Bobby Witt Jr.
and Cole Ragans lead the Royals over the Orioles 1-0 to open AL Wild Card Series BALTIMORE (AP) Bobby Witt Jr.
has driven in the only run to back Cole Ragans six sharp innings and help the Kansas City Royals return from a nine-year postseason absence with a 1-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of their AL Wild Card Series.
Witt is a 24-year-old shortstop who led the majors with 211 hits and a .332 batting average this season.
He singled to left field Tuesday off a 95 mph, first-pitch cutter from 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes with two outs in the sixth.
Maikel Garcia came around to score after drawing a walk, stealing second and moving to third on a groundout.
Ragans left after 80 pitches because of cramping in his left calf.
Lucas Erceg earned the save.
Skubal sensational, Tigers jump on Valdez early to get 3-1 win over Astros in AL Wild Card Series HOUSTON (AP) Tarik Skubal kept up his stellar season with a sensational playoff debut and the Detroit Tigers got to Framber Valdez early in a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros in their AL Wild Card Series opener.
The Tigers got their first postseason win since Game 4 the 2013 AL Championship Series.
Down 3-0 entering the ninth, Houston scored on Yanier Diazs RBI single and had the bases loaded when Jason Heyward hit a game-ending lineout against Beau Brieske.
Game 2 of the best-of-three series is Wednesday in Houston.
Bills' Von Miller suspended by NFL for 4 games for violating personal conduct policy ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.
(AP) Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller was suspended four games by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the leagues personal conduct policy.
The NFL did not reveal the reason for the suspension, which comes as Buffalo prepares to play at the Houston Texans on Sunday.
Miller is the NFLs active leader in sacks.
He's eligible to rejoin the Bills ahead of their home game against Miami on Nov.
3.
Miller was accused last November of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend at their home outside Dallas during the Bills bye week.
No charges have been filed, and Miller said in July he considered the case closed.
Shohei Ohtani and the MLB playoffs, a pairing the world will experience for the 1st time LOS ANGELES (AP) Shohei Ohtani spent the last six years going home in October.
Now, the Japanese superstar will be taking baseball's biggest stage when the Los Angeles Dodgers open the NL Division Series later this week.
Leaving the losing Los Angeles Angels and signing a record $700 million, 10-year deal with the Dodgers last December changed everything for Ohtani and the franchise.
He's not the only one cashing in.
The Ohtani effect has boosted the Dodgers' coffers, with thousands of Japanese visiting the stadium to see him, and raised ticket prices in the secondary market while allowing Major League Baseball to pump out souvenirs commemorating Ohtani's 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in a season.
Pete Rose found home in Las Vegas before nation began to embrace sports betting LAS VEGAS (AP) Pete Rose found a home in Las Vegas, where acceptance wasnt a problem.
Baseballs career hits leader died Monday in that city at age 83.
The man known as Charlie Hustle for his relentless play on the basepaths picked a place that embraced legalized sports betting long before most of the rest of the nation caught on.
Rose was a regular at autograph sessions throughout the Las Vegas area.
He engaged with those who approached him to talk about his glory days with the Reds and Phillies and maybe even to commiserate about why he wasnt eligible for the Hall of Fame.
Dortmund scores 7 while Barcelona, Man City and Arsenal all win in Champions League Karim Adeyemi starred as Borussia Dortmund has run riot against Celtic while Barcelona and Manchester City claimed their first wins in the restructured Champions League.
Adeyemi scored a first-half hat trick as Dortmund routed Celtic 7-1 at home.
Robert Lewandowski got Barcelona off the mark as the Spanish giant eased to a 5-0 home win over Swiss team Young Boys.
Ilkay Gundogan got City off to a 4-0 win at Slovan Bratislava.
Mikel Artetas Arsenal outclassed his former team Paris Saint-Germain in a 2-0 win.
Debutant Stade Brest routed Salzburg 4-0 away for its second win in as many games in Europes premier competition.
Gonzaga set to join rebuilt Pac-12, while UTEP goes to Mountain West Basketball powerhouse Gonzaga will become the latest member of the rebuilt Pac-12 Conference.
The school announced the move on Tuesday.
Gonzaga will move from the West Coast Conference, where it has dominated for most of the last quarter century into a conference that was being rebuilt around football, but should be pretty stout on the basketball court.
Adding Gonzaga still leaves the Pac-12 in need of another football-playing member for College Football Playoff purposes.
Meanwhile, UTEP has agreed to join the Mountain West.
As NFL scouts flock to campus, Big Ten players seek to catch their eye ANN ARBOR, Mich.
(AP) NFL scouts filled an entire row of the Michigan Stadium press box, scouting top prospects in the upcoming draft when the Wolverines beat Southern California two weeks ago.
The league had representatives from 13 teams and three franchises sent two people to the marquee matchup.
The defending national champions have cornerback Will Johnson and defensive tackle Mason Graham projected to be selected among the top five.
Michigan defensive tackle Kenneth Grant and tight end Colston Loveland are expected to be first-round picks.
Analysis: Jared Goff's perfect game is a rare feat because many factors prevent QBs from doing it Jared Goffs perfect game is so rare for an NFL quarterback that only one other player ever threw double-digit passes without an incompletion.
Goff was 18 for 18 on Monday night in Detroits 42-29 victory over Seattle, topping Kurt Warners 10 for 10 with Arizona on Dec.
18, 2005.
Only 10 other QBs have thrown as many passes as Goff with only one incompletion.
Just five of those QBs attempted 20 passes and one threw 30.
That was Drew Brees, who was 29 of 30 for the Saints against the Colts on Dec.
16, 2019.
Ex-Jaguars worker who stole $22M from team sues FanDuel, saying it preyed on his gambling addiction A former financial manager for the NFLs Jacksonville Jaguars who stole $22 million from the team is suing FanDuel for $250 million, saying the betting company preyed on his gambling addiction.
Amit Patel, who is serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence in South Carolina, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in New York.
He claims FanDuel ignored its own responsible gambling and anti-money laundering protocols, knew Patel was an employee of the NFL team and therefore not eligible to gamble legally, and knew that the $20 million he wagered on years of daily fantasy sports contests was either stolen or not from a legitimate source.
FanDuel declined comment..
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