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Angels closer Kenley Jansen hopes to make a run at...

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2025/09/29

Kenley Jansen turns 38 on Tuesday and now has 16 big-league seasons in his rearview mirror, but the 6-foot-5, 265-pound right-hander has no intention of slowing, let alone retiring. Jansen, who played his first 12 seasons with the Dodgers, has 476 career saves.

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Cabrera pitches Marlins past Mets 4-0 to eliminate...

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2025/09/29

MIAMI (AP) — Edward Cabrera tossed five innings of two-hit ball and the Miami Marlins used a four-run fourth to beat the Mets 4-0 in their regular-season finale Sunday, preventing New York from making the playoffs. The Mets (83-79) needed a win and a Cincinnati loss at Milwaukee to reach the postseason. The Reds (83-79)...

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In close Ryder Cup loss, Keegan Bradley singles out...

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2025/09/29

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Asked what he might have done differently in a Ryder Cup that got away early, before getting really close late, U.S. captain Keegan Bradley focused on the way he set up the course at Bethpage Black. If only the list stopped there. In searching for answers for a 15-13 loss that...

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Josh Blackwell blocks field goal to preserve Bears’...

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2025/09/28

Josh Blackwell blocked a 54-year-old field-goal attempt by Daniel Carlson in the final minute to preserve a fourth-quarter rally led by Caleb Williams, and the Chicago Bears stunned the Las Vegas Raiders 25-24. After D’Andre Swift’s 2-yard touchdown run with 1:34 left put the Bears in front, Geno Smith led the Raiders into position for Carlson’s kick with 38 seconds left. Blackwell came in nearly untouched from the left side, dived and deflected the ball. Chicago had four takeaways for the second

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Mahomes shines for Chiefs, Jackson adds to Ravens’...

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2025/09/28

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 270 yards and four touchdowns while outdueling Lamar Jackson, who left in the second half with a right hamstring injury, and the Kansas City Chiefs routed the beat-up Baltimore Ravens 37-20 on Sunday. Xavier Worthy returned from a shoulder injury to catch five passes for 83...

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Jaguars beat 49ers 26-21 with Washington’s punt...

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2025/09/28

Parker Washington has scored Jacksonville's first punt return touchdown in eight seasons, leading the Jaguars to a 26-21 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The Jaguars' defense delivered four takeaways on Sunday, including a strip-sack by Arik Armstead that sealed the win. Jacksonville has generated at least three takeaways in all four games this season. They turned those into 17 points against the 49ers, highlighted by Travis Etienne's 48-yard run. Trevor Lawrence threw a 4-yard TD pass to

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Tutu Atwell makes a late 88-yard TD catch, and Rams...

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2025/09/28

Tutu Atwell caught an 88-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford with 1:33 to play, and the Los Angeles Rams rallied to end the Indianapolis Colts' unbeaten start with a 27-20 victory. Daniel Jones passed for 262 yards for the Colts, but Indy couldn’t overcome receiver Adonai Mitchell’s mind-boggling fumble right before he crossed the goal line with what was about to be a 76-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter. Stafford passed for 375 yards and three touchdowns for the Rams, and he hit

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Trea Turner wins NL batting title with record-low...

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2025/09/28

NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia’s Trea Turner won his second National League batting title with a record-low .304 average, and the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge earned his first American League championship by leading the major leagues at .331. San Diego’s Tony Gwynn had the previous low for an NL champion at .313 in 1988....

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Oregon leaders say Trump is deploying 200 National...

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2025/09/28

Two hundred members of the Oregon National Guard are being placed under federal control and deployed to protect immigration enforcement officers and government facilities. The deployment was described in a Defense Department memo received by state leaders on Sunday and is being made over their objections. It's similar to one last summer in Los Angeles, where protesters demonstrated against deportation operations, but is on a much smaller scale. President Donald Trump had announced on Saturday that

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Kershaw works 5 1/3 scoreless innings in final...

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2025/09/28

Clayton Kershaw tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings in the final regular-season start of his 18-year major league career and helped the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners 6-1. Kershaw (11-2) scattered four hits, three of them singles, and struck out seven, including the last batter he faced — the Mariners’ Eugenio Suárez. Hyeseong Kim hit a two-run home run in the second inning and Freddie Freeman added a two-run shot in the third for the Dodgers, who will face the Cincinnati Reds in a

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Astros hit four homers in season-ending 6-2 win over...

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2025/09/28

Ramón Urías hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning, one of four Houston home runs, and the Astros beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 in the season finale for both teams. Yainer Diaz, Brice Matthews and Victor Caratini also went deep for the Astros, who failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2016. The Angels' Mike Trout closed on a high note, hitting his fifth homer in seven games, a 443-foot shot that tied the score 1-1 in the first. Colton Gordon (5-5) threw five hitless relief innings,

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Yastrzemski homers twice as Royals rout A’s to finish...

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2025/09/28

Mike Yastrzemski hit two solo home runs, Cole Ragans struck out eight in 4-1/3 innings and the Kansas City Royals finished 2025 with an 82-80 record by picking up a 9-2 victory over the Athletics. Yastrzemski, the former San Francisco Giants outfielder, took Michael Kelly deep to right in the seventh inning and homered to right off Osvaldo Bido in the eighth. Yastrzemski hit 17 homers in 2025, nine with the Royals. Michael Massey had four of Kansas City’s 15 hits. Catcher Carter Jensen had three,

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Banged-up Ravens lose Lamar Jackson, 4 other starters...

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2025/09/28

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson left with a right hamstring injury late in the third quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, adding to a wave of injuries that have decimated Baltimore on both sides of the ball. Left tackle Ronnie Stanley left with an ankle injury, cornerback Marlon Humphrey...

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Elliott steals Kansas Speedway race in wild overtime...

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2025/09/28

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Chase Elliott somehow stole Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway, where he drove from eighth to the checkered flag during a two-lap overtime sprint to earn a spot in the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs. It was a wild ending to a race that probably should have been won by Denny...

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Machado, Padres head into postseason after beating...

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2025/09/28

Manny Machado hit an RBI single during the five-run first inning and homered leading off the third for the San Diego Padres, who got a final tune-up for the postseason by routing the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-4 for a three-game sweep. San Diego heads to Chicago for a best-of-three NL wild card series against the Cubs starting Tuesday. The teams split the season series 3-3, with each team going 2-1 at home. It’s the first time they’ve met in the postseason since the 1984 National League Championship

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Europe wins the Ryder Cup and reasserts its dominance...

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2025/09/28

Europe has won the Ryder Cup, just like everyone expected. It just didn't happen without a few nervous moments. The Americans rallied from a seven-point deficit to have a flicker of hope. Europe needed only two points to retain the cup. Ludvig Åberg in the fifth match got the first one. Matt Fitzpatrick earned a halve that felt like a consolation because he had Bryson DeChambeau down by 5 holes at one point. Shane Lowry put his name in Irish lore with a halve to secure the cup. And then Tyrrell

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Shane Lowry makes the clinching Ryder Cup putt:...

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2025/09/28

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The ball tumbled into the cup, then Shane Lowry leaped and got huge air. A moment later, the green, white and orange Irish tricolor came flying from the stands. Lowry, still shaking after a putt that punctuated a high-drama afternoon at Bethpage Black, snatched it up and held the flag high....

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California’s marijuana industry gets a break under...

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2025/09/28

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to roll back taxes on recreational weed in an effort to give some relief to an industry that has struggled to supersede its illicit counterpart since voters legalized marijuana almost 10 years ago.

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Mets can’t overcome poor 2nd half of season, miss...

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2025/09/28

MIAMI (AP) — The New York Mets entered Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Miami Marlins with a singular goal: win. That was the only thing manager Carlos Mendoza’s fading team could still control in its bid to reach the postseason. But those hopes dissipated in one decisive inning. New York could not overcome a four-run...

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Reds earn 1st playoff berth since 2020 as they...

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2025/09/28

The Cincinnati Reds are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2020 after overtaking the New York Mets for the National League’s third and final wild card on the season’s final weekend. Cincinnati got to the postseason with plenty of help from the stumbling Mets. The Reds blew an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot on their own Sunday when they squandered a 2-0 lead in a 4-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. But they still earned the NL’s last postseason spot when the Mets lost 4-0 to the Miami

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