Author: JamesMcGhee

Phillies sweep Rays, move to season-high 30 games over .500 originally appeared on NBC Sports PhiladelphiaHe was not in the starting lineup on Wednesday when he reported to the stadium, but hours later the birthday boy Weston Wilson delivered for the Phillies with a dribbler down the third base line that won them a game and completed a sweep.Wilson started at third base after Kyle Schwarber was scratched from the initial composition due to the elbow contusion he suffered on Tuesday evening. Bryce Harper moved to DH and Kody Clemens slid across the diamond to first base. Batting with two…

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JK Dobbins would never say that his triumphant return to the field a year after suffering a torn Achilles tendon was satisfying. Chargers The running back wouldn’t even say that running for 135 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 1 was emotional.He has bigger plans.“I knew I worked so hard,” Dobbins said after the game. “I knew it was going to show. I knew my prayers were going to be answered.”After playing for the chargers In Week 1, Dobbins could become the first Chargers running back to start a season with two…

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No mega-deal with Warriors puts Wiggins, Kuminga in spotlight originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay AreaAssuming the core of the roster remains intact over the next 19 days, the Warriors will open training camp with just two players, Stephen Curry And Draymond Greensure to be up for it.We know what Curry has done and can still do. We know what Green has done, and can still do, for the most part, when he’s available.What neither we nor the warriors know is what they will get from Andrew Wigginswho has a 99 percent chance of starting. The same goes for Jonathan…

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Sonay Kartal was knocked out of the US Open in the final round of qualifying (Getty Images)Britain’s Sonay Kartal beat Japan’s Mai Hontama in three sets at the Jasmin Open in Tunisia to reach her first career WTA quarter-final.British number four Kartal qualified for the last 16 with a resounding 6-2 6-2 victory.The 22-year-old from Brighton is ranked 46 places below Hontama, at 151st in the world.She took a 3-0 lead in both sets and won each set despite her opponent managing to come back.Beating Hontama means she will face either No. 3 seed Diane Parri or world No. 130…

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Roman Anthony Takes No. 1 Spot in Baseball America’s Prospect Rankings originally appeared on NBC Sports BostonThe Boston Red Sox officially have the number 1 prospect in baseball.Roman Anthony took first place in Baseball America’s Top 100 Players Ranking following The Tampa Bay Rays infielder Junior CamineroPosition players are no longer considered prospects after reaching 130 MLB at-bats, which Caminero accomplished on Tuesday.The Red Sox selected Anthony in the second round of the 2022 draft. Since then, the 20-year-old has done nothing but rack up points. He finished his first full professional season with Portland in Double-A and has carried…

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If Deshaun Watson was written by the The Cleveland Brownsor signed there on a reasonable contract, he probably would have been benched last Sunday. And he probably would be benched for this weekend’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars and the foreseeable future too.The Browns are too deep in the pot to do that right now. They gave up a ton of draft picks to trade Watson and then signed him to a fully guaranteed $230 million contract. And the Browns got very little out of that investment other than terrible headlines, including another one Monday for a civil suit over…

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Jonathan Marchessault joined The Cam and Strick Podcast and discussed everything that happened in the process that led to his leaving the Las Vegas Golden Knights and join the Nashville Predators.The 33-year-old, who wasn’t exactly a fit with the team, leads the franchise in games played, goals, assists and points but failed to reach an agreement with the Golden Knights.”In Vegas, I called the general manager (Kelly McCrimmon) on Friday, I called the president (George McPhee) on Saturday, and I said, ‘What’s going on, what do you want to do? I need to know are you really going to let…

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