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Baltimore still had to play well to beat those teams, and as much good fortune as there may have been in having rivals stumble, the Orioles stood on the necks of those downtrodden foes, going 47-29 within the division en route to a 96-66 overall record. ALDS: Photos | Avila leaves game | Orioles win challenge on squeeze | The Orioles don’t have elite starting pitching, don’t have big names in the bullpen, and don’t have a lot of offensive diversity, having led the majors with 211 homers, but tied for 17th with a ....

He finally got a chance to see it from the same dugout. MORE: Box score | Spector: Unwritten rule broken? | A’s even series with Tigers | "I like it a lot better on this side, that's for sure," Lackey said after Ortiz hit two homers to lead the Red Sox to a 7-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday and give Boston a 2-0 lead in the AL division series....

More: The 15 best baseball movies of all time, ranked When is the AL Division Series? What is the TV schedule for the ALDS? ALDS 1 Game 1: Rangers at Blue Jays, Thursday, 3:37 p.m. or 4:07 p.m., | Fox Sports 1 Game 2: Rangers at Blue Jays, Friday, 12:45 p.m. | MLB Network Game 3: Blue Jays at Rangers, Sunday, 8:10 p.m. | Fos Sports 1 ALDS 2...

On October 21, star and producer Baldwin was handed a gun that went off during rehearsals on the movie’s New Mexico set, leading to the accidental killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and the injury of writer-director Joel Souza. As a police investigation into the incident continues, the actor took to his Instagram account on Friday to share a message thanking fans for their support. “I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all the people who sent me such kind words and best wishes and strength and hope and prayers and so forth,” the 30 Rock star said in the self-shot clip....

Azar made the comments on the day that the country’s mass vaccination campaign began, with Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus shot—the first to be approved in the U.S.—administered to Americans this morning. While high-risk groups such as health care workers and the elderly will be in line to receive COVID-19 vaccines first, Azar told NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie that the general population would likely have access to them by “late February going into March,” comparing the situation to the availability of flu vaccines....

Jones was seeking dismissal of the defamation case filed against him by Sandy Hook shooting victim father Neil Heslin. InfoWars contributor Owen Shroyer has said Heslin’s claims that he held his son as he died after the shooting are untrue. “He’s claiming that he held his son and saw the bullet hole in his head,” Shroyer said on InfoWars. “That is not possible.” Newsweek reached out to Jones’ counsel, Austin attorney T....

Morgan has been sidelined since April, when she suffered a bone bruise in her left knee. But according to ESPNW, Morgan practiced fully with the team on Saturday, and is nearing 100 percent for the tournament. MORE: USA vs. Australia game preview and info | Nike unveils USA hype video | Germany coach critical of Hope Solo Morgan’s last appearance for the U.S. came on April 4 in a 4-0 win over New Zealand, and her last competitive match was on April 11, when she played 75 minutes for the NWSL’s Portland Thorns....

Tuesday found Ovechkin scoring his 50th goal, which came as his Washington Capitals moved closer to the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins as those teams vie for second place in the Metropolitan Division. MORE: Latest on playoff race | Stanley Cup odds | Lightning clinch playoff berth The latter is more important than the former, but it’s clear they are united in purpose. Ovechkin, a monster talent, is carrying the Capitals into the playoffs....

The Capitals captain entered Saturday’s season finale against the Devils with 47 goals and a comfortable lead over Patrik Laine, aka Alex Ovechkin Jr., for a seventh career Rocket Richard Trophy. Hardly satisfied, Ovechkin set off on a no-holds-barred mission for 50. Godspeed to any man who got in his way. True to form, Ovechkin wasted only 2:21 to strike for No. 48. Teams still somehow fail to account for him in the left face-off circle....

The Yankees infielder slammed a solo home run at the top of the eighth inning to give the Yankees a 3-2 win, and it was certainly a memorable moment. MORE: Rodriguez ties Mays with home run No. 660 | Every team’s most beloved player | MVP Watch: Adam Jones “I got emotional there,’’ Rodriguez said, via the New York Post. “I was thinking about my girls, I was wondering if they were sleeping back home, all the folks that stayed with me through the last few years....

Rodriguez hit No. 660 Friday night at Fenway Park. Batting in the eighth inning as a pinch hitter, the Yankees slugger lined a 3-0 pitch by the Red Sox’s Junichi Tazawa over the Green Monster in left field. MORE: A-Rod through the years | Will Yankees pay bonus? | ‘Don’t have a marketing degree’ | ‘One long boo for 15 years’ A fan caught the ball, then immediately (and repeatedly) made the thumbs-down gesture....

His season ended Sunday night with the Capitals’ 3-1 loss to the Bruins in Game 5 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. Washington lost four in a row after winning Game 1 in overtime. Ovechkin’s 13-year, $124 million contract is up. He didn’t want to discuss his pending free agency following the loss. “We just lost in a playoff series,” Ovechkin said, per JJ Regan of NBC Sports Washington....

Earlier that day, Trump had railed against the four representatives in a tweet, saying: “I don’t believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country.” “They should apologize to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful) things they have said,” he continued. “They are destroying the Democrat Party, but are weak & insecure people who can never destroy our great Nation!” Responding to Trump’s tweet, Ocasio-Cortez questioned who really is not “capable of loving our Country,” as she championed the policy initiatives rolled out by herself and the three other progressive colleagues targeted by Trump....

“What is wrong is that he came at the worst moment of the season, in the winter market,” Mourinho claimed. “That’s why I don’t like the winter market very much. I think it was a chance that we didn’t want to lose and we made it, but we don’t believe a lot in the winter market. “For sure, next season will be better for him.” But, as United prepare to face Sevilla in the second leg of their Champions League round-of-16 clash on Tuesday having drawn 0-0 in Spain, they need to start getting more out of the former Arsenal and Barcelona attacker....

Alfredsson scored an empty-net goal and added an assist in his return to Ottawa, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the host Senators 4-2 on Sunday night. Alfredsson, the former longtime captain of the Senators, wasn't primarily responsible for Ottawa's second straight loss and fourth consecutive at home, but he helped contribute to the continuation of his ex-team's woes. "The result makes it a lot sweeter," said Alfredsson, who was named the third star....

The woman, who has been identified in media reports by her surname Zhou, was dismissed from the company on November 25 after accusing her then-boss, Wang Chengwe, of sexually assaulting her in July. The case gripped China this year, featured prominently in China’s #MeToo movement and highlighted the difficulties Chinese women often face in assault allegations. According to dismissal documents released Sunday, Alibaba said Zhou’s removal was the result of her spreading false information and claiming that the company was aware of the situation but did nothing, the Wall Street Journal reported....

The alleged breakthrough in Bob is “social computing,” a term coined by two Stanford communications professors. Its goal is getting people to “use the same social rules for interactions with a computer as for interactions with another person.” But Microsoft says it didn’t want humanoid figures in Bob-it feared users would somehow assume these were as smart as people, and ask them questions they couldn’t answer. So instead, users of Bob submit to the wisdom of talking dogs, dinosaurs, worms and turtles....

After announcing its upcoming shows will be relocated, Wednesday night’s episode of Dynamite will be a special one. It’s not completely clear how AEW will handle the show—whether it’ll be in front of a small audience or no crowd at all—but fans will want to tune in as there are some major developments expected. The first is the identity of the “Exalted One,” the leader of the Dark Order. There are plenty of suspicions and speculation as to who this mysterious figure is....

Stars LeBron James, Paul George, Stephen Curry and others danced and sang to the sounds.