Thursday, November 17, 2016

WATCH: Bryant gets final out as Chicago Cubs win first World Series in 108 years and other top stories.

  • WATCH: Bryant gets final out as Chicago Cubs win first World Series in 108 years

    WATCH: Bryant gets final out as Chicago Cubs win first World Series in 108 years
    By now, you've probably heard -- the Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians to win the 2016 World Series on Wednesday night, thereby completing a comeback from a 3-1 series deficit. But hearing is one thing, seeing is another. Take a look below and you can watch the Cubs recording the final out to win their first championship in 108 years:There you see Mike Montgomery -- just inserted into the game in place of Carl Edwards Jr. -- inducing a weak grounder off Michael Martinez's bat on..
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  • Best buds Rizzo, Bryant help lift Cubs to long-awaited title

    Best buds Rizzo, Bryant help lift Cubs to long-awaited title
    AP 3:24 a.m. EDT November 3, 2016Chicago Cubs' Anthony Rizzo reacts after teammate Kris Bryant scored on Rizzo's hit during the fifth inning of Game 7 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Cleveland Indians Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)(Photo: The Associated Press)CLEVELAND (AP) — Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant have been nearly inseparable since the day they became major league teammates in the spring of 2015, 20-somethings with po..
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  • Wednesday NBA Roundup: Boston Celtics Solidifying Status as East's 2nd-Best

    Wednesday NBA Roundup: Boston Celtics Solidifying Status as East's 2nd-Best
    Al Horford may still be the key piece that makes the Boston Celtics a top threat to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East, but the way his team scrapped without him in a 107-100 win against the Chicago Bulls suggested he's hardly the only one. Horford sat out with a concussion, Avery Bradley received a cortisone shot before the game and Jae Crowder crumpled to the floor after 14 minutes with a sprained left ankle...and the Celtics still subdued the previously unbeaten Bulls. To do it, they leane..
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  • Lopez double-double Leads Nets over Pistons

    Lopez double-double Leads Nets over Pistons
    NEW YORK (AP) -- The Brooklyn Nets hit nearly all their shots at the start, and Trevor Booker made the stops at the end.Brook Lopez had 34 points and 11 rebounds, Sean Kilpatrick added 24 points, and the Nets beat the Pistons 109-101 on Wednesday night.''We made some big plays down the stretch that really sealed the deal,'' Booker said. ''It was a tremendous game by everybody. Defensive plays by me, offense by Sean and Brook. It was a great team effort.''Brooklyn hit 16 of its 20 shots in the fi..
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  • Bledsoe's 3 sinks Blazers in OT, 118-115

    Bledsoe's 3 sinks Blazers in OT, 118-115
    PHOENIX (AP) -- In need of a go-to guy at the end of a tight game, the Phoenix Suns turned to Eric Bledsoe, and the veteran guard delivered. Both times.Bledsoe dropped in a rainbow 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer, giving the Suns a 118-115 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.He had also scored a go-ahead basket with 1.1 seconds left in regulation.Bledsoe finished with 20 points, his only 3 of the night being the game-winner. The shot, made over the outstretched arms of Bl..
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  • Rizzo's liner hits former Miss. photographer in face

    Rizzo's liner hits former Miss. photographer in face
    Photo of Tannen Maury taken Wednesday, a day after being struck by a ball during the World Series.(Photo: Courtesy of Tannen Maury)Tannen Maury, a former Associated Press photographer in Jackson, had one of the best seats in the ballpark for Tuesday night’s Game 6 of the World Series — in the camera well, next to the Chicago Cubs’ dugout in Cleveland.Turned out, the seat was a bit too close to the action.Maury was struck in the face by a foul line drive off the bat of Cubs slugger Anthony Rizzo ..
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  • All the desire in the World couldn't end Cleveland's drought

    All the desire in the World couldn't end Cleveland's drought
    CLEVELAND -- Indians center fielder Rajai Davis cranked a ball Wednesday night that briefly made Cleveland sports history, unleashing a feeling of pure joy unlike anything he had ever felt.His two-run, game-tying home run in the eighth inning of an epic Game 7 was like a little kid's dream come true.Davis was convinced his team was about to win the World Series. He believed the Indians would score another run off Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman, and that he and his teammates would dance into the nig..
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  • On Norv's Exit and Every Contender's Biggest Flaw

    On Norv's Exit and Every Contender's Biggest Flaw
    Looking for a flash point in trying to ascertain where things went south between Norv Turner and Mike Zimmer in Minnesota? Call off the search. The answers are right in front of you: Teddy Bridgewater. Adrian Peterson. Matt Kalil. Andre Smith. When the Vikings traded for Sam Bradford in the days after the lightning strike of a practice injury to Bridgewater, an implicit but loud message was sent down from the front office. This roster is ready to win now, and we’re not in the business of throwi..
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  • "New" Jedzrejczyk even better for UFC205

    Defending UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk believes more champions of the sport could come from Europe if they follow her lead and begin training in the USA. Jedrzejczyk became the first women's European champion when she defeated the USA's Carla Esparza in March last year. Next Saturday's title bout with Polish compatriot Karolina Kowalkiewicz (3-0) at New York's Madison Square Garden is her first against an opponent from her own continent. The 22-year-old is one of just three Europ..
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  • Emotions will be high when Warriors face Thunder

    Emotions will be high when Warriors face Thunder
    OAKLAND, Calif. -- Russell Westbrook says he didn't watch Kevin Durant's debut for the Golden State Warriors.Draymond Green assures the Warriors want to beat Durant's former team "really bad."The 2016 Western Conference Finals combatants haven't seen each other in more than five months and already sparks are flying in anticipation of Thursday's nationally televised game in Oakland.The game not only will be the first between former teammates Westbrook and Durant, but also a rematch of Golden Stat..
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