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Kolten Wong and Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs apiece, Flaherty pitched six shutout innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Brewers 5-2 on Friday night. “As the season goes on, whether you are facing a team for the first time or for the third time, there’s adjustments made on both sides,” Flaherty said. “Whoever I’m out there I’m pitching against, I’m pitching against.” The Cardinals won for the ninth time in 10 games and pulled within a half-game of the Brewers for the National League’s second wild-card spot....

The 28-year-old has endured a torrid time with injuries over the past few seasons but has started three of the Hammers’ last four Premier League games. The former Newcastle and Liverpool man has nine England caps to his name and knows staying fit is imperative if he is to add to that tally this season and force himself into the squad for Russia 2018. “It would be nice to be in the squad,” he told Sky Sports....

Bronte won both the 50 and 100 metres freestyle sprints at the world championships in Kazan last year, taking the longer title off Cate as the elder of the Australian siblings recovered from shoulder surgery. The roles are reversed heading into the April 7-14 Australian championships in Adelaide, with Cate fighting fit and Bronte suffering from a mystery shoulder problem. “I am as close to 100 percent shape as I have been in years,” Cate told reporters in Adelaide....

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Matilda has a long-lasting legacy, having originated as a Roald Dahl children’s novel before being adapted into a well-acclaimed fantasy movie in 1996 by Danny Devito. The general plot follows a young brainiac, Matilda Wormwood, who develops telekinesis and uses it to taunt her neglectful parents and oppressive school leader. RELATED: Jared Leto Is Backing An ‘Ayer Cut’ Suicide Squad Release In 2011, a British theater company, the Royal Shakespeare Company, premiered a musical adaption of the novel in London....

The Cardinals’ new coach has been chasing Kyler Murray since before Murray had a driver’s license. But on Thursday night, with the first pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Kingsbury caught up with him at long last, selecting the Oklahoma quarterback No. 1 overall. Murray makes it an unprecedented two years in a row a Sooners quarterback has been drafted with the No. 1 pick, following Baker Mayfield to the Browns in 2018....

The outfielder/first baseman signed a $3.25 million, two-year contract to remain with the Cardinals, who essentially bought out his first year of arbitration after this season. Martinez said he would send some of the money to relatives in his native Venezuela, which has been plagued by food and medical shortages and a political crisis. “It’s not even for me, just for my family,” Martinez said. “It’s a tough situation there....

Whether it be Bayern’s home record in Europe this season, their record against Portuguese teams or simply the head-to-head record between the Bavarians and Benfica, all the numbers point overwhelmingly to a Bayern win in the first leg. Benfica will be all too aware that their great rivals Porto also faced Bayern at the same stage of the competition last year and were trounced 6-1 at the Allianz Area after shipping five goals in a 22-minute spell in the first half....

Roush Fenway Racing’s Edwards (191.98 mph) and Team Penske’s Logano (191.32) were among only three drivers to crack 191 mph on the 1.5-mile track as they prepared for Kobalt 400 qualifying later Friday afternoon. Jimmie Johnson (191.137) was third in the session, followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Jamie McMurray. Stenhouse later suffered some cosmetic damage to his car after slapping the wall. Martin Truex Jr. had an oil line issue early in the session....

Ancelotti returned to Santiago Bernabeu for a second spell in charge of Madrid last summer, and has since managed to deliver the club’s 35th La Liga title, along with the Supercopa de Espana. Real Madrid is also still alive in the semifinals of the Champions League, trailing Man City 4-3 after the first leg in England. The Italian became the first manager to win a league title in all five of European major leagues after the Blancos’ decisive 4-0 win over Espanyol on April 30, and is happy to continue in his current role for the foreseeable future....

That was the sentiment in some circles when Carlos Cordeiro emerged as the winner in the contentious U.S. Soccer presidential election. Two years as Sunil Gulati’s vice-president, which followed 10 years on the U.S. Soccer Board of Directors, earned Cordeiro the justified label of U.S. Soccer insider, but Cordeiro succeeded in convincing voters that he was actually a candidate for change, and certainly more of one than fellow favorite Kathy Carter....

The Knicks gave Anthony a June 23 deadline to make the decision to terminate his contract, but he didn’t need that full timeframe. In an earlier meeting with Phil Jackson and Derek Fisher, Anthony reaffirmed his intentions to venture into the free-agent market. He made the move to opt out on Friday, according to Chris Herring of the Wall Street Journal. MORE: Gay opts in with Kings | James ‘very likely’ to stay with Heat | Rose now healthy...

After the Thunder’s 2018 first-round exit, Anthony answered the same question, but no one laughed. “I’m not sacrificing no bench role,” he said. That offseason, he was traded by the Thunder, waived by the Hawks and signed by the Rockets. Anthony lasted just 10 games in Houston, unexpectedly ending his tenure with a 1-of-11 shooting night against his old Thunder teammates on Nov. 8, 2018. MORE: Why is Carmelo wearing 00 jersey instead of No....

The Knicks forward said in a video for Bleacher Report that he wants to get back on the court this season, even though he’s rehabbing an injured knee and his team is 5-32. MORE: Phil putting Knicks on right course | NYT trolls NYK “I’m all right and I’m not shutting it down for the season yet. Just trying to take some time and get it right,” he said....

The 10-time All-Star forward was without a team last year after leaving the Houston Rockets, eventually ending up in Portland in November. Anthony grew up in Baltimore, though, making the Wizards his nearest NBA team as a child, and he considered a move to the team for the first time in 2019. The 35-year-old was given a good reception as he turned out at Capital One Arena in Washington D....

The Carolina Hurricanes took care of business against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, defeating the visitors from Manitoba 4-1 off the back of a pair of goals from returning hero Justin Williams. Then they partied like it was 2004. NHL power rankings: Blue Jackets, Avalanche move up as Flames, Leafs drop down Taking the lead from the classic Ben Stiller comedy “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” the Hurricanes introduced their latest Storm Surge celebration to the home crowd....

In this challenge, two players land on the roof of Factory, which is a place on the Bermuda map. Here, they will have to fight each other using only their fists or melee weapons. Players can use any Free Fire character in the Factory Challenge. This article will compare two popular characters in the game, Chrono and Caroline, to determine who is a better choice for the Factory Challenge....

United have not lost in the top flight since a disappointing 4-0 defeat to Chelsea in October, but have won just three out of their past nine league matches. Jose Mourinho’s men left it late to salvage a point on Tuesday as Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s injury-time penalty secured a 1-1 draw against Everton. That result left United four points adrift of rivals Manchester City, who occupy fourth, but Carrick says Pep Guardiola’s men can be caught....

In their argument after the Toyota Owners 400, Mears grabbed Ambrose and pulled him several feet. Ambrose then swung at Mears, hitting him in the face. Mears was at the Jimmie Johnson Foundation 5K on Sunday morning in North Carolina and talked to NASCAR.com following the event. MORE: Winners & Losers | POCKRASS: NASCAR can’t ignore Ambrose punch “(My eye) is OK,” Mears said. “He got me good, though. Out of all the NASCAR fights or punches or when you see people swinging, usually it’s a lot of fly-swatting....

Seriously, which program could possibly want to win in this rivalry more than the other? The Spartans simply showed they have a little more of what’s needed to win a Big Ten championship — and make another patented Tom Izzo-guided run in the NCAA tournament — with a 77-70 victory against the Wolverines at Crisler Arena. No. 10 Michigan State (22-5, 14-3) now has a one-game lead on No. 7 Michigan (24-4, 13-4) and a half-game lead on Purdue (20-7, 13-3) in a tight conference race....