The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are nonetheless excellent.

The Chiefs rallied again from an early 10-0 gap on Sunday afternoon to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 17-10 at SoFi Stadium. That improved them to 4-0 on the season, one thing they have not seen for the reason that 2020 marketing campaign.

Their win did not come with out a price, nevertheless. The Chiefs misplaced huge receiver Rashee Rice to a knee damage within the first half after he collided with Patrick Mahomes. Rice was carted off. Although specifics of his damage aren’t but identified, Chiefs coach Andy Reid mentioned at halftime that “it is not good.”

Elsewhere within the league, Jayden Daniels and the Commanders rolled to a dominant 42-14 win over the Cardinals in Arizona. The San Francisco 49ers had no challenge beating the New England Patriots, both. They picked up a 30-13 win of their contest within the Bay Space. The Raiders held on within the remaining seconds of their recreation towards the Browns, and got here up with an enormous sack, to win 20-16.

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Actual Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois expects to get well from damage in time for the membership’s LaLiga sport with Celta Vigo on Oct. 26, a supply has informed ESPN — every week earlier than Madrid’s Clásico conflict with Barcelona.

Madrid confirmed on Monday that Courtois had injured the abductor muscle in his left leg throughout Sunday’s 1-1 derby draw with Atlético Madrid.

A supply informed ESPN that Courtois, 32, is predicted to be absent for Madrid’s Champions League sport at Lille this week, and their LaLiga match with Villarreal this Saturday, however would then get well forward of their sport at Celta on Oct. 19.

If his restoration goes as predicted, Courtois would then be obtainable to face Barcelona on the Bernabéu every week in a while Oct. 26.

The keeper wouldn’t have been concerned with Belgium throughout this month’s worldwide break, having stated he won’t return to the nationwide workforce whereas coach Domenico Tedesco stays in cost.

Courtois performed the complete 90 minutes of Madrid’s draw with Atlético on the Metropolitano, a sport which was briefly suspended by the referee in the course of the second half after followers behind the purpose threw objects together with lighters onto the pitch.

Madrid are second in LaLiga, three factors behind leaders Barça.

I’ve been a Washington fan since I used to be six years outdated. I’ve been lucky sufficient to see some nice video games throughout my time as a fan. Yesterday’s efficiency ranks proper up there with a number of the greatest and most full video games I’ve seen Washington play within the final 20 years.

The Commanders regarded rested and prepared on a brief week enjoying at Arizona, and regardless of giving up a landing on the primary Cardinals’ drive of the sport, actually owned this one from that time on. The offense regarded prefer it was in mid-season type and Jayden Daniels is enjoying like a ten-year veteran in Kingsbury’s system. Even the protection stepped up and held the Cardinals to simply 14 factors and 296 complete yards.

Washington now sits at 3-1 and is in sole possession of first place within the NFC East!

Under are my Studs of the sport, adopted by some notes.

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Studs:

That Child Jayden – This younger man is one thing else! He’s mature past his years, poised underneath stress, at all times appears to be in management and has all of the intangibles you search for in a franchise quarterback. Positive, he threw his first profession NFL interception yesterday on a poorly thrown ball, however I don’t assume you’ll discover a fan of this group who cares about that. The best way he performed yesterday was simply magical – but once more.

Daniels was 26/30 for 233 yards with one landing and one interception. He added 47 dashing yard and a landing on the bottom.

Brian Robinson/Jeremy McNichols – The duo of Robinson and McNichols mixed for 169 dashing yards and three touchdowns (2 by McNichols) on the afternoon. They added 4 receptions for 18 receiving yards in addition. McNichols was once more glorious selecting up blitzes in cross safety, whereas Robinson had some spectacular blocks downfield.

Terry McLaurin/Olamide Zaccheaus – McLaurin and Zaccheaus have been instrumental in Daniels’ passing success all afternoon, displaying the flexibility to create separation, convert third downs and make the robust catches. They mixed for 13 receptions for 137 yards and a landing (McLaurin).

Commanders Offensive Line – I’m as onerous as anybody in relation to grading the efficiency of our offensive line. That being stated, yesterday’s sport in opposition to the Cardinals was one of the best I’ve seen the road play in each run blocking and cross safety in five-plus years! Lucas, Allegretti, Biadasz, Cosmi, Wylie, Coleman and Scott have been excellent all afternoon. I used to be particularly impressed with the rookie Coleman’s cross safety when he was in at left sort out. Main step ahead for this unit!

Frankie Luvu/Bobby Wagner – Luvu and Wagner have been all around the area inflicting chaos for the Cardinals offense. They recorded 17 complete tackles, a sack (every participant had half a sack), a sort out for a loss, two quarterback hits, 4 pressures, and a compelled fumble and restoration (Luvu).

Dorance Armstrong – After a comparatively quiet begin to the season, Armstrong had his breakout sport in opposition to the Cardinals recording 5 tackles, one-and-a-half sacks, one sort out for a loss, three quarterback hits, 4 pressures and a compelled fumble.

Kliff Kingsbury – Kingsbury continues to name masterful video games. Washington’s offense is clicking and he’s placing his quarterback in positions to succeed.

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Duds:

None shall be named!

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Notes:

• Austin Seibert remained excellent on the season connecting on each his area purpose makes an attempt (45 and 38) and making all his further factors.

• For as unhealthy as this secondary has been to begin the season, no Arizona receiver had greater than 45 yards receiving. The one actually poor play I can recall within the secondary was the fourth and 12 play to Harrison for the straightforward first down.

• Jeremy Chinn had a really energetic sport and improved his tackling from earlier within the season. He recorded eight tackles and a compelled fumble.

• John Bates continued his glorious blocking!

• Payne and Allen seem like they’re urgent on the market. There was a play early within the sport the place Payne got here flying up the sector and misplaced his hole – permitting James Conner to run for an enormous acquire. The following play he was known as for being offsides. The due did trigger some havoc within the Cardinals’ backfield although, combining for seven tackles (5 from Allen), one-and-a-half sacks, a sort out for a loss and two quarterback hits.

• Washington has punted simply as soon as within the final three video games!

• Credit score the Washington employees for making the choice to journey from Cincinnati on to Arizona on the quick week. The group regarded rested and able to play!

After which there have been three. 

After beforehand undefeated Buffalo by no means led Sunday evening in its prime-time loss at Baltimore, solely Kansas Metropolis, Minnesota and Seattle stay unbeaten one month into the NFL season.

Kansas Metropolis moved to 4-0 by rallying from 10 factors right down to beat the Chargers in Los Angeles. Minnesota (4-0) jumped out to a 28-0 lead, then barely held on to outlast Inexperienced Bay. Seattle (3-0) performs Monday towards the Detroit Lions.

Underneath the primetime highlight Sunday evening, Buffalo misplaced 35-10 in Baltimore in a recreation wherein the Payments (3-1) had been uncomfortable from the very first play from scrimmage, when Ravens working again Derrick Henry burst by way of the offensive line’s proper facet, untouched, for an 87-yard landing run. 

The Ravens improved to 2-2 by surviving a 19-minute scoreless stretch between the second and third quarters by creating large performs with excellent timing, beginning with Henry’s tone-setting opening landing. When Buffalo reduce its deficit to 21-10 early within the third quarter, Baltimore’s Kyle Van Noy wasn’t fooled by a trick play and compelled a fumble by Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen. Baltimore scored on the following drive, pushing its result in 18, and the sport was by no means doubtful once more.

Henry completed with 199 speeding yards, his second recreation of 100-plus yards on the bottom this season after doing that simply 4 occasions all of final yr.

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Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Corridor of Famer who was probably the greatest defensive gamers in NBA historical past and a longtime world ambassador for the sport, died Monday from mind most cancers, the league introduced. He was 58.

His household revealed two years in the past that he was present process therapy in Atlanta for a mind tumor. The NBA mentioned he died surrounded by his household.

“Dikembe Mutombo was merely bigger than life,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver mentioned. “On the courtroom, he was one of many biggest shot blockers and defensive gamers within the historical past of the NBA. Off the ground, he poured his coronary heart and soul into serving to others.”

Mutombo was distinctive in so some ways — the playful finger wag at opponents after blocking their photographs, his top, his deep and gravelly voice, his large smile. Gamers of this technology had been at all times drawn to him and Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid, who was born in Cameroon, seemed to Mutombo as an inspiration.

“It’s a tragic day, particularly for us Africans, and actually the entire world,” Embiid mentioned Monday. “Apart from what he’s achieved on the basketball courtroom, I feel he was even higher off the courtroom. He’s one of many guys that I look as much as, so far as having an affect, not simply on the courtroom, however off the courtroom. He’s executed a number of nice issues. He did a number of nice issues for lots of people. He was a task mannequin of mine. It’s a unhappy day.”

Mutombo spent 18 seasons within the NBA, taking part in for Denver, Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia, New York and the then-New Jersey Nets. The 7-foot-2 middle out of Georgetown was an eight-time All-Star, three-time All-NBA choice and went into the Corridor of Fame in 2015 after averaging 9.8 factors and 10.3 rebounds per recreation for his profession.

“It’s actually arduous to consider,” Toronto President Masai Ujiri mentioned Monday, pausing a number of occasions as a result of he was overcome with emotion shortly after listening to the information of Mutombo’s demise. “It’s arduous for us to be with out that man. You don’t have any thought what Dikembe Mutombo meant to me. … That man, he made us who we’re. That man is a huge, an unbelievable individual.”

Mutombo final performed in the course of the 2008-09 season, devoting his time after retirement to charitable and humanitarian causes. He spoke 9 languages and based the Dikembe Mutombo Basis in 1997, concentrating on enhancing well being, training and high quality of life for the folks within the Congo.

Mutombo served on the boards of many organizations, together with Particular Olympics Worldwide, the CDC Basis and the Nationwide Board for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

“There was no one extra certified than Dikembe to function the NBA’s first International Ambassador,” Silver mentioned. “He was a humanitarian at his core. He beloved what the sport of basketball may do to make a optimistic affect on communities, particularly in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo and throughout the continent of Africa.”

Mutombo is one in all three gamers to win the NBA’s Defensive Participant of the Yr 4 occasions. The others: reigning DPOY winner Rudy Gobert of the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Corridor of Famer Ben Wallace.

Philadelphia 76ers president Daryl Morey — who was with Mutombo for a lot of seasons in Houston — was knowledgeable of his buddy’s demise in the course of the crew’s media day on Monday. Tears welled in Morey’s eyes as he processed the information.

“There aren’t many guys like him,” Morey mentioned. “Only a nice human being. Once I was a rookie GM on this league, my first likelihood in Houston, he was somebody I went to on a regular basis. … His accomplishments on the courtroom, we don’t want to speak about an excessive amount of. Simply a tremendous human being, what he did off the courtroom for Africa. Relaxation in peace, Dikembe.”

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AP Sports activities Author Dan Gelston in Camden, New Jersey, and Related Press author Ian Harrison in Toronto contributed to this report.

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Kris Kristofferson, the singer, songwriter and actor whose songs had been among the many most admired, not simply in nation, however music normally, has died, in accordance with a publish on his official Fb. He was 88.

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we share the information our husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, handed away peacefully on Saturday, September 28 at house,” learn the message. “We’re all so blessed for our time with him. Thanks for loving him all these a few years, and once you see a rainbow, know he’s smiling down at us all.”

Kristofferson’s resume was eclectic: Rhodes scholar, U.S. Military veteran, pilot, Golden Gloves boxer and award-winning actor. However it was his well-known songs — together with “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and “Assist Me Make It By way of the Evening” — which made him a music legend.

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The Excessive Holy Days are practically right here once more – a time for apple and honey, for large meals and babka, household and mates, new garments and resolutions, catch-ups and contemplation. And shul. It’s the season for lengthy, lengthy hours of prayer.

For a few of us, synagogue is a second dwelling, a well-known place. My father was like that, the rituals of Judaism gave him consolation and power and the reassurance that he was doing his obligation, because the descendant of Levites, by washing the arms of the clergymen amongst us.

However for others, shul doesn’t come naturally in any respect. It was by no means a daily week-by-week factor for my husband. He’s all about household and custom, he’s very proudly Jewish. However synagogue-wise, he’s a particular three-times-a-year man.

Within the first years of marriage, we break up Excessive Holy Days between our household properties in Manchester and Hertfordshire. It was a wierd factor for me to get used to my husband’s household traditions, like breaking the quick on sizzling espresso, olives and gherkins as a substitute of honey cake and honeydew melon.

Later,  once we moved to Amsterdam we sampled shuls like vacationers – confused by a service that switched from Hebrew to Dutch on the Liberal shul; baffled by the impossible-to-follow Sephardi service on the lovely Portuguese synagogue.

My beloved mother-in-law died days earlier than Rosh Hashanah in 2005. We had our final Manchester Yom Tov in a synagogue that was giant and empty, smelling of mud and damp. And once we returned to dwell in London two years later, we joined probably the most native shul, however at Yom Tov we gravitated again to my dad and mom’ shul, a beautiful hyperlink to childhood for me. The one time we tried the shul we belong to my husband discovered an previous man sitting in his seat –  the synagogue operates a double reserving system, it transpired.
As my mom’s well being deteriorated, I began making the meals for Rosh Hashanah lunches – simply as she all the time did, fried fish and potato salad.

After which she died, and nothing would ever be the identical once more.

Final 12 months we went to providers at Dad’s care dwelling, which had been brief and candy, tailor-made to an viewers who had been principally shaky on their toes and liable to go to sleep and who hardly wanted reminding that demise is close to and may come unannounced.

The rabbi saved all the things upbeat and tactfully skipped the scarier reminders of imminent mortality. All of us liked it – so speedy, no standing up – and we discovered it profoundly transferring to be a part of a congregation the place if you happen to had been beneath 90, you had been younger.

Most of all we had been completely satisfied to share the expertise with Dad. He was frail, and in a wheelchair, and all too conscious that this service was not the full-length Orthodox one he anticipated (“I can’t work it out – is it Reform?”) however he was there, and it was a hyperlink again to the years and years and years he’d spent in shul, from his early years in Pontypridd, by married life constructing a neighborhood in Welwyn Backyard Metropolis, laying a basis for part of him so important that he described his Jewishness as being like a limb.

Loss of life got here for him in March, so this our first Yom Tov with out him, with none of our dad and mom.

The place ought to we go? Do we glance to the previous, or assume extra concerning the future? At first I assumed we’d go to a standard shul, maybe the one the place we’re members. However my household felt in another way. We’ve our personal neighborhood, they identified. It simply doesn’t have a synagogue.

And it’s true, we’re blessed regionally with a younger couple from Chabad who’ve have created a neighborhood that jogs my memory very a lot of the one I grew up in. It’s held collectively by friendship and care, by welcoming folks in and providing them a delicate Judaism, which gained’t scare them away.

They’re nearly to maneuver into new premises, an thrilling large step. There they are going to maintain an explanatory service, which is the one I’ll go to, and a “energy hour”, which can go well with the remainder of my household. We’d even make it to tashlich within the park.

For lunch I’ll make Mum’s potato salad, and chilly fried fish. I’ll purchase chrain as a result of the fiery horseradish will remind me of how a lot Dad liked it. I’ll make Mum’s apple cake and jam strudel.

I do know that for the duration of the day I’ll shut my eyes, and I’ll really feel my mom’s presence at my facet, and my dad, only a few rows in entrance of us.

And I realise now how a lot they will need to have additionally felt the losses of their dad and mom – and prayed for his or her youngsters’s futures, simply as I’ll this 12 months. 

9 years in the past, Jimmy Carter held a information convention on the Carter Middle in Atlanta to speak about his most cancers analysis and remedy.

Then age 91, Carter defined {that a} dangerous chilly the earlier Could had led to an intensive bodily, which by early August 2015 resulted in a analysis of melanoma, a particularly harmful type of pores and skin most cancers. He had liver surgical procedure earlier that month, and docs recognized 4 spots the place the most cancers had unfold to his mind.

If his analysis had come a number of years earlier he would have been given about six months to stay.

As a substitute, on Tuesday, the previous president will rejoice his a hundredth birthday.

Luck performed a task, after all. However there isn’t any query, consultants say, that he is alive right now due to the immune remedy he acquired.

“It is sort of a trite time period, however in so some ways, he is sort of the poster little one for immune remedy,” mentioned Dr. Stephen Hodi, who directs the Melanoma Middle and the Middle for Immuno-Oncology on the Dana-Farber Brigham Most cancers Middle in Boston. “There have been so many points that he exemplified as a affected person.”

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Again then, the remedy was a brand new addition to the most cancers arsenal.

Simply 4 years earlier, the Meals and Drug Administration had authorized the primary so-called checkpoint inhibitor, generically referred to as ipilimumab. Carter acquired the second such drug, pembrolizumab, which was approved solely the 12 months earlier than he was given it.

Now, these remedies and different most cancers immunotherapies are among the many main pillars of most cancers care, alongside surgical procedure, chemotherapy and radiation ‒ not simply in melanoma, the place the method first took maintain, however in dozens of different tumor sorts as nicely.

Like another affected person

Dr. David Lawson mentioned he handled Carter with pembrolizumab as a result of the previous president was, at 91, nonetheless extremely wholesome and resilient.

Within the Aug. 20 press convention, Carter mentioned his one remorse about his most cancers remedy was that it would intervene with a deliberate journey to Nepal that fall on behalf of the charity Habitat for Humanity.

Lawson, who works on the Winship Most cancers Institute of Emory College, mentioned he thinks he handled Carter the identical manner he would have handled anybody else.

“The perfect favor you are able to do for a well-known affected person is neglect that they’re well-known. The most cancers doesn’t care,” he mentioned. “I hope it didn’t (change how we handled President Carter). We actually tried to not let it, however you by no means know.”

Lawson mentioned he stopped Carter’s pembrolizumab after six months, although he would sometimes give it for 2 years. The previous president gave the impression to be responding nicely and was uncovered to lots of people, so Lawson did not need him to have a weakened immune system.

Carter’s remedy got here “on the cusp” of the time docs have been first realizing how efficient these remedies might be, mentioned Hodi, who performed the primary medical trials in these medicine.

When Carter was handled in 2015, Hodi mentioned it was nonetheless fairly unclear whether or not sufferers whose most cancers had unfold to the mind may gain advantage. The worry was that the medicine would trigger mind irritation and worsen sufferers’ circumstances whereas doing nothing to their tumors.

Analysis by Hodi and others has since proven that, like Carter, many sufferers with mind metasteses from melanoma can profit from checkpoint remedy. Although right now, Hodi mentioned he would give most sufferers each pembrolizumab and the drug authorized earlier referred to as ipilimumab.

Lawson mentioned he wished to be aggressive with Carter’s remedy, however not too aggressive.

“That’s why we stopped (the pembrolizumab),” Lawson mentioned. “You by no means cease worrying, however we bought to some extent pondering, he’s in all probability cured of this.”

By no means too previous

Age is not a barrier to remedy with immunotherapies.

Dr. Antoni Ribas, a melanoma specialist who directs the Tumor Immunology Program on the Jonsson Complete Most cancers Middle on the College of California, Los Angeles, mentioned he is given checkpoint inhibitors to sufferers as previous as 96 or 97.

Though older individuals have weakened immune techniques, he mentioned the truth that the medicine will be efficient at such superior ages reveals the immune system stays lively all through life.

“The truth that individuals of their 80s and 90s can do away with metastatic melanoma tells us that the immune system is fairly exceptional,” Ribas mentioned. “I might not underestimate the immune system of a 90-year-old.”

Nonetheless, docs are typically faster to provide older sufferers “remedy holidays” in the event that they undergo unwanted effects, he mentioned. It is a time period that refers to sufferers taking a break from utilizing a drug, and it may be deployed to evaluate how nicely a remedy is perhaps working, relieve unwanted effects and extra.

General, solely about 1 in 20 sufferers have extreme unwanted effects from immunotherapies, with pores and skin rashes and flu-like fatigue the most typical comparatively minor elements.

The ‘C’ phrase: Remedy

Along with the immunotherapy and liver surgical procedure, Carter had radiation remedies directed on the 4 tiny tumors noticed in his mind. However Lawson, Hodi and Ribas agree he wouldn’t have lived rather more than six months with out the pembrolizumab.

“The life expectancy of somebody with liver and mind metasteses even with radiation and surgical procedure could be counted in months,” Ribas mentioned. “Unleashing the immune system can result in a standard life.”

Pembrolizumab and ipilimumab ‒ nicknamed “pembro” and “ipi” ‒ are referred to as checkpoint inhibitors as a result of they take off the brake or checkpoint that most cancers locations on the immune system, permitting immune troopers to get to work combating the most cancers.

Different types of immunotherapy, many nonetheless below growth, enlist the immune system in different methods. Some first appeal to immune troopers to the tumor web site, whereas others goal totally different immune instruments.

About half the sufferers with this extraordinarily harmful kind of pores and skin most cancers reply nicely to immunotherapy, in keeping with a research revealed earlier this month in The New England Journal of Medication. Amongst sufferers who survived three years with no most cancers development, the research confirmed, 96% have been alive seven years later if they’d acquired each ipilimumab plus a drug just like pembrolizumab referred to as nivolumab; 97% have been alive in the event that they acquired nivolumab alone, and 88% have been alive in the event that they bought solely ipilimumab.

Earlier than these immunotherapy medicine, perhaps 1 in 20 sufferers would have the potential of residing longer than about six months, Ribas mentioned.

Nonetheless, like different most cancers docs, Ribas does not wish to arrange unrealistic expectations for his sufferers, “I believe now we have to begin utilizing the phrase ‘remedy.'”

At this level, Ribas and others count on that no matter Carter finally dies from, it will not be melanoma.

Wanting forward

Researchers are nonetheless making an attempt to get immunotherapies to work for extra melanoma sufferers and extra individuals with different sorts of cancers.

Research are underway manipulating totally different points of the immune system, combining totally different therapies at totally different occasions, and enhancing strategies of focusing on particular person tumors

What does Carter’s survival for thus lengthy imply to the docs who’ve devoted their careers to caring for sufferers like him?

“It makes us look again on the progress on this most cancers and the way it advantages sufferers and adjustments their life,” Ribas mentioned.

“It’s super and really celebratory. It is improbable,” Hodi added.

Lawson mirrored on his most well-known affected person.

“He’s only a nice man a terrific human being,” Lawson mentioned of the previous president. “I want him a contented birthday and plenty of extra to return.” 

Karen Weintraub will be reached at kweintraub@usatoday.com.

The Baltimore Orioles concluded the 2024 common season with a powerful, 5-1 highway journey in opposition to the playoff-bound Yankees and the Minnesota Twins. On Tuesday evening within the Bronx, the Orioles clinched a spot within the 2024 post-season, and after Friday evening’s win in Minnesota, the Orioles clinched the quantity 4 seed, which ensures them dwelling area benefit within the best-of-three Wild Card collection this yr.

There’s only one drawback: opening the playoffs at dwelling might not current a major benefit for the Baltimore Orioles.

Throughout their stretch of success that has spanned the final two seasons, the Orioles have performed higher away from Camden Yards than at Camden Yards. In 2023, the Orioles have been 52-29 on the highway (.642 successful proportion) versus 49-32 at dwelling (.605 successful proportion). The truth is, it was the Orioles’ struggles at dwelling following their two dwelling playoff losses to Texas that gave Orioles’ followers hope going into (an in the end ill-fated) Recreation 3 final yr in Arlington.

Issues remained the identical in 2024, regardless of the Orioles successful ten fewer video games than in 2023. The Orioles have been 47-34 away from Camden Yards (.575 successful proportion), versus solely 44-37 at dwelling (.540 successful proportion). The Orioles scored 411 runs (121 dwelling runs) on the highway this yr, versus solely 375 (112 dwelling runs) at dwelling. And regardless of having a decrease ERA at dwelling than on the highway, the Orioles allowed the next batting common, on base proportion, slugging proportion, and OPS at Camden Yards.

The Orioles’ incomes dwelling area within the Wild Card might not present the benefit followers hope for

To be truthful, the Orioles have misplaced 8 straight playoff video games. 4 of the losses got here at dwelling (twice in opposition to KC in 2014, twice final yr in Texas) and 4 on the highway (twice in KC in 2014, as soon as in Toronto in 2016, as soon as final yr in Texas). Loopy because it sounds, the Orioles haven’t received a house playoff sport since sport 2 of the 2014 ALDS in opposition to the Tigers, when Delmon Younger heroically smacked a three-run double into the left-field nook to show a two-run deficit right into a one-run lead.

Regardless of the numbers and dangerous reminiscences from final season’s dwelling playoff video games in opposition to the Rangers, the Orioles and their followers ought to be excited for them to open the playoffs at dwelling this yr. The Orioles’ away document is best than their dwelling document principally as a result of the Orioles are a very good highway crew, not as a result of they’re a poor dwelling crew.

They’re nonetheless 93-69 at Camden Yards over the past two years and have performed a few of their most enjoyable video games in Baltimore this season. With the playoffs set to begin at Camden Yards on Tuesday, O’s followers have lots to stay up for this week, no matter the place the crew is taking part in.

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Actor John Ashton, finest identified for his function because the by-the-book detective within the “Beverly Hills Cop” franchise, has died, his publicist Alan Somers confirmed to CBS Information on Sunday. He was 76.

Ashton died Thursday in Ft. Collins, Colorado, after a battle with most cancers.

“John was a loving husband, brother, father, and grandfather who might be deeply missed by all who knew him,” an announcement mentioned.

Ashton was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on Feb. 22, 1948, and raised in Enfield, Connecticut. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Southern California.

All through his 50-year profession in present enterprise, Ashton appeared in practically 100 films after making his debut in 1973’s “The Psychopath.”

He was in all probability finest identified for his function as Det. Sgt. John Taggart within the first two installments of the “Beverly Hills Cop” sequence alongside Eddie Murphy and Decide Reinhold. He reprised his function in 2024’s “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.”

Different movie credit embody “Some Type of Fantastic,” “She’s Having a Child,” “Midnight Run,” “Little Large League” and “Gone Child Gone.”

On tv, he performed Willie Joe Garr on a number of episodes of “Dallas” and made an look on such reveals like “Columbo,” “Police Squad!” “Hardball” and others.

“John devoted his profession to honing his craft and bringing characters to life on the display. His presence might be vastly missed,” Somers mentioned.

Ashton is survived by his spouse Robin Hoye, three kids, three step-children and a grandson. He additionally leaves behind two sisters and a brother. 

“John leaves behind a legacy of affection, dedication, and repair. His reminiscence will ceaselessly be treasured by his spouse, kids, grandchildren, in addition to his brother, sisters, his prolonged household and all who liked him,” Somers mentioned. “John’s influence on the world might be remembered and celebrated for generations to return.”

The household requests any donations in Ashton’s reminiscence be made to Pathways Hospice Care