SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Jonah Heim’s RBI single tied the game, Lawrence Butler followed with a go-ahead RBI hit and the Athletics scored four times with two out in the ninth inning Thursday, rallying for a 9-6 win over the San Francisco Giants.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Ivory Coast rejoiced as players dropped to their knees on the pitch for a team photo – peerless in national team history – and they all pointed one finger toward the sky.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – A little flick of Gonzalo Plata’s big toe helped Ecuador make a great escape.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Ivory Coast coach Emerse Faé slammed what he considered were racist comments made about his team by former Germany player Bastian Schweinsteiger.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – With his long blonde hair flowing in the wind, Ecuador coach Sebastián Beccacece made a beeline for the stands.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – The home of the Dallas Cowboys has a new look for Thursday’s World Cup match between Japan and Sweden. And the addition of curtains to block the sun on the stadium’s west end isn’t one NFL fans have seen before.
DETROIT (AP) – NFL player Terrion Arnold of the Detroit Lions was charged Thursday in Florida with leading a plot to detain and pistol-whip three people whom he believed had stolen luxury goods and $100,000 in cash from him.
The Columbus Blue Jackets made a big addition on the eve of the draft by acquiring do-it-all winger Valeri Nichushkin in a trade with the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday.
Major League Baseball proposed limiting most free agent contracts to five years and 15% of a team’s salary cap and to eliminate deferred compensation, fleshing out details of a salary cap plan likely to spark a confrontation with the players’ association.
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