NEW YORK -- Watching the scoreboard show the Boston Red Sox taking a lead was disappointing for the New York Yankees. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Seventh-ranked Georgia continues to assert itself as a team to watch in the SEC. It has been a week unlike most others in NFL history. A league that often has a variety of headline-grabbing stories on off-field issues saw it up-ramped to unprecedented levels following comments made by President Donald Trump at an Alabama rally on the evening of Sept. 22 when he called for NFL players to be suspended or fired for not standing for the playing of the national anthem. CLEVELAND -- Kevan Smith had two hits and two RBIs and six Chicago pitchers combined on a three-hitter as the White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 2-1 Saturday night at Progressive Field. SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- No. 22 Notre Dame scored two touchdowns within the first four minutes and was never challenged from there as the Fighting Irish blew out Miami (Ohio) 52-17 on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. The entire Jacksonville Jaguars team will be kneeling Sunday for the national anthem before playing the New York Jets. Jarrett Stidham threw two touchdowns and the Auburn defense bottled up a potent Mississippi State offense as the No. 13 Tigers defeated the No. 24 Bulldogs 49-10 on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala. U.S. law enforcement arrested a French man suspected of running a "dark web" drug ring after he traveled to compete in a beard-growing competition. Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne beat Chelsea with a 23-yard screamer in the 66th minute Saturday at Stamford Bridge. Monty Hall, the affable host who coaxed anxious contestants on the television game show "Let's Make a Deal," died Saturday, his daughter said. He was 96. Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh didn't bother to remove his khakis while jumping off the high dive Saturday in Ann Arbor. Dozens of teams turned out at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday to try to pull a 93,000-lb. jetliner by hand to benefit the Special Olympics. A Pennsylvania-based tree trimming company was ordered to pay a record $95 million fine for hiring thousands of undocumented immigrants. Officials said 18 soccer fans were injured when a barrier separating them from the field collapsed during a French club match, sending rows of people tumbling. Nearly one-quarter of kidney dialysis patients admitted to the hospital are readmitted within 30 days after discharge, a new study finds. Thousands of people marched through the streets of Dublin on Saturday calling for a repeal of the nation's longstanding constitutional ban on abortion. An Air France flight made an emergency landing in Canada after its engine blew out over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday afternoon. By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service San Antonio Spurs All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard will miss the entire preseason due a right thigh injury, the team announced Saturday. Legendary Purdue coach Joe Tiller, the school's all-time winningest coach over 12 seasons, died Saturday at his home in Wyoming. He was 74. Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert said he received racist voicemails after LeBron James took to social media last weekend to call President Donald Trump a "bum" in response to Trump uninviting the Golden State Warriors to the White House. Traffic officials in Scotland warned drivers of an unusual arachnid hazard on the roadway on Thursday. In a series of tweets Saturday, President Donald Trump blasted the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, for his criticism of the federal response to Hurricane Maria. Thousands of parents began occupying neighborhood schools across Catalonia on Saturday, one day ahead of a controversial referendum for independence from Spain. Yemen's massive cholera outbreak could infect more than one million people by the end of the year, experts believe. |
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