ATLANTA — Max Fried had a 7.71 ERA through his first four starts, so maybe Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud just had an inkling that he was overdue to pitch a gem. And perhaps d’Arnaud knew that the Miami Marlins were just the right opponent for a return to form from the left-hander. “A couple […]
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CHICAGO — With 16 games for the Cubs over 16 days, Craig Counsell knows what he needs to do. “What’s clear for me in this stretch is that we’re going to have to push our starting pitching a little farther in games,” Counsell said prior to Tuesday’s 7-2 win over the Houston Astros. “I think
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Over 400 former and current collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes urged the NCAA to not ban transgender athletes from women’s college sports, according to a letter sent out on Tuesday. “We implore you, the NCAA’s highest governing body and members of an organization focused on supporting the wellbeing of not just athletes but sport itself,
ATLANTA — Matt Olson is hitless in the past seven games, Austin Riley has two RBIs in the past 11 games, neither of them has homered in more than two weeks, and Ronald Acuña Jr. has a slugging percentage and OPS that’s more than 200 points below what he produced last year in his MVP
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Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu warned Kremlin will intensify attacks on Western weapons stored in Ukraine. “We will increase the intensity of attacks on logistics centers and storage bases for Western weapons,” Shoigu said on Tuesday, according to Russian state-owned outlet RIA Novosti. The warning from Shoigu came just as the House passed the $95
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President Biden praised the Senate after the chamber passed a $95 billion emergency foreign aid package, saying he would sign the legislation on Wednesday at the White House. “Congress has passed my legislation to strengthen our national security and send a message to the world about the power of American leadership: we stand resolutely for
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A deeper channel to allow commercial ships into and out of the Port of Baltimore is set to open Thursday, a major step in reopening trade after the port was closed due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month. The Army Corps of Engineers has opened three shallow, temporary channels under
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NEW YORK — Tuesday’s Rangers–Capitals game was far more evenly contested than Game 1, but the result was the same for the home team. New York held off a late Capitals’ push to win 4-3 and take a 2-0 edge in the series. Mika Zibanejad and Vincent Trocheck each had a goal and an assist,
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CHICAGO — Amid the worst stretch of his career, the Chicago Cubs placed Kyle Hendricks on the injured list with a strained lower back before Tuesday’s game at Wrigley Field, pausing the speculation about what to do with one of the most impactful pitchers in franchise history. It’s still natural to wonder if this is
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Former local news anchor Janelle Stelson has won the Democratic primary to take on Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) this November, according to Decision Desk HQ. Stelson, once a news anchor for WGAL-TV 8, defeated five other Democratic challengers in the crowded field to take on Perry in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District. She was previously a
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