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Jack Harris / Los Angeles Times:
Jurickson Profar sets tone for Padres in NLDS Game 2 win over Dodgers — The home run music started blaring through the Dodger Stadium speakers. Mookie Betts began rounding the bases and pointing toward the bullpen. — Just like the previous night, it appeared the Dodgers had erased …
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Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Dodgers rebound after rough start from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, take NLDS Game 1 — The Padres scored five times in the first three innings against Yamamoto, but the Dodgers' bullpen held them scoreless the rest of the way — LOS ANGELES - October history threatened to repeat itself.
Jason Burke / Sports Illustrated:
A's David Forst says payroll expected to increase for 2025 in Sacramento — While A's GM David Forst mentioned that payroll is expected to go up heading into next season previously, he said it again at Friday's end-of-season media call. He also acknowledged that it could be tricky selling free agents on coming to play in Sacramento.
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Daily News:
LAFC shuts out Sporting KC — KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Teenage rookie David Martínez scored early, Denis Bouanga had two assists, and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris earned his league-leading 14th clean sheet of the season as Los Angeles FC breezed to a 3-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.
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New York Times:
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve confronted Sun players after Game 1 over team's celebration: Sources — Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, the four-time WNBA Coach of the Year and four-time champion, confronted Connecticut Sun players near the locker room Sunday after Game 1 of the teams' semifinals series, league sources said.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Tomoyuki Sugano heading to MLB after Japanese career — Right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano, the most successful Japanese pitcher of his generation to have spent his whole career in Nippon Professional Baseball, will come to Major League Baseball as an international free agent this winter, sources told ESPN.
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ESPN:
Thad Levine out as Twins general manager after 8 seasons — Thad Levine is out after eight years as the Minnesota Twins' senior vice president and general manager. — An announcement Friday said Levine, 52, was leaving “to pursue new challenges and opportunities, both inside and outside of baseball.”
Jason La Canfora / Washington Post:
Davante Adams isn't the only NFL receiver who might get traded this season — In a bustling market a month before the deadline, there's no bigger catch than the Raiders' star. — All-pro receiver Davante Adams's star-crossed tenure with the Las Vegas Raiders is nearing its end …
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