Pat Brennan

3 days ago | usatoday.com | Pat Brennan

Cincinnati Reds outfielders were practicing robbing home runs along the Great American Ball Park outfield wall prior to Monday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers. That preparation served them well one night later. With the Reds leading 4-2 with two outs in the ninth inning, relief pitcher Emilio Págan watched from the mound as shortstop Elly De La Cruz sailed his throw high to first base for what should have been the final out of the game. The ball landed in the Reds' dugout instead.

3 days ago | cincinnati.com | Pat Brennan

Christian Encarnacion-Strand's rehab assignment is going well so far, and it will continue for the time being. Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona said Encarnacion-Strand would continue to play in Triple-A in order to regain his timing after more than a month out of action (back inflammation). Encarnacion-Strand's stay on the injured list started April 17, but he progressed from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Louisville during his rehab stint.

3 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Pat Brennan

Christian Encarnacion-Strand's rehab assignment is going well so far, and it will continue for the time being. Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona said Encarnacion-Strand would continue to play in Triple-A in order to regain his timing after more than a month out of action (back inflammation). AdvertisementEncarnacion-Strand's stay on the injured list started April 17, but he progressed from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Louisville during his rehab stint.

3 days ago | science.nasa.gov | Pat Brennan

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoA moody scene from “Star Wars” – Luke Skywalker watching a double sunset on his home world of Tatooine – seemed to gain a real-life analog with the announcement of a stunning discovery in 2011. A planet dubbed Kepler-16 b, some 245 light-years from Earth, was found to orbit two stars.

3 days ago | science.nasa.gov | Pat Brennan

ATo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoMore than 2,500 light-years away from our Sun and its family of planets is a different family – a Sun-like star with a planetary entourage of eight. It’s the only system known so far with a planet count that matches our own. The similarities don’t stop there.