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Jaromir Jagr is back: At 53, the former NHL great starts his 38th professional season 10/18/2025 04:59am • KLADNO, Czech Republic (AP) — At age 53, Jaromir Jagr began his 38th professional season by playing on the fourth line for his hometown Kladno Knights in a 3-1 victory over Vitkovice on Friday night in the Czech league. The former NHL great logged 10:08 minutes ice time and joined the power play u Brewers outclassed by Ohtani and big-money Dodgers as rousing season ends with NLCS sweep 10/18/2025 04:48am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Turned out the National League Championship Series was indeed a mismatch, just as Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy suggested. But not only in payroll and star power. On the baseball field, too. Where it really matters. After compiling the majors' best record during the regu Blackhawks and Ducks square off in Western Conference play 10/18/2025 04:10am • Anaheim Ducks (2-2, in the Pacific Division) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (2-2-2, in the Central Division) Chicago; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Blackhawks and the Anaheim Ducks face off in Western Conference action. Chicago had a 25-46-11 record overall and a 15-20-6 record in home games l Sharks bring losing streak into home matchup against the Penguins 10/18/2025 04:09am • Pittsburgh Penguins (3-2, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. San Jose Sharks (0-2-2, in the Pacific Division) San Jose, California; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Penguins -141, Sharks +118; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks aim to stop a four-game losing streak when t Tampa Bay visits Columbus in Eastern Conference action 10/18/2025 04:09am • Tampa Bay Lightning (1-2-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (1-3, in the Metropolitan Division) Columbus, Ohio; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jackets -114, Lightning -106; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning hit Capitals play the Canucks following Strome's 2-goal showing 10/18/2025 04:09am • Vancouver Canucks (3-2, in the Pacific Division) vs. Washington Capitals (4-1, in the Metropolitan Division) Washington; Sunday, 12:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Capitals host the Vancouver Canucks after Dylan Strome's two-goal game against the Minnesota Wild in the Capitals' 5-1 win. Wash Flyers face the Wild in a non-conference matchup 10/18/2025 04:09am • Minnesota Wild (2-3, in the Central Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (1-2-1, in the Metropolitan Division) Philadelphia; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Flyers -117, Wild -103; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers take on the Minnesota Wild in a non-conference matchup. Shohei Ohtani hits 3 homers and strikes out 10 in Dodgers' clinching 5-1 NLCS win over Brewers 10/18/2025 04:05am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the World Series with a two-way performance for the ages. Ohtani hit three mammoth homers and struck out 10 while pitching shutout ball into the seventh inning, and the Dodgers swept the Milwaukee Brewers out of the Nationa From barracks to palace: Soldiers who led military coups to become state leaders 10/18/2025 03:29am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Weeks of nationwide Gen Z protests in Madagascar sparked by power and water shortages escalated and led to a military coup that forced President Andry Rajoelina into exile. Army officer Col. Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as the new leader of the Indian Ocean nation. T Belichick's North Carolina tenure hit by heartbreaking loss to Cal after late fumble 10/18/2025 03:29am • BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The Bill Belichick era at North Carolina already had endured several lopsided losses. Now the Tar Heels have a heartbreaking one to go with it. The one thing that North Carolina is still searching for is its first victory over a power opponent since the six-time Super Bowl Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang dies at 103 10/18/2025 03:29am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang, one of the most influential scientists in modern physics, died in Beijing on Saturday. He was 103. The prestigious Tsinghua University, where he studied and served as a professor, said in a statement that Yang died of an illness An eagle on the 17th hole helps increase Sei Young Kim's lead to 4 strokes at LPGA South Korea 10/18/2025 03:24am • HAENAM, South Korea (AP) — Sei Young Kim's eagle on the 17th hole has helped increase her lead to four strokes going into the final round of the BMW Ladies Championship after shooting a 3-under 69 Saturday. On a blustery, cloudy day at Pine Beach Golf Links on the Korean peninsula, Kim finished wi Brent Austin's goal-line heroics secure California's 21-18 win over Belichick and North Carolina 10/18/2025 03:15am • BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Brent Austin forced a fumble at the goal line and recovered it in the end zone to preserve the lead in the fourth quarter, giving California a 21-18 victory over Bill Belichick and North Carolina on Friday night. “Just came up a little bit short today, a couple inches I g Gen Z protests against corruption and inequality are shaking Morocco. Here's what to know 10/18/2025 02:34am • RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Demonstrations in more than a dozen cities have jolted Morocco for weeks, with the young people behind them showing they can translate digital discontent into a real-world movement that authorities can’t ignore. The North African nation is the latest to be rocked by “Gen In AP interview, Harris says Democrats 'are standing up for working people' in government shutdown 10/18/2025 01:39am • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — As Democrats dig in for a lengthening government shutdown, former Vice President Kamala Harris is cheering them on as she travels the country touting her presidential campaign memoir amid speculation about another White House run. The Democratic 2024 nominee told The Associ