Making his first start since being sidelined by a herniated disc, Kershaw retired Dee Gordon to start the game, but the next batter up, J.T. Realmuto, crushed a Kershaw slider off the scoreboard in left field for a homer. MORE: Baseball’s 12 ugliest September collapses ever, ranked In the second, Kershaw gave up a line-drive double to Jeff Francoeur, followed by an RBI single by Chris Johnson. Although Kershaw got out of both innings with no further damage, the extra work ran up his pitch count....

The Nationals trailed by two runs in the seventh inning of the winner-take-all contest, but they had two runners on with two outs. Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts summoned Kershaw — who will one day be in Cooperstown for his extended brilliance as a starter — from the bullpen to face Adam Eaton, a lefty-on-lefty matchup that favored the home team. And Kershaw was brilliant. He needed just three pitches to strike out Eaton, end the threat and move the Dodgers to within six outs of a spot in the NLCS....

Wanting your house to smell nice at all times is only natural, but sometimes a garbage disposal can be sure to get in the way. This hack provided by “CleanTok” in 2021 has been gaining popularity again, and all it takes to clean is ice cubes and hot water. For those who truly enjoy the before and after experience, it even makes the intense amount of built up brown gunk visible during the process, to see just how dirty your disposal was....

These days Deripaska, an early supporter of Putin’s candidacy, controls no less than 70 percent of the Russian aluminum industry. But his net worth–rumored to be well over $1 billion–isn’t the only thing that’s changed about him in the Putin era. Most of his Siberian allies and enemies have been left by the wayside, and he’s trying to wash away the taint of the past by adopting Western accounting standards and business practices (the kind they teach in books, not those exposed at companies like Enron and WorldCom)....

And he'll pay for it. The sophomore hit N.C. State's Jarvis Byrd with an uppercut with just more than one minute remaining in the Tigers' 26-14 victory. Battle, a backup tackle, was ejected and will sit out next Saturday's home game against Wake Forest. MORE: Clemson still undefeated | Week 4 picks | Photos | Cheerleaders Battle's punch knocked Byrd to the turf and Clemson coach Dabo Swinney wasted little time retrieving Battle from the field and admonishing him for his actions....

No. 11 Clemson pulled out a 20-17 road win at Louisville on Thursday; its 32nd consecutive victory against an unranked opponent since 2012. The Tigers are a grown-up College Football Playoff contender now that will crack the Top 10 on their bye week. If “Clemsoning” were still a trend, then the Tigers lose this game. MORE: Week 3 picks | BYU crashing playoff party? | Turning Irish QB loose...

Line: Clemson -7, Total: 56 Line movement: Clemson is laying a touchdown as of Friday at The Wynn, which opened the Tigers as 5-point favorites on Sunday. The line has been bet up to -7.5 at some shops. The total opened as low as 54.5 in Vegas (Stratosphere) and is seeing momentum to the OVER. On Friday morning, though, there’s some wiggle room with the total, as it ranges from 54....

Fans reacted in shock to James' announcement on the regrettable "Decision" special, then gathered in the streets and burned his jerseys as retribution for a perceived betrayal. Well, with James' free agency approaching this summer, the people of Cleveland would like for James to forget all of that and return to his home state. The "Come Home LeBron" rally will take place when the Miami Heat visit the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday and another will be organized for the Heat's March visit, according to the Akron Beacon Journal....

Maybe not. Cavs play-by-play announcer Fred McLeod did the honors of introducing Wiggins to the hometown crowd, but he called the wrong Wiggins to the podium. Mitchell Wiggins is Andrew’s dad. Source: Bleacher Report

The MLB franchise and a local roller derby club have settled a dispute over name rights that jeopardized the Guardians’ rebranding. The roller derby club sued the MLB team in October for common law trademark violations. However, both leagues issued a joint statement revealing that they have settled the dispute. “The Cleveland Guardians Baseball Company, LLC and Guardians Roller Derby are pleased to announce an amicable resolution of the lawsuit filed by Guardians Roller Derby,” the statement said, “whereby both organizations will continue to use the Guardians name....

Doctors have recommended Lee undergo surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon in his elbow, but he is trying to avoid that. He has been shut down from throwing, and will be periodically evaluated by the team to determine when he can begin throwing again. If surgery becomes necesarry, the 36-year-old lefty will almost certainly miss the entire 2015 season. This could become a carrer-threatening injury even if he does undergo surgery....

The Senate is not an institution eager to accommodate people who want to make a fast start, and Obama has gained the endorsement of only two colleagues, Richard Durbin, the senior senator from his home state of Illinois, and Kent Conrad of North Dakota, a state no Democrat will carry. By contrast, Hillary Clinton, who’s paid her dues on Capitol Hill, has 10 endorsements from Senate Democrats. We can only guess what earthy expression LBJ might employ to assess Obama’s meager accomplishments in the Senate, but it’s beside the point because that’s not how the voters are sizing him up....

What Bush did in his speeches this week is the national-security version of the perp walk. By rolling out a rogue’s gallery of scary-looking Middle Eastern men, Bush transformed a debate about a ruinous war in Iraq into hand-to-hand political combat over which party has captured more bad guys. Given Bush’s sorry record and all the other conversations the media could be having, the renewed emphasis on terrorism is good news for Republicans....

Experts say that climate change, an aging power grid and an ever-growing demand for electricity will create bigger and more frequent outages across in the nation in coming years. In fact, they have already begun. To be sure, the planned outages by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in Northern California this week were a proactive measure meant to protect more than 800,000 residents from wildfire risks during a period of strong winds....

“When something extreme happens as a result of climate change, we’re the ones who have to pick up the tab,” says Lloyd’s chairman, Peter Levene. Accordingly, the insurance company has warned in a recent report that unless it and its competitors start making better use of climate-change predictions, the whole industry could collapse. To make sure it doesn’t, Lloyd’s has undergone a remarkable transformation. Whereas its past forecasts gave far more weight to history than science, now that emphasis has reversed, and Lloyd’s relies heavily on experts’ warnings of rising sea levels, increased rainfall and temperature jumps....

There is extensive science that levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are completely unprecedented. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have not been this high in over 800,000 years. Modern humans have been around for a little bit less than half that. If you look at the last 10,000 years, at the evolution of agriculture, at the entire development of civilization, that has all taken place in a time of remarkable climate stability....

Previously, climate change deniers had used model inconsistencies to raise doubts about the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. Scientists say their research, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, “should help resolve public confusion around the performance of past climate modeling efforts.” The team, from the University of California, Berkeley, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NASA, found that 14 of 17 climate models produced between 1970 and 2007 were broadly correct in their predictions....

But the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have been in testing for months, and many people have been partaking in clinical trials since as early as March, doing their part to make these EUAs possible today. Andrew Rubin, the senior vice president for clinical affairs and ambulatory care at NYU Langone Medical Center, was one of the first individuals to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine after taking part in their Phase 1 clinical trial....

In the Democratic field, that means Hillary Clinton. The New York senator and former first lady, her party’s front runner, had just launched a new, stepped-up assault on chief rival Barack Obama, criticizing the scope of his health-care reform plan and the breadth of his presidential ambitions in an effort to slow a burst of momentum that has propelled the Illinois senator into a narrow lead in Iowa, according to the latest poll....

Unsurprisingly, that someone would be Hillary Clinton. On Friday, if you’ll remember, Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean delivered an “enough already” message to the superdelegates. So I wasn’t surprised this morning when I received a schedule from the Clinton campaign detailing Bill’s plans to visit Oregon, a a May 20 state, and Montana, a June 3 state, over the next two days. Hillary has long said she intends to campaign through the end of primary season....