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Los Angeles Angels’ Kole Calhoun, right, hits a solo home run with Seattle Mariners catcher Mike Zunino watching during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018.

Calhoun, Upton homers lead Angels past Mariners

Los Angeles Angels’ Kole Calhoun, right, hits a solo home run with Seattle Mariners catcher Mike Zunino watching during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018.

September 16, 2018, 5:15pm National Sports

Kole Calhoun hit a two-run homer and Justin Upton homered in his third straight game as the Los Angeles Angels avoided a four-game sweep with a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. Read story

Brad Keselowski drives past the start/finish line during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in Las Vegas.

Keselowski wins NASCAR playoff opener

Brad Keselowski drives past the start/finish line during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in Las Vegas.

September 16, 2018, 5:13pm National Sports

Brad Keselowski raced to his third consecutive NASCAR Cup victory Sunday, persevering through a wreck-filled Sunday afternoon and roaring away from the field in overtime to claim the playoff opener. Read story

Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano connects for a three-run double during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C.

Cano’s three-run double lifts Mariners past Angels 6-5

Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano connects for a three-run double during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C.

September 15, 2018, 11:05pm National Sports

Seattle assured itself a winning season with another one-run victory Saturday night. It’s still holding out hope to accomplish more than that. Read story

Canelo Alvarez poses for a photo with referee Benjy Esteves Jr., right, after defeating Gennady Golovkin by majority decision in a middleweight title boxing match, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Las Vegas.

Alvarez wins narrow decision for middleweight title

Canelo Alvarez poses for a photo with referee Benjy Esteves Jr., right, after defeating Gennady Golovkin by majority decision in a middleweight title boxing match, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Las Vegas.

September 15, 2018, 10:31pm National Sports

Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin fought 24 rounds in the space of a year, with little to pick between them. When the scorecards were totaled Saturday night, though, the judges crowned a new middleweight champion of the world — but just barely. Read story

Cleveland Indians’ Brandon Barnes celebrates after the Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 15-0 to clinch the American League Central Division, in a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Cleveland.

Indians win third straight AL Central title

Cleveland Indians’ Brandon Barnes celebrates after the Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 15-0 to clinch the American League Central Division, in a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Cleveland.

September 15, 2018, 8:25pm National Sports

Unchallenged for months, the Cleveland Indians clinched their third straight AL Central title with a 15-0 blowout on Saturday of the Detroit Tigers, who made four errors and managed only two hits. Read story

FILE - In this is a Feb. 3, 2017, file photo Jemele Hill attends ESPN: The Party 2017 in Houston, Texas. The outspoken ESPN personality has announced she is leaving the company. Hill attracted attention last year and was briefly suspended for opinionated messages on social media, including a reference to President Donald Trump as a “white supremacist.” She tweeted Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, that it was her last day at ESPN.

Anchor who called Trump a white supremacist leaving ESPN

FILE - In this is a Feb. 3, 2017, file photo Jemele Hill attends ESPN: The Party 2017 in Houston, Texas. The outspoken ESPN personality has announced she is leaving the company. Hill attracted attention last year and was briefly suspended for opinionated messages on social media, including a reference to President Donald Trump as a “white supremacist.” She tweeted Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, that it was her last day at ESPN.

September 14, 2018, 10:43am Entertainment

Outspoken ESPN personality Jemele Hill announced Friday that she is leaving the company after 12 years as a commentator, anchor, reporter and writer. Read story

Seattle Storm forward Breanna Stewart, back, celebrates and hugs guard Sue Bird (10) after Game 3 of the WNBA basketball finals against the Washington Mystics, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Fairfax, Va. The Storm won 98-82.

Seattle storms to another WNBA title

Seattle Storm forward Breanna Stewart, back, celebrates and hugs guard Sue Bird (10) after Game 3 of the WNBA basketball finals against the Washington Mystics, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Fairfax, Va. The Storm won 98-82.

September 12, 2018, 10:17pm National Sports

Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart fretted following the regular-season opener after the Seattle Storm lost at home to the Phoenix Mercury. Read story

NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (2) celebrates after winning the NASCAR Brickyard 400 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Indianapolis Monday, Sept. 10, 2018.

Keselowski makes it a Penske sweep at Indianapolis

NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (2) celebrates after winning the NASCAR Brickyard 400 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Indianapolis Monday, Sept. 10, 2018.

September 10, 2018, 6:07pm National Sports

Brad Keselowski snatched victory from Denny Hamlin in the final laps of the Brickyard 400 on Monday to give Roger Penske a sweep this year at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Read story

Keegan Bradley putts for the win in the playoff hole during the BMW Championship golf tournament at the Aronimink Golf Club, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in Newtown Square, Pa. Bradley held off Justin Rose in a sudden-death playoff to win the rain-plagued BMW Championship for his first PGA Tour victory in six years.

Bradley holds off Rose in playoff to win at Aronimink

Keegan Bradley putts for the win in the playoff hole during the BMW Championship golf tournament at the Aronimink Golf Club, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in Newtown Square, Pa. Bradley held off Justin Rose in a sudden-death playoff to win the rain-plagued BMW Championship for his first PGA Tour victory in six years.

September 10, 2018, 6:05pm National Sports

Keegan Bradley held off Justin Rose in a sudden-death playoff to win the rain-plagued BMW Championship on Monday for his first PGA Tour victory in six years. Read story

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, kisses the trophy after defeating Juan Martin del Potro, of Argentina, in the men’s final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in New York.

Djokovic wins US Open for 14th major

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, kisses the trophy after defeating Juan Martin del Potro, of Argentina, in the men’s final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in New York.

September 9, 2018, 5:20pm National Sports

Novak Djokovic won his 14th Grand Slam title and second in a row by getting through a key 20-minute game to beat 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in the U.S. Open final. Read story