Day: March 2, 2018

NFL Draft: Could Saquon Barkley be the first overall pick?NFL Draft: Could Saquon Barkley be the first overall pick?

Penn State’s Saquon Barkley has a chance to be the first overall player selected in the draft, a feat last pulled off by a running back 22 years ago, when the Cincinnati Bengals used the top pick on another former Nittany Lion, Ki-Jana Carter. Barkley, whom PFW draft expert Greg Gabriel graded as

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Indians score seven runs in final two innings to beat DodgersIndians score seven runs in final two innings to beat Dodgers

THE GAME: The Cleveland Indians scored six runs in the eighth inning and one in the ninth to come from behind and beat the Dodgers 8-7 on Thursday afternoon at Camelback Ranch. PITCHING REPORT: For the second consecutive day, the Dodgers had to scratch their scheduled starting pitcher due to the illness

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Oosthuizen leads in Mexico as pair of newcomers shineOosthuizen leads in Mexico as pair of newcomers shine

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Louis Oosthuizen made a short eagle putt late in his round and made birdies on two of the short par 4s for a 7-under 64 to lead the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship. Right behind were two players making their first appearances in a World Golf Championship. Chris Paisley of England, who followed up his first European Tour victory with top 5s in the tour’s strongest events in the Middle East, was atop the leaderboard for much of a warm Thursday afternoon at Chapultepec Golf Club until a late bogey. He was at 65, along with Xander Schauffele. Shubhankar Sharma, a 21-year-old from India, was bogey-free at 5-under par with two holes to play when the round was halted by storms. Defending champion Dustin Johnson opened with a 69.

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Predicting every team’s likeliest award winnerPredicting every team’s likeliest award winner

This is the time of year when it’s fashionable to make award predictions. But what we’re going to do in this space is take a little bit of a different approach to this way-too-early discussion and look at each club’s most likely candidate for a Baseball Writers’ Association of America honor — be it MVP, Cy Young or Rookie of the Year.

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Predicting award contenders for each teamPredicting award contenders for each team

This is the time of year when it’s fashionable to make award predictions. But what we’re going to do in this space is take a little bit of a different approach to this way-too-early discussion and look at each club’s most likely candidate for a Baseball Writers’ Association of America honor — be it MVP, Cy Young or Rookie of the Year.

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