Новости за 26.09.2016

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays struck out in record fashion and lost their home finale on a strange play at the plate. Dustin Pedroia used nifty baserunning to score from first base on David Ortiz’s double in the 10th inning and the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox beat the Rays 3-2 on

NEW ORLEANS — In royal fashion, New Orleans’ own Queen of Bounce brought out Houston’s own Queen Bey at the Superdome. Big Freedia tells NOLA.com ‘ The Times-Picayune (http://bit.ly/2d1jeSo ) that she was asked to go onstage shortly before the start of Saturday’s night’s concert. In her words, “Well, they’re very secretive about everything so

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Grayson Murray won the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship on Sunday and Cameron Smith and Kevin Tway wrapped up PGA Tour cards. Already guaranteed a PGA Tour card with an 18th-place finish on the Web.com Tour’s regular-season money list, Murray closed with a 3-under 68 to beat Smith by a stroke in the

LAFAYETTE, La. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana says a man has been unconstitutionally arrested in Lafayette on a charge of desecrating the American flag by setting one afire and tearing up another. Online jail records indicate that 57-year-old Charri Mohamad was held Sunday on charges of flag desecration and entering or refusing

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Odell Beckham Jr. and Josh Norman believe they are being picked on. Not by each other, but by the NFL. No more infamy was the NFL’s message to Beckham and Norman. Before Sunday’s game between the Giants and Redskins, referee John Hussey and field judge Rick Patterson delivered explicit instructions on

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins are guaranteed the worst record in baseball. Max Kepler homered and Robbie Grossman had three hits, but Minnesota lost 4-3 to Seattle on Sunday for its 100th loss. This is the second time in team history the Twins have had triple-digit losses: The 1982 squad finished 60-102. “It’s going to

SEATTLE — Russell Wilson is already dealing with more injuries in the first three weeks of the 2016 season than the first four years of his career. This time, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback got lucky. Wilson threw for 243 yards and a touchdown before suffering a left knee injury and the Seattle Seahawks rolled to

SHREVEPORT, La. — Shreveport police are investigating posts to a large neighborhood watch group suggesting recent car break-ins are reason to watch young, black men or teens, and even for so-called “vigilante justice.” Police confirmed on Thursday that they’re investigating some of the posts made to the Facebook page called “Broadmoor Neighbors in Shreveport,” The

LAS VEGAS — A man shot another man dead Sunday inside a Las Vegas Starbucks and the suspect left along with people being evacuated but was arrested later, police said. At least a dozen customers and workers were inside the store when the suspect got into an argument with the victim and opened fire, said

MILWAUKEE — For seven innings, the Milwaukee Brewers couldn’t hit with runners in scoring position. The last two innings they couldn’t hit. Period. Brandon Finnegan pitched five scoreless innings, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-2 victory over the Brewers on Sunday. Finnegan (10-11) scattered three hits and struck out four, needing only 54 pitches

ATLANTA — Rory McIlroy holed two shots on the 16th hole at East Lake that made him a most unlikely FedEx Cup champion on Sunday. The first one he didn’t even see go in. Three shots behind with three holes to play at the Tour Championship, McIlroy holed a pitching wedge from 137 yards for

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Adam Gase’s shirt remained dry following his first victory as a head coach because he was hot under the collar. The Miami Dolphins coach was in no mood to celebrate after his team eked out an unsightly 30-24 win Sunday against the woebegone Cleveland Browns. When Jay Ajayi scored the winning

NEW YORK — Jake Thompson won’t pitch again for the Phillies this season. Based on Sunday’s 17-0 implosion at the New York Mets, it appears Philadelphia’s bullpen already went home for the winter. Among players acquired in last year’s trade that sent Cole Hamels to Texas, Thompson (3-6) allowed three runs and five hits in

CARSON, Calif. — Jordan Morris scored his 11th and 12th goals of his rookie season and the Seattle Sounders beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 4-2 on Sunday to snap an 11-game road winless streak in the series. Seattle (11-13-5) remained in seventh place, three points behind rival Portland for the final playoff spot. Los Angeles

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Oakland Raiders are giving up yards like this franchise has never done before, leaving plenty for coach Jack Del Rio to clean up. Making corrections is so much easier, though, with the Raiders 2-1. Oakland beat Tennessee 17-10 Sunday despite allowing the Titans to roll up 393 yards total offense, with

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Nearly an hour after the game ended, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles sat slumped at his locker. Coach Gus Bradley stopped by, put a hand on Bortles’ head and whispered something in his ear. Bradley stayed for a few minutes, long enough to know how hard Bortles was taking the team’s latest

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Rangers’ impressive stretch of scoreless innings by the pitching staff ended with an emphatic thud Sunday. More importantly, manager Jeff Banister’s ballclub missed a chance to hang onto its lead in the race for home-field advantage in the playoffs. Not that there’s much concern in Texas’ clubhouse. With their final six

CINCINNATI — The Broncos went right at Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones, and got him. Denver put in several plays designed specifically to get Jones caught out of position, and they wound up with a pair of long touchdown passes during a 29-17 win over Cincinnati on Sunday. Jones, the Bengals’ top cornerback, fumbled a

FULLERTON, Calif. — The Latest on the investigation into a triple homicide at a Southern California home (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Police have arrested two men and detained a 17-year-old girl in connection with the killing of three people inside a Southern California home over the weekend. Fullerton police Sgt. Jon Radus would not

CLOVERDALE, Calif. — A wildfire that erupted amid hot, dry conditions and gusty winds in Sonoma County north of San Francisco has sent about 90 people fleeing from their homes. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the blaze in rural Cloverdale began Sunday morning and spread to 1,500 acres (607 hectares), or

BALTIMORE — The Arizona Diamondbacks got another encouraging start from one of their young pitchers. The offense, however, came up short once again. Hyun Soo Kim hit his fifth home run, a two-run shot in the second inning off Braden Shipley, and the Baltimore Orioles completed a three-game sweep of Arizona with a 2-1 victory

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants center Weston Richburg became the first NFL player ejected under a new rule after drawing two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties Sunday in a 29-27 loss to Washington. Under the rule that, coincidentally, derives from incidents last season involving Richburg’s Giants teammate Odell Beckham Jr., a player can be thrown

TORONTO — The Blue Jays are known for their powerful offense. On Sunday, they came up big with a dose of small ball. Ezequiel Carrera drove in the tying run with a squeeze bunt in the ninth inning, Edwin Encarnacion hit a winning single and Toronto held its AL wild-card lead, rallying past the New

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — There is good news for Cleveland, in that the Indians are on the verge of clinching the AL Central and the NBA champion Cavaliers open training camp this week. For now, that’ll have to be enough. Beaten down by injuries and beaten again on the field, despite a statistically most-unique effort

WASHINGTON — The photo on several District of Columbia hotel websites was supposed to entice visitors with the beauty of the capitol building at sunset. The only problem? The image depicted the Wisconsin State Capitol, not the U.S. Capitol. The Washington Post reports (http://wapo.st/2d3XqEd) that at least five Washington-area hotels accidently used photos on their