Bale says time felt right to return to Spurs

Gareth Bale says the time is right to return to Tottenham Hotspur after seven trophy-laden seasons with Real Madrid.

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Djokovic overcomes Koepfer to set up Ruud semi-final in Rome

Novak Djokovic overcame a mid-match wobble against Dominik Koepfer before securing a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over the unseeded German and a semi-final spot at the Italian Open on Saturday.

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Letters containing ricin poison sent to White House

The letter to the White House, which was addressed to President Donald Trump, was intercepted.

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Man United make dismal start, Arsenal and Everton win again

United's Premier League campaign began in faltering fashion as a double from their former player Wilfried Zaha gave Crystal Palace a 3-1 win at Old Trafford.

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ECU to move from Mount Lawley to city centre under massive CBD deal

The new campus will be located west of Yagan Square on the Wellington Street bus station and falls under the Perth City Deal,

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TikTok: Trump says Oracle deal for video app 'has my blessing'

The president says the bid by Oracle and Walmart would protect the data of TikTok users in the US.

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BBC NEWS - TikTok: Trump says Oracle deal for video app 'has my blessing'

The president says the bid by Oracle and Walmart would protect the data of TikTok users in the US.


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BBC NEWS - How the oil industry made us doubt climate change

Energy companies stand accused of trying to downplay their contribution to global warming.


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BBC NEWS - The Indian queens who modelled for the world's first vaccine

The mystery surrounding a 19th Century portrait and its role in one of the first immunisation campaigns.


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BBC NEWS - Janusz Walus: Why far-right Polish football fans idolise a murderer in South Africa

Janusz Walus killed anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani in 1993, sparking fears of a racial civil war.


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BBC NEWS - 'I still spend so much time on the kids - that needs to change'

Sarah Dahia from Australia takes us through her week during the coronavirus pandemic.


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BBC NEWS - The Nigerian filmmakers risking jail with lesbian movie Ife

The film board in Nigeria, where same-sex relationships are banned, says the film violates strict laws on homosexuality.


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BBC NEWS - 'I was paralysed but a year on I'm running a mountain marathon'

Twelve months ago Carole Fortune, 56, suffered a stroke as she got out of bed, leaving half her body paralysed.


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BBC NEWS : 'I still spend so much time on the kids - that needs to change'

Sarah Dahia from Australia takes us through her week during the coronavirus pandemic.


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New on Sports Illustrated: Marshall Rides Defense to Upset Win Over No. 23 Appalachian State

The Thundering Herd held Appalachian State to just 96 rushing yards and no points after the first quarter in a 17-7 victory.

Brenden Knox rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown, quarterback Grant Wells came up with back-to-back big plays when Marshall needed them and the Thundering Herd beat No. 23 Appalachian State 17-7 on Saturday.

Marshall (2-0) beat a ranked opponent for the first time since winning at No. 6 Kansas State in 2003. It also was the Thundering Herd’s first win over a ranked opponent at home since 1976.

Appalachian State (1-1) squandered a couple of late opportunities and was held scoreless in the second half.

Knox got the edge over Appalachian State quarterback Zac Thomas in a matchup between two preseason offensive players of the year in their respective conferences.

Wells had a lackluster game but put together consecutive big plays that made the difference. The redshirt freshman threw a 67-yard pass down the middle to a wide open Xavier Gaines to set up Wells’ 12-yard scoring run on the next play for a 17-7 lead late in the third quarter.

Wells finished 11 of 25 for 163 yards after throwing four TD passes in his debut two weeks ago, a 59-0 win over Eastern Kentucky.

Appalachian State lost a chance to close the gap early in the fourth. Thomas combined with Mike Evans on a 41-yard pass play. But as Evans was heading toward the end zone, Marshall’s Brandon Drayton punched the ball loose and teammate Nazeeh Johnson recovered for a touchback.

Appalachian State’s Chandler Staton missed a short field goal wide right with 2:54 left.

Thomas finished 22 of 38 for 268 yards and one score.

The Mountaineers’ rushing attack was limited to 96 yards after piling up 308 yards in a 35-20 win over Charlotte last week.

The Thundering Herd defense stymied Appalachian State on its final 10 drives. But Marshall will need to work on its own mistakes after getting penalized 11 times for 117 yards.

Marshall could make its first appearance in the AP Top 25 since finishing the 2014 season at No. 23, while Appalachian State will likely fall out of the rankings.

Appalachian State hosts Campbell of the Championship Subdivision next Saturday. The Mountaineers have an Oct. 7 Sun Belt Conference showdown at home against No. 19 Louisiana-Lafayette.

Marshall is scheduled to play at Conference USA rival Western Kentucky on Oct. 10. Rice postponed its Oct. 3 road game at Marshall due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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73-year-old woman found after four nights missing on Fraser Island

The woman stumbled across a campsite early on Sunday morning after going missing while bushwalking on Wednesday.

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'You are awesome Melbourne': Victoria records just 14 new cases and five deaths

Victoria has recorded just 14 new cases, exactly one week out from the planned date for further easing of restrictions.

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73-year-old woman found after four nights missing on Fraser Island

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'You are awesome Melbourne': Victoria records just 14 new cases and five deaths

Victoria has recorded just 14 new cases, exactly one week out from the planned date for further easing of restrictions.

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'Self-serve buffets and pandemics don't mix': restaurants fined for breaches

The Butchers Buffet restaurant in Strathfield has been fined $5000 after SafeWork inspectors found diners sharing plates, utensils and trays.

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China Sends Warplanes Over Taiwan as US Envoy Visits

China sent almost 20 warplanes into Taiwan's airspace in an unusually large show of force as a response to a senior U.S. official's visit to the self-governing island.

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Queen erases disgraced Harvey Weinstein's name from honours list

She had bestowed honours on the Hollywood mogul in 2004 for his contribution to the British film industry.

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Welch fined $20,000, with half suspended, for COVID-19 breach

Storm prop Christian Welch will have to pay a $10,000 fine following a COVID-19 protocol breach early on Friday morning.

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Reed grabs US Open lead, Tiger misses cut

Former Masters champion Patrick Reed put his sterling short game on display to grab the US Open lead while Tiger Woods finished well outside the cut.

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BBC NEWS - Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Supreme Court Justice dies

The US Supreme Court justice was a feminist heroine, cultural icon and national treasure.


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BBC NEWS - How many people does it take to oust a political leader?

How big does a protest need to be to topple a political leader? One estimate is 3.5% of the country's population.


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BBC NEWS - Coronavirus in South Africa: Relief, pride and the 'new normal'

As the "worst phase of the epidemic" is overcome, experts delve into the data to learn more about Covid-19.


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BBC NEWS - Pakistan outcry over police victim-blaming of gang-raped mother

A police chief's comments spark an unprecedented backlash after a woman was raped in front of her children.


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‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Review: Woody Allen Travels to Movie Memory Lane

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The filmmaker seems to acknowledge the world has changed in this light tale of a director (Wallace Shawn) at a European film festival.

Victoria records 21 new cases of coronavirus, seven deaths

Victoria has recorded just 21 new cases of COVID-19 in the past day and seven more deaths.

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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died

A stalwart liberal on the US Supreme Court since 1993, Ginsburg was 87.

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Victoria records 21 new cases of coronavirus, seven deaths

Victoria has recorded just 21 new cases of COVID-19 in the past day and seven more deaths.

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WA is only just starting to wake up to Vietnam's opportunities

It’s easy to assume international co-operation has ground to a halt because of COVID-19 travel restrictions and closed borders.

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The UK moves closer to negative interest rates

The Bank of England has taken another step towards negative rates amid rising COVID infections and a looming unemployment crisis.

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World's super-rich cash in after global prices surge

With stockmarket volatility picking up, some of the world's wealthiest investors are selling up shares.

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Mandurah woman attacked in her car saw shadow approaching before she turned her head

WARNING: Distressing image. Tammy Andrews said she saw a shadow coming towards her, and she turned her head away when she saw he was holding a weapon.

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Sevens star Green backflips on Broncos to join Warriors

The Australian star was set to join Brisbane but had a late change of heart before the upcoming NRLW season.

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Parling named Wallabies forwards coach after McKellar pulls out

Dave Rennie wanted Brumbies coach Dan McKellar in his Wallabies set-up but has settled instead for Rebels assistant Geoff Parling.

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Investigations under way after historic Camden arcade burns down

The Whiteman's Arcade was built in 1889, with a second storey placed on the building in 1936.

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Peru's president faces impeachment as nation struggles with coronavirus

Lawmakers moved to censure Vizcarra after recordings emerged last week in which he coordinated his government's response to an influence-peddling scandal.

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ASX set to rise despite fresh pain for US tech; Iron ore dips again

The ASX 200 is expected to climb at Friday's open even after Wall Street's tech giants copped another overnight beating.

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As it happened: Silver for Australia's baby of the pool on September 18, 2000

A 15-year-old Leisel Jones delighted crowds with her stunning swim.

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The 'double haters' who could help decide the US election

During my time on the campaign trail so far I've heard American voters use the same phrase over and over again: "the lesser of two evils".

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Perth entrepreneur takes on rideshare giants with Australia's first 'Uber for pets'

Animal lover Terry Butts came up with the idea of offering pet owners an A-grade transport service after seeing a St Bernard crammed in the front seat of a tiny Toyota Camry. 

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Revealing revamp: Shades of old greet lighter, larger Picabar

It has been a labour of love bringing the old Picabar building back to glory but still holding on to what everyone loved about the place, its owners said on the eve of its reopening.

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Bubbly consumption: A wine novice's guide to champagne under $100

Champagne can be a tricky course for a wine novice to navigate, so let us guide you through the waters with our list of the best non-vintage drops on the market right now. 

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'A wild power grab': How WA's new planning laws could steer power away from communities

The fate of a controversial Nedlands development is now in the hands of an opaque planning unit created at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Queensland school year to finish two days early

Teachers and principals have been given two days off in exchange for calling for a pay rise earlier this year.

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BBC NEWS - Migrant crisis 2015: What happened to Nujeen Mustafa?

Nujeen fled war in Syria, and crossed Europe in her wheelchair in 2015, but where is she now?


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BBC NEWS - 'For me whale meat is my childhood, my memories'

Sales of whale meat rise in Norway, helped by more Norwegians going on staycations.


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BBC NEWS - China debt dogs Maldives' 'bridge to prosperity'

After borrowing vast sums for infrastructure projects, can the tiny island nation pay it back?


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New Zealand in recession on back of historic GDP fall

The decline covers most of the period between the end of March and mid-May, when the whole country spent seven weeks in strict lockdowns.

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When to stop working from home? How about never, workers say

Nearly two thirds of workers say they're more productive working from home - even with kids or a partner around, a survey by management consulting firm Korn Ferry shows.

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Hotel quarantine inquiry LIVE updates: Shane Patton, Graham Ashton to front hearings as Victorian COVID-19 case average continues to decline

State government officials Andrea Spiteri and Jason Helps who both held the role of state controller, leading Victoria's overall response to the pandemic, are due to give evidence at the inquiry on Thursday morning.

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Homicide squad take over Yanchep incident believed to involve officer

A major police incident is unfolding in Perth’s north after neighbours claim to have heard gunshots around midnight.

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Prime Minister will go into quarantine 'like everyone else' if entering Qld

Scott Morrison said he would follow Queensland's rules for entry ahead of the state election if he needed to enter the state.

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US Bans Marine Scientific Research in its Waters Without Consent

The United States has updated its policy on marine scientific research, requiring foreign ships to request permission before entering U.S. waters. It is the latest step by Washington to align U.S.

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Smith 'not fully recovered' but will head to Indian Premier League

Steve Smith is still on the mend from concussion, having missed all three matches in Australia's 2-1 series victory over England.

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When to stop working from home? How about never, workers say

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Hotel quarantine inquiry LIVE updates: Shane Patton, Graham Ashton to front hearings as Victorian COVID-19 case average continues to decline

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Homicide squad take over Yanchep incident believed to involve officer

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Prime Minister will go into quarantine 'like everyone else' if entering Qld

Scott Morrison said he would follow Queensland's rules for entry ahead of the state election if he needed to enter the state.

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Hotel quarantine inquiry LIVE updates: Victorian CHO Brett Sutton to front hearings as state's COVID-19 cases continue to decline

Top health officials, including Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton, will front the inquiry into Victoria's ill-fated hotel quarantine program.

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Two men charged after meth packages intercepted in Brisbane, Perth

It is alleged a large amount of the total 12 kilograms of methamphetamine seized was concealed within furniture parts.

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Gallery of illustrations by Sydney Morning Herald artist, Simon Letch.

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Hotel quarantine inquiry LIVE updates: Victorian CHO Brett Sutton to front hearings as state's COVID-19 cases continue to decline

Top health officials, including Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton, will front the inquiry into Victoria's ill-fated hotel quarantine program.

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Apple debuts discount watch, iPads and services, no new iPhones

Apple has introduced a cheaper version of its smartwatch, a new fitness subscription service and a powerful upgrade to its entry level tablets.

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Senior police officer in Epping head-stomping incident suspended

A senior police officer who allegedly stomped on the head of a man during an arrest in Melbourne's north on Sunday has been suspended.

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'Great to know it still works': Olympic cauldron lit again after 20 years

Twenty years to the day after the cauldron was lit to open the Sydney Olympics it has been set alight again, without the drama of that unforgettable night.

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Vietnam sentences brothers to death over bloody land clash

HANOI - A Vietnamese court sentenced two brothers to death and handed prison terms or probation to 27 others on Monday, for their roles in the high-profile killings of three policemen in a clash over land rights, the security ministry and a lawyer said. Le Dinh Cong and Le Dinh Chuc were charged with murder and resisting law enforcement before their tightly guarded trial. Twenty-seven others received punishments ranging from probation to 16 years or life imprisonment. The brothers’ father, Le Dinh Kinh, 83, was shot dead by police during the January clash at Dong Tam, a small rice-farming community next to a military air base, where authorities attempted to build a wall that the villagers said encroached on their land. Land disputes are a longstanding issue in Vietnam, where rows over who has the legal right to build on land, most of which the state owns, can often spill into protests. The Dong Tam dispute has yet to be resolved. It came to a head on Jan 8, when police shot and killed Kinh, a village elder and retired local official. Villagers said police raided the village and killed Kinh in his bedroom.

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The remote site is near where seven bodies were discovered in January, sparking an investigation.


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BBC NEWS - Kremlin looks to keep protest-torn Belarus in Moscow's orbit

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'Intricate fraud' : Market darling Nikola examined over short seller's claim it deceived investors

The SEC is investigating market darling Nikola, in the wake of a report that claimed the electric-truck maker deceived investors about its business prospects.

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Swimming naked: Germany's economy is sicker than you think

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Fears that Brexit upheaval has currency market on a cliff-edge

Investors are racing to insure themselves against a plunge in sterling as fractious Brexit trade talks with the European Union threaten to collapse.

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New on Sports Illustrated: Cruz, Twins power up again in 7-5 win against Indians

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Nelson Cruz hit his 16th homer, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 7-5 on Sunday to complete a sweep of their weekend series.

Marwin Gonzalez, Ryan Jeffers and Josh Donaldson also connected, helping Minnesota win for the 10th time in 12 games. The Twins have multiple homers in six straight games, including 11 in the series against Cleveland.

''It was impressive,'' Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli said. ''I mean, honestly, that's an impressive series offensively that we've had against as good of a pitching staff as I've seen in baseball.''

The Twins stayed one game back of AL Central-leading Chicago, which beat Detroit 5-2 on Sunday. The Twins visit the White Sox for the opener of a four-game series on Monday night.

Caleb Thielbar (2-0) got the win, recording two outs in relief of Michael Pineda. Sergio Romo earned his fourth save by striking out Franmil Reyes and retiring Tyler Naquin on a fly ball to center after allowing two hits in the ninth.

''It feels like we're playing the postseason,'' Gonzalez said. ''It's not really the postseason, but we're fighting for first place. And that matters a lot.''

Indians rookie Triston McKenzie (2-1) struggled for the first time in his fifth career start. McKenzie gave up five runs in 4 1/3 innings, despite surrendering just three hits. He struck out seven, issued one walk and hit a batter.

Cesar Hernandez and Carlos Santana each had three hits, but the Indians dropped their sixth straight game.

''Losing six in a row is definitely no fun, but I think we're in a good spot mentally and the day off will help us kind of reset and get going,'' McKenzie said.

Cleveland jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but Gonzalez got the Twins on the board with a two-run homer in the third.

Cruz tied it with a solo drive in the fourth, moving into a tie for the major league lead in homers. Jeffers hit a two-run shot in the fifth, his third of the season, and Donaldson added his fourth of the year.

After setting the major league record for homers last season, Minnesota started the day with 70 homers, fifth in the majors this season.

''Since Donaldson came back, the team looks more deep,'' Cruz said. ''It seems more complete. So definitely when you miss big pieces like him, (Byron) Buxton, (Max) Kepler, Mitch (Garver), I don't think we have been able to stay healthy, the whole group, this year. That kept us down. We're getting those guys back in the lineup and the way we're swinging is better.''

A COSTLY WIN

It was a costly win for the Twins.

Outfielder Eddie Rosario suffered a left elbow contusion after making contact with Buxton as the two chased a fly ball to end the eighth. Rosario had his left arm extended when it hit Buxton's chest. Rosario was replaced by Jake Cave to start the ninth.

Right-hander Trevor May left with mild cramping in his back, and Baldelli said after the game that Miguel Sano was dealing with a neck injury. He was replaced to start the eighth.

''I think everything that played out on the field today, obviously you never want to see anyone come out of the games or anything like that, but everything does seem relatively mild,'' Baldelli said.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Twins: Kepler was reinstated from the injured list after missing nine games with a left adductor strain. Kepler was hitless in four at-bats and left the bases loaded in the sixth after popping out. ... Rookie OF Brent Rooker was placed on the injured list after breaking his forearm when he was hit by a pitch Saturday.

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Indians: RHP Carlos Carrasco (2-4, 3.12 ERA) will start Tuesday as Cleveland opens a two-game road series against the Chicago Cubs, who are scheduled to start RHP Yu Darvish (7-2, 1.77 ERA). Carrasco has allowed one run or less in each of his past three starts.

Twins: RHP Jose Berrios (4-3, 4.40) starts Monday for the Twins. Chicago has RHP Dylan Cease (5-2, 3.33 ERA) scheduled to start. Berrios has won three straight decisions and given up seven runs in 22 2/3 innings over his last four starts.

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September 15, 2020 at 05:29AM
Cruz, Twins power up again in 7-5 win against Indians

New on Sports Illustrated: Betts homers, Dodgers beat Astros 8-1; LA fans still sore

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Dodgers gave the Astros a lot of different looks. They used eight pitchers in all, with the bullpen redeeming itself a night after a tough finish.

Mookie Betts' two-run homer highlighted a four-run fifth inning, Chris Taylor added a three-run shot, and the Dodgers defeated Houston 8-1 on Sunday night with angry Los Angeles fans letting the Astros have it again.

The Dodgers took three of four in this shortened season from the team that beat them in the 2017 World Series, after which the Astros' cheating scandal was revealed. Even with fans banned because of the coronavrius pandemic, they made their feelings known.

For the second straight day, the Astros were bombarded with messages towed by planes over Dodger Stadium. ''Steal This Sign Astros'' read one. ''Astros Cheated! Never Forget! Go Dodgers'' and ''Hey Astros Try Stealing This Sign!'' read others.

Surely, Los Angeles fans were even more piqued after the Dodgers blew a three-run lead and closer Kenley Jansen was charged with five runs in the ninth without recording an out in a 7-5 loss on Saturday.

The bullpen redeemed itself Sunday, helping the Dodgers avoid their first three-game skid of the season.

Brusdar Graterol and seven relievers combined on a four-hitter. Graterol opened with an inning of one-hit ball, striking out three. Jansen retired the side in the ninth, setting down Carlos Correa, Josh Reddick and Martin Maldonado - each of whom burned him in the same inning a night earlier.

''I asked him how he felt and he was ready to go,'' manager Dave Roberts said, adding that Jansen's ''conviction, the execution was plus-plus across the board.''

Victor Gonzalez (3-0) got the win with two scoreless innings. He allowed one hit and struck out two.

''This is the deepest, most talented 'pen by a full grade that we've ever had. Guys are having tremendous years and it's a close group there,'' Roberts said.

Taylor slugged a three-run homer into left field - his second in as many games - with two outs in the eighth, extending the lead to 8-1.

''They got all kinds of hits - bloopers, check swings, bunts, homers,'' Astros manager Dusty Baker said. ''They had it going in all departments.''

Kike Hernandez had a two-run single and Betts followed with his team-high 15th homer. Betts' blast hit off the top of the wall in right, narrowly eluding the outstretched glove of George Springer, who punched the air with his right arm in frustration.

Springer responded with a leadoff homer in the sixth. The Astros didn't have more than one runner on until the seventh. Alex Wood allowed a single to Maldonado and hit Abraham Toro before getting the final two outs.

Seeing so many pitchers affected the Astros' timing at the plate.

''It's hard to see what the tendencies are of the pitcher, what they're doing, what they're not, which pitch he's throwing for a strike, which pitch he's not, especially when you're facing a really good bullpen,'' Maldonado said.

The Dodgers led 1-0 on AJ Pollock's 10th homer with two outs in the first.

Zack Greinke (3-2) gave up five runs and eight hits - both season highs - in five innings of his second straight loss. He struck out three and walked none against his former team.

''You start to wonder if you're actually doing good and what are you doing wrong,'' Greinke said. ''Had some soft hits, so maybe a little unlucky, but you've got to take some of the blame somewhere.''

Houston finished 2-9 on its 11-game road trip, and dropped to 23-24 overall and 7-18 on the road.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Astros: 1B Yuri Gurriel got the day off after hurting his hand while attempting to steal second on Saturday. 2B Aledmys Diaz also had the day off after tweaking his quad when he scored in the ninth on Saturday. Both Gurriel and Diaz are expected back on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Dodgers: RHP Dustin May tossed a 20-pitch bullpen using his entire mix. He could start Wednesday in San Diego. He took a line drive off his left foot at Arizona. ... RHP Joe Kelly (right shoulder inflammation) will throw a bullpen on the off day Monday and could be activated later in the week. ... 3B Justin Turner (strained left hamstring) did some work on the field, running bases and taking grounders at third.

SPRINGER HAS SPRUNG

Springer has hit safely in 11 of his last 12 games. During that span, he's batting .340 with two doubles, four homers and six RBIs.

HONORING TURNER

Turner was recognized on the field by Roberts as the Dodgers' nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award. It honors the major leaguer who best represents the game through character, community involvement and philanthropy and is decided through fan voting.

UP NEXT

Astros: RHP Jose Urquidy (0-1, 3.72 ERA) makes his third start Tuesday at Texas after missing most of the season following a bout with COVID-19.

Dodgers: Begin a three-game series at San Diego on Monday in a showdown between the NL West's top teams.

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September 15, 2020 at 05:29AM
Betts homers, Dodgers beat Astros 8-1; LA fans still sore

New on Sports Illustrated: Miller hit batter, walk, wild pitch lifts Reds over Cards

ST. LOUIS (AP) Andrew Miller loaded the bases with a hit batter, followed with a tying four-pitch walk, then threw a wild pitch that put Cincinnati ahead in a three-run seventh inning as the Reds kept up their slim playoff hopes with a 10-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.

St. Louis, second in the NL Central at 20-20, dropped four games behind the division-leading Chicago Cubs (28-20) with two weeks left. The fourth-place Reds are 21-26 and also trail Milwaukee (20-24) .

The Cardinals led 5-3 before Nick Castellanos' RBI single in the sixth off Alex Reyes.

''That was one of my favorite games I've been a part of, really,'' Reds manager David Bell said. ''So many guys on this team really stepped up and came back and got a really important comeback win.''

Mike Moustakas drew a one-out walk in the seventh, and John Gant (0-3) relieved and allowed Tyler Stephenson's single. With a 1-0 count to Brian Goodwin, athletic trainer Adam Olsen came to the mound, and Gant was removed due to groin discomfort.

Miller hit pinch-hitter Aristides Aquino with a 1-2 pitch, then walked Freddy Galvis on four pitches as the tying run came home. Miller started Jose Garcia with an inside slider in the dirt that got by Gold Glove catcher Yadier Molina as Tyler Stephenson scored for a 6-5 lead. Garcia followed with an RBI groundout.

''To score runs like that, that's what we want,'' Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez said, ''We don't want to throw away the situation like that.''

Suarez hit his team-leading 13th home run in the eighth off Jake Woodford, and Aquino added a two-run homer in the ninth against Nabil Crismatt, Aquino's first home run since he hit his 19th of last season on Sept 29.

Archie Bradley (2-0) pitched two hitless innings for his first win since he was acquired from Arizona on Aug. 31. Raisel Iglesias pitched around a walk in two hitless innings for his seventh save in nine chances.

''We have a chance to make a run here,'' Bradley said. ''The numbers may not be great. There's a lot of teams ahead of us, things like that, but I believe, I know the guys in there believe, and today was a big showing for that.''

Tyler Mahle allowed three runs, four hits and four walks, throwing 77 pitches in 2 2/3 innings.

Carlos Martinez allowed three runs and six hits in four innings and struck out eight in his longest outing since pitching 4 2/3 innings against Colorado on July 30, 2018.

''I think you can see clearly today that when we play clean, effective baseball, we win,'' Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said. ''If we don't execute and give away opportunities, we put ourselves in a compromising spot.''

Brian Goodwin homered in the second. Run-scoring singles by Matt Carpenter and Harrison Bader built a 5-3 lead in the fifth.

GLOVE GEM

Bader made a backhand diving catch in left-center to rob Castellanos of an extra-base hit leading off the eighth.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Reds: RHP Sonny Gray was placed on the 10-day IL with a right mid-back strain. Gray had allowed 11 runs in four innings over his previous two outings.

Cardinals: OF Austin Dean was removed from the game at the start of the fifth inning with right elbow discomfort. Tyler O'Neill replaced him in left field.

UP NEXT:

Reds: RHPs Trevor Bauer (4-3, 1.74) and Anthony DeSclafani (1-2, 7.20) are to start for Cincinnati in a doubleheader to open a four-game, three-day home series versus Pittsburgh.

Cardinals: LHP Kwang Hyun Kim (2-0, 0.83) faces Brewers RHP Corbin Burnes (3-0, 1.99) in game one of a doubleheader at Milwaukee to start a 13-game, nine-day trip. RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon (0-3, 7.47) will be recalled from the club's alternate training site to start game two.

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September 15, 2020 at 05:29AM
Miller hit batter, walk, wild pitch lifts Reds over Cards

New on Sports Illustrated: Braves continue road swing at slumping Orioles

A few eyebrows were raised when Atlanta manager Brian Snitker went to a non-traditional lineup. No one is laughing now.

The day after the Braves were blanked by Miami, Snitker set the top of the order with sluggers Ronald Acuna Jr., Freddie Freeman and Marcell Ozuna in the top three slots. The Braves are 4-1 since the change and have scored at least seven runs four times, including their historic 29-run outburst.

"That's a rough three guys to go through," Snitker said. "You have to go through them three or four times, that's tough duty for a pitcher. ... It's a very deep lineup. I feel if we keep the game in check, it's not going to happen all the time, but with 27 outs we're going to put some runs on the board."

The hottest Atlanta hitter is Ozuna, who was 8-for-18 with six RBIs in the Washington series. Ozuna is tied with teammate Freeman (.339) for the National League lead with 43 RBIs.

Freeman has reached base in 29 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the majors, after going 2-for-3 with two walks on Sunday. Acuna has six homers in 11 games this month.

The Braves continue their road trip on Monday when they start a three-game series in Baltimore. The Orioles will start right-hander Jorge Lopez (1-0, 6.38 ERA) against Atlanta right-hander Touki Toussaint (0-1, 7.89 ERA).

Atlanta (28-19) and Baltimore (20-26) have not played since 2015.

Lopez will be making his fourth start of the season. In his last outing on Sept. 9 against the New York Mets, he received no decision after surrendering five runs on six hits, with a season-high six strikeouts, in 4 2/3 innings.

He has made one career appearance against the Braves. That was two innings of scoreless relief while a member of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2018.

The Braves will give Toussaint another shot in the rotation. It will be his fifth start. In his last start on Aug. 17, he allowed four runs in three innings. Toussaint has never faced the Orioles.

Unlike the Braves, Baltimore has had trouble scoring runs. The Orioles have dropped five straight and were swept in a four-game series at Yankee Stadium, where they totaled only three runs against New York. The Orioles are 0-16 when they score three or fewer runs.

"The bottom line is, we're having a tough time scoring runs here," Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said. "We've got to be able to score some runs."

There have been positives for Baltimore. In September, D.J. Stewart has hit six home runs and Ryan Mountcastle has driven in 11 runs. Rio Ruiz, who played in the Braves organization from 2016-18, has 10 RBIs for the month. The offense may get a lift this week when center fielder Austin Hays returns from a nondisplaced rib fracture during the series.

"I'm looking for him just to go play," Hyde said. "I believe in the player. I think he's extremely talented. I like him offensively. I like him defensively. I like that he's able to hit the ball to all fields."

--Field Level Media

September 15, 2020 at 05:29AM
Braves continue road swing at slumping Orioles

New on Sports Illustrated: Pirates, Reds gear up for doubleheader

If carryover from a team's previous game is a real thing, the Pittsburgh Pirates will be lugging some heavy baggage into their doubleheader Monday against the Reds in Cincinnati.

The Pirates (14-30) not only have lost four straight to reach the 30-loss mark in this 60-game season, but also got boonswaggled Sunday in getting swept by the Royals in Kansas City.

Pittsburgh fell 11-0 in an afternoon that was sloppy and frustrating and so disastrous that during a Royals four-run first inning, two runners came home on a Chad Kuhl wild pitch that clanked off the home plate umpire's facemask.

"We didn't give ourselves a chance," Pirates manager Derek Shelton told reporters after the game.

Pittsburgh is assured it will fall short of a winning record for the 24th time over the past 28 years.

Cincinnati (21-26) comes into the doubleheader on a much different note. The Reds won a series for the first time in more than a month Sunday by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 10-5.

"That was one of my favorite games I've been a part of," Reds manager David Bell said.

Bell said center fielder Nick Senzel could come off the IL and return Monday. He hasn't played since Aug. 14, which came just before the Reds shut things down for four days because of a positive COVID-19 test.

Senzel went on the IL without a specific injury designation.

The Pirates didn't divulge their starters for the doubleheader until Sunday. Right-hander Mitch Keller (1-1, 3.52 ERA) will start one game, and rookie right-hander Cody Ponce (1-1, 3.46 ERA) will be called up as the Pirates' 29th man and start the other. However, Shelton declined to say which one would pitch which game.

Keller (strained left oblique) will be activated from the 10-day IL and make his first appearance since Aug. 1.

"I'm excited to have him back," Shelton said. "It's not going to be fully built up. It's good to get him back. We need to get him innings."

Keller is 0-1 with a 6.30 ERA in two career starts against Cincinnati (none this year).

Ponce's most recent start, and second of his career, came Sept. 4 against the Reds. In four innings, he gave up three runs and three hits, including two homers.

The Reds had narrowed it to right-handers Anthony DeSclafani (1-2, 7.20 ERA) and Trevor Bauer (4-4, 1.74 ERA), and after Sunday's game, Bell said Bauer will start Game 1.

Bauer has two complete games, both in scheduled seven-inning starts, a two-hitter Aug. 2 at Detroit and a one-hitter Aug. 19 at Kansas City.

In his career against Pittsburgh, Bauer is 2-2 with a 4.03 ERA in four starts. That includes a 4-3 Reds loss Sept. 4, when he struck out seven in six innings and gave up six hits, but three of the four runs he gave up were unearned, and Bauer yelled at his teammates in the dugout after the fourth inning.

"I was mad," Bauer said. "It takes a lot of intensity, a lot of focus to win at the big-league level and I was upset with the way that inning transpired, both on my part and our team's part."

DeSclafani is 2-7 with a 5.31 ERA in 15 career starts against the Pirates. This year, DeSclafani is 0-1 in two starts against Pittsburgh, giving up 11 runs and four homers in six innings.

--Field Level Media

September 15, 2020 at 05:29AM
Pirates, Reds gear up for doubleheader

New on Sports Illustrated: Ryu wins 4th straight decision, Blue Jays beat Mets 7-3

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a home run completely out of Sahlen Field and Hyun Jin Ryu made the early lead stand up, winning his fourth straight decision as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Mets 7-3 Sunday.

Santiago Espinal hit a three-run double in a five-run sixth inning as the Blue Jays remained a half-game ahead of the New York Yankees for second place in the AL East. Toronto is 3 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay for the division lead.

The Blue Jays won the final two games of their series against the Mets after getting routed 18-1 in Friday night's opener. New York dropped five games below .500 and remains out of the NL playoff field.

Colorado, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati are all ahead of the Mets in the postseason race.

''That's the toughest part, knowing that we have to win and other pieces of the puzzle have to fall into place,'' New York's Todd Frazier said.

Pitching on an extra day's rest, Ryu (4-1) allowed one run and eight hits in six innings, struck out seven and walked none.

''The extra day helped,'' Ryu said through a translator. ''I felt fresh. Today I felt good on the mound.''

The left-hander retired his final eight batters, fanning four. Ryu has not lost since July 30 against Washington, his second start of the season.

''He's an ace,'' Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. ''Early on, phew, they were on to him, and then he made an adjustment and did a great job.''

Toronto second baseman Jonathan Villar made the defensive play of the game, leaping to snare Pete Alonso's liner in the eighth.

Gurriel made a sliding catch in left in the first, then connected on the first pitch he saw in the second. His 447-foot drive left the Triple-A ballpark the Blue Jays are using as their temporary home, clearing the high screen in left that's intended to keep balls from landing on neighboring Oak Street.

''''Every time he goes to hit, I think he's going to hit a homer,'' Espinal said of Gurriel. ''It's been fun to watch.''

New York's Dominic Smith hit a two-out RBI single off Ryu in the first but the inning ended when Frazier got caught in a rundown between third and home.

''Those types of events happening are just going to challenge us, especially at this point of the season,'' Mets manager Luis Rojas said. ''We have 13 games to go, we've got to clean it up.''

New York's David Peterson (4-2) lost for the first time since Aug. 2, allowing two runs and three hits in five innings.

Brad Brach walked the bases loaded to begin the Toronto sixth before Jared Hughes walked Villar to force in a run. After pinch-hitter Travis Shaw struck out, Espinal cleared the bases with a double.

''I just pretty much stunk,'' Brach said. ''There's no other way to really explain it.''

Luis Guillorme replaced Jeff McNeil at second base in the bottom of the fourth. The Mets said McNeil was removed because of an upset stomach. Rojas said McNeil was feeling better after the game.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Mets: New York activated LHP Steven Matz (shoulder) off the injured list and optioned RHP Drew Smith to the alternate training site. Rojas said Matz was available out of the bullpen against Toronto. . Brandon Nimmo started in center in place of Jake Marisnick, who is day-to-day after leaving Saturday's game because of a tight right hamstring.

Blue Jays: OF Teoscar Hernandez (strained left oblique) took swings on the field before the game. . RHP Nate Pearson (elbow) and RHP Matt Shoemaker (shoulder) are both expected to throw live batting practice later this week, manager Charlie Montoyo said.

UP NEXT

Mets: New York is off Monday. RHP Rick Porcello (1-4, 6.07) starts Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series at Philadelphia. The Phillies have not named a starter.

Blue Jays: After an off day Monday, RHP Taijuan Walker (3-2, 2.95) starts Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium. RHP Deivi Garcia (1-1, 3.06) starts for the Yankees.

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September 15, 2020 at 05:29AM
Ryu wins 4th straight decision, Blue Jays beat Mets 7-3

New on Sports Illustrated: Yanks beat O's 3-1, open 5 1/2-game lead for playoff berth

NEW YORK (AP) Gleyber Torres had a tiebreaking, two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning for his first career pinch hit, lifting the Yankees over the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Sunday for a four-game sweep that consolidated New York's playoff position.

Torres, given the day off from the starting lineup, is hitting .320 (8 for 25) with seven RBIs since returning from the injured list. He feasts on the Orioles, raising his average against them to .358 with 16 homers and 34 RBIs in 37 games.

His drive off left-hander Tanner Scott went to the warning track in right-center and followed two-out singles by Aaron Hicks and Clint Frazier off Dillon Tate (1-1). Frazier, who hit cleanup for the 16th straight game, reached on a grounder to the right side when Tate, covering first, missed the first base.

''Once they brought Scott into that spot, I felt like it was his spot and he goes up there put a great at-bat and obviously wins us the game,'' Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.

Torres batted for lefty-swinging Brett Gardner, who is 1 for 13 against left-handers this season and kept up hitting well while wearing glasses. He brought them back after wearing them at times last season and drove in four runs Wednesday and is 7 for 14 in his last five games while wearing the glasses.

''I think first of all I feel really good with the glasses,'' Torres said.

Torres wore them at times last season when he hit 38 homers and said they are not prescription glasses

''Even before these last several games, it has seemed like he's done really well with them,'' Boone said. ''The first day he had them on again in Buffalo, guys on the bench were yelling `leave those on', I guess I hope he leaves them on.''

New York (26-21) has won five in a row following a 5-16 slide and has opened a 5 1/2-game lead over the Orioles for the AL's eighth and final playoff spot.

Baltimore (20-26), which took three of four from the Yankees last weekend at Camden Yards, has lost five straight overall and 10 in a row at Yankee Stadium.

''We just had a tough time scoring runs this whole series,'' Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. ''They pitched very well and we just had a tough time stringing hits together. One run against today and you're not going to win against the Yankees scoring one run.''

The young Orioles had gotten back in contention with six wins in eight games.

New York is a half-game behind the second-place Toronto Blue Jays, who start a series at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.

Five relievers combined for shutout, one-hit relief following J.A. Happ. Zack Britton (1-2), the fourth Yankees reliever, pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and Aroldis Chapman struck out two in a perfect ninth for his second save.

Happ allowed five hits in five innings, giving up a second-inning home run to Renato Nunez, who has five off the left-hander. Happ lowered his ERA to 3.96 and has a 2.45 ERA in his last five starts followin a 10.29 in his first two.

''I felt like he made a lot of big pitches today in different spots,'' Boone said.

Tyler Wade homered in the third off John Means, who allowed five hits in six innings to match his longest outing this season.

Both home runs went over the right field short porch and would not have cleared the wall at any other big league ballpark.

Jonathan Holder stranded two in the sixth after Adam Ottavino walked Pedro Severino and allowed a single to Nunez. It was Ottavino's first appearance since giving up six runs Monday to Toronto in Buffalo.

CHAPMAN'S HEARING

Chapman's appeal of his three-game suspension for throwing a 101 mph fastball near the head of Tampa Bay's Michael Brosseau on Sept. 1 is scheduled to be heard on Monday, according to Boone.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Orioles: OF Austin Hays (fractured rib) could return in the next few days according to manager Brandon Hyde. Hays has not played since Aug. 14.

Yankees: RF Aaron Judge (strained right calf) took swings in the batting cage, ran the bases, ran in the outfield and did defensive drills. Judge, who has played once since Aug. 11, will go the alternate site in Scranton-Wilkes/Barre on Monday and could be activated next weekend. ... DH Giancarlo Stanton (strained left hamstring) ran the bases, took a few at-bats at the alternate site and is expected to take more at-bats Monday. ... 3B Gio Urshela (bone spur in right elbow) played in a simulated game at the alternate site and is expected to be activated for Tuesday's game against Toronto. ... RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (undisclosed medical condition) threw a bullpen Sunday and will likely return Tuesday. ... After the game, RHP Clarkes Schmidt was optioned to the alternate site.

UP NEXT

Orioles: RHP Jorge Lopez (1-0, 6.38) opposes RHP Touki Toussaint (0-1, 7.89) in the opener of a three-game series with Atlanta on Monday in Baltimore.

Yankees: RHP Deivi Garcia (1-1, 3.06 ERA) opposes RHP Taijuan Walker (3-2, 2.95) in the opener of a three-game series against Toronto Tuesday at home.

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New on Sports Illustrated: NFL Week 1: Stuff We're Already Wrong About in 2020

The Jaguars aren't tanking, Mitch Trubisky can play a competent quarterback and this new Browns era may be as disappointing as the last one.

This isn’t an easy one for me to write. During the offseason, after seven diligent years on the Jaguars’ bandwagon, I hopped off, errantly assuming that the team was packing itself in a cardboard box and shipping itself to Trevor Lawrence’s doorstep.

General manager Dave Caldwell tried to warn us last week, telling Pro Football Talk, “Before we decide where we are or where we stand, let us play some games, and let’s see where we are. And let’s see where these young guys are. I know the 53 players in this locker room are excited to be here.”

It is true that tanking in his position would make little sense. It would be difficult to convince a tenured GM or head coach like Doug Marrone, almost certainly at risk of a regime change if the season turns sour, to lose out so that a new head coach can inherit the best quarterback prospect of the decade and a pocket full of valuable picks and cap space to boot.

But what’s more lovable is the fact that Jacksonville decided to go out their own way. On Sunday, they started an undrafted free agent rookie running back in a season opener, making them the first team in NFL history to do so. James Robinson gained 62 yards on 16 carries. They did so because they released Leonard Founette, the type of player some GMs might hang on to until the end of time in an attempt to legitimize the pick. Andrew Wingard, an undrafted free agent out of Wyoming in 2019, sealed the game with an interception. C.J. Henderson, the cornerback drafted to overcome the team’s massive exodus at the position, handled T.Y. Hilton and logged an interception of his own. Laviska Shenault Jr., the team’s second-round pick, caught three of four targets and scored a touchdown.

Gardner Minshew, who most of us wrote off as a meme that erroneously passed in and out of our lives last season, completed 19 of 20 passes for 173 yards and three touchdowns.

And so it goes. Those of us who gave up our seats on the bandwagon were left watching a spartan version of the team we perpetually picked as the trendy choice to reach the playoffs show up and mow down the Philip Rivers and the Colts—probably the trendiest pick to reach the playoffs in 2020. A series of camera shots—Wingard celebrating the pick; a dancing woman in the stands donning a cheetah COVID mask and denim shorts; and a smiling Minshew, content in knowing that everyone who wrote him off would have to write a terrible column like this—was so perfectly Jacksonville.

It was wild and uninhibited. It was somewhat anonymous and beautiful.

Congratulations to those who remained steadfast on the bandwagon. It looks like a hell of a ride …

Here’s what else we’ve already been proven very wrong about …

Mitch Trubisky

Say what you will about the validity of the offseason competition, of who the front office wanted to win the battle between Trubisky and Nick Foles, of the middling nature of their opponent on Sunday or of what happened in Chicago’s past.

If you’re a person like Trubisky, who clearly wavered in his own confidence enough that the team had to bring in legitimate competition, making it back into the starting lineup, posting three touchdowns in the season opener and sticking a gorgeous game-winner to Anthony Miller in tight coverage is no small feat.

It’s strange that, despite his plummet from medium-upside player to high draft pick who may not get re-signed by the team that selected him, Trubisky always maintained the ability to complete a few perfect throws a week. The belief, perhaps, was that if Chicago could continue to design something friendly enough to work him into games, that the best of Trubisky would carry through.

While we will not make too much out of one week, or declare Trubisky back, one has to wonder: If they could get a version of this throughout the season, ranging from replacement level to what we saw in Week 1, what might the Bears do with the following stretch of games:

Giants (horrendous secondary), Falcons (just gave up 322 yards and a near perfect QB rating in the season opener against the Seahawks) and Colts (just surrendered a 95% completion rate and three touchdowns to Gardner Minshew).

Ron Rivera and the Washington Football Team

I think there is a difference between another coach having this pass rush and Ron Rivera having this pass rush. Washington was fighting on one leg throughout most of Sunday’s game, with their dizzying pass rush combination being the only aspect of the game plan that was making a noticeable dent. A few quarters later, that snowballed into an eight-sack, two-interception knockout of Carson Wentz and a handful of functional (enough) drives by Dwayne Haskins to pull a win together.

While it’s difficult to give Daniel Snyder credit for anything, it would seem that recognizing the pure state of dysfunction the organization sat in and hiring Rivera to correct said dysfunction was a good idea. This team will not be good in 2020, but they will be difficult to play against because of Rivera.

That is more than we might have thought coming out of the gate.

The Browns’ rebirth (again)

I had Cleveland as a team barely missing the playoffs at 9-7 in my preseason record predictions. Everything about this roster on paper makes sense, and yet Sunday’s throttling in Baltimore may have been as disheartening a new head coach opener as they’ve seen in the last decade. (And they’ve had their share of new coaches.)

Baker Mayfield’s time to throw averaged three seconds per dropback, which was 0.12 per dropback higher than last season. While some of that is to be expected given that Cleveland is a firm believer in play-action, and that some types of play-action may prolong the life of the play pre-throw, I expected that number to be a lot lower.

Anecdotally, it looked like Mayfield was much more committed to the design of the offense. Last year, it was shocking that his time to throw was not much slower given that on every down he was faced with both the prospect of a bad offensive line and tremendously long routes that took too much time to develop. On Sunday the ball was mostly out on whichever step drop the play called for. He looked more confident, however his expected completion percentage (-7.6) was among the worst for an NFL quarterback on Sunday.

September 14, 2020 at 05:37AM
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New on Sports Illustrated: Confusing Clippers Aren't Playing Like a Championship Team

Clippers coach Doc Rivers is convinced his team has the right formula to win a championship, but there's too often something missing.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Sometimes the Clippers look like the best team in the NBA and sometimes they look like the Clippers. There is something subtly wrong with this team. It is not a big problem like roster construction or selfish stars or lousy coaching, but it’s clear enough that you can see it, the way coach Doc Rivers did Sunday, when he turned to assistant Ty Lue and said, “We’ve lost our pace.”

They never got it back. For the second straight game, the Clippers blew a large second-half lead to the rising and confident Nuggets, and Game 6 was somehow more incredible than what happened in Game 5. Every team blows leads. What made this so bizarre is not that the Nuggets came back, or that they forced a Game 7, but that the run started in the third quarter and lasted all the way to the end of the game. The Clippers needed a tourniquet and handed the Nuggets a knife instead.

The Clippers led 68-49 with 10 minutes left in the third quarter. They were outscored 62-30 in the final 22 minutes.

“I used all my timeouts just to get us to keep playing the way we played to get these leads,” Rivers said. “It was beautiful basketball, and then we stopped playing. We stopped moving the ball. We stopped attacking the defense.”

As Rivers said afterward, “We clearly have the right formula.” When the Clippers are good, they are so good. They are the deepest team in the West and have the highest ceiling of any team playing. If you were playing a pickup game with a billion dollars on the line and everybody on the planet wanted to play, Kawhi Leonard would be one of the top two picks. Paul George got out of his early-playoff funk and is fully engaged.

The Clippers do indeed have the right formula. They just stop using it sometimes. You would think, after blowing a lead in Game 5 and seeing the Lakers wrap up their series Saturday night, that the Clippers would have locked in and finished the job so the battle of L.A. could begin. But as Rivers said, “I thought our offense let us down.”

If this all seems disrespectful to the Nuggets, then Jamal Murray likes it that way. The Denver point guard said, “It’s nice to see everybody eat their words.” Murray got hurt Sunday. He said he still isn’t sure what the injury is, and fellow star Nikola Jokic said “even if he had a broken rib, he would continue for sure.” Murray smiled when he heard what Jokic said. He is a great young player, and like most great young players, he expects what others do not. In Murray’s telling, the way the Nuggets finished Games 5 and 6 is the way they should play all the time.

“I just think we’re a really good team and it shouldn’t even have gotten to this point,” he said.

It’s nice that he thinks that, and the Nuggets are a really good team. But the Clippers were built to win now, they are good enough to win now, and they can’t win now if they keep waiting to win later.

This is a weird environment in a strange season, but certain fundamentals still apply. George played well offensively in Game 6 – he scored 33 points – but he lapsed when his team did. At one point he tried one of those awkward just-trying-to-draw-contact jumpers, which can work, but there were 13 seconds left on the shot clock and he didn’t draw the contact. Rivers soon used one of his timeouts. He seemed annoyed.

Rivers did use one timeout when the Clippers were flat-footed defensively; he walked onto the court, twirling his hand, saying “Rotate. Rotate.” But the Clippers at least tried to defensively. George took a Gary Harris charge along the baseline. When the Clippers’ Lou Williams drove and had his shot blocked, all five Clippers ran back on defense and communicated like championship teams do.

The Clippers have a championship roster, loaded with talent and experience, but as Rivers pointed out, they don’t have much experience together. In that way, they are a lot like Rivers’s 2008 champion Celtics, who acquired Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen the summer before they won the title.

But for various reasons – injuries, load management, pandemic – George and Leonard only played 38 regular-season games together. They seemed to click in those games, but that’s just not a lot of time. It might explain the lack of connectivity in the last two games. The Clippers can still win the championship. But they can’t win it playing like this. 

September 14, 2020 at 04:43AM
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