Brewers and Rays set for small-market World Series

The best-of-seven championship matchup between frugal teams flies in the face of claims that only big-spending teams can win the World Series.

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Japan ends 60-year drought with a bronze medal at gymnastics world championships

China denied the United States women an eighth consecutive team title as Qiu Qiyuan secured a dramatic victory with the final routine.

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Shohei Ohtani will not need surgery during offseason and is expected to pitch in 2027

Andrew Friedman, the team's president of baseball operations, said surgery was "not on the table" for Ohtani.

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NFL Paris game to go forward with heightened security amid unrest

The Steelers-Saints game is the first regular season game that the league has ever held in the French capital.

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LeBron, Sixers spoil Knicks party as NBA season tips off

Lebron James, 41 and entering a record-extending 24th NBA season with his fourth team, scored 14 points and handed out seven of the 76ers' 28 assists.

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Japan wins men’s team gold at world gymnastics championships

Japan prevailed under pressure, thanks in large part to an excellent routine from Daiki Hashimoto on the horizontal bar.

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Lakers release former first-round pick Dalton Knecht

The move to release Knecht means that Bronny James and Jaden Hardy will make the Lakers' opening-night roster.

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