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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Inside the night Dodgers became back-to-back World Series champs — TORONTO — A 66-year-old man with a pierced left ear and a backward cap stood in the outfield at Rogers Centre early Sunday morning and beheld all that surrounded him. Tri-color confetti littered the turf …
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Clayton Kershaw ended his career a World Series champion. And he had no idea. — TORONTO - Clayton Kershaw ended his storied career as a World Series champion. And he might have been the last guy to find out. — Kershaw, the greatest left-handed pitcher of his generation …
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Steve Simmons / Toronto Sun:
Were Blue Jays robbed? 'The ball wasn't lodged in the fence. I saw it.' — Even now, when he takes batting practice in the cage across the hall from the Blue Jays clubhouse, Davis Schneider closes his eyes and pretends it's the bottom of the ninth, seventh game of the World Series, two outs and he's the batter.
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Dodgers plan to start Ohtani in Game 7; Scherzer goes for Jays — TORONTO — With everything on the line Saturday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers plan to start Shohei Ohtani on short rest in Game 7. A final decision had not been made as of late Friday night, but the team is leaning in that direction.
Manny Randhawa / MLB.com:
9 first-timers highlight 2025 Gold Glove winners — The 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners were announced Sunday night on ESPN. — Established in 1957, the Gold Glove Award honors the best defensive player at each position in each league. The voting process is made up of MLB managers and coaches …
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Way-too-early 2026 MLB Power Rankings: Who's No. 1? — In a dramatic finish to the 2025 postseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in an extra-innings, winner-take-all Game 7 to become the first repeat World Series champions since the 2000 New York Yankees.
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Rockies Journal: Kris Bryant's career stuck in limbo as front-office decision nears — Bryant, who turns 34 in January, says he's not contemplating retiring from baseball despite playing just 170 games over the last three years — Every morning, Kris Bryant wakes up and tests his lower back …
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Dianna Russini / The Athletic:
18 NFL trade deadline nuggets I'm hearing, plus the tush push's kryptonite — I'm guilty of it. I think a lot of us are. — Doomscrolling on our phones, moving so fast we miss the good stuff. But this week, I slowed down, and what I saw reminded me there are a lot of big hearts in the NFL.
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Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
‘Ridiculousness’ Canceled at MTV After 46 Seasons — “Ridiculousness” has been canceled at MTV after 14 years and 46 seasons. — The comedy clip series, hosted by Rob Dyrdek, will continue into 2026 with previously shot first-run episodes, but no new episodes will be produced moving forward.
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
2025 World Series: Dynasty Yankees on how Dodgers can repeat — When Joe Torre was the manager of the last major league team to win back-to-back championships and the New York Yankees faced moments like the Los Angeles Dodgers face now, at the precipice of elimination, he would remind the players how great they were.
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Jeff Wilson / DLLS Sports:
Mike Maddux won't return to Texas Rangers in 2026, will join Angels — The coaching staff for new Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker won't include pitching coach Mike Maddux, who is leaving to join another new manager in the American League West. — After leading the Texas Rangers …
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