. White Sox ALDS postponed — CHICAGO (AP) — Game 4 of the AL Division Series between the Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox has been postponed because of rain in the forecast. The teams are now set to meet Tuesday afternoon. — Houston leads the series 2-1.
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MLB Baseball News …, ESPN and USA Today
Evan Petzold / Detroit Free Press:
Bally Sports Detroit agrees to multi-year extensions with Tigers, Red Wings for broadcasts — Bally Sports Detroit isn't going anywhere. — The regional sports network, part of Sinclair Broadcast Group, has agreed to multi-year contract extensions with the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings …
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Bless You Boys, MLB Trade Rumors and Winging It In Motown
The Athletic:
Cubs targeting Cleveland's Carter Hawkins as new general manager: Sources — The Chicago Cubs are targeting Carter Hawkins as their new general manager, sources told The Athletic on Wednesday, planning to finalize a move that would mark a major hire for president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer …
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Cubs Insider, Bleacher Nation, NBCSports.com, MLB Trade Rumors and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Buster Olney / ESPN:
New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner seems inclined to keep Aaron Boone, sources say — Though the wait continues within the Yankees' organization for owner Hal Steinbrenner to dictate the direction of the team in a fluid situation, he seems inclined to keep Aaron Boone as manager, industry sources told ESPN's Buster Olney.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2022 — Matt Swartz has created a model to project salaries for arbitration eligible players, which we've been publishing at MLB Trade Rumors for 11 years. — In the baseball industry, teams and agents determine arbitration salaries by identifying comparable players.
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Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
MLB Pipeline's 2021 All-Rookie Team — There are plenty of rookies adding to their resumes this postseason, with players like Randy Arozarena and Ian Anderson already having playoff success a year ago. But most are done for the year. So after our final Rookie Power Rankings and a look …
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Boston.com and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Yaneris Muniz / Ready Santa Barbara County:
Evacuation Order and Warning Issued for Alisal Fire West of Goleta Orden de Evacuación y Advertencia emitido para Incendio Alisal al oeste de Goleta — Home → Top News → Evacuation Order and Warning Issued for Alisal Fire West of Goleta — Orden de Evacuación y …
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Los Angeles Times and Mercury News
Todd Rosiak / USA Today:
NLDS Game 3: Braves one win away from NLCS after shutting out Brewers again — ATLANTA - That road magic is going to need to kick in quickly, or the Milwaukee Brewers are going to be one series and done in the 2021 postseason. — With their bats a continuing no-show …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Giants' secret weapon was something the Dodgers couldn't prepare for in NLDS Game 3 — LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball rules specifically state that all foreign substances are prohibited in games, regardless if it's a sweltering day at Busch Stadium in June or a postseason game at Dodger Stadium in October.
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MLB Baseball News …, Sportsnet.ca, AZ Snake Pit and Los Angeles Times
Brittany Ghiroli / The Athletic:
‘Retire? Nobody ever really does’: Buck Showalter on Baltimore, TV and his managerial future — Buck Showalter has 20 years of big-league managerial experience and, with openings for the San Diego Padres and New York Mets, the 64-year-old's name has surfaced again on early lists of potential candidates.
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New York Daily News, Sports Illustrated, Camden Chat and MLB Baseball News …
Chris Cotillo / Union-News:
Will Boston Red Sox wear yellow uniforms on Marathon Monday? Alex Cora won't say: 'Whatever we wear that day, it's going to be a special day anyways' — BOSTON — Back in April, the Red Sox debuted their yellow “City Connect” uniforms to celebrate Marathon Monday, wearing them for two weekend games …
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Over the Monster, MLB Baseball News … and NBCSports.com