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Chicago’s Jacob Amaya, below, scores past Angels catcher Matt Thaiss during the second inning of the Angels’ 8-4 loss Monday at Angel Stadium. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press) Andrew Benintendi homered twice for the third time this season and drove in four runs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Angels 8-4 Monday night … Read more

Saquon Barkley’s dropped pass proved to be more costly than the Eagles could have imagined. The former Giants star couldn’t haul in an easy pass from Jalen Hurts late in their “Monday Night Football” battle with the Falcons, thus stopping the clock and forcing the Eagles to kick a field goal instead of continuing to … Read more

Mike Trout, left, is recognized as the Angels’ 2024 Roberto Clemente Award nominee before a game against the Houston Astros on Sept. 15. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press) Mike Trout is open to discussing a position change after he has missed 370 games during the past four seasons. The Angels slugger and three-time American League … Read more

Adam Schefter did his best Jason Kelce impression during his appearance on “Monday Night Countdown” to the delight of host Scott Van Pelt and the former Eagles center.  The “Monday Night Countdown” crew erupted in laughter when the NFL insider appeared on the screen in a full Mummers costume, similar to the one that Kelce … Read more

Maybe Texas represented a turning point. On Sept. 3, Clay Holmes imploded in surrendering a game-ending grand slam to the Rangers’ Wyatt Langford. Much of the Yankees staff crumbled the next day, when Scott Effross, Ron Marinaccio and Phil Bickford worked in mop-up duty. Since that series, Holmes has not seen the ninth inning and … Read more

Authorities in Connecticut have arrested and charged a 40-year-old Oregon man with stalking and harassing UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers. Robert Cole Parmalee was served an arrest warrant Friday by UConn police while he was at Hartford Correctional Center and held on $100,000 bond after appearing in court on Monday, ESPN reported.  Parmalee was officially … Read more

Jordan Chiles holds up her medals after the women’s artistic gymnastics individual apparatus finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) American gymnast Jordan Chiles is asking Switzerland’s Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that stripped Chiles of a bronze medal in … Read more

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers during the first inning of a 9-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on Monday. Yamamoto gave up four hits and struck out three over four innings in his second start since returning from injury. (Jason Allen / Associated Press) Last week, Yoshinobu Yamamoto looked almost unhittable in … Read more

The injuries are starting to pile up for the 49ers’ offense. San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters on Monday that star wide receiver Deebo Samuel will miss “a couple” of weeks with a calf strain sustained in Sunday’s loss to the Vikings. Samuel has 13 catches for 164 yards, plus a rushing touchdown, … Read more

The NFL injuries keep piling up, and now Eagles star receiver A.J. Brown is joining that list.  Brown is expected to miss “a couple of weeks” due to a hamstring issue that popped up Friday, ESPN’s Lisa Salters reported during the “Monday Night Football” broadcast.  Salters said that Brown called the issue “just a freak … Read more