• Video: Why Manny Machado isn't the bad guy this time
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    Video: Why Manny Machado isn't the bad guy this time

    Consider how quickly Manny Machado went from wunderkind of the diamond to baseball bad-boy in just a few years time. Machado has had a few issues in the past — mainly that time in 2014 when he threw his bat toward third base after a couple of brush-back pitches against the Oakland A’s. Once Machado found himself at the center of baseball drama this week, as the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles cranked things up to rap beef-level.

  • Former NFL and Oregon tight end Colt Lyerla escapes from custody
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    Former NFL and Oregon tight end Colt Lyerla escapes from custody

    Colt Lyerla had the talent to be a high draft pick in the NFL, but his off-field issues cost him a professional career. The Oregonian reported that Lyerla has escaped from Washington County Community Correction Center. Lyerla, a tight end who was picked up by the Green Bay Packers after he wasn’t drafted in 2014 but cut that summer after a knee injury, was serving a six-month sentence for drug possession.

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    Man City thump Crystal Palace 5-0

    Manchester City put five goals past Crystal Palace and kept a clean sheet to earn the three points on Matchday 36.