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BOSTON — Over the past decade Paul Toboni has been one of the fastest rising executives in baseball, and in recent years he’d emerged as a key leader in the Red Sox front office under Craig Breslow.

Now Toboni is set ...Read more

ATLANTA — With a loss Wednesday, the Braves will not close the season with 14 consecutive wins, although catcher Drake Baldwin’s National League Rookie of the Year campaign gathered steam.

On Wednesday afternoon, ...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — There are a lot of reasons that this once-promising Miami Dolphins rebuild has turned into such a dumpster fire that they’ve lost 15 of their past 25 games. But the No. 1 reason for the downturn ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — I still remember the first day of pads of the 2010 Pitt football training camp like it was yesterday.

Dave Wannstedt and Greg Gattuso had built the Panthers defensive line into something pretty special ...Read more

ATLANTA — In the aftermath of the Falcons’ 30-0 blowout loss Sunday to the Carolina Panthers, my mind didn’t shift.

Bad loss, yes. End of the season, no.

Throw in the towel, not at all.

For me, there’s no ...Read more

DENVER — Can we really call Bo Nix’s feet “happy” when they make Broncos Country so miserable?

If I’m Sean Payton, the first thing I’m doing with Nix is sitting the quarterback down in my office. The second ...Read more

Two years ago, on the second to last day of the regular season, they silently watched their playoff hopes end on the televisions in their own clubhouse of T-Mobile Park.

There were curse words muttered under the breath ...Read more

Tuesday night was about who played and who did not for the Padres.

And then there were the results.

The Padres beat the Brewers 7-0 at Petco Park while the Cubs lost, which may prove to have been a step toward the two ...Read more

Kansas City Royals ace Cole Ragans took another step in his return from a left rotator cuff strain that sidelined him for a significant portion of the season.

Ragans made another start against the Los Angeles Angels at ...Read more

PHOENIX — Shohei Ohtani entered uncharted territory in his final pitching start of the regular season, shutting out the Arizona Diamondbacks over a season-high six innings in the Dodgers’ 5-4 walk-off loss Tuesday ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The stakes of Tuesday night’s game were simple enough for the Giants. If they lost and the Mets won, they’d be officially eliminated from playoff contention. Their season, for all intents and purposes...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces beat the Indiana Fever 90-68 in Game 2 of their WNBA semifinals series Tuesday at Michelob Ultra Arena, evening the matchup 1-1.

WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson scored a game-high 25 points. ...Read more

Zebby Matthews and the Twins on Tuesday discovered someone having an even more unhappy September than they are. They sure made it look like fun.

Matthews’ second pitch of the night flew 411 feet and landed a dozen rows ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Bryson Stott leaned over the plate and tapped a sweeper from Miami Marlins reliever Josh Simpson back to the mound.

Simpson made the throw to first to ice the Phillies’ 6-5 series-opening loss to the ...Read more

SEATTLE — Former Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman can avoid criminal prosecution if he completes a treatment plan in his second DUI case, a King County judge ruled Tuesday.

A Washington State Patrol trooper pulled ...Read more

TORONTO — If the Red Sox are going to make the playoffs, performances like Tuesday’s are going to be what gets them there.

Starting pitcher Lucas Giolito didn’t have his best stuff or command. Didn’t matter. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota was supposed to be the second-half team, making adjustments at halftime, heating up in the clutch, and closing out games when they counted most — if the past week was anything to go by.

The ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Dean Kremer has been a stabilizing force in the Orioles’ rotation for four years now. The right-hander isn’t an ace and he has a history of starting the season slow, but Kremer churns out more innings ...Read more

NEW YORK — As Aaron Boone spoke to reporters on Tuesday afternoon, he insisted that he and his Yankees were taking a “business as usual” approach to the day.

Even though an evening win over the Chicago White Sox ...Read more