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The Double-A Texas League uses a split-season format, in which teams in first place at the halfway point get playoff berths. Then the standings reset and teams in first place at the end of the second half also earn playoff spots. MORE: Best MiLB states | Odd MiLB trades | 17-inning no-hitter | Fenced in | Peavy prank The Travs squeaked by Springfield via a tiebreaker to obtain the first-half spot, but their second half was so lousy it deflated their overall record to 62-78....

Ichiro still is on the roster in the Bronx, due $6.5 million for 2014. The 40-year-old outfielder is 258 hits away from 3,000 in his major league career after reaching the milestone of 4,000 combined in MLB and Japan this past season. That career highlight was a happy part of an otherwise lousy season, as Ichiro hit .262/.297/.342 with a career-low 136 hits for the season. With Beltran joining an outfield that includes fellow free agent signee Jacoby Ellsbury, as well as holdovers Brett Gardner and Alfonso Soriano, the Yankees have a choice to make between Ichiro and Vernon Wells, because they currently have six outfielders under contract....

Images of the beluga were shared to Facebook by Mario’s Tours, a whale watching tour operator. “Yes, it’s sad, the journey of this arctic beluga that travels thousands of miles and ends in Laguna Ojo de Hiere,” the company wrote in a post. “Still an extraordinary story. Many questions are in the air.” It was found on the shores of the Ojo de Liebre Lagoon, around 400 miles from San Diego....

“Unbelievably, you hear the defense lawyer, in her closing, say that Ahmaud Arbery had long legs with dirty toenails as if he was a runaway slave and [the defendants] were allowed to chase him and make him comply or kill him,” Crump told CNN on Wednesday. Attorney Laura Hogue, who is representing Greg McMichael in the case, prompted outrage in her closing arguments of the trial on Monday when she painted a disturbing image of Arbery as a “recurring nighttime intruder....

Shapiro was responding to a tweet that listed answers proferred by candidates when asked what they would ban if elected during Wednesday’s primary debate. Andrew Yang said ATVs, Kathryn Garcia said corn syrup while Maya Wiley said sugary drinks. Shapiro took to Twitter on Friday to point out what he saw as a glaring omission among the replies. “Notably, nobody said crime,” he wrote in a tweet that was promptly “ratioed,” amassing more than 6,700 replies....

“I don’t mind it,” James said of the comparisons on Friday. “Someone’s going to be compared to someone all the time, and I don’t mind him being compared to me. People not only recognizing what he does on the floor, but he’s a great kid, too. He has a great family, great support system, and that’s why he’s able to do what he (does) on the floor. MORE: Ranking NCAA’s best power forwards | SImmons not just passing through LSU...

Donning messy, bright-red lipstick and a discombobulated blonde wig, Yahr lip-syncs along with Carone’s testimony and gives her some mannerisms that highlight just how ridiculous her testimony is. “I wasn’t trying to [match her mannerisms]. I do these from an auditory point of view,” he told Newsweek in a phone call. “I wasn’t trying to emulate her exact gestures. I was trying to naturally do what the audio was telling me to do....

We’ve all been there. You’re excitedly headed to the airport to begin a relaxing vacation. Then suddenly, you realize you left something important behind. Your phone, or worse, your passport. For Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and his wife, Jordan, it was their luggage. MORE: We ranked the top 10 Super Bowl commercials | Interviews gone wild The pair were on their way to the airport Wednesday to catch a flight to Mexico when they realized the tailgate in their truck had been left down....

Cincinnati gifted Los Angeles great field position before the Rams’ second drive of the game. The Bengals had the ball at the Rams’ 49-yard line and were facing a third-and-1 on their first drive when Samaje Perine was stuffed for no gain on a carry up the middle. SUPER BOWL 56: Live updates, highlights from Rams vs. Bengals Coach Zac Taylor decided that the Bengals would go for it on the ensuing fourth-and-1....

Cincinnati’s only points of the game came on a 28-yard field goal by Randy Bullock on the final down of a four-play drive in the first quarter. It was that kind of night for quarterback Andy Dalton and a once-potent roster that has regressed each year since 2015. MORE: Bengals vs. Steelers final score: Steelers defense shuts down Bengals in win To put into context just how bad Cincinnati was offensively, we have to do some digging into recent “Monday Night Football” history....

Troubled linebacker Vontaze Burfict appeared to flip the double bird to a fan who is believed to have thrown beer toward Burfict during his team’s 16-12 loss to the Buffalo Bills at Paul Brown Stadium. Burfict’s gesture was caught by television cameras on Fox’s broadcast of the game. MORE: Missed extra points are awesome Whatever the circumstance, look for Burfict to be fined for his obscene gesture at some point this week....

However, the Bengals have some work to do in the interim, with taking care of business at Tampa Bay on Sunday a perhaps essential task for Marvin Lewis’ club. And this could be tricky for Cincinnati. Though the Buccaneers are just 2-9, they are still within two games of the NFC South lead, and seven of their nine defeats have been by one score or less. A week ago, Tampa Bay held a 10-0 lead at Chicago before falling 21-13....

Watson, the Saints tight end, spoke out on his Facebook page Monday in reaction to the controversy surrounding the shooting deaths last week of nine people in Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church. MORE: Byron Maxwell: Set ’trend of love’ in wake of Charleston shootings “It should not take the brutal, senseless killings of innocent black Americans in a church by a young white man, to ensure the removal of the confederate battle flag from the State House grounds where it has flown in proud defiance of the civil rights movement since the 1960’s,” Watson wrote....

Liverpool sit top of Group E and will qualify for the knockout stages with a win at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, while a point will be enough should Spartak Moscow lose to Maribor. Sevilla 7/4 to beat Reds Jurgen Klopp’s side boast plenty of talent in forward positions, with Mohamed Salah’s direct running and speed causing havoc in Saturday’s 3-0 victory over Southampton, a match in which the Egyptian scored twice....

Where Bernardo Silva fits in at City The 22-year-old former Monaco man will wear No. 20 for Pep Guardiola’s side after transferring in a £43 million deal. He tried on his new kit on City’s YouTube channel, revealing the number he will sport for the 2017-18 season. Silva’s move to the Etihad Stadium will be made official on July 1.

The Israeli military and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement, which appeared to be holding on Saturday as mediators held talks with both sides, according to Reuters. The 11-day conflict left more than 240 Palestinians dead, including 66 children, The Associated Press reported. More than 1,900 Palestinians were injured as well, while 12 people were killed in Israel—including a child and a teenager. Meanwhile, pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators have clashed in U....

“Today I am suspending my campaign. But while the campaign ends, the struggle for justice continues on,” Sanders tweeted. “As you all know, we have never been just a campaign. We are a grassroots, multi-racial, multi-generational movement which has always believed that real change never comes from the top on down but always from the bottom on up,” Sanders said in a virtual address to supporters. “While this campaign is coming to an end, this movement is not....

Manchin and Sanders briefly spoke to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol Building on Monday and suggested they could be on the path to reaching an agreement over the proposed $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act. The senators have clashed in public statements about the social spending bill in a feud that has reportedly caused concern for congressional Democrats as they work to pass Biden’s domestic agenda. In a video shared to Twitter by NBC News’ reporter Frank Thorp V on Monday, Sanders appeared to suggest the talks could be successful....

DxE held a similar protest Sunday at a Sanders rally in Carson City, Nevada, during which three women were arrested for indecent exposure after pouring fake blood from milk cartons on themselves. These protests come as Sanders campaigns in the days before the Nevada caucuses, scheduled to occur Saturday, and the California presidential primary, expected to happen in March. According to a press release from DxE, Sanders has a “decades-long legislative history of protecting the dairy industry....

The latest Emerson College poll, released on Sunday evening, shows Sanders leading the narrowing 2020 Democratic primary field with 28 percent of support from respondents in Iowa. Former Vice President Joe Biden followed behind in second place with support from 21 percent of likely caucusgoers, while former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Elizabeth Warren trailed behind in third and fourth, with 15 and 14 percent respectively. Senator Amy Klobuchar, who was the only other candidate in double digits, came in fifth with 11 percent....