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Connor Brogdon excited for ‘second top moment in my baseball career’

SAN FRANCISCO — Connor Brogdon’s favorite thing he’s done in his baseball career is somewhat easy to guess: pitching in the World Series last fall. His second favorite will take place on Monday night. Brogdon will be the Phillies’ opener in the series opener against the San Francisco Giants. It won’t be the first start of his career, but it’ll be the most special: He’ll make it at Oracle Park, where Brogdon regularly attended games while growing up in Clovis, Calif. “I think it’s probably the
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The Phillies should maximize Ranger Suárez’s starts in the final week. Here’s how

Back in the first week of September, Philadelphia Phillies manager Joe Girardi reshuffled his starting rotation. The goal was to line up the Phillies’ best arms to face the Atlanta Braves in the second-to-last series of the regular season. It made sense: More likely than not, those three games would go a long way in determining the winner of the National League East. The Phillies are now at that point. The problem? It’s since become clear that their best starters are not currently lined up for
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Opinion: Perpetual underperformance and underpreparation leaves USC with one option: a head coaching change

At the conclusion of the first quarter Saturday against Stanford, USC’s resume looked as such: Its kicker had been ejected for targeting. It had wasted a timeout on third-and-21. It had allowed an 87-yard touchdown. It had a pair of three-and-outs. It had a delay of game penalty. And it had a 7-0 deficit. It was only 15 minutes of play, but it told you all you needed to know about the rest of the evening. And the last three years. And, if you squint hard enough, the two before that.
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With change on the horizon for Phillies, could Kevin Long be on his way out?

Whenever a team collapses the way the Phillies did in 2024 — with such high expectations and a season’s worth of anticipation crushed over a relatively uncompetitive four-game span by a superior division rival — and when it looked a lot like the collapse did last year, there is demand for change. Something needs to give. Kevin Long might find himself as the unfortunate starting point.
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NBA Finals past winners list: Every NBA champion by year, Finals sweeps, most Finals wins and losses

When Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks tips off on Thursday, there’ll be some history on the line — beyond the obvious. The Celtics will be trying to break their current tie with the rival Lakers atop the leaderboard for the most championships in NBA history. Those two teams dominate that board, with a sizable gap between them and the next-fullest trophy case. Here’s a thorough history of all past NBA Finals winners, including how many titles the Cel
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