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Phillies face uncertain future after fourth-straight playoff exit

PHILADELPHIA — Orion Kerkering airmailed a throw into the Los Angeles night that not only unimaginably ended the Phillies’ season — it all but ended the run of the core of a roster that suffered through four straight postseasons without a World Series title. NL home run and RBI champion Kyle Schwarber, veteran catcher J.T. Realmuto and rotation stalwart Ranger Suárez are all free agents. Outfielder Harrison Bader, who raised his value with a dynamite two months with the Phillies, has a mutual option he is sure to decline. And what about manager Rob Thomson? Thomson has guided ...

Steelers’ Herbig morphing from T.J. Watt’s protege into a star in his own right

PITTSBURGH — Nick Herbig doesn’t look the part of a menace. At least not by NFL standards anyway. The undersized Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker plays like one anyway. Yes, Herbig knows he doesn’t fit the prototypical body type of an elite edge rusher. Generously listed at 6-foot-2 and 240 pounds, Herbig doesn’t need to be reminded that he isn’t a hulking physical specimen like teammates T.J. Watt (6-4, 252), Alex Highsmith (6-4, 242) or rookie Jack Sawyer (6-4, 260). “I think that’s been my stigma my whole life,” Herbig said. “I’m too small to do this. ...

Shedeur Sanders promoted to Browns backup quarterback

BEREA, Ohio — Shedeur Sanders has waited patiently for his chance to play for Cleveland. He’s real close. Sanders will back up Dillon Gabriel on Sunday in Pittsburgh, meaning the Browns, who haven’t won a regular-season game on their rival’s home field since 2003, will face the Steelers with two rookie quarterbacks. Sanders has been Cleveland’s No. 3 emergency quarterback — and inactive on game days — for his first five games as the Browns, who drafted the high-profile QB in the fifth round, slowly developed him. But they think he’s now ready to be their No. 2 despite ...

Ex-Celtics star Paul Pierce found asleep in vehicle, arrested on suspicion of DUI

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former NBA player Paul Pierce was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of driving under the influence on a Los Angeles highway after he was found asleep behind the wheel, state police in Califorinia said. California Highway Patrol officers responded at about 10:40 p.m. to an unrelated car crash involving multiple vehicles on the northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 101, closing four of the six lanes to investigate into the other incident, the agency said in a press release issued this week. When they reopened the lanes about an hour later, they saw a Range Rover SUV ...

Lamar Jackson ruled out again for the Ravens

BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson will miss a second game for the Baltimore Ravens because of his hamstring injury. Jackson was hurt in a loss at Kansas City two weekends ago. Cooper Rush started in Jackson’s place last week.

Cubs-Brewers NLDS decider series is all about the first inning

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Working as a starting pitcher in the NL Division Series between the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers has been one tough job. Twenty-one of the 35 runs in the series have been scored in the first inning. The series concludes on Saturday night with a winner-take-all Game 5 to determine which of these NL Central rivals will face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series. “I think it’s way more common than you think, for pitchers to be vulnerable in the first inning,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Friday. “Everybody’s geeked up. The atmosphere ...