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Seattle Mariners playoff hopes stay alive, blowout win over A’s

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The Mariners have probably played hundreds of rainy, gray Monday night games against the A’s. The roof looming overhead like an immense spaceship, the crowd dedicated or foolhardy, dampness shimmering in the lights. There’s no sense in gatekeeping fandom – no matter how dire the team’s fortunes get, we’re never actually battling for life rafts to escape a sinking ship – but these grim, sloshy games are what true Seattle baseball is to me.

At first glance, there’s no glamour to the rain. Cold seeps into your authentic apparel, but unlike the athletes in motion on the field you’re still in your seat. Any hot beverage you might buy is obviously overpriced, and transitions from undrinkably hot to lukewarm within seconds. By the time you totter down to the team store in defeat, there is no number of fleece blankets you can purchase that will warm you fully.

But there’s something special about these dismal weekday settings. Some nights we’re lucky, and they win the game. Some nights the play matches the weather, and we trod dejectedly home through the puddles. Or you get tonight, where the joy shines brighter than pinpricks of sun off the Columbia tower, or Mitch Haniger’s smile after his 37th (and second of the game) home run.

There’s an undeniable magic to these games. An underlying current that runs through the park, humming with the potential for something special. It’s especially true for these late-season games, where the roof tucks you in and you and 11,167 of your closest friends cozy together in pursuit of playoff contention. There was a fierce resolve to tonight’s game, from the first pitch Chris Flexen threw to Matt Andriese’s final strikeout. It’s a PNW defiance of the seasons; a refusal to give up summer, to acquiesce to Fall and to football. There is still baseball to be had in this city, the Mariners roared.

There are still games left to play.

(Message me on Twitter (@95coffeespoons) if you’re there on Friday. First (or second, or third), drink’s on me. Thanks for riding this nutty season out with us.)

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Titans’ Taylor Lewan thanks Cardinals’ Chandler Jones for ‘exposing’ him in blowout loss

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Nissan Stadium was buzzing with boos on Sunday as fans looked on in dread as the Arizona Cardinals stomped the Tennessee Titans, 38-13. 

Offensive tackle Taylor Lewan, who was the main subject of the crowd’s anger, took to Twitter after the game to own up to the offensive line’s mistakes. 

CARDINALS’ CHANDLER JONES GETS 3 SACKS IN FIRST QUARTER, LEBRON JAMES GETS FIRED UP

“Got my a– kicked today, no way around that. I let the team and the fans down. Thank you (Cardinals LB) Chandler Jones for exposing me. It will only force me to get better,” he tweeted.

Lewan, a three-time Pro Bowler, allowed two sacks and tied a game-high of five pressures allowed along with teammate Nate Davis, but it would be difficult to point the finger just at one player.

The Titans suffered a complete breakdown of their offensive line, allowing six sacks, five by Jones, and nine quarterback hits. Quarterback Ryan Tannehill was constantly under pressure — a complete turnaround from last season.

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The Titans not only won the AFC South last year, they had one of the NFL’s best offenses in 2020 with Derrick Henry being named NFL Offensive Player of the Year after rushing for 2,027 yards. They tied Buffalo for the second-most yards per game and ranked fourth in scoring, then traded for wide receiver Julio Jones in June.

“This game is not played on paper,” safety Kevin Byard said after the game. “We have to perform every week. It’s not about what you said you were going to do; it’s about what you do, and we didn’t do enough today to win.”

He continued: “You’re going to get boos, and rightfully so. We didn’t play well, so I can’t expect anything less. Our fanbase wants us to be a great team. We want to be a great team.”

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By comparison, the Cardinals had one of their best season starts. 

Jones became the 17th player in NFL history with 100 sacks in his first 10 seasons after needing three to reach that mark, which he did in the first quarter Sunday.

He also tied the franchise record, and his five sacks are the third-most by a player in a season opener.

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USWNT: Sweden break USA’s 44-match unbeaten streak with stunning blowout to open Tokyo Olympics

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The United States women’s national team fell 3-0 to Sweden in their opening group stage match. It was a dominant performance from Sweden who out played the USWNT across the pitch. As Megan Rapinoe put, “We got bopped.” Stina Blackstenius scored twice and Lina Hurtig added a third for Sweden. The USWNT offered little in response, with Christen Press’s 71st minute miss comprising their best chance. The blowout was the first 3-0 loss handed to the team since their 2017 loss to France during the SheBelieves Cup. 

Sweden began their dominant play early in the first half, establishing pressure, disrupting the USWNT, eliminating passing lanes, controlling possession, and that was just in the first twenty minutes of the match. They got their breakthrough in the 24th minute of the match as Eva Jakobsson delivered a cross into the box that Blackstenius put away on a glancing header from a near post run.

The USWNT managed to get out of the first half down only one goal, despite being out shot eleven to three, and conceding seven corners. Head coach Vlatko Andonovski made adjustments in the second half and subbed on Carli Lloyd and Julie Ertz for Alex Morgan and Sam Mewis. The impact from Ertz was immediate (make sure you check out all the USWNT player ratings), as the midfielder immediately began making plays in midfield, winning the ball back and closing down passing lanes in her first appearance since she picked up an MCL sprain in May. 

As the team appeared to finally make a small adjustment and connect a few passes while disrupting Sweden’s midfield, the momentum was short lived as Blackstenius scored the go-ahead goal in the 54th minute.

The USWNT missed a golden chance to get back in the match as Christen Press hit the post and then minutes later Sweden scored their third to put the match away.

Throughout the match, the USWNT struggled to ever truly play their way into the game, looking stunned at times, reintroducing old feelings about their 2016 Rio elimination and brining up new questions about the team and their ability to navigate their way through the rest of the group. The loss ends a 44 game unbeaten streak for USA, and the team will try to bounce back from the loss against New Zealand on July 24.

Scoreboard USWNT 0, Sweden 3

Sweden 25′: ⚽ Stina Blackstenius
Sweden 54′: ⚽ Stina Blackstenius
Sweden ’72: ⚽ Lina Hurtig

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Dow futures jump more than 100 points after blowout jobs report

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Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Stock futures climbed in overnight trading on Sunday as investors cheered a strong bounce in U.S. job growth last month amid accelerating vaccine rollout.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 136 points. S&P 500 futures rose 0.4% and Nasdaq 100 futures edged up 0.2%.

The Labor Department reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls increased by 916,000 in March, the highest since August 2020, while the unemployment rate fell to 6%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones were expecting an increase of 675,000 and a jobless rate of 6%.

“This reflects the lifting of restrictions, ramp-up in vaccinations and boost provided by the fiscal stimulus,” said Anu Gaggar, senior global investment analyst at Commonwealth Financial Network. “Faster jobs and wage growth can have an upward pressure on prices and test the Fed’s patience with easy monetary policy.”

Wall Street kicked off the month of April with a strong rally. The S&P 500 jumped more than 1% to top the 4,000 threshold for the first time on Thursday, bringing its 2021 gains to 7%.

Last week’s strength came after President Joe Biden introduced his multitrillion-dollar infrastructure proposal, which focuses on rebuilding roads, bridges and airports, expanding broadband access and boosting electric vehicle use and updating the country’s electric grid. The plan will be funded partly by a hike in the corporate tax rate to 28%.

However, the plan faces opposition among Republicans as the $2 trillion plan includes initiatives that they say extend beyond traditional infrastructure issues.

Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri on Sunday urged the Biden administration to pare back the package to roughly $615 billion and concentrate on physical infrastructure such as roads and airports.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said last week that Biden’s plan would not receive Republican support and vowed to oppose the broader Democratic agenda.

On the pandemic front, the U.S. reported another daily record of new Covid vaccinations Saturday, pushing the weekly average of new shots per day above 3 million.

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Rangers give returning fans a gift: Blowout win over Bruins

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On a night when the roaring cheers from their fans reverberated throughout Madison Square Garden for the first time this season, when every hit was echoed by a round of applause and every save received a standing ovation, the Rangers put on a show worthy of the 356-day wait.

With the impassioned reactions from behind the glass and the traditional “Potvin Sucks!” jeers from Up in the Blue Seats (see what I did there?), the Bruins got a harsh reminder of what home-ice advantage feels like as the Rangers rolled over them in a dominant 6-2 win Friday night in front of 1,800 fans.

As the Garden came alive, so did the Rangers.

“It sounded like 20,000 [fans], not 2,000,” Adam Fox said after the win, which improved the Rangers to 7-8-3.

The game was busted wide open when the Rangers potted three goals in the second period. Their highest-scoring performance of the season marked the Rangers’ first win over Boston in three tries this season.

An irrefutable spirit, toughness and tenacity exuded from the Rangers’ play. And with every “Let’s Go Rangers!” chant that boomed, the Blueshirts’ will to win became stronger and stronger. It hasn’t been the start to the season that the team and the fans wanted or expected, but the Rangers welcomed their loyal supporters back by skating Boston out of the Garden.

Chris Kreider celebrates his second goal during the Rangers’ 6-2 blowout win over the Bruins.
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“I’m standing there during in the national anthem, I had some goosebumps and some energy that haven’t had in a long time,” said Ryan Strome, whose second goal of the season, early in the second period, made it a 2-0 game. “It’s been a sort of challenging time in the world for everybody, and I think for 2,000 people to have a night out and for us to put on a good performance was a good thing for New York.”

The Bruins stayed competitive following Strome’s tally when their captain, Patrice Bergeron, put them on the board 2 ¹/₂ minutes later. But Boston’s Brad Marchand — who got his own warm welcome at the Garden — was called for high sticking and Colin Blackwell redirected a point shot from Fox on the power play to make it 3-1 at 18:52 for the Rangers’ fourth-straight game with a man-advantage tally.

A no-look wrister from Chris Kreider with less than a minute left in the second wrapped a bow on one of the Rangers’ most commanding periods of the season.

Pavel Buchnevich and Jonny Brodzinski, skating in his second game as a Ranger since his call-up from the taxi squad Wednesday, chipped in a goal apiece in the third to seal the deal.

“[The Bruins] get that one [in the second] to make it 2-1, I thought they were coming,” head coach David Quinn said. “We had some lucky breaks on the penalty kill, we get the huge power play goal, and Kreids gets that goal right away. … I really liked an awful lot about our game tonight.”

Julien Gauthier registered his second NHL goal off a hard wrist shot from the left circle to make it 1-0 and ignite the first Rangers goal song since March 7, 2020, at 13:03 in the first period.

Fans at Madison Square Garden enjoy the Rangers’ win over the Bruins on Friday night.
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“You knew there were going to be fans in the building, but I don’t think any of us expected the impact they would make,” Quinn said. “They were incredibly loud and passionate. You hear the number of people that might be in here, think ‘That’ll be nice but won’t have that much of an impact.’ They had an impact tonight. … We certainly look forward to the day we can have this place full the way it normally is.”

The Rangers seemed to feed off the noise and approval as they dialed up the physicality in the opening 20 minutes, out-hitting the Bruins 17-8.

The fans had missed the action, and the Rangers seemingly wanted to make up for the lost time.

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Michigan basketball’s Hunter Dickinson outplays Luka Garza in blowout

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Another big game, another big win for Michigan basketball.

Thanks to a stingy defensive performance, the No. 3 Wolverines beat No. 12 Iowa, 79-57, on Thursday night at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor. 

U-M held the nation’s top offense to 0.89 points per possession, while Hawkeyes center Luka Garza — the nation’s leading scorer — scored 16 points on 6 of 19 shooting. And while Michigan’s offense struggled in the first half, the Wolverines came alive over the final 20 minutes. 

It was the Wolverines’ second impressive win over the past week after Sunday’s road win at then-No. 4 Ohio State. 

Franz Wagner led all scorers with a season-high 21 points on 9-for-12 shooting. 

Michigan is now 17-1 and 12-1 in the Big Ten, and continues to prove it is among the nation’s top teams. 

Defense shows up

Iowa (17-7, 11-6) had the nation’s top-ranked offense entering the game, anchored by Garza (the nation’s leading scorer). Yet the Hawkeyes had significant trouble scoring the ball all game — thanks in large part to Michigan’s interior defense, led by freshman center Hunter Dickinson.

Dickinson guarded Garza whenever he was in the game and did an exemplary job of making life difficult for the Iowa star. He was patient, using his size and positioning to contest. The tone was set early, when Garza’s first two attempts to score resulted in a blocked shot and missed layup, while his third attempt led to a held ball. 

In the first half, Dickinson held Garza to three points on 1-for-9 shooting (Garza made both shots he attempted when Dickinson was not in the game). And it did not get any easier for Garza in the second half, as he shot 2 of 5 (with two turnovers) against Dickinson.

Meanwhile, the Hawkeyes’ top three shooters — CJ Fredrick, Joe Wieskamp and Jordan Bohannon — combined to make 4 of 12 3s, as Michigan made a concerted effort to defend the 3-point line and not provide too much help on drives. 

Offense heats up in second half

Despite Michigan’s defensive success, the game was a back-and-forth affair through the first 20-plus minutes because of the Wolverines’ offensive struggles. While Iowa’s defense has been among the worst in the Big Ten this season, it shut down Michigan’s potent offense. The Wolverines settled for some bad shots and made 14 of 35 first-half attempts; they also turned it over six times and looked disjointed. 

That changed after halftime, though. Michigan pulled away and established a double-digit lead by finding offensive improvement while continuing to play shutdown defense. Before the benches were emptied late, the Wolverines were averaging close to 1.35 points per possession and shot over 50% from the field. Isaiah Livers had 10 of his 16 points in the second half, and Chaundee Brown had seven second-half points off the bench. 

But the main contributor was … 

Wagner takes over

Iowa simply had no answer for Michigan’s star sophomore. 

In the first half, Wagner kept the offense afloat by scoring eight points on 3 of 5 shooting. He started the second half by making his first four shots, including a 3. With his length and driving ability, Wagner got to the rim at will and was able to finish with either hand. The Wolverines’ offense perked up when it put Wagner in a ball screen and gave him a full runway to get downhill. He assisted Livers with a nifty pass in transition, made a couple other good passes that didn’t result in made baskets, and defended well. 

Contact Orion Sang at osang@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @orion_sang. Read more on the Michigan Wolverines and sign up for our Wolverines newsletter. 



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