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That’s because Cristian Javier and a trio of Astros relievers combined to no-hit the Phils in Game 4 of the World Series, just the second time in history that a team has been held hitless in a Fall Classic game. Schwarber was less than pleased with his team’s display on Wednesday night. And when asked about how it felt to add his name to such an infamous part of baseball lore, Schwarber gave the quintessential Philly response....

Last year was the worst of his career. The third baseman batted .221 and posted a career-low .273 on-base percentage. On Tuesday, though, Seager’s resurgent 2019 continued with a three-home run game against the Tigers. His third blast got some help from opposing outfielders Niko Goodrum and Brandon Dixon, whose collision sent the ball flying over the fence. MORE: Chirinos, DeShields risk substantial injury with defensive plays The six-RBI performance moved Seager up to 14 home runs and 34 RBIs in 64 games....

“Johnny’s a great guy and I think he does get a little bit of a bad rep with that, because Johnny worked very hard for me,” Shanahan said to ESPN.com . “I really enjoyed coaching him.” MORE: Ranking new NFL head coaches | Mock Draft | Couple finds Lombardi’s sweater Manziel, who is more known for his party antics than his skill in the NFL, recently entered rehab . “I don’t know what he’s going through right now, but I think I’m confident Johnny will work it all out,” Shanahan said....

As per a report in El Nacional, Perez is ready to give Mbappe another chance to join Real Madrid, but only if he forces an exit. Perez has spoken to the Frenchman’s mother, who is keen on taking her son to the Santiago Bernabeu. PSG managed to keep hold of Mbappe in the summer when it looked certain that he would leave for Real Madrid on a free transfer. The French club got him to sign a new deal at the end of last season, which left the Spanish side frustrated....

This is not just another news story for me. As a Black man, it’s personal. After all, Black people have been the group hit hardest by the pandemic: Black Americans have died of COVID-19 at 1.4 times the rate of white people. Though our vaccination rates are picking up, we lag behind other racial groups. This makes Nets star Kyrie Irving’s public refusal to get vaccinated all the more perplexing: He’s one of the few holdouts in the league, where 95 percent of players have been inoculated....

Life in Los Angeles has been no day at the beach for the former Philadelphia police commissioner. Even under ordinary circumstances his task would be difficult. The deeply fraternal culture of police departments doesn’t easily embrace outsiders. In Los Angeles, Williams inherits a 7,900-member department that has been under virtual siege, rocked by last year’s videotaped savage beating of black motorist Rodney King and the riots last April that followed the acquittal of four white officers charged in the case....

Los Angeles and Long Beach port officials announced the fines on Monday as a way to encourage shipping companies to keep their containers moving on time, according to NBC Los Angeles. Containers set to be moved by truck will be allowed to stick around for nine days before the charges start accruing, while the ones set to be moved by rail will have three. Fines for the companies will begin at a rate of $100 per container per day spent past the limit....

The Clippers saw their three-game winning streak end when they lost to the red-hot Brooklyn Nets super team in their previous outing. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers split their mini-series with the Minnesota Timberwolves and will seek to build momentum with another win on Wednesday night’s contest. The LA Clippers enter this matchup with the second-best record in the West (16-6). On the other hand, the Cleveland Cavaliers are coming in with the sixth-best record in the East (10-11)....

Dr. DY Patil Cricket Academy from Mumbai batted themselves into a strong position as centuries by Shoaib Shaikh (140, 238b, 19x4) and Vikrant Auti (110 not out, 233b, 14x4) saw them make 281 for two against Andhra CA on the opening day of their four-day match in the KSCA All-India cricket tournament here on Monday. Sudip Chatterjee (121, 178b, 11x4) lifted Cricket Association of Bengal to 268 for nine against Tripura CA for whom Abhijit Dey took six for 87....

YouTubers and now business partners Logan Paul and KSI have inked a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Making Prime, the hydration drink brand, the UFC’s new official sports drink. Olajide Olayinka Williams ‘JJ’ Olatunji, also known as KSI, a YouTuber-turned-boxer, appeared delighted about their new sponsorship agreement with the UFC. KSI took to Twitter to showcase his contentment about the deal and wrote: The pact, announced on Tuesday, replaces the UFC’s five-year contract with Coca-Cola Co....

KT tape is also sometimes used to improve proprioception (the awareness of your body in space) and encourage you to think about the movement your injured shoulder so that you heal without complications. Some believe it can speed healing by increasing the circulation of blood and lymphatic fluid, but this has not been proven. This article reviews what research says about the use of KT tape for rotator cuff tears, frozen shoulder, tendonitis, shoulder impingements, and a variety of other shoulder injuries....

In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Kurt Angle was asked whether it was true that Bret Hart was being considered as his opponent for WrestleMania 20 and Angle confirmed that it indeed was true. He said that the match didn’t happen as Bret Hart felt his age and health were against him. Angle explained: “Me being at 51 now and looking back, a young Bret Hart came to me right now and said let’s do our dream match …I would be like....

The Sri Lanka batsman made 67 on day four of the second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch on Saturday as the tourists battled their way to 231-6 at stumps. Chasing 660, victory has been put beyond Sri Lanka, but there was a personal triumph for Kusal, who became just the second batsman after India captain Kohli to reach four figures for the calendar year. “I’m really happy, and I did have that target in mind,” said Kusal, who has three hundreds and four half-centuries in 2018....

PARIS (Reuters) - The comeback of Petra Kvitova will sprinkle some much needed stardust on this year’s French Open women’s singles, with the absence of household names Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams making the draw the toughest to call in years. Two-time champion Sharapova was denied a wildcard after returning from a doping ban and three-time winner Williams is expecting a child, while in-form Romanian Simona Halep has been struggling with an ankle injury....

While KXIP come into this game on the back of five consecutive wins, RR’s talisman all-rounder Ben Stokes seems to have rediscovered his mojo with a match-winning century against the Mumbai Indians, helping his team chase down a tricky 195-run target. Chris Gayle’s return to the fold at KXIP has seen a change in fortunes for the Punjab franchise with the team winning every fixture that the big West Indian has been involved in following a dreadful run of one win in 7 games....

NASCAR announced the penalty Tuesday. The No. 51 team, which has team owner Busch and Erik Jones sharing driver duties, saw its lead in the owner standings reduced from 23 to 17 over ThorSport Racing’s No. 98 team (Johnny Sauter). The penalty is classified as a P2 penalty (on a scale of 1 to 6, with 1 being the lowest), but it was harsher than the penalty of year-long probation given to JR Motorsports crew chief Greg Ives earlier this season for a similar infraction following a fifth-place finish in the Nationwide Series....

Shanahan, who officially took over in San Francisco hours after coaching for the Falcons in Super Bowl 51, has settled on three assistants, according to Marvez: the Buccaneers’ Jon Embree (tight ends/assistant head coach), and Niners assistants Jeff Hafley (defensive backs) and Jason Tarver (unknown position). Shanahan worked with Hafley when the two were Browns assistants in 2014. He and Embree were assistants with the Redskins in 2010. MARVEZ: Mess from Falcons’ worst loss ever not Shanahan’s to clean up Marvez also reported Shanahan is “targeting” a pair of former Falcons colleagues: Jerome Henderson (co-defensive coordinator) and Mike McDaniel (wide receivers)....

The outlet reported on Tuesday that Herrin passed away peacefully on October 28 in Santa Barbara, California. A cause of death has not been publicly revealed. On October 28, Herrin’s niece, Theresa Ramirez, took to Facebook to share a photo of the model and actress with her two late sisters posing together on a beach. Herrin had shared the same image on her own Facebook page back in October 2014....

The 2018 documentary, titled Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America, is based on a 2014 book of the same title by Ronald Dalton. The film advertises itself as an exploration of how the biblical identity of Black people has been covered up by Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Rolling Stone reported that both the movie and the book follow ideas that belong to “extreme factions” within the Black Hebrew Israelite movement that have been accused of being antisemitic, homophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic and even Islamophobic....

Garcetti addressed the local government’s virus response strategies during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning. The mayor told host Jake Tapper that Los Angeles could be “on the brink” of reissuing a stay-at-home order due to its high concentration of cases. Garcetti also agreed with criticisms recently published in the Los Angeles Times, which connected the outbreak resurgence to premature reopening procedures. Still, whether to effect another stay-at-home order is not entirely his decision....