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1 week ago | san.com | Chris Francis |Joey Nunez |Oly Noneza

[CHRIS FRANCIS, SPORTS REPORTER]The battle for the bottom in Major League Baseball has primarily been a fight between five or six teams in 2025. There are the usual suspects: the White Sox, the Marlins, the A’s, and of course, the historically bad Colorado Rockies. But in the last couple weeks, the Washington Nationals entered the fray. The Nats were mired in an 11-game tailspin, the last three of those losses coming at home to, of all teams, the 17-win Rockies.

4 weeks ago | san.com | Donald Afari |Devin Pavlou |Kennedy Felton |Oly Noneza

[KENNEDY FELTON]Comma? Period? Semicolon? No — we need something with more *drama…like an em dash!But wait — can I still use it? People online are saying things like — “the em dash is a huge red flag!” And — “I heard that an em dash is a sign of ChatGPT writing.”What about the writers? The journalists… the storytellers… the creatives who’ve used em dashes forever — to insert context or add a dramatic pause.

1 month ago | san.com | Chris Francis |Drew Pittock |Joey Nunez |Oly Noneza

They are two of the best baseball players of their generation. The Dodgers, Shohei, Ohtani, and the Yankees Aaron Judge, on pace to be first ballot Hall of Famers. But if you were starting a team, which one would you pick? I can’t choose so I’m just gonna lay out the facts and let the debate begin. Let’s start with Judge who has played the first 42 games like he comes from another planet. He leads the majors in nearly every hitting category.

2 months ago | san.com | Chris Francis |Oly Noneza |Zachary Hill

[Chris Francis]The NBA playoffs begin Saturday with four games including the two teams in the biggest TV markets, Los Angeles and New York. That also means sports books are about to see some big action. According to US Bets, in 2024, books in Las Vegas saw over $500 million wagered during the three months of the playoffs. This year the team with the best odds to win it all is the Oklahoma City Thunder, the top seed in the Western Conference with a league best 68 wins in the regular season.

2 months ago | san.com | Chris Francis |Harry Fogle |Oly Noneza

Nearly counted out after a collapse during the final four holes Thursday, Rory McIlroy put himself back in contention at the Masters, charging up the leaderboard with the low round of the day. The Northern Irishman who needs the green jacket to earn the career major grand slam started the back nine with back-to-back birdies on Friday, then eagled 13 and birdied 15 to post a 6 under 66. It was good enough to move him 24 spots up the leaderboard into 3rd place.