Golovkin-Jacobs targeted for Dec. 10 at MSG and other top stories.

• Golovkin-Jacobs targeted for Dec. 10 at MSG

  

  Canelo Alvarez's fractured right thumb has shaken up HBO's fall schedule.Alvarez, returning to the junior middleweight division, suffered the injury during the second round of his ninth-round knockout of England's Liam Smith to win a 154-pound world title last Saturday night in Arlington, Texas, before 51,240, an AT&T Stadium-record crowd for boxing.The injury scuttled Alvarez's plans for a ring return on Dec. 10 at Madison Square Garden in New York.With Alvarez idle until 2017, unified middlewe..

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• Mets throw another rookie starter against Phillies

  

  NEW YORK -- The final 10-game dash for a wild-card spot began in, well, wild fashion on Thursday night for the New York Mets. Now the Mets hope the baseball player equivalent of a wild card can get them another step closer to the playoffs on Friday. Right-hander Gabriel Ynoa will become the second consecutive rookie starter for the Mets when he takes the mound in the second game of a four-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field. The Mets won the series opener in franti..

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• Bucks acquire Michael Beasley in trade with Rockets

  

  The Houston Rockets traded forward Michael Beasley to the Milwaukee Bucks for guard Tyler Ennis on Thursday, it was announced Thursday.The deal comes just one day after it was announced that Bucks guard Khris Middleton, who averaged a career-high 18.2 points last season, is expected to miss six months after suffering a torn left hamstring during a preseason workout. He will undergo surgery next week.Editor's PicksThe 6-foot-9 Beasley was signed by the Rockets late last season after spending time..

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• Take heed, Louisville: Deshaun Watson, Clemson Tigers just woke up

  

  ATLANTA -- Dabo Swinney entered Bobby Dodd Stadium two hours before Thursday night's kickoff in a blue suit and orange tie -- you guessed it, Clemson orange -- and stopped to pose for a picture with a pair of fans. He made his way across the field, walking through Georgia Tech's players, who were in the midst of their warm-ups. Then, fifth-ranked Clemson's coach strolled into the end zone, and he ... just ... stood .. there. For a matter of moments, he was still, maybe simply taking it all in..

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• Mariners 'strongly disagree' with Steve Clevenger's tweets on Black Lives Matter

  

  General manager Jerry Dipoto says the Mariners are “examining all internal options” after the backup catcher’s tweets Thursday, in which he apparently referenced the Black Lives Matter movement, the national-anthem protests and social unrest in Charlotte, N.C. By Seattle Times staff reporter Mariners catcher Steve Clevenger sent out some controversial posts on social media Thursday, apparently referencing the Black Lives Matter movement, the national-anthem protests and social unrest this wee..

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