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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
D-backs top Phillies in Game 7, make 1st World Series since '01 — PHILADELPHIA — Corbin Carroll was searching for the words, and he couldn't find them. The Arizona Diamondbacks — the 84-win, negative-run-differential, underdog-at-all-turns Diamondbacks — were going to the World Series.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
The 84-win Diamondbacks ‘love proving naysayers wrong’ en route to pennant — Booze was literally dripping from the ceiling of the visitors' clubhouse late Tuesday night as General Manager Mike Hazen tried to put into words what his Diamondbacks team had just accomplished.
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Greg Moore / Arizona Republic:
The Arizona Diamondbacks aren't in the World Series without Hazen, Lovullo — There's a lot to know about the Arizona Diamondbacks as the club heads to the second World Series in franchise history. So you don't get rattled, we're offering a Q-and-A about the team, split into two parts.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Diamondbacks shock Phillies in NLCS Game 7, advance to first World Series since 2001
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Nick PiecoroArizona Republic / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks-Phillies NLCS updates: Zac Gallen ‘available’ for Game 7
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Mark Faller / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks get to experience the best two words in sports: Game 7
Alex Speier / The Boston Globe:
Sources: Craig Breslow accepts Red Sox offer to become team's next chief baseball officer — The Red Sox have a new leader of baseball operations. — According to multiple industry sources, the team offered the job to Cubs assistant GM and former Red Sox pitcher Craig Breslow.
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Associated Press:
Red Sox hire ex-pitcher Craig Breslow as chief baseball officer — The Boston Red Sox have hired ex-pitcher Craig Breslow as their new chief baseball officer, the team announced Wednesday. — Breslow pitched for Boston in 2006 and again from 2012-15. Since 2019, he has worked …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Exclusive: Dusty Baker retires after 26 seasons as MLB manager — Dusty Baker, one of the most successful managers in MLB history, wants to remain involved in an advisory role, with the Astros or another team. — Dusty Baker, one of the most successful managers in baseball history …
University of Tennessee Athletics:
Lady Vols Mourn Passing Of LVFL Tasha Butts — Former Tennessee Lady Vols standout and current Georgetown women's basketball head coach Tasha Butts has passed away at the age of 41 following a valiant battle with breast cancer. — “Our program is heartbroken to lose a member …
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LSU:
Former LSU Assistant Coach Tasha Butts Passes Away — WASHINGTON - Tasha Butts, a former LSU assistant coach and the head coach at Georgetown, passed away Monday morning at the age of 41, it was announced by Georgetown following her two-year battle with breast cancer.
Andrew Baggarly / The Athletic:
Giants to announce Bob Melvin as manager: Sources — When it comes to stability and continuity in the manager's office, few franchises can match the San Francisco Giants over the past four decades. Now the Giants are turning to a three-time Manager of the Year to get them back on track.
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Lewiston Sun Journal:
At least 22 dead in multiple Lewiston shootings; police give few details on search for gunman — Police name Robert Card of Bowdoin as person of interest while all of Androscoggin County remains on lockdown. Residents are being told to stay in their homes and keep doors locked.
Nicole Kraft / Associated Press:
Ducks edge Blue Jackets on Frank Vatrano's OT goal, snap 3-game skid — Vatrano scores on a breakaway 2:40 into overtime and Lukas Dostal stops 34 shots as the Ducks twice erase deficits to earn their first road win of the season, 3-2 — COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ducks started …
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Brandon Holveck / delawareonline:
‘That was brutal’: Tuesday night reflections on Broad Street after Phillies lose Game 7 — The city didn't burn to the ground. That's the good news. — In the streets of Philadelphia on Tuesday night, no one needed to hear the bad news. — “That was brutal,” one man said. — “They're trash.
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