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Until now. The Jays clinched a spot in the 2015 playoffs Friday, ending baseball’s longest drought. In fact, the Blue Jays were the only team that had not participated in October baseball this century. MORE: Best Blue Jays ever | Memorable stars of the ’90s A lot has changed in that time, so let’s take a look back at that magical year of 1993, when Bill Clinton began his first term as president, Bryce Harper was an infant and MLB had 28 teams, no interleague play and no wild cards....

An exclusive, invitation-only event, the BMW Golf Cup International 2017 is an amateur golf tournament series designed for esteemed BMW customers that provides the right mix for an exclusive social interaction. India is one of the 42 participating countries where more than 100,000 players will compete across 1,000 qualifying tournaments. The winners of the tournaments from each Indian city will compete at the National Final. The national winners will come together at the BMW Golf Cup International 2017 World Final....

A strong second half by the Blue Devils made for a hotly contested matchup that included bad calls by officials on both sides, as is typical in any college basketball game. MORE: J.J. Watt and Caroline Wozniacki at title game | Roy Williams’ incredible gesture for Bo Ryan | Must-see photos Badgers coach Bo Ryan saw it differently. Speaking with CBS reporter Tracy Wolfson after the game, Ryan used descriptive language to implicitly complain about officials:...

MORE: Messi takes flight FIFA ‘15 trailer | Soccer WAGs | Beautiful fans When these two sides were paired up for group stage clashes once more, and with CSKA Moscow thrown into the mix for a second successive season, many immediately drew the conclusion that the two games between the favorites would prove just as superfluous to the group outcome as they were 12 months ago. However, this is a group of an entirely new context to the one Pep Guardiola faced in his debut season at the Allianz Arena....

NYRA released a statement Monday afternoon saying Baffert is temporarily suspended from entering any horses or occupying any stall space at Belmont Park, Saratoga Race Course and Aqueduct Racetrack. “In order to maintain a successful thoroughbred racing industry in New York, NYRA must protect the integrity of the sport for our fans, the betting public and racing participants,” said Dave O’Rourke, NYRA president and CEO. “That responsibility demands the action taken today in the best interests of thoroughbred racing....

Who he is: The word’s been out on Bobby Grich for a while, that in 1992 the former Orioles and Angels second baseman got robbed in Baseball Hall of Fame voting his only year on the writers’ ballot. Grich received 2.6 percent of the vote, likely doomed by his .266 batting average and 1,833 hits. As David Schoenfield of ESPN and Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated noted about Jim Edmonds, another one-and-done candidate, no position player who began his career after 1960 has made the Hall of Fame with fewer than 2,000 hits....

Despite being faced with the daunting task of fighting Drew McIntyre inside the hellish contraption, The All Mighty is confident that he will leave the pay-per-view as champion. Speaking to Yahoo! Sports, Lashley discussed exactly why Drew McIntyre receives so many opportunities, claiming that he has been the “number two” guy for quite a while. The current WWE Champion then shared a list of stars he believes are ready to take the next step and become a top contender....

U.S. National Park Service (NPS) biologists began tracking the female bobcat more than a year after the Woolsey wildfire that devastated the Santa Monica Mountains in November 2018, burning tens of thousands of acres of land. In April this year, the biologists began suspecting that the bobcat, labeled B-370 due to her tracking collar, had made a den in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) because they noticed she had been repeatedly returning to the same spot....

Financial terms of the deal Monday were not released. MORE: Douglas-Roberts in right place at right time | Bobcats surprise marine with new house The 6-foot-9 White only played in one game for Charlotte during his first 10-day contract and did not score. He had one rebound and one steal. Now in his sixth NBA season, White has averaged 5.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game in 133 games played....

Authorities continue to investigate the cause of death at the scene, thought to be in a vehicle parked at the Walmart on Cibolo Valley Drive. Newsweek has contacted the Cibolo Police Department, which has announced there is no continuing danger to the public, following the discovery in the afternoon of Tuesday, September 7. Police have (at the time of writing) released no identifying details about the individual. Pearl River County Coroner Derek Turnage, also contacted by Newsweek, confirmed officials continue to investigate the scene....

The home side have lost four of their opening five games in Serie A, leaving them 17th in the table, while Cagliari are in 11th place. There was some midweek cheer for Bologna as they defeated Serie B side Reggina in the Coppa Italia by a 2-0 scoreline. There were also some promising signs in Bologna’s previous Serie A game against Lazio. While they fell to a 2-1 defeat at the Stadio Olimpico, Bologna were a threat to the opposition for much of the game....

Primary bone cancer is actually a broad category, consisting of many different types of malignancies, some of which are very rare; however, of these, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and Ewing sarcoma are among the most common. Known Causes Although the causes of bone cancer are not precisely known, changes in the DNA of the cancerous cells are known to be important. In most cases, these changes happen by chance and are not passed on from parents to children....

It was an age of gentility, innocence and huge interest in cricket, with the first-class calendar featuring some of the giants of the game’s history. WG had gone, but youngsters like Jack Hobbs and Frank Woolley had emerged to capture the imagination of the large cricketing public. They read about these players; but to see them, they had to go to games. And they did, in large numbers. Woolley was, of course, a batting genius, subject to periods of fallibility but more often than not a player of extraordinary charm, who could make batting look like the easiest thing in the world....

Very few people actually know the secret behind Bernie Ecclestone’s life from a second-hand car salesman on Warren Street to becoming the F1 supremo. And as the title of the book by Tom Bower very correctly suggests, he is “no angel”. While going through the 350-odd pages, one is enthralled by the cunning nature with which Bernie won crucial deals. His theory was simple – let the other person put the price on the table first and get him/her at a disadvantage straight away....

NEWSWEEK: Emerging markets have grown extraordinarily well in the last four or five years. Why is this happening now? Ruchir Sharma: In the 1970s, we hit a very broad inflection point. Never before in the history of development had so many people lived in such poverty. The most populous countries in the world—China, India, etc.—were following economic models that were yielding very poor economic results. Since then, we’ve had a turning point, especially with China....

CFC U-15 striker P Tejeshwar, who scored four goals last season for the CFC U-13s, featured for Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram in their 1-0 over Wesley Higher Secondary School. The tournament will see more than 1,100 kids participate, with top three teams from both age groups receiving special coaching sessions with the CFC coaching staff and select first-team players. The first round of the tournament is of knock-out type, with 32 school teams each in the U-13 and U-15 categories playing a one-off knock-out tie....

StarCraft 2’s lead producer Chris Sigaty responds to those players with a very appropriate argument. Interestingly enough, a patch was released this month that may have led to this response: An interesting response for sure, because that’s Sigaty almost confirming an update that will no doubt boost Zerg effectiveness to a degree. That is pleasing to many fans, I’m sure, but for those who are interested in playing Zerg in 1v1 matches, it might not be enough....

For most of 2019, protests have been going on in Hong Kong over legislation that many fear could bring it under increasing Chinese jurisdiction, threatening the territory’s democracy in the process. It’s been a tense situation that could have serious political ramifications, but it became entangled with gaming last month after pro Hearthstone player and Hong Kong resident Ng Wai “Blitzchung” Chung voiced his support for Hong Kong democracy during an official livestream, which got him banned by Blizzard....

Utah-based Culper Precision first shared pictures of the Block 19 handgun on its Instagram page on June 24, where the company said they designed it with Legos as they “wanted the second amendment to simply be too painful to tread on.” But, soon afterward, the Danish toy giant contacted Culper Precision to take the product down, which they later did. In a July 14 Instagram post, Culper Precision justified why it had created the custom-designed handgun and said it was “about the process of freedom, fun and responsible gun ownership....

Almost 60 percent of the U.S. population is now fully vaccinated, which means a large portion of the country’s blood supply comes from donors who have gotten the shots. Kaiser Health News—the newsroom for the healthcare-focused non-profit Kaiser Family Foundation—reported that there have been instances of COVID skeptics (or of people who don’t trust the science behind vaccines) demanding blood transfusions using blood from vaccinated people. American Red Cross spokesperson Emily Osment told Kaiser her organization has heard from unvaccinated clients who said they feared vaccinated blood would be “tainted....