Month: September 2020

4:19 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Swiss Skydiver will become the first filly since Rachel Alexandra won in 2009 to run against males in the Preakness on Saturday. Trainer Kenny McPeek confirmed the decision on Sunday. Jockey Robby Albarado, who won the 2007 Preakness aboard Curlin, will replace Tyler Gaffalione on Swiss Skydiver. In
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12:52 PM ET The Atlanta Braves activated Pablo Sandoval on Sunday, the final day of the regular season. He will be playing third base in Sunday’s game against the Boston Red Sox. Sandoval is being prepped for a bench role in the postseason for the NL East champions. The Braves have a lot of right-handed
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1:46 PM ET The Boston Red Sox announced Sunday that Ron Roenicke will not return as the team’s manager for the 2021 season, with a search for a new skipper beginning immediately. Roenicke took over as interim manager in February following the parting of ways with Alex Cora during the fallout from the Astros sign-stealing
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3:54 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Ronald Acuna Jr. has been removed from the Atlanta Braves‘ lineup in their regular-season finale due to irritation in his left wrist. The postseason-bound Braves say the move before Sunday’s game against Boston was made as a precaution. Even so, the report of renewed soreness in Acuna’s wrist
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4:14 PM ET Don’t go kicking crumbs of rubber on the San Francisco 49ers‘ season just yet. The injury-ravaged Niners entered Sunday’s game against the New York Giants with 10 projected starters out because of injury. And they were returning to the artificial surface of MetLife Stadium, where many of those injuries occurred. No matter,
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3:03 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers were without two offensive starters for the second half of their 28-21 win over the Houston Texans. Both wide receiver Diontae Johnson (concussion) and fullback Derek Watt (hamstring) were ruled out for the rest of the game. Johnson appeared to sustain his injury on a 9-yard reverse
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3:22 PM ET Add two more key players to the San Francisco 49ers‘ ever-expanding list of injuries. Tight end Jordan Reed (knee, ankle) and cornerback Emmanuel Moseley (concussion) suffered injuries in the first half of the team’s game against the New York Giants on Sunday. The team ruled Reed and Moseley out for the rest
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