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From Jack Harris: During Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Sunday night, San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado threw a ball toward the Dodgers’ dugout between innings that nearly hit manager Dave Roberts. .
Roberts told reporters Monday that he didn’t notice the throw at the time, but later saw video of the incident and said it was “disturbing.”
“I don’t know what his intentions are. I don’t want to speak for him,” Roberts said. “But I saw the video, and the ball was directed at me with something behind it.”
This sequence of events occurred in the bottom of the sixth inning after Dodgers starting pitcher Jack Flaherty had struck out Machado in the previous half-inning and yelled profanity at the Padres star on his way back to the dugout. .
The Padres were warming up their defense for the second half of the inning when Machado threw toward the Dodgers’ dugout, according to a person who witnessed the play. Machado reportedly threw the ball with such force that it landed with one hop into the wall of the net protecting the nearby dugout where Roberts was sitting.
Video of the incident obtained by the San Diego Union-Tribune shows Machado throwing the ball from the infield grass between second and third base. Roberts was looking down at the lineup sheet when it crashed into the net in front of him.
Machado admitted after Sunday’s game that he had indeed thrown the ball toward the Dodgers’ dugout, but chalked it up to a routine ball boy toss.
“I’m always throwing the ball to the dugouts, both dugouts,” Machado said. “That means they have foul balls. They throw the ball back there.”
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MLB Postseason Schedule
division series
always pacific
national league
1st place Dodgers vs. 4th place San Diego
Dodgers 7, San Diego 5 (box score)
San Diego 10 vs. Dodgers 2 (box score)
Tuesday, San Diego, 6pm, FS1
Wed San Diego, 6pm, FS1
*Friday, Dodgers, 5 p.m., Fox
2nd place Philadelphia vs. 6th place New York Mets
New York 6, Philadelphia 2
Philadelphia 7, New York 6
Tuesday, New York, 2pm, FS1
Wednesday New York, 2pm, FS1
*Friday, Philadelphia, 1pm, FS1
american league
2nd place Cleveland vs. 6th place Detroit
Cleveland 7, Detroit 0
Detroit 3, Cleveland 0
Wednesday Detroit, noon, TBS
Thursday, Detroit, 3 p.m., TNT
*Cleveland Saturday, 1:30 p.m., TBS
1st place New York Yankees vs. 5th place Kansas City
New York 6, Kansas City 5
Kansas City 4, New York 2
Wednesday Kansas City, 4pm, TBS
Thursday, Kansas City, 5 p.m., TBS
*Saturday 12th, New York, 5pm, TBS
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rams
From Gary Klein: The Rams are the second-youngest team in the NFL, but they’re getting older.
They don’t know how to win.
Oh, it’s getting closer. Over and over again. But they haven’t shown the ability to get the job done, as they showed in Sunday’s 24-19 loss to Green Bay (the youngest team in the league, by the way).
The Rams enter the week off knowing that three of their four losses were by six points, six points and five points.
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Rams hope Cooper Kupp returns and Matthew Stafford recovers from back pain
charger
From Thuc Nguyen: There’s no starting over, but the early week off is at least a fresh start for the injured Chargers.
Chargers manager Jim Harbaugh said his team’s Week 5 bye, which fell to 2-2 after losing to the Kansas City Chiefs, was “like starting the season all over again.” The team was missing four starting pitchers due to injuries in the previous game and needed a break. More difficult tasks await us over the next 13 weeks.
Three big questions for the rest of the season:
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clippers
From Broderick Turner: His job as Clippers coach demands more from Tyronn Lue at times. His job this season requires Lou to be more of a teacher.
This is due to the addition of six new players to the roster. There are six players under the age of 25.
The Clippers spent about a week in Hawaii for training camp, played a preseason game against the Golden State Warriors, and then returned home on Monday to practice at the Intuit Dome.
For Lou, it was a time of excitement and dedication to becoming a teacher.
“I love it,” Lou said. “It gives me something to do. Young guys, just teaching. New players, teaching methods, understanding spacing, understanding how to run the offense, making sure we’re first, second, second. I’m looking for three options. So that’s good.”
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UCLA basketball
From Eduardo Koichi: Gabriela Jaquez noticed and motivated her three UCLA teammates who were working hard to represent Serbia and Germany during Olympic qualifying.
Emilie Besoir and Lina Sontag made their Olympic debuts for Germany. Her UCLA teammate Angela Dugaric of Serbia also qualified for the Paris Games.
“I watched them and was inspired by them,” Jaquez said of why he decided to play for the Mexican national team.
Jaquez, 20, then spoke with his father and brother about playing for Mexico in his first international tournament this summer. After Jaime Jaquez Jr., the older brother of former UCLA star and current Miami Heat player, played for Mexico at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Mexican Basketball Federation officials have said I was asking for her participation.
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college sports
A judge on Monday gave preliminary approval to a $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players.
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken issued an order setting a timeline for the deal, which will put millions of dollars in the pockets of college athletes, allowing them to begin applying for payments starting Oct. 18.
A final hearing is scheduled for April 7, 2025, the day March Madness, one of college sports’ biggest moneymakers, concludes with college basketball’s national title game. The deal would allow the largest schools to establish a pool of about $21.5 million in the first year and distribute the money to players through a revenue-sharing plan. Athletes will continue to be able to sign contracts with outside organizations for name, image and likeness rights.
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WNBA Playoffs
Semi-final
always pacific
1st New York (32-8) vs. 4th Las Vegas (27-13)
New York 87, Las Vegas 77
New York 88, Las Vegas 84
Las Vegas 95, New York 81
New York 76, Las Vegas 62
No. 2 Minnesota (30-10) vs. No. 3 Connecticut (28-12)
Connecticut 73, Minnesota 70
In Minnesota 77, Connecticut 70
Minnesota 90, Connecticut 81
In Connecticut 92, Minnesota 82
Tuesday, Minnesota, 5 p.m., ESPN2
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This date in sports
1933 — Cliff Battles of the Boston Redskins becomes the first NFL player to gain over 200 yards with 215 yards rushing in a 21–20 victory over the New York Giants.
1949 — Walt Pastuszak beats Rhode Island 46-0, making five of Brown’s 11 interceptions.
1956 — Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitches the only perfect game in World Series history, winning 2-0 over Brooklyn.
1966 — Wyoming’s Jerry DePoyster becomes the first college football player to make three field goals of 50 yards or more in a single game. DePoyster had two attempts for 54 yards and one for 52 yards in the Cowboys’ 40-7 win over Utah.
1961 — Paul Hornung scores 33 points, including four touchdowns, six extra points, and one field goal, leading the Green Bay Packers to a 45-7 victory over the Baltimore Colts. .
1977 — No. 7 Alabama beats No. 1 USC 21-20 in Los Angeles. USC fullback Lynn Cain scored with 38 seconds left, but his two-point shot missed.
1992 — Doug Smale scores two goals and the expansion Ottawa Senators defeat the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 — the first regular season NHL game by the Ottawa franchise in 58 years.
1993 — The Anaheim Mighty Ducks lost their first NHL game to the Detroit Red Wings 7-2 in front of 17,174 at Arrowhead Pond.
1995 — Miami’s Dan Marino breaks Fran Tarkenton’s NFL career completion record.
1997 — Adam Oats reaches 1,000 points with three goals and two assists as the Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 6-3.
2005 — Baylor defeats Iowa State 23-13, winning a Big 12 road game for the first time in the league’s 10-year history. The Bears were 0-37 on the road in the Big 12 Conference.
2006 — Randy Moss’s 22-yard TD catch between two defenders 51 seconds before halftime was the 100th touchdown reception by an Oakland receiver. He became the seventh receiver in NFL history with 100 TD catches.
2011 — Howard scored all of his points in the fourth quarter, including 16 points in the final 1:27, beating Florida A&M 29-28. Parker Munoz capped off an improbable comeback with a 21-yard field goal with four seconds left after FAMU’s Damien Fleming fumbled at the 28-yard line.
2015 — Tampa Bay’s Jason Garrison scores his second goal of the game 2:17 into overtime, and the Lightning defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in the first 3-on-3 overtime game in NHL history.
2016 — Will Worth and Navy dominated No. 6 Houston, winning 46-40. Wirth ran for 115 yards and threw two scoring passes for the Midshipmen. Navy had not beaten a top-10 team since 1984, when they defeated a top-10 team at the time. 2 Annapolis, South Carolina.
2018 — Drew Brees completes a 62-yard touchdown pass to rookie Tre’Quan Smith, making him the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards, leading the New Orleans Saints to a 43-19 victory over the Washington Redskins progressed smoothly towards. Brees enters the game needing 201 yards to surpass Peyton Manning’s record of 71,940 yards. He completed 26 of 29 for 363 yards and three touchdowns.
2018 — Red Sox utility player Brock Holt becomes the first MLB player to hit for the cycle in a postseason game.
Edited by Associated Press
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