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Verlander beat out Houston Astros teammate Gerrit Cole in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America revealed Wednesday night. Verlander got 17 first-place votes to 13 for Cole, who became a free agent after the season. Mets ace Jacob deGrom won the NL prize for the second straight year. He received 29 of 30 first-place votes, becoming the 11th pitcher to win Cy Youngs in consecutive years. He and Verlander are the 20th and 21st players to win the award multiple times....

Against the Boston Red Sox, the Houston hitters did that — eventually. Carlos Correa lofted a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and the Astros won their sixth straight game, rallying past Boston 6-3 Friday night in a matchup of AL division leaders. The Red Sox, with the best record in the majors, had won three in row. Boston starter David Price had allowed just one hit and retired 14 in a row when he went into the seventh with a 2-0 lead....

The new Asus C213NA adds something else to this potent recipe – a rugged build and modular construction that makes it easy to repair. We take a look at the Chromebook that’s made to take a beating. For more laptops running ChromeOS check out our Best Chromebooks 2017/18 guide. Price So it’s cheaper than a lot of laptops, but bear in mind that the likes of the Acer Spin 1 are priced at just £279....

The company introduced a similarly standout machine at last year’s show in the Flip C434 but the new C436 doubles down on both design and performance to offer a truly premium Chromebook experience. Google has progressively moved away from offering high-end Chromebooks within its own hardware portfolio, transitioning from the pricey Pixel, to the more modest Pixelbook and most recently, the humble Pixelbook Go. This year, Asus and Samsung appear to be filling the void left by this shift – the question now is whether there’s a worthwhile reason to do so....

AT&T apparently has been courting Armstrong for months. He was reportedly reluctant to accept for fear that he would at least initially play second fiddle to Allen, who hasn’t specified when he’d step down. Even if that issue has been resolved, Armstrong faces a challenging situation. Says Robert Rosenberg of Insight Research Corp. in New Jersey: ““He has to boost morale, which is in the tank. He has to articulate a strategy for the future....

“It was a great opportunity. It didn’t work out the way I wanted it to be, but at least I was able to make it to Rio. That was one of my goals,” the reigning Olympic gold medallist said on Tuesday, reports Efe news. “It was awesome and fun, but it’s over now,” said the 35-year-old tennis superstar. About the match, the world number one said: “Obviously, I am very disappointed....

But while the 79-year-old host of Love Connection may seem like a strange source for claiming society-scale lies about the coronavirus and the more than 135,000 people in the United States who have died from it, Woolery has a long history of conspiracist provocations, including a 2017 flap evoking an antisemitic staple. In May 2017, as reported by Newsweek at the time, Woolery claimed “most of the original Soviet Communists were Jewish,” further falsely describing the first leader of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin, as Jewish....

After a violent mob assaulted the U.S. Capitol last year, injuring more than 150 law enforcement officials, 147 GOP lawmakers voted against certifying the election for President Joe Biden. In response, major Fortune 500 companies, including AT&T, paused their political giving to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election, a group that became known pejoratively as the “Seditious Caucus.” However, most companies resumed donations to these federal lawmakers within months of the riot....

Kolkata - Asiad gold medallist sprinter Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently under judicial custody for “rape”, on Monday underwent medical tests for determining gender at the government-run SSKM hospital. An 11-member medical board headed by Biswanath Kahali, head of the forensic department, has been constituted for the purpose. Pinki, who was brought from the Dum Dum Central Correctional Home to the SSKM in the afternoon, was first taken to the forensic and state medicine department where she underwent some tests....

Beane told Epstein he liked the starting pitchers, and he was going to be aggressive in an attempt to improve the AL West leaders. Fast forward to this weekend, when Beane proved just how serious he was during that initial call. MORE: More on deal | Fantasy impact | Astros’ prospects | MLB’s top rookies through June Oakland and Chicago announced the big trade on Saturday, with Samardzija and Hammel heading to the West Coast for a package of prospects that included the A’s first-round selections in each of the past two drafts....

Spencer Strider got the start for the Braves and went 5.2 innings and allowed two earned runs. Strider improved his record to 3-2 with a 2.45 ERA. The Atlanta Braves are now 10 games above .500 with a record of 37-27. They are only four games behind the New York Mets in the NL East standings. The Braves are playing like the best team in baseball and are getting close to catching the Mets....

The two teams are having fairly mediocre seasons and could struggle to qualify for the playoffs. However, Jimmy Butler and co have been on a roll of late, overwhelming teams with their defense and shooting. The Miami Heat will enter this clash on a five-game win streak. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Hawks have fallen to 11th in the Eastern Conference standings after making a subpar 14-19 start to the season. They are grappling with several injury issues and find themselves languishing in 23rd in the league in both defense and offense....

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is reportedly on the vice president shortlist for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The first-term mayor has received national attention in recent months after speaking out against the coronavirus pandemic and the protests in her city following the deaths of several Black men across the U.S. who died while in police custody. During an appearance on the PBS program Firing Line that aired Friday, Bottoms said she has endorsed Biden since June 2019, praising several qualities she saw in him including empathy, compassion and leadership....

St. Joseph's secured the conference's automatic seed in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. VCU now awaits a likely wild-card berth in the tourney. MORE: Box score | NCAA scores | Print your NCAA Tournament bracket | Video The title is the Hawks' first in 17 years. Galloway had 19 points that included huge 3-pointer. The Hawks arrived in Brooklyn as the tourney's fourth seed and on the NCAA tournament bubble. They all but clinched an at-large berth with a win over fellow bubble team Dayton in Friday's quarterfinals on Galloway's go-ahead 3, and then made that moot by capturing the conference's automatic bid....

Having been left out of Argentina’s squad for the friendlies with Italy and Spain, Dybala - who has been linked with a move to Atleti as a replacement for the reportedly Barcelona-bound Antoine Griezmann - was spotted with Simeone at a restaurant in Madrid during the international break. Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri has since laughed off speculation that the meeting indicated the 24-year-old would soon be moving to the Wanda Metropolitano, and Simeone was quick to clarify the circumstances of his encounter with Dybala....

Atletico struggled to break down a stubborn Athletic at the Wanda Metropolitano before Simeone turned to Gameiro as his second substitute, taking off Koke and reconfiguring his side’s attack. Gameiro subsequently repaid his boss with a goal and an assist, scoring from a pass from fellow French forward Antoine Griezmann before setting up Diego Costa to wrap up the points. The 30" class=“sk-app-thumbnail-year-old has a knack for providing game-changing moments on February 18, having hit a five-minute hat-trick in a 4-1 rout of Sporting Gijon on the same date a year ago....

Madrid, Feb 18: Spanish BBVA Primera Liga club Atletico Madrid announced that midfielder Raul Garcia has signed a contract extension to keep him at the Vicente Caldeorn Stadium until the end of June 2018. The move means that the midfielder, who was signed from Pamplona based Osasuna in 2007, will continue his career at the club he has looked like leaving a couple of years ago, when he returned to Osasuna on loan for the 2011-12 season, reported Xinhua....

With speculation rife about a potential transfer to Barcelona for Atleti forward Antoine Griezmann, Cerezo indicated there would be departures following the end of the season. Diego Simeone’s men were unable to mount a serious challenge to LaLiga champions Barca this season and the club president acknowledged the outlook is not entirely positive, despite being pleased with their growth. “We are fighting and trying to have more income to reduce the debt we have,” Cerezo told Marca....

With both debatably under achieving against their goals in the league last season, managers Steven Gerrard and Jesse Marsch will be keen to quickly get their squads in shape with the new top-flight campaign now just under three weeks away. This friendly will act as Villa’s second fixture of this preseason after they beat League Two outfit Walsall 4-0 previously, whilst for Leeds it will be their third, following 4-0 and 2-1 victories against Blackpool and Brisbane Roar respectively so far....