Christopher Dean Hopkins
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Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi got whatever he wanted Tuesday night, going 4-5, and pinch-hitter Eduardo Núñez cracked a three-run home run in the seventh inning, putting the Dodgers away.
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Boston's pitchers held the Astros to just five hits, and Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers continued his surprising postseason with a three-run home run as the Red Sox won the ALCS.
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The Buckeyes recently fired an assistant coach after a domestic violence incident from 2015 was reported. Urban Meyer has been accused of knowing about it, but keeping the coach on staff anyway.
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The largest Protestant denomination in the country closed its annual meeting Wednesday with a partisan speech from the vice president. The group's new leader quickly sought to distance it from Pence.
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Cleveland didn't enter Friday with much hope, trailing Golden State 3-0 in the Finals. The Warriors smashed anything left with a signature third-quarter run, pushing the lead to 21, and won 108-85.
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The championship is the first by a D.C. team in one of the big four U.S. sports leagues in a quarter century and prevents a fairy-tale ending to the Las Vegas hockey team's first season.
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White people have called the police on black people in multiple incidents recently, despite no crimes being committed. Professor Khalil Muhammad thinks it's a problem with a complex history.
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Sophomore Donte DiVincenzo scored 31 points as the Wildcats, sporting the nation's most powerful offense, overcame a slow start to blow past the Wolverines, 79-62.
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Since the NCAA tournament expanded in 1985, no 16 seed had ever beaten a top-seeded team. Until UMBC beat the stuffing out of Virginia, the best team in the country, Friday night.
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Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman also were elected. Players suspected of using steroids, including ace pitcher Roger Clemens and home run kings Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa, were left out for another year.