HOUSTON — At a time when old-fashioned aces have become a rarity, Atlanta has lost one of the game’s best postseason performers for the rest of the World Series. Charlie Morton, Atlanta’s veteran right-handed starter, sustained a fractured right fibula after he was struck on the leg by a sharplyContinue Reading
[Follow our live Astros vs Braves game coverage.] HOUSTON — A general manager’s job is to build World Series teams. Yet as he sat in the Atlanta Braves’ dugout on Monday night, with his players on that stage as they prepared for the Houston Astros, Alex Anthopoulos made a confession:Continue Reading
HOUSTON — Never in his life has Eddie Rosario looked this good at the plate. And that’s not just a matter of his numbers in a torrid eight days that saw him named the most valuable player of the National League Championship Series, pushing the Atlanta Braves into their firstContinue Reading
HOUSTON — Two were drafted first overall. Two have won their league’s Most Valuable Player Award. They come from all over: Cuba and Curaçao, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, California and Georgia and Mississippi and New Mexico. And all of them have played for only one team in the majors. TheContinue Reading
An hour into “Blood Brothers,” the Netflix documentary detailing the relationship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, we see the young Black heavyweight champion looking perturbed during an interview with a white news reporter. The interview asks about Malcolm X’s role in Ali’s joining the Nation of Islam, a BlackContinue Reading
HOUSTON — As Ralph Garr remembers it, the kid from Sacramento could have made it big in any sport. The Atlanta Braves chose Johnnie B. Baker Jr., known as Dusty, out of high school in the 26th round of the 1967 draft. They knew he had options, but they alsoContinue Reading
OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi running back Jerrion Ealy took a handoff on third and 12 and dashed down the right field sideline, dancing around multiple Louisiana State defenders on his way into the end zone. After crossing the goal line for a score that gave the Rebels a 24-point leadContinue Reading
ATLANTA — Surely, the thinking around town went, the Atlanta Braves would find a way, as usual, to blow it. Not this time (or at least not yet). Atlanta, which did not muster a record above .500 until Aug. 6, improbably captured the National League pennant on Saturday, when itContinue Reading
Over the summer, Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons requested a trade, initiating a standoff that has dragged into the regular season. The organization fined Simmons repeatedly for missing practices, meetings and preseason games, according to ESPN. Simmons did not report to the team until near the end of the preseasonContinue Reading
HOUSTON — From his spot in the stands down the left field line at Minute Maid Park two years ago, James Click could picture everything changing. The Houston Astros, the era’s dominant American League postseason team, were wobbling in the ninth inning, and Click was hoping they would fall. ClickContinue Reading
