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White Sox, Yankees to play at ‘Field of Dreams’ in 2020

Major League Baseball is going to build it — and the White Sox and Yankees are coming to Iowa. The Chicago White Sox will play the New York Yankees next

Kershaw remains unbeatable at home as Dodgers top Cardinals

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw continues to be not only consistent, but dominant for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The left-hander struck out nine in seven innings and notched his 11th win of the season as the Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 Tuesday night.

Kershaw (11-2) — who allowed only one run on four hits — has gone at least six innings in all 20 starts this season. For as strong as that is, what he has done at Dodger Stadium has been even better.

BACK ON TOP

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On Day Two of the 2019 CrossFit Games, Chloe Smith swept the Sandbag Triplet, completing a 90-ft. handstand walk, 30 calories on an air bike and a 90-ft., 140-lb. sandbag carry in two minutes and 32.05 seconds.

But Smith didn’t run off the mat to greet supporters. Instead she went to the side of the last girl standing and cheered her on, pushing her to complete the event before the five-minute time cap.

LSU’s Mawae, Robinson enter Pro Football Hall of Fame

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BATON ROUGE – Two former LSU standouts and football legends – center Kevin Mawae and halfback Johnny Robinson - were officially enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday in Canton, Ohio.

Mawae and Robinson were among a group of eight NFL all-time greats named to the 2019 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class.

Mawae and Robinson added their named to an elite list of former LSU football players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, joining Steve Van Buren (1965), Y.A. Tittle (1971) and Jimmy Taylor (1976) in the Hall.

Tony Gonsolin earns first win in Dodgers’ 8-0 rout of Cards

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Gonsolin struck out Paul Goldschmidt and left the Dodger Stadium mound to a raucous standing ovation after his sixth scoreless inning.

Although the rookie right-hander couldn’t have pitched much better in his second career start, Gonsolin knows he might have to do even more just to have a shot at sticking with Los Angeles for its playoff run.

The Dodgers are that loaded with talent as they steamroll toward October.

“This is a pleasant problem,” manager Dave Roberts said with a grin.

Red Sox beat Royals 7-5, snap 8-game losing streak

BOSTON (AP) — Rick Porcello pitched six innings of one-run ball, Sam Travis hit a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox halted their eight-game losing streak with a 7-5 victory over the struggling Kansas City Royals on Monday night.

Rafael Devers added a solo shot for the Red Sox. Travis’ gave Boston a homer in a club-record 18 straight games in Fenway Park. The old mark was set in 1969.

Bubba Starling, Meibrys Viloria and Cheslor Cuthbert each went deep for Kansas City, with Viloria’s his first homer in the majors and Starling’s a three-run shot.

Third annual Tiger 10K registration opens

BATON ROUGE – Registration for the Third-Annual Tiger 10K opens on Monday, August 5, at noon CT. The event, which features a 10K, 5K and a Kids Mile, will take place Sunday, Dec. 8, at the south gates of Tiger Stadium.

The Gueringer era begins

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WELSH – The Welsh Greyhounds are coming off back-to-back trips to the Class 2A state championship game, the first resulting in a Class 2A state title. However, 2019 rings in a new era in Greyhound football as Welsh native Cody Gueringer takes the reins of the program following the departure of John Richardson to Westlake High. A ton of new faces will don the black and red this season following a heavy departure of contributors to the Hounds’ 2018 runner-up team, but Gueringer will not start without a lack of talent and lots of enthusiasm.

BULLDOGS AIMING FOR BOUNCE-BACK YEAR

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When speaking of high school football in Southwest Louisiana, Jennings High School (JHS) has indeed placed itself in the upper echelon of schools when it comes to building a program that has maintained stability over the course of time. As yet another group of Bulldogs prepare for the 2019 season, legendary JHS Head Coach Rusty Phelps also enters his 24th year at the school primed to continue the tradition that is Bulldog Football.

Favorable schedule benefits Tigers in 2019

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(Editor’s Note) This is the third in a three-part series previewing the 2019 LSU Football Season. BATON ROUGE – Heading into last season, the LSU Tigers were in desperate need