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☆ Why Dodgers’ Game 5 win over Yankees was the craziest World Series clincher ever
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Jayson Stark | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +21 min

So let’s do our best to tell you about Game 5 of the 2024 World Series — the game that crowned the Los Angeles Dodgers the champions of baseball, but also very possibly the craziest World Series clincher ever. Was that upside-down enough to qualify as the craziest World Series clincher ever? That was Game 5 of the 2024 World Series, the only postseason game in history in which all that happened. On one hand, STATS tells us that the previous two teams to do it in a World Series game both won anyway. That would be the Cubs, in Game 7 in 2016, and the Cardinals, in The David Freese Game (Game 6) in 2011.

Persons: Luis Gonzalez, Joe Carter, Mazeroski, Gerrit Cole, Cole, Jack Flaherty, Blake Treinen, Walker Buehler, Andrew Friedman, Friedman, ”, “, haven’t, Mookie Betts, Brad Penner, Heck, We’re, Giancarlo Stanton’s, Vincent Carchietta, … Cole, Dave Roberts, Max Muncy, Don Larsen, Max Scherzer, Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz, Torii Hunter, Don’t, Freddie Freeman, Teoscar, James Lang, Katie Sharp, let’s, Aaron Judge clanking, Anthony Volpe, Anthony Rizzo —, ” Muncy, cramp, Dodger, Pedro Báez, You’ll, Luke Weaver, Jazz Chisholm, can’t, Anthony Volpe’s, Volpe, Wally Skalij, David Freese, Yankees —, Austin Wells …, Shohei Ohtani, Wells ’ mitt, Betts, Walker Buehler’s, Wendell Cruz, Buehler, trotted, Daniel Hudson, Walker, He’s, Madison, Mike Montgomery, ” Friedman, — Blake Treinen –, that’s, Rollie Fingers, Fingers, Rollie Fingers …, Blake Treinen …, Blake Treinen’s, huff, Aroldis Chapman, Mariano Rivera, we’ll, we’d, That’s, Aaron Judge’s, Daniel Shirey Organizations: Los Angeles Dodgers, Yankee, Dodgers, Yankees, Cubs, Wild Department, Red Sox, Tigers, Astros, Phillies, Braves, Blue Jays, . Yankees, — Brewers, Cardinals, Rays, Los Angeles Times, Triple, Oklahoma Dodgers, Round Rock, Madison Bumgarner, Madison Locations: Red, North America, “

☆ Comcast says it's thinking of getting out of the cable TV business
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Cable TV networks look like they're in permanent decline. AdvertisementThe future of cable TV channels is not looking good, at all. And basic cable TV networks are bearing the brunt of the collapse. Programming from the cable networks, for instance, is part of the pitch behind its Peacock streamer. question — if Comcast doesn't want these assets contaminating its core business, why would anyone else want to own it?

Persons: —, MSNBC —, WBD, Mike Cavanagh, There's, Craig Moffett, Cavanagh, They're, Brian Roberts Organizations: Cable, Comcast, Warner Bros, Service, CNBC, MSNBC, NBC Universal, NBC, Discovery, Paramount Locations: Bravo, USA

☆ Greatest player ever? After Shohei Ohtani’s first World Series title, there’s a ‘legitimate argument’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Rustin Dodd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

(I’m) extremely honored to be a part of this.”On the field, Ohtani’s first World Series had not gone quite to plan. “I think there’s a legitimate argument that he’s the greatest player to ever play the game,” Friedman said. The case is also historical: The World Series has been played for more than a century. And somewhere was Freddie Freeman, the World Series MVP and two-time champ. “Not just technically, but also my professionalism.”He was, at last, a World Series champion.

Persons: Shohei Ohtani, Takashi Harada, Hiroshi Sasaki, Sasaki, Harada, Ohtani, ”, ” Ohtani, Hanamake, Tommy John, Kendrick Lamar, Andrew Friedman, Mark Walter, Walter, Friedman, “, ” Friedman, ’, Kiyoshi Mio, Dave Roberts, Walker Buehler, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Stan Musial, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Mike Schmidt, Roy Campanella, Jimmie Foxx, ” Roberts, Stan Kasten, “ We’re Jackie, Sandy, We’re Fernando, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Betts, Freeman, Roberts, “ I’ve, that’s, Mike Lawrence Organizations: Hanamake, High School, Nippon Professional Baseball, Los Angeles Angels, Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Yankee, ” Dodgers, Major, Baseball, of Famers, Dodger Locations: Japan, Hanamake Higashi, Iwate Prefecture, Los Angeles, New York, Hanamake

The seas were calm when the Bayesian, the $40 million superyacht of the British tech mogul Michael Lynch, dropped anchor off Sicily. The Bayesian was a one-of-a-kind sailboat, built by Perini Navi, a famous Italian yacht maker. How the Bayesian could have sunk The Bayesian was pushed onto its side in strong winds. How the Bayesian could have sunk The Bayesian was pushed onto its side in strong winds. Rescue workers bringing the body of the final Bayesian victim to shore, in Porticello, Italy, on Aug. 23.

Persons: —, Michael Lynch, Karsten Borner, Lynch’s, Borner, “, Mr, Hannah Lynch, Mike Lynch, Judy Bloomer, Jonathan Bloomer, Christopher Morvillo, Neda, Recaldo Thomas, Patrick McMullan, Lynch, Hannah, Giovanni Costantino, ”, Costantino, Tad Roberts, Abbie VanSickle, Jonathan Baum, VanSickle, Angela Bacares, Chris Morvillo, Neda Nassiri, Judy, James Cutfield, Sir David Davis, Sir David, Sir Robert Baden Powell, Fabio La Bianca, Matthew Griffiths, Borner’s, Sir Robert, Nobody, ’ ’ Capt, Guglielmo Mangiapane, Bacares, Domenico Cipolla, Cipolla, Charlotte Golunski, James Emslie, Golunski, Emslie, Perini, Ron Holland, Roberts, Stephen Edwards, John Groenewoud, Edwards, Philipp Luke, Guillermo Gefaell, Juan Manuel López, Gefaell, Igor Petyx, Cutfield, Cutfield hasn’t, Turgay, Ciner, Adam Hauck, there’s, It’s, Hauck, can’t Organizations: The Times, New York Times, Agence France, Reuters, Getty, Times, —, Italian Sea Group, American Bureau of Shipping, British Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Hewlett, Packard, New Zealand, Baia Santa Nicolicchia, Italian Coast Guard, Gale Force, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Britain’s Department for Transport, Perini, “ Technology, Naval, Italian, Group, Spanish, Association of Naval, Ocean Engineers of Spain, British Marine Accident Investigation, Rescue Locations: British, Sicily, East Germany, Italian, Dutch, Canadian, Washington, London, Oxford, New, Naples, Porticello, Baia Santa, Palermo, Sicily’s, Palermo’s, Ireland, Tuzla, Turkey, Italy, Turkish, Istanbul, Capri, American

☆ 20 interesting things you probably didn't know about the 'Scream' movies
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Andrew Lasane | Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Dimension FilmsIn 2011, Craven said that when he started talking to Williamson about going back to Woodsboro, it wasn't for a one-off. "He had an idea for a new trilogy," the director told Movieweb in a 2011 interview. In a 2016 Entertainment Tonight interview, Williamson said he was unsure about another trilogy. "Now without Wes, I feel like you have to sort of answer the questions of how and why, and I don't know how to do it without Wes and I don't know why to do it," he explained. But writers Guy Busick, James Vanderbilt, and directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett found a way to continue the franchise with 2022's "Scream" and 2023's "Scream VI."

Persons: Emma Roberts, Craven, Williamson, Movieweb, Bob Weinstein, Wes, Guy Busick, James Vanderbilt, Matt Bettinelli, Tyler Gillett, ComicBook.com Organizations: Entertainment Locations: Woodsboro

NBC News spoke with a dozen trans people and their families across nine states about their hopes and concerns leading into Election Day. The agenda on his website says he would declare that any clinician who provides transgender care to minors would be terminated from Medicare and Medicaid. Advocates have hailed the Biden-Harris administration as the most pro-LGBTQ in history and have said a potential Harris administration would go even further in protecting gay and trans people. “I look at people that were trans in Trump’s first administration, I said, ‘So, did anything bad happen? She said she ultimately isn’t worried about a second Trump administration.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris ’, Harris, Trump, they’ll, Gina Roberts, Roberts, Richard Grenell, ” Gina roberts, wasn’t, ” Roberts, “, I’ve, Biden, Ron DeSantis, Emaline, they're, she’s, ”, Katie Jenifer, Maddie, Jenifer, ” Jenifer, —, TC, Christina Nicholson TC Caldwell, ” Caldwell Organizations: Republican, Republican National Convention, NBC, Democratic, Trump, Biden, Rights, Corrections Department, NBC News, The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, Valley Center Parks, Recreation, Fire Protection, Democrats, Republican Gov, Cloverdale, U.S, White, Pride, TC Caldwell, Orchids Society, The Locations: U.S, Francisco’s, California, New Mexico, Orlando , Florida, Missoula , Montana, Cloverdale, TransVisible Montana, Israel, Gaza, Montana, Austin , Texas, Texas, New Zealand, North Carolina, Germany, Spain, Amsterdam, Malta, Europe, Selma , Alabama, Black

☆ Over 200 unqualified Texas educators had someone else take their exam in cheating scandal
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Five people have been charged in Texas, accused of organizing and participating in an illegal cheating scheme that certified more than 200 unqualified teachers and saw the plot’s “kingpin” rake in more than $1 million, prosecutors announced. Investigators noticed a pattern: Numerous teacher certification candidates who previously failed certification exams would drive from faraway Texas cities to the Houston area to take an exam. Then a tip came in that exposed the cheating scheme. He'd pay her about 20% of the $2,500 to allow the cheating, Levine said. “They are going to go over every teacher, I’m sure, and take whatever action they see fit if they believe someone fraudulently obtained a certification,” Levine said.

Persons: proctor, Kim Ogg, Vincent Grayson, Booker T, Tywana Gilford Mason, Nicholas Newton, Nikole, LaShonda Roberts, Ken Paxton, Mike Levine, Texas “, ”, Ogg, —, Levine, proctors, ” Levine, Grayson, Gilford Mason, He'd, Nicolas Newton, Newton, “, Roberts, HTEC, It's, Brandon G, Leonard, I’m, — Grayson, Alexandra Elizondo Organizations: Washington High School, Houston Independent School District, Texas Education Agency, Training, Education Center, DA, Public, Houston Training, Booker, Yates High School, NBC News, TEA, Houston ISD, HISD, Public Affairs, Communications Locations: Texas, Houston, Harris County, Newton, Houston ISD, TACTIX

☆ Dodgers capture World Series by storming back in Game 5 to upend Yankees: Takeaways
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Fabian Ardaya | Brendan Kuty | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

The Dodgers got their looks against the Yankees in this series, even if there were times when they struggled to capitalize. It took the Yankees fumbling on defense in the fifth inning just to allow the Dodgers back into Game 5. The previous time came in the 1956 World Series when the Yankees blew a five-run lead against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 2. The downside of the Dodgers’ bullpen game in Game 4The Dodgers’ handling of Game 4 was not illogical in a vacuum. They had a 3-0 lead series lead.

Persons: Freddie Freeman, Aaron Judge, Anthony Volpe, Gerrit Cole, Mookie Betts, Walker Buehler, Alex Verdugo, relentlessness, Clay Holmes, Tommy Kahnle, Luke Weaver, Tommy Edman, Will Smith, Gavin Lux, lofting, Shohei Ohtani, Betts, Weaver, Sarah Stier, Cole, Volpe, Chisholm, Anthony Rizzo, Dave Roberts, Jack Flaherty, Flaherty, Giancarlo Santon’s, Giancarlo Stanton, Alex Slitz, Juan Soto, Chisholm’s, Verdugo, tapper, Stanton, homering, Anthony Banda —, Elsa, Getty Organizations: Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodgers, New York Yankees, Yankee, Yankees, The Dodgers, New, Brooklyn Dodgers, Dodgers ’, DH Locations: Verdugo

☆ Dodgers beat Yankees to win second World Series of franchise’s new ‘golden era’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Andy Mccullough | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

An eighth-inning rally capped by sacrifice flies by second baseman Gavin Lux and outfielder Mookie Betts put the Dodgers in front. This title, the eighth in franchise history, can stand beside the Dodgers’ trophy from the pandemic-shortened season in 2020. The precedent feels preposterous until you consider the current Dodgers who will one day join them in the Hall of Fame. “Mark,” he told Freeman, “wants to win really bad.” That desire became clear to Ohtani when he met with the Dodgers. After Freeman launched his grand, Gibsonian walkoff in Game 1 against the Yankees, the Dodgers got the job done.

Persons: Walker Buehler, Buehler, Tommy John, Freddie Freeman, Gerrit Cole, Blake Treinen, Gavin Lux, Mookie Betts, Figueroa, Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dave Roberts, Andrew Friedman, ’ ” Friedman, Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Roberts, Friedman, Mark Walter, Frank McCourt, Walter’s, Walter, Stan Kasten, Kasten, ” Kasten, Justin Turner, Joc Pederson, gaffes, Trevor Bauer, groused, Max Scherzer, Jake Cronenworth, Lance Lynn, Eddie Rosario, “ We’ve, ” Roberts, “ That’s, Yamamoto, Freeman, “ Mark, ”, “, Tyler Glasnow, Teoscar Hernández, Ippei Mizuhara, Betts, Glasnow, ’, Max Muncy, “ We’re, ” Muncy, Yu Darvish, Gibsonian, Jack Flaherty, Cole, Aaron Judge, Anthony Volpe, Hernández, Alex Vesia, Graterol, Juan Soto, Soto, Giancarlo Stanton lofted, Flaherty, Treinen toiled, Daniel Hudson, Treinen, Jazz Chisholm, Treinen steeled, Stanton, Anthony Rizzo, Volpe, Wells, Alex Verdugo, Elsa, Getty Organizations: New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodgers, Yankee, homering, Yankees, Dodger, Boys, of Fame, Walter’s Guggenheim Baseball Management, Atlanta Braves, Washington Nationals, National League West, Tampa Bay Rays, American League East, ”, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Hall of Fame, Navy, National League, Arizona Diamondbacks, Athletic, Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres, of Famers, Padres, New, Yankees miscues, Buehler Locations: Brooklyn, Southern California, Cooperstown, West, Arlington , Texas, Los Angeles, “, Arizona, Atlanta, Lux, Treinen

☆ Anthony Volpe’s grand slam lifts Yankees in Game 4, staves off Dodgers World Series sweep
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Andy Mccullough | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Volpe gave the Yankees a lead in this series for the first time since Game 1. From there, the bullpen hung tough and held off the Dodgers long enough to force Game 5 on Wednesday in the Bronx. The Yankees became only the fourth team in baseball history and the first since 1970 to avoid a sweep in the World Series when down, 3-0. From there, the Dodgers appeared on the verge of the sweep, before Volpe took Dodgers reliever Daniel Hudson deep. Before the game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts discussed the importance of length from two rookie pitchers, Ben Casparius and Landon Knack.

Persons: Aaron Boone, Anthony Volpe, “, ” Boone, Boone, Volpe, Gerrit Cole dueled, Jack Flaherty, Daniel Hudson, serenaded Volpe, idolizing Derek Jeter, Freddie Freeman, Austin Wells, Wells, Gleyber Torres, Brent Honeywell, Aaron Judge, Dave Roberts, Ben Casparius, Landon Knack, Casparius, Knack, Freeman, Luis Gil, Alex Verdugo, Roberts, Hudson, Jazz Chisholm, Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo, Gil, Will Smith, Tim Hill, Shohei Ohtani, Sarah Stier Organizations: New York Yankees, Yankees, Dodgers, Dodger, Yankees pilloried Dodgers, New York Mets, National League Locations: Bronx, New Jersey

☆ America’s largest newspaper chain, including USA Today, won’t endorse in 2024 presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Gannett, owner of the nation’s largest newspaper chain, announced that its more than 200 publications, including USA Today, will not publish presidential endorsements in the run-up to the November 5 election. The newspapers aren’t alone in declining to publish presidential endorsement in the 2024 race. “Until now.”In 2020, USA Today again broke with its own tradition, this time offering its first full-throated endorsement for Joe Biden’s candidacy. David Mastio, who was part of the USA Today opinion team that published the 2020 endorsement of Biden, called the decision deeply disappointing. “I am deeply disappointed that USA TODAY has lost its voice at this critical time for our country.”

Persons: New York CNN —, Gannett, ”, Lark, Marie Antón, Kristin Roberts, Roberts, Gannett Media newsrooms, ” Antón, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump “, Hillary Clinton ”, “, ” “ We’ve, Joe Biden’s, Ronald Reagan, David Mastio, Biden, ” Mastio Organizations: New, New York CNN, New York CNN — Gannett, USA, USA Today Network, ” Gannett, CNN, Gannett Media, USA Today, Gannett, The Arizona Republic, Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Locations: New York, USA, “

☆ New York Yankees’ offense explodes against Los Angeles Dodgers in World Series Game 4 to stave off elimination
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Wayne Sterling | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 4, spoiling a historic night for Los Angeles Dodgers’ first baseman Freddie Freeman. It’s like you finally got to see the top blow off Yankee Stadium in a World Series game,” Boone told reporters. It was Yankee Stadium World Series game.”The Dodgers now lead the series three games to one. Ashley Landis/APThe contest started off promisingly for the visitors when Freeman continued his hot World Series run. The New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe hits a grand slam in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday, October 29.

Persons: Freddie Freeman, Anthony Volpe, Daniel Hudson, Volpe, ” Volpe, “ We’ve, Aaron Boone, ” Boone, “, Anthony, they’ve, Dave Roberts, ” Roberts, we’re, We’ll, Ashley Landis, Freeman, homering, Luis Gil, George Springer, whittling, Austin Wells, Alex Verdugo, Will Smith, Gleyber Torres, Wells –, Verdugo, Juan Soto, Torres ’, Aaron Judge –, –, Gerrit Cole, Jack Flaherty, Elsa, Mike Lawrence, Brent Honeywell, Anthony Rizzo, Seth Wenig, Luke Hales, Mookie Betts, Al Bello, Giancarlo Stanton, Frank Franklin II, Daniel Shirey, Stanton, Alex Slitz, Maddie Meyer, Sarah Stier, Smith, Alex Vesia, Harry, Michael Kopech, Jayne Kamin, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Yamamoto, Julio Cortez, Shohei Ohtani, Mary DeCicco, Tommy Edman, Rob Tringali, Carlos Rodón, — Kirk Gibson’s, Gibson, Steph Chambers, Nestor Cortes, Jazz Chisholm, Mark J, Terrill, Aaron Judge, Brusdar Graterol, Enrique Hernández, Fernando Valenzuela, Valenzuela, ”, Gina Ferazzi, Brad Paisley Organizations: CNN, The New York Yankees, Yankee, Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, The Bronx Bombers, ” Yankees, Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Astros, MLB, Getty, North, AP Yankees, The Dodgers, USA, Sports, Reuters, AP Dodgers, Dodger, Los Angeles Times Locations: New York, It’s, Los Angeles, York, North America

☆ As World Series dream slips away, a reality check awaits Yankees, Aaron Judge
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Ken Rosenthal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

But in reality, the Yankees’ embarrassing performance in the World Series is a systemwide breakdown. They’re not getting away with it against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. It’s been a rough World Series for the Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm and Aaron Judge. And the Yankees actually should be capable of winning one with the Dodgers planning a bullpen game Tuesday night. Defensive miscues by right fielder Juan Soto and second baseman Gleyber Torres haunted the Yankees in Game 1.

Persons: Aaron Judge, They’re, It’s, Juan Soto, Soto, Aaron Boone, Brian Cashman, Jack Flaherty, Tommy Edman, Michael Kopech, Chisholm, Mark Leiter Jr, Flaherty, Jazz Chisholm, Wendell Cruz, Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra, Reggie Jackson, Derek Jeter, Judge, Shohei, “, Chris Kirschner, I’m, Dave Roberts, Clarke Schmidt, Freddie Freeman, Alex Verdugo, Verdugo, it’s, we’re, ”, let’s, Gleyber Torres, Vincent Carchietta, Teoscar Hernández, Freeman, Carlos Rodón, Walker Buehler, Edman, Mookie Betts, Giancarlo Stanton, Gerrit Cole, we’ve, Dustin Satloff Organizations: Yankees, American League, Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Guardians, AL Central, Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodgers, NL, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, AL, Royals, Guardians, Force Locations: Los Angeles

☆ ‘Superhero’ Freddie Freeman shining in World Series filled with future Hall of Famers
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Jayson Stark | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Let’s do that now, because here’s what I think we’ve been watching:A World Series with possibly eight future Hall of Famers. So no World Series is ever catching the 1932 Series, when an incredible 13 eventual Hall of Famers took the field. How about saying you were there when Freddie Freeman took over a World Series in his own Freddie-esque way? And it looks exactly like that dude who trots — or sometimes limps — out to first base every night in this World Series. • Easy as 1-2-3 — We’re three games into this World Series, and Freeman has homered in all three of those games.

Persons: Clayton Kershaw, Daniel Hudson, — Aaron Judge, Shohei, I’m, hasn’t, Freddie, Homer, There’s Kershaw, Freeman, There’s, — Mookie Betts, Aaron Judge, —, Gerrit Cole’s, Cy, Giancarlo Stanton, you’ve, us, Reggie Jackson’s postseasons, Stanton, Giancarlo Stanton’s, bolsters, Jayne Kamin, Juan Soto — There’s, let’s, Heck, Kershaw, “ I’ve, ”, Jose Trevino, “, …, Freddie Freeman, Tyler Glasnow, ” Glasnow, he’s, “ He’s, it’s, It’s, Kiké, ” Hernández, “ he’s, That’s, Robert Gauthier, Let’s, Lou Gehrig, there’s Freeman, Hank Bauer, Barry Bonds, Dave Roberts, Guess, He’s, Sam Hovland, Gary Pettis, Pettis, ” FREEMAN, Freddie Freeman wallops, Ohtani, Daniel Shirey Organizations: of Famers, ” Dodgers, Dodgers, Netflix, Famer, Cy Young, of Famer, Yankee, Yankees, Braves, Phillies, Orioles, of Fame, Baseball, of, Los Angeles Times, Getty Images, Wild Department, Bombers, Cardinals, Ohtani, Padres Locations: Bronx, Cooperstown, ”, N.Y, Vegas

☆ Washington Post loses a reported 200K digital subscriptions, 3 editorial board members over endorsement veto
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Washington Post Building at One Franklin Square Building on June 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Washington Post reportedly has lost more than 200,000 digital subscriptions, and three members of its editorial board have stepped down on the heels of its decision not to endorse a candidate in the presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. That is the same number of editorial board members who resigned from the Los Angeles Times' board in protest of that newspaper's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate. A Post spokesperson declined to comment on either the subscription losses or editorial board resignations when contacted Monday by CNBC. The Post's editorial page had planned to endorse Harris, the Democratic nominee, according to the newspaper's own reporting.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, NPR's David Folkenflik, Molly Roberts, David Hoffman, Mili Mitra, Joe Biden, Will Lewis, Jeff Bezos, Harris Organizations: Washington Post, Franklin, Los Angeles Times, CNBC, Gannett, Trump, Amazon, Democratic Locations: Washington ,, United States

☆ Dodgers dominate Yankees to move within 1 win of World Series victory
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Andy Mccullough | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

“Four more wins!”After a 4-2 victory on Monday over the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the World Series, the Dodgers are on the doorstep of a championship, one far different than the title marred by COVID-19 restrictions in 2020. The first World Series game at Yankee Stadium since 2009 ended as the last two did in Chavez Ravine, with the Dodgers exultant and the Yankees lamenting missed chances. No team in World Series history has overcome a 3-0 deficit. “Hopefully we can go be this amazing story and shock the world,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “If he is able to play, willing to play, he’s going to play,” Roberts said on Sunday afternoon.

Persons: Dave Roberts, hoarse, ” Roberts, Freddie Freeman, “ We’ve, ”, Freeman, Walker Buehler, Clark Schmidt, Freeman’s, Luis Gil, Aaron Judge, Aaron Boone, we’ve, Ohtani, “ Schmidt, Freeman pounced, Judge, “, Tommy Edman, Mookie Betts, Juan Soto, Edman, deke, Buehler, Giancarlo Stanton, Stanton lumbered, Betts, Jazz Chisholm, Anthony Volpe, Teoscar Hernández, Stanton, Hernández, Will Smith, ” Buehler, Boone, benching, Austin Wells, “ Righties, ” Boone, Tommy John, Roberts, “ There’s, Luke Hales Organizations: Dodger, National League, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Dodgers, Yankee, Yankees, ” Dodgers, Los Angeles bullpen, Buehler, ” Yankees, Boston Red Sox Locations: Los Angeles, Chavez, Bronx

☆ The Bezos-Washington Post crisis is getting worse
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Washington Post said Friday it wouldn't endorse a presidential candidate. Reports suggest Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, made the decision not to endorse a candidate. More than 200,000 people have canceled their Post subscriptions since Friday, NPR's David Folkenflik reported Monday, citing two knowledgeable sources. A Washington Post spokesperson declined to comment. The New York Times reported on Sunday that Jeff Bezos, the Washington Post's owner since 2013, voiced reservations in late September about running an endorsement.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, —, NPR's David Folkenflik, Will Lewis, Lewis, David Hoffman, Molly Roberts, Michele Norris, Robert Kagan, Donald Trump, David Shipley, Mr, Bezos, Shipley Organizations: Washington Post, NPR, Service, Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington, Times Locations: Washington

☆ Three Washington Post editorial board members step down amid wave of canceled subscriptions over non-endorsement
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

A person with knowledge of the matter told CNN that an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris had been drafted by the Post’s editorial board members before it was quashed by Bezos. NPR reported that by midday Monday more than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions to the Post, citing two people familiar with the matter. Two Post journalists, Molly Roberts and David E. Hoffman both announced Monday they had stepped down from their positions on the editorial board, although both will stay at the paper. A third journalist, Mili Mitra also stepped down, the Post reported, meaning nearly one-third of the 10-member board had resigned. “I cannot sit here any longer on the editorial board and write those editorials while we ourselves have given in to silence,” he said.

Persons: Jeff Bezos’s, David Shipley, Kamala Harris, Bezos, Shipley, “, ”, Donald Trump’s, Molly Roberts, David E, Hoffman, Mili Mitra, Trump, we’re, Roberts, Donald Trump, Marty Baron, ” Baron, CNN’s Michael Smerconish, Bezos “, Baron, “ Bezos, “ Trump, Brian Stelter Organizations: New, New York CNN, Washington, CNN, NPR, Washington Post, Blue Origin, Trump, Post Locations: New York, Amazon

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is expected to play in the next World Series game against the New York Yankees on Monday night after injuring his shoulder in a slide Saturday. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told ESPN on Sunday that Ohtani was in good shape and “will be playing in game 3 tomorrow,” according to reporter Karl Ravech. The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani is injured while trying to steal second base during Game 2 of the World Series against the New York Yankees on Saturday night. Godofredo A. Vásquez / APThe Dodgers ultimately won the game and are leading the World Series 2-0, but Ohtani’s future in the series was uncertain Saturday night. Baseball fans were eager to see him face off against Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge in the World Series, but Judge has been in a tough postseason slump.

Persons: Shohei Ohtani, Dave Roberts, Ohtani, Karl Ravech, didn’t, Roberts, “ We’re, ” Roberts, we’re, Aaron Judge, Babe Ruth Organizations: Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Dodgers, ESPN, AP, Yankees, Baseball, MLB Locations: Angeles, Bronx

☆ Shohei Ohtani to play in Game 3 of World Series after shoulder injury
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Noah Furtado | Fabian Ardaya | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani is expected to play in Game 3 of the World Series, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed Sunday. Ohtani was expected to receive an MRI before Game 3 to determine the severity of the shoulder injury he suffered in Game 2 on Saturday. Roberts said postgame that Ohtani had suffered a subluxation, which is a partial dislocation, of his left shoulder. Through two World Series games, the Dodgers have secured a 2-0 lead largely in spite of Ohtani, who has hit 1-for-8 as the team’s designated hitter. Ohtani became the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season with 54 and 59, respectively.

Persons: Ohtani, Dave Roberts, Roberts, gingerly, Jack Flaherty, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Freddie Freeman, Tommy Edman, would’ve, Allen J Organizations: Dodgers, ESPN, Ohtani, Dodger, National League MVP, Los Angeles Times, Getty Locations: Los Angeles, New York

☆ Michelle Obama, in first appearance on the Harris campaign trail, says the race is 'too close for my liking'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Her first campaign visit for Kamala Harris came Saturday in Michigan, where polls show a tight race. In her speech, Obama said the race is "too close for my liking." AdvertisementMichelle Obama made her first official appearance on the campaign trail with Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday, speaking in Michigan, where polls show a tight race between the VP and former President Donald Trump. AdvertisementMultiple polls, including national polling by The New York Times and Siena College, show a deadlocked race between Harris and Trump. Spokespeople for Harris, Obama, and Trump did not respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Michelle Obama hasn't, Kamala Harris, Obama, —, Michelle Obama, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, It's, we've, Trump's, Beyoncé, I'm, Julia Roberts, Eminem, Oprah Winfrey, Dennis Quaid, Jason Aldean, Elon Musk Organizations: Service, Democratic National Convention, The New York Times, Siena College, Trump ., Quinnipiac University, Trump, Trump's White Locations: Michigan, Kalamazoo

☆ In a World Series built on stars, Shohei Ohtani’s absence would be diminishing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Ken Rosenthal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Yamamoto, making his World Series debut Saturday night, allowed only one hit in 6 1/3 innings, a homer by Soto. If Ohtani misses time during the Series, the Dodgers can adjust by moving Betts to the leadoff spot and making Freeman their DH. After striking out 10 times in 22 plate appearances in the Division Series, Ohtani broke out in the National League Championship Series, batting .364 with a 1.185 OPS. AdvertisementThe Dodgers being the Dodgers, they would use any absence by Ohtani as a rallying point. (Top photo of Shohei Ohtani exiting the field in Game 2: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Persons: It’s, Ohtani, Dave Roberts, Roberts, Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts, Juan Soto, Freddie Freeman, Giancarlo Stanton, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Gerrit Cole, Yamamoto, Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr, Tatis, Betts, Freeman, Max Muncy, Hernández, Gavin Lux, Tommy Edman, Miguel Rojas, Andy Pages, Edman, Rojas, Tommy Kahnle, –, Max, Let’s, Robert Gauthier Organizations: ANGELES, Los Angeles Dodgers, Yankee, Dodger, Dodgers, Famer, FOX Sports, San Diego Padres, Johns Hopkins Medicine, National League, Games, Yankees, New York Mets, The Dodgers, Los Angeles Times, Getty Locations: New York

☆ Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman channels Kirk Gibson with walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of World Series
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Michael J. Duarte | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

An immortal walk-off World Series homer. “That was awesome,” said Max Muncy, the last Dodgers’ player to hit a walk-off homer in the World Series at Dodger Stadium. You can’t make it up.”For the sake of history, there have been 62 walk-offs in the 120 iterations of the World Series. “Two outs, bases loaded in a World Series game. That’s as good as it gets right there.”Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night will reverberate in our hearts and minds for a lifetime.

Persons: Freddie Freeman, Kirk Gibson, Freeman, Nestor Cortes, Gibby, Freddie, can’t, Chavez, ”, Max Muncy, Fernando Valenzuela, “, Max, They’ve, ” Freeman, Mookie Betts, Joe Davis, Vin Scully, Scully, ” Davis, “ Gibby, Dave Roberts, “ Gibson’s, Gibson, Gavin Lux, Joe Carter, I’ve, Roberts, Fernando Valenzuela –, Valenzuela, …, “ Fred, Fred Organizations: Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Dodger, ., NL West, FOX, Blue Jays

☆ Gleyber Torres' hit called a double after fan interfered and reached over stands to make the catch
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Greg_Rosenstein.Jpg | Greg Rosenstein | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

LOS ANGELES — Major drama occurred in the opening game of the 2024 World Series that may have decided which team won Game 1. As the ball was coming down, a fan reached out over the railing and snagged it in his glove. But Dodgers left fielder Teoscar Hernández flailed his arms in protest, saying the fan interfered with the ball. The controversial play drew comparisons to legendary fan interference call such as Yankees fan Jeffrey Maier at the 1996 ALCS who reached over the stands at Yankee Stadium to aid Derek Jeter’s home run. Game 2 is Saturday night in Los Angeles at 8:08 p.m.

Persons: Gleyber Torres, Teoscar Hernández, Torres, Juan Soto, Blake Treinen, Aaron Judge, Jeffrey Maier, Derek Jeter’s, Los Angeles, Freddie Freeman, I've, Dave Roberts, Carlos Rodón, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Organizations: ANGELES, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Yankees, Dodgers, MLB, Dodger, Yankee Locations: New York, Los, Los Angeles

☆ Freddie Freeman wallops his way into World Series history with walk-off slam that’ll float forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Jayson Stark | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

They’re in that hallowed Extra-inning World Series Walk-off Club. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea / Imagn Images)This was the 693rd game in World Series history. But you would think wrong — because the complete list of men to do that consists of …Freddie Freeman! We had a hunch he was the first player in history to do that in a World Series. So little does Freeman know it, but what we saw Friday will go down in the annals as (what else) The Freddie Freeman Game.

Persons: Carlton Fisk … Kirby Puckett, Derek Jeter, David Freese, Freddie Freeman, “ Freddie, Michael Kopech, They’re, Freddie, Max Muncy ., Muncy, ” Muncy, Jayne Kamin, Freddie Freeman’s, Nelson Cruz, Cruz, wilder, Freeman, that’s, ” Freeman, “, Kirk Gibson limps, …, Kirk Gibson, Paul Casella, Geez, Chavez, Gibson, Freeman hadn’t, Freeman’s, “ Freddie’s, Kirk Gibson’s, Freeman wriggled, Terry Pendleton, Joe Carter, Mookie Betts, hadn’t, Francisco Lindor, Mark Vientos …, Johnny Mize Gil McDougald, Yogi Berra Bill Skowron, David Justice Lonnie Smith, Mookie Betts Freddie Freeman, … Dave Roberts, Juan Soto, Howie Kendrick, Roberts, I’ve, —, ”, they’ll, Jason Parkhurst, Nestor Cortes, Eric Orns, Cortes, Alex Verdugo, looper, Kirby Puckett, Derek Jeter “ Mr, Boone, Keith Birmingham Organizations: ANGELES, Dodgers, Yankees, ” Dodgers, Red Sox, 693rd, Univision, Dodger, Rosenthal, FOX Sports, Baseball, WS, MediaNews, Pasadena Star, Getty Locations: Southern California, California, Muncy, Spanish, ’

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