PHILADELPHIA – Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said Maikel Franco was not in Tuesday night’s lineup against the Dodgers at Citizens Bank Park because he did not run to first base on a ground ball to Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner with the bases loaded and two outs in the third


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Sort all of MLB’s non-division leaders by their distance from first place, and a clear, albeit curious, pattern arises. The first team—the closest to first place—through Monday’s games is the Cardinals, two games back of the NL Central–leading Cubs. Second is the Brewers, also in the NL Central, at 2.5 games back. Third is the…


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Former South African soccer star Marc Batchelor was fatally shot near his home in Johannesburg, police said Tuesday. Batchelor, a striker who played for the Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa’s Premier Soccer League, was shot several times, South Africa police spokesman Col. Lungelo Dlamini told South African Broadcasting Corporation.


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Cincinnati’s Major League Soccer team unveiled plans Tuesday for a $250 million stadium, the latest in a wave of more intimate, soccer-only stadiums sweeping the U.S. The 26,000-seat stadium will include an enclosed canopy roof wrapping around the entire stadium and protecting every seat from rain, sleet or snow.


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Professional soccer player Megan Rapinoe co-captains the national team (they just won the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, NBD) and captains Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League. She’s also an LGBTQ+ advocate and outspoken voice for pay equality in her sport. So yeah, she’s pretty damn cool. Here’s what she eats in a…


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