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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
Oakland rookie right-hander Dan Straily was well aware of the ace pitcher and the powerful lineup he was facing. Now everyone can take notice of Straily, who on television before his latest start saw plenty of highlights touting Yu Darvish being on the mound. Straily allowed only two singles while ...
Patrick Corbin tossed a three-hitter and struck out a career-high 10 to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win ...
Miguel Cabrera’s first two home runs of the game put Detroit in control. His third wasn’t enough to rally the ...
Yankees manager Joe Girardi has proved to be quite adept at lineup juggling and position shuffling during an injury-plagued first two months. Still, there’s one player he thinks he would be unable to do without: Robinson Cano. The All-Star second baseman hit a pair ...
In a revolving-door season, Joe Girardi is grateful he has to spend little time worrying about Hiroki Kuroda. There are those moments, though, that the New York Yankees’ manager has to remind himself the Japanese ace is not one of the many young faces ...
Justin Upton was still the main man for Atlanta, even when the Braves finally had all their sluggers together. Upton gave Atlanta the lead with a sixth-inning grand slam and the Braves finally unveiled their full-strength lineup, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 on ...
The Oakland Athletics have promoted left-hander Hideki Okajima from Triple-A Sacramento and designated right-hander Chris Resop for assignment. Oakland announced the moves before Friday’s game against the Kansas City Royals. The 37-year-old Okajima was 0-1 with a 2.16 ERA in 14 games with the ...
Reid Ryan has been introduced as the new president of the Houston Astros. Ryan, the eldest son of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, was the CEO of Ryan-Sanders Baseball, which owns the Triple-A Round Rock Express and Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks. The 41-year-old ...
Banished to the dugout after his shortest outing in nearly three years, Justin Verlander wandered around like he didn’t know who or where he was. Maybe it’s because his pitching was unrecognizable. Geovany Soto knocked out the Detroit ace with a three-run homer that ...
This time around, Shelby Miller battled for outs. The St. Louis Cardinals rookie right-hander had trouble controlling his fastball, and finishing off hitters. A pitch count headed for triple digits in the sixth inning was the only battle he lost. The 22-year-old Miller followed ...
Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli made no excuses for a key defensive miscue. Napoli misplayed a popup at first base during a five-run fourth inning for Tampa Bay, and the Rays rallied to beat the Red Sox 5-3 on Tuesday night. Red Sox ...
Norichika Aoki had three hits and three RBIs with a pair of stolen bases Monday to spearhead the Milwaukee Brewers’ 5-1 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Aoki, who also scored twice, helped the Brewers end a four-game slide by driving in the go-ahead run ...
The Chicago White Sox needed a big start from ace Chris Sale, and he nearly gave them something historic. Sale took a perfect game into the seventh inning before finishing with a one-hitter, and Chicago beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 on Sunday night ...
There’s something about the sixth inning in the last week for Nelson Cruz. He’s hit game-tying home runs in the frame in three games in a week for the Texas Rangers. The latest one came on Saturday night when Cruz, Adrian Beltre and Lance ...
Shelby Miller gave up a single to start the game then nothing else. Not a walk or a hit batter. No one even reached on an error. The St. Louis Cardinals rookie was perfect after that leadoff single by Eric Young Jr., retiring 27 ...