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Watson braces for Browns fans

BEREA (AP) — Deshaun Watson isn't sure what reception he will get from Cleveland Browns fans on Sunday as he makes his first regular-season home start in nearly two years. Watson is trying his best, though, to avoid saying anything that puts him at odds with fans again before this week's matchup against the Carolina Panthers. "We're moving forward. There's great energy this week within the locker room and in the city. So let's continue to build on that," Watson said on Wednesday. Watson was widely booed during the second half of an Aug. 22 exhibition game against the Buffalo ...

Best teams don’t always make playoffs

(AP) — With just a few days left in the regular season, the AL West might make a particularly mediocre kind of history. After Tuesday night's games, the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros were tied for first place at 78-79. No full-season division champion has ever had a losing record. In fact, no team has made the postseason with a sub-.500 record, unless you count a trio of participants from years the playoffs were temporarily expanded: In the 2020 season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic, Milwaukee and Houston were both 29-31 and made the postseason. In 1981, the Kansas City Royals ...

Ohio State’s Jackson gives Bucks depth

COLUMBUS — Ja'Kobi Jackson arrived at Ohio State without much fanfare over the winter. Head coach Ryan Day brought in a larger-than-usual (for Ohio State) transfer class with players at just about every position, and Jackson was projected more likely to be third string behind sophomore ...

Jones takes perfect game into the sixth for Bucs

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jared Jones allowed one hit over seven dominant innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates inched closer to the franchise's first winning season in eight years with a 2-0 win over St. Louis on Tuesday night. The hard-throwing Jones (5-6) retired the first 16 batters he faced before Nathan Church's bloop landed just beyond the outstretched glove of Pirates third baseman Jacob Gonzalez with one out in the sixth. Church sprinted to second for a double but remained there after Masyn Wynn lined out and J.J. Wetherholt struck out to end the inning. Jones, who returned from ...

Lowe’s sac fly in ninth inches Guardians closer

BOSTON (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly off reliever Erik Miller in the ninth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians maintained their slim first-place lead in the AL Central with a 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Angel Martínez had three hits for the Guardians, who entered the day with a one-game lead over the White Sox atop the Central. Chicago owns the tiebreaker by winning the season series. Cleveland stranded 15 baserunners. The loss was Boston's eighth in 12 games, spoiling Chad Tracy's first game as manager after the club named him its ...

Dart will miss significant time

Jaxson Dart's injured left knee is being evaluated and no decisions have been made, New York Giants coach John Harbaugh said Tuesday in the aftermath of the starting quarterback exiting the game at the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. Harbaugh refused to confirm reports that Dart's injury is worse than the initial diagnosis of a sprained medial collateral ligament and that the 23-year-old would be out an extended period of time, with season-ending surgery a possibility. "We've learned a lot more," Harbaugh said on a video call with reporters. "When we know what direction we're going ...