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The Washington Nationals beat the Astros 7-2 in Game 6 of the World Series, forcing a winner-take-all Game 7 on Wednesday.

With every pitch at the World Series hurtling toward that strike zone box superimposed on TV screens, the call gets louder and louder: Bring on the robot umps!

Edward Norton has been in the spotlight for so long it’s almost hard to remember a time when the three-time Oscar nominee wasn’t amongst the most accomplished working actors we have today. A star making debut in 1997’s “Primal Fear” opposite Richard Gere led to high profile projects including “Fight Club,” “American History X,” “Rounders” and “The People vs. Larry...

Bruce Bochy capped a historic run as manager of the San Francisco Giants on Sunday with a 9-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. But, no matter, it was a win-win day for all of Giants Nation as it said farewell to the skipper of the perhaps greatest era in San Francisco baseball history.

While his legacy in San Francisco will always be capturing those three World Series titles in a remarkable five-year span, Bochy’s reputation for fairness and having a genuine way of dealing with players has been of utmost importance to him during a decorated 25-year managerial career.

John Keenan, the police official who led New York City’s manhunt for the “Son of Sam” killer and eventually took a case-solving confession from David Berkowitz, has died.

The San Francisco Giants managed just three hits Wednesday night and lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 at Oracle Park.

Tanner Roark tossed six-plus scoreless innings, and the bullpen preserved the shutout as the Oakland A’s beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-0 at the Coliseum.

Justin Verlander took the mound for the ninth inning, fully aware of the no-hitters he finished — and his near misses, too. Zeroed in, he wouldn’t be denied this time. Verlander pitched his third career no-hitter, punctuating a dominant season by striking out 14 to lead the Houston Astros past the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 on Sunday.

Tyler Beede turned in a solid five-plus innings Monday night, but the San Francisco Giants were unable to come up with enough big hits in a 6-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park.

Stephen Vogt became a cult figure during his five seasons in Oakland. Now, he’s on the opposing side, inflicting damage against the team that made him a household name.

Logan Webb found himself in the middle of a playoff race, and was up to the challenge.

You’ll finally be able to catch the late J.D. Salinger’s books in digital format. Longtime Salinger publisher Little, Brown and Company said all four of his works, including “The Catcher in the Rye,” will be made available as e-books Tuesday, marking the first time that the entirety of his published work will be available in digital format. His son, Matt...

The Oakland A’s exploded for eight runs in the second inning Tuesday night on the way to an 11-4 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

The Oakland A’s rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth to take the lead but still needed one more comeback to beat the Houston Astros 4-3 in 11 innings.

At Wrigley Field, misters in the back of the bleachers tried to cool the crowd. At Yankee Stadium, only one player took batting practice on the field. In Cleveland, rules were relaxed on what fans could bring into the park. Even for a sport that promotes high heat, Saturday was a scorcher across the majors. The National Weather Service said...

Yankees manager Aaron Boone got fired up at a rookie umpire in a profane rant, and New York awoke from a sleepy start to rally past the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 in a doubleheader opener Thursday.

An extreme heatwave is settling in over nearly two-thirds of the country.

The shrine that has become Tyler Skaggs’ locker in the Los Angeles clubhouse had a new addition Saturday — the ball from the final out of the no-hitter the Angels pitched while wearing their late teammate’s jersey.

“Robot umpires” have arrived. The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes Wednesday night at its All-Star Game. Plate umpire Brian deBrauwere wore an earpiece connected to an iPhone in his pocket and relayed the call upon receiving it from a TrackMan computer system that uses Doppler radar. He...