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Column: No big deal. Dodgers punt Game 4 but they’re still in control against Yankees The New York Yankees have awakened. A little late. The Yankees mauled and mashed and manhandled the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, staving off a sweep with an 11-4 victory. Not much to … Read more

Luis Gil bent plenty. But against a Dodgers lineup that consistently inflicts damage, he did not quite break.  The rookie Yankees starter was not particularly strong but was strong enough in an outing that at least gave his offense a chance in the 11-4, season-saving (or at least -extending) Game 4 win in The Bronx … Read more

WASHINGTON — They have been getting away with lax work on the defensive side of the puck pretty much since the season commenced. The Rangers have been saved by their elite offensive talent at one end and by the elite work of Igor Shesterkin at the other end of the ice. But not in this … Read more

Against the best offense in baseball, the Yankees asked their bullpen for 15 outs.  Some drama and surely some exhaustion followed, but those 15 outs were recorded.  On a night the Los Angeles bullpen was dented, Tim Hill, Clay Holmes, Mark Leiter Jr., Luke Weaver and Tim Mayza were the Yankees’ biggest advantage in the … Read more

The Yankees finally won a World Series game, and they did it the way they usually win games. Which is to say they covered any funky plays with big hits — in fact, a trio of monster home runs. For one night anyway, they behaved like the Bronx Bombers, and all was right in the … Read more

Gerrit Cole did not do the historic ace thing at this time of year and insist on taking the ball with his team facing elimination in Game 4. Fine. The Yankees nevertheless won with him as a cheerleader. 3Yankees need Gerrit Cole to pitch like an ace and help carry the Yankees to a Game … Read more

The toe tag was being prepared early in the night, but the Yankees are not dead yet. With his hometown team facing a 3-0 deficit in the World Series and trailing by a run in the third inning of Game 4, Anthony Volpe played the role of human defibrillator, crushing a grand slam that put … Read more

New York Yankees’ Anthony Volpe celebrates his grand slam home run with Aaron Judge against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the third inning in Game 4 of the baseball World Series, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in New York.Photo by Ashley Landis /AP Photo NEW YORK — Anthony Volpe’s third-inning grand slam overcame Freddie Freeman’s record-setting … Read more

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored career goals 855 and 856 less than two minutes apart, and the Washington Capitals beat the Rangers 5-3 on Tuesday night in a back-and-forth showcase of the sport. Ovechkin moved 38 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record, scoring two of the seven in the game’s first 25 … Read more

For Jordi Fernandez, Tuesday was a chance to see the Denver team he cut his teeth with. But for his Nets, it was a chance to test themselves against champions. They came up agonizingly short, blowing a huge double-digit lead and falling, 144-139, in overtime before a sellout crowd of 17,926 at Barclays Center. The … Read more