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Gomes wasn’t on the Royals’ postseason roster when Kansas City beat the Mets to win the World Series, but he delivered a memorable speech with the U.S. flag in hand during the team’s rally at Union Station in Kansas City that drew nearly 1 million fans. MORE: 2015 World Series in photos | Must-see photos from the 2016 Home Run Derby “I’ve been sent down. I’ve been non-tendered, whatever,” Gomes said Sunday, via Fox Sports....

Hicks told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he understands Norris is trying to help him improve his work habits and be more professional. “He has the best intentions for me,” Hicks told the P-D’s Derrick Goold in a telephone interview. “I think he’s nudging me in the right direction. That’s the best way to put it. “I’m a rookie. I need guys guiding me. He actually does care about me....

But not was all lost on Saturday for Tennessee. not when Jordan McRae is dunking on fools like this. MORE DUNKS: ODU’s Richard Ross | Arkansas’ Michael Qualls | VMI’s Jodan Weethee | OK State’s Markel Brown | Northeastern’s David Walker | Southern Miss’ Michael Craig | Syracuse’s C.J. Fair | Arizona’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Film sessions are never fun following a loss, but I'm sure the team will have some fun with this one when they reconvene in Knoxville....

WATCH: Lodeiro nets key away goal The rookie forward was on coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s list for Friday’s game in Columbus, Ohio, and next week’s trip to face Costa Rica. But Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer is concerned about the 22-year-old’s status. “It’s a hamstring strain, that’s all I can say because we’ve gotta get him evaluated,” Schmetzer said after his team’s 2-1 defeat that sent it through to the Western Conference final with a 4-2 aggregate win....

The world’s top golfer finished in a tie for fifth Sunday at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, but sang a somber tune speaking after his final round concluded. MORE: PGA Tour winners in 2015-16 | Rickie Fowler fends off Rory McIlroy to win at Abu Dhabi ‘‘I’m very tired. I am,’’ Spieth said, after shooting a 4-under 68 in his final round, via the Associated Press. ‘‘I’m not 100 percent right now....

The sport was added to the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee in 2009 and is set to make its return to the global showpiece in Rio de Janeiro next year. MORE: Rory wins Dubai | Worst sports teams of all-time Its addition to the Games has been met with a mixed reaction, with 2013 Masters winner Adam Scott declaring the event was “not really a priority” for him....

It came last season, in the Rebels’ Week 9 game against Arkansas. Ta’amu was making his first SEC start, coming on in replacement of Shea Patterson, injured the week before against LSU. “First snap of the game, I’m like, ‘Wow, this is unbelievable. I can’t believe this is happening,’” Ta’amu told reporters at SEC Media Days. “Like, I dreamed of this when I was a kid, and I finally get the opportunity....

The Ultimate X match is known as the signature match of the X-Division. This year, however, the Knockouts are looking to change all of that. Jordynne Grace, Chelsea Green, Lady Frost, Alisha Edwards, Rosemary, and Tasha Steelz will be competing to determine the number one contender for the Impact Knockouts Championship. Grace, a former Impact Knockouts Champion, Knockouts Tag Team Champion, and current Impact Digital Media Champion, has had an impressive career in just a short period....

He quickly became France’s cause celebre, receiving thousands of letters and the visits of parliamentarians. In the face of popular outrage, it took little more than a month for French officials to release Bove into a loose form of “house arrest.” From there, he helped launch a massive three-day “alter-globalization” rally that brought 200,000 activists out to a field near his home for a rock concert and speeches. The Interior minister who had him whisked off to jail in a helicopter came back to pay a visit (again in a helicopter)....

First, an explainer: Former MLB star Jose Canseco, 56, was in a pay-per-view boxing match against a 21-year-old Barstool Sports intern nicknamed Billy Football. The build to the fight was Canseco and the loose Stool talkers trading insults. Canseco tried to sell the idea that he was a crusader against the company’s crudeness. Then fight night happened and Canseco maybe, kinda, sorta took a dive. He went to the canvas 10 seconds into the bout after absorbing a series of blows, including a borderline illegal one....

“I won’t be the one going looking for trouble,” he said. “I have more experience now. I’m more solid emotionally.” Nobody really believed him, though, and with good cause. MORE: Messi takes home seventh Ballon d’Or As Marco Materazzi told the Gazzetta dello Sport on the eve of Mourinho’s first on-field meeting with Inter since quitting the club for Real Madrid in 2010, “He is the same as always. He hasn’t changed....

The Portuguese manager believes his team is not following his instructions to an acceptable level and suggests it overachieved in winning the Premier League title last season. MORE: Best international soccer rivalries | Chelsea gets rematch with PSG in Champions League “We conceded two goals that are unacceptable for me. I know one of my best qualities is to read the game for my players, to identify every detail about the opponent,” Mourinho told Sky Sports....

Reyes, who told reporters he was initially hurt last week in Baltimore, exited after grounding out to second base in his first at-bat. He was holding his left side as he returned to the dugout. MORE: Brewers place Gomez on DL | Carrasco start pushed back a day “I’m going to take some days off and see with some rest if that calms down a little bit and see what happens,” Reyes said, according to MLB....

Designated for assignment last week and placed on waivers Thursday by the Rockies, Reyes, 33, becomes a free agent Saturday and available for the prorated portion of the MLB minimum salary, roughly $277,000 for the rest of the season. MORE: Teams who might take a chance on Reyes According to Newsday’s source, the Mets haven’t made a decision on Reyes, but both sides are interested and the idea of the reunion has become popular within the organization....

But heading into his heavyweight title unification bout against IBF-WBA champion Anthony Joshua, the WBO heavyweight champion hasn’t fought like the guy many felt belongs in “The Big Four” alongside Joshua, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz. Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) has gone the distance in his last three fights against Andy Ruiz, Răzvan Cojanu and Hughie Fury. He looked sluggish against Cojanu and Fury. He didn’t appear to be the guy that people saw in his first 22 fights....

The Dodgers right-hander announced his retirement Tuesday night. He missed the NLDS because of a hip injury that will require surgery. MORE: Dodgers-Cardinals photos “I just don’t see me going through that rehab and coming back to pitch at this point in my life,” he told reporters, per MLB.com , after the Dodgers were eliminated by the Cardinals in St. Louis. Beckett, 34, was having a renaissance on the mound before his latest physical setback....

Hawley has faced criticism for his actions in pushing against those votes, following the violence of January 6 when supporters of Donald Trump who rejected the election outcome stormed the U.S. Capitol. The Democrats had suggested Hawley as well as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) “amplified claims of election fraud that had resulted in threats of violence against state and local officials around the country” through their decisions to object to the election results....

The president and CEO of Tamko Building Products, David Humphreys, had been a major donor for the Missouri Republicans, with his family giving $4.4 million of the $9.2 million that Hawley raised for his campaign to become attorney general in 2016. His family also donated about $2 million to independent groups who backed Hawley’s bid to become a senator in 2018. But in a statement to the Missouri Independent, Humphreys expressed his disgust with Hawley for backing President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud, accusing him of fuelling the unrest on Wednesday that had fatal consequences at the heart of American democracy....

On Thursday, in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the Senate voted 94 to 1 to approve the COVID Hate Crimes Act introduced by Senator Mazie Hirono and Representative Grace Meng. Five senators—Marsha Blackburn, Amy Klobuchar, Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Tina Smith—were absent for the vote. Klobuchar and Smith, Minnesota’s two Democratic senators, were at Daunte Wright’s funeral on Thursday. A spokesperson from Klobuchar’s office told Newsweek that the senator would have voted in favor of the bill had she not been away....

MORE: Ranking the NFL’s 25 best quarterbacks | Should the Browns move on from Manziel? There’s less drama at a more-subdued camp in 2015. Josh McCown is the starter. Manziel is the backup. For now, that’s how this is going to work. One deep pass will have no bearing on who starts for the Browns in Week 1 against the New York Jets, but it’s a subtle reminder of Manziel’s play-making ability heading into Cleveland’s scrimmage Friday at Ohio Stadium....