NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — He may be the president of a small, landlocked state in central Africa, but Paul Kagame has always had outsize dreams. In recent months, Rwanda’s president has embarked on perhaps the biggest of them all by pitching to bring a Formula 1 Grand Prix to a country that was mired in […]
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Mets insist their greatest rebound of 2024 may be yet to come. “If we come back from this, then it’s going to be it’s going to be a heck of a story. We’re going to be adding to that whole Grimace, OMG stuff,” Brandon Nimmo said after New York fell
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SEATTLE (AP) — Eeli Tolvanen, Jordan Eberle, and Shane Wright scored three goals in less than three minutes in the second period and the Seattle Kraken held off a Philadelphia Flyers rally in a 6-4 victory on Thursday night. Tolvanen’s goal broke a 2-2 tie at the 14:57 mark. Eberle made it a two-goal game
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NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff homer and scored four times, Mookie Betts also went deep and drove in four runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the New York Mets 10-2 on Thursday night for a 3-1 lead in their lopsided National League Championship Series. Betts had a two-run homer and
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Javonte Williams rushed two touchdowns and the Denver Broncos triumphed in coach Sean Payton’s return to New Orleans, beating the banged-up and reeling Saints 33-10 on Thursday night. Bo Nix passed for 164 yards and ran for 75 yards for Denver (4-3), which dominated statistically. The Broncos outgained New Orleans 389
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Aaron Judge finally delivered the kind of postseason moment in October that turns Yankees into legends. It became a footnote when New York’s bullpen blew up. Judge’s tying, two-out, two-run homer in the eighth inning — followed by Giancarlo Stanton’s solo shot — were upstaged Thursday night by a pair of lesser-known
NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Max Muncy became the first player to reach base in 12 consecutive plate appearances during a single postseason. Muncy had a single and three walks in his first four plate appearances in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series against the New York Mets on Thursday night.
CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Bertuzzi and Nick Foligno each scored a power-play goal, and Chicago beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Thursday night in the Blackhawks’ home opener. Taylor Hall and Jason Dickinson also scored for Chicago. Connor Bedard and Teuvo Teravainen each had two assists. Hall, who missed most of last season because
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brett Kulak scored twice and Connor McDavid added his first goal of the season to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-2 victory over the reeling Nashville Predators on Thursday night. Jeff Skinner also scored and Calvin Pickard made 25 saves for the defending Western Conference champion Oilers, who have won
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