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Pro Picks: Chiefs will edge Bills as time expires

Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills own Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in the regular season. It's been reversed when it matters most in the playoffs. The Bills have won four straight matchups between the teams in the regular season but the Chiefs have won the past four playoff ...

Ohtani could make first MLB relief appearance for Dodgers late in World Series

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani could pitch out of the bullpen for the Los Angeles Dodgers when the World Series goes back to Toronto this weekend. Ohtani has never pitched in relief during his major league career. He made a handful of relief appearances in Japan for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham ...

Yesavage pitches Blue Jays past Dodgers 6-1 for 3-2 lead in World Series

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trey Yesavage set a World Series rookie record with 12 strikeouts, and the Toronto Blue Jays opened Game 5 with back-to-back homers in a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday that moved them within one win of their first championship since 1993. Davis ...

Roberts against extending ghost runner to postseason

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As bullpens emptied and the Dodgers and Blue Jays played into the night, Toronto second baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a jarring thought. "There was a point where I was, like, we might see two position players in the World Series going back and forth," he said. A day ...

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Lindsey Vonn set to return NEW YORK (AP) — Lindsey Vonn feels like she has nothing to prove in her bid to return to the Olympics at the age of 41. The American ski great with medals in multiple disciplines says she's not worried about tarnishing her legacy after coming out of retirement ...

Questionable calls in NFL’s Week 8

An erroneous whistle took a defensive touchdown away from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. An early whistle cost the New York Giants a fumble recovery on a tush push. It was a rough Sunday for NFL officials. Giants coach Brian Daboll was apoplectic after Darius Slayton was penalized for offensive ...