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Rays, Brewers ready for World Series

MILWAUKEE — The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion. Jacob Misiorowski brings his record-setting heat to the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night ...

76ers' rally to stun Cavaliers

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 32 points and Joel Embiid had 24 to help LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers wipe out a 29-point deficit in their home opener and stun the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106 on Thursday night. James had 17 points and 10 rebounds in the biggest comeback ...

Dream defense smothers Golden State

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Dream have imposed their will defensively on Golden State in the WNBA Finals so far, using their size and strength to dominate the Valkyries. That's helped them take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series after Wednesday night's 97-71 victory. Game 4 is on Saturday. Golden State has averaged only 68 points in the Finals — 14 below their regular season mark. After only forcing 10 turnovers in the Game 1 loss, Atlanta has turned up its pressure and that's led to easy points off its opponents miscues. Rhyne Howard, who has had back-to-back games with at least ...

Pens blank Black and Panthers

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh's Arturs Silovs stopped 25 shots to spoil the history-making debut of Florida counterpart Cooper Black as the Penguins beat the Panthers 4-0 on Thursday. Black, who at 6-foot-9 became the tallest goalie ever to appear in an NHL regular season game, made 18 saves but it wasn't enough to stop the Panthers from dropping their second game in as many nights. Nick Robertson scored twice for Pittsburgh. Hendrix Lapierre and Evgeni Malkin both finished with a goal and an assist as the Penguins shook off a miserable Western Conference road trip in which they were badly ...

Boardman opens playoffs with victory

BOARDMAN — As expected, Boardman had little trouble taking care of Cleveland St. Martin de Porres on Thursday to open the postseason. The fifth-seeded Spartans breezed past the 40th-seeded Lions in straight sets (25-3, 25-6, 25-8) to advance to the Division III, Northeast 4, district ...