Mike Fiers Exits With Right Arm Nerve Irritation  —  9:31 pm: The club has announced that Fiers was pulled with “right arm nerve irritation”.  As Slusser points out, that descriptor can foreshadow a wide range of possible outcomes and recovery timetables; Brett Anderson was sidelined briefly …

Greinke finally gets win over old club, Astros top Royals  —  Zack Greinke finally beat his old club and  —  Yordan Alvarez belted a pinch-hit three-run homer as the  —  Kansas City Royals 6-1 on Saturday night.  —  Alex Bregman hit his 36th homer and rookie  —  Kyle Tucker was 4-for-4 for the AL West-leading Astros.

Paxton wins 9th straight start as Yankees rout Jays 13-3  —  James Paxton pitched five innings to win his ninth straight start,  —  Brett Gardner homered twice and drove in five runs and the  —  New York Yankees hit five homers in a 13-3 win over the  —  Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.

Brett Kavanaugh Fit In With the Privileged Kids.  She Did Not.  —  Deborah Ramirez's Yale experience says much about the college's efforts to diversify its student body in the 1980s.  —  Deborah Ramirez had the grades to go to Yale in 1983.  But she wasn't prepared for what she'd find there.

Charlie Culberson Fractures Cheek Bone  —  Sunday: Culberson fractured a bone in his cheek on the play, tweets David O'Brien of the Athletic.  There is no other information yet available about the full extent of Culberson's injuries or his timetable for a return.

METRO SPORTS BUSINESS OPINION RHODE ISLAND POLITICS LIFESTYLE MARIJUANA ARTS MAGAZINE CARS REAL ESTATE EVENTS  —  It was painless at first, the bullet that ripped through David Ortiz's torso and lodged in his friend's leg.  —  “I felt a burning sensation,” Ortiz told the Globe …

Steelers great Terry Bradshaw rips Antonio Brown: 'I wouldn't throw to him'  —  Terry Bradshaw regularly threw passes to a pair of fellow Hall of Famer in wide receivers Lynn Swann and John Stallworth while the Pittsburgh Steelers were winning four Super Bowls in the 1970s.

D'Arnaud's 3-run double sends streaking Rays past Angels 3-1  —  Travis d'Arnaud broke open a scoreless game with a three-run double in the sixth inning, and the  —  Tampa Bay Rays improved their standing in the AL wild card race with their 13th win in 16 games, 3-1 over the

Hicks, Reyes power Tigers past Orioles in 12 innings 8-4  —  Victor Reyes hit a tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning and  —  John Hicks had the game-winning grand slam in the 12th to lift the  —  Detroit Tigers to an 8-4 victory over the  —  Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.

Mike Hazen no longer a Red Sox GM candidate after Diamondbacks contract extension  —  Red Sox' list of possible Dave Dombrowski replacements.  —  The  —  Diamondbacks general manager, who once served under Dombrowski in Boston, signed a contract extension on Friday to stay in Arizona, per Steve Gilbert of MLB.com.