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Ventura threw at Machado because that is what Ventura does, apparently. At 25, with an American League pennant and a World Series ring to his name, you can’t call it youthful indiscretion or learning the ropes anymore. He should know better by now, and clearly he does not. Machado is 23, and given his own experience brawling with the A’s two years ago, he, too, should know better than to do what he did, charging the mound and raining punches on the head of his aggressor....

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As he prepares for Monday night’s exhibition in Washington, a game that could decide whether he or Brian Hoyer start the regular season opener at Pittsburgh on Sept. 7, Manziel said he’s still got a lot to learn. “I don’t think I’m ready for Pittsburgh right now,” he said. Manziel, though, was quick to point out that he’s made progress during training camp and expects to get better in Cleveland’s offense....

The media blitz harked back to the Maoist mind-control campaigns of the 1960s. Horror stories about Falun Gong practitioners, like the tale of the teenager who killed his parents with a foot-long knife because he thought they were demons, peppered endless propaganda reports. The party sent hundreds of its members who had practiced Falun Gong to re-education seminars, and the People’s Liberation Army reported that a “vast number” of soldiers were “studying theories, refuting fallacies, distinguishing between right and wrong and fostering healthy trends....

On Sunday, Kadri was sent home by interim coach Peter Horachek after oversleeping and arriving 20 minutes late to practice. The Leafs’ seventh overall pick of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft now faces the consequences of his actions. MORE: The race for last | Must-see Semin goal “He missed the meeting so I sent him home,” Horachek told The Toronto Star. “Obviously, we’re pretty disappointed with that kind of effort or that kind of attitude, that approach to the game....

Makelele joins Swansea Icardi made his Argentina debut a World Cup qualifier against Uruguay in 2013, but has yet to make another appearance for the national team. The 23-year-old was the joint highest-scoring player in Serie A in 2014-15 – his 22 goals matched only by Luca Toni – and has found the net 14 times in the top flight this term, but is yet to feature under Edgardo Bauza....

That said, the game is indeed happening (Jan. 25 in Columbus) and players will, in fact, be on the roster. Not Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard, though; he’s expected to miss 2-4 weeks with a slight groin tear, which means that the league will have to find someone to replace him. MORE: Full rosters for the NHL All-Star Game Howard (.920 save percentage, 2.11 goals-against average, 16-7-7, two shutouts) was one of the five goalies selected for the roster behind fan choice Corey Crawford....

The Real Madrid left-back lasted just 10 minutes of Brazil’s 2-0 Group E win over Serbia, when he was forced off with back spasms and replaced by Filipe Luis. Marcelo subsequently missed the 2-0 defeat of Mexico in the last 16 and Filipe Luis generally looked assured, even if Hirving Lozano caused him a few issues. Tite did not confirm whether or not Marcelo will return to his starting XI, but he is ready to make a comeback in Kazan....

The First Four games will be played Tuesday and Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio, with first- and second-round games beginning on Thursday. The first- and second-round games will take place at various sites, including Providence, R.I., Des Moines, Iowa, Raleigh, N.C., Denver, Colo., St. Louis, Mo., Oklahoma City, Okla., and Spokane, Wash. MORE: South bracket | East bracket | West bracket Following the first and second rounds, the Midwest Regional finals will commence in Chicago along with the East Regional, West Regional and South Regional in Louisville, Ky....

Here are four largely unknown stars who could become national darlings when the NCAA Tournament kicks off this week. MORE: These players could make or break your bracket | Does your national championship pick have what it takes to win it all? F Chris Horton, Austin Peay (18.9 ppg, 12.0 rpg) Austin Peay wasn’t supposed to win the Ohio Valley Conference, but Horton willed the Governors through the conference tournament as the No....

Illinois was the last team to lose in Thursday’s second round. Indiana was the first. They are responsible for half of the defeats on the Spartans’ resume, and it is those games that likely will keep Michigan State from claiming a No. 1 seed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament. MORE: Sporting News’ March Madness Center As long as the word “likely” is embedded in that sentence, however, Michigan State will attempt to continue its climb....

Calipari didn’t start Quickley together with freshman Tyrese Maxey and sophomore Ashton Hagans until the Wildcats played Georgia Tech on Dec. 14. It didn’t become a permanent arrangement until a month later, when they traveled to Arkansas, fresh off of a disappointing loss at South Carolina and looking a little desperate. Kentucky has lost once since, winning 12 of 13 and Saturday clinching a Southeastern Conference regular-season championship with a 73-66 decision over Auburn....

It happened in 2019, when Ohio State faced Indiana in a second-round Big Ten Tournament game that bracket analysts identified as one in which the winner would have a strong chance of being included in the field and the loser almost certainly would fall short. MORE: March Madness predictions: SN’s latest Field of 68 The Buckeyes entered that showdown with an 18-13 record and left at 19-13. They made it....

She recalls waking up in Dallas before Loyola-Chicago’s first NCAA Tournament game in 33 years and realizing: “Oh my goodness, this is for real. It’s not a dream.” It sure seemed like one. Loyola’s stunning run to the Final Four charmed the nation and turned a lovable nun and team chaplain into — as she puts it — an international celebrity at age 98. And as a new season approaches, Sister Jean can’t help but look back on all those shining moments....

This became apparent in the first village we visited, called Kuquan (Crying Springs), on the road from Xian to Yanan, deep in Shaanxi province. It seemed a prosperous place; the corn had just been harvested and was drying along the roadside, a riot of autumnal yellow orange. We were greeted by an elderly woman named Sung Aiying, who ran a little store–canned goods, rice, toys and candy. She lived in a room behind the store with her latest purchase, a black-and-white television set (about $50)....

For standing up himself when he was confronted by Casey Mears Saturday night at Richmond. And for standing up for himself in explaining and defending his actions on Thursday. MORE: Ambrose: I don’t apologize | Mears: He got me good | Petty not happy with fine Don’t get me wrong, what Ambrose did was, on the surface, wrong. You can’t have drivers going around punching each other in the face, no matter how angry or passionate they are....

Martial takes his chance for superb Utd The Old Trafford outfit have regularly set new benchmarks since the Premier League’s inception in 1992 and have now added another to the list. Goals in either half from Juan Mata and Anthony Martial secured the points for United, with the win taking the club a single point behind local rivals Manchester City in fifth and extending their unbeaten league run to 16 matches....

According to talkSPORT, the Red Devils were interested in signing Spanish striker Alvaro Morata. However, Erik ten Hag’s side have seemingly switched focus to his Atletico Madrid teammate Matheus Cunha. Cunha spent one-and-a-half season with German giants RB Leipzig before moving to Hertha Berlin in January 2020. He rose to prominence during his time with the Bundesliga club, scoring 13 goals in 40 appearances in all competitions. Atletico Madrid signed the Brazilian for €26 million in the summer of 2021....

It’s fair to say that most long time supporters of the club were skeptical of the club’s ambitions in the transfer market and even doubted if the amount quoted was available, given United’s debt servicing. But as the long and gruelling transfer window slammed shut on September 1, the fans cannot complain about money not being spent. United have spent a whooping £160 million in one transfer window buying some very exciting talent....

Earlier this year in January, O’Riley, 21, was playing in the third tier of English football for League One side MK Dons. Celtic swooped in for him in the winter transfer window and signed him for a nominal fee of £1.5 million. Now, with a big club like Manchester United monitoring his development, the midfielder’s stock is bound to rise. The London-born midfielder, who collected five caps in total at the youth level for England, switched his allegiance to Denmark earlier this year....