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MILWAUKEE — Yasiel Puig hit a three-run homer, Chris Taylor made a key catch and the Los Angeles Dodgers reached the World Series for the second straight year, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 on Saturday night in Game 7 of the NL Championship Series. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw closed out the win, setting up a showdown with the Boston Red Sox starting Tuesday night at Fenway Park.

Ryan Braun slid across home plate and raised his arms in sheer joy. A big lead, a bruising bullpen and a boisterous crowd have the Milwaukee Brewers all set up for Game 7. Jesus Aguilar sparked Milwaukee's slumping lineup with three RBIs on a pair of two-out hits, and the Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2 on Friday night to even the NL Championship Series at three games each. Game 7 is Saturday night in front of the same frenzied crowd that booed Manny Machado vociferously after he tangled with Aguilar while the series was in Los Angeles.

David Price put his postseason woes behind him, pitching the Boston Red Sox back into another World Series with a 4-1 victory over the defending champion Houston Astros on Thursday night. Rafael Devers hit a three-run homer as the Red Sox stunned Justin Verlander and the Astros in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series to win the best-of-seven set 4-1, a perfect 43rd birthday present for rookie manager Alex Cora.

The former first-round draft pick is serving a 19-year sentence for conspiracy to commit murder in the drive-by shooting death of Cherica Adams, who was pregnant with his son.

Craig Kimbrel and the Boston Red Sox held off the Yankees' ninth-inning rally that ended with a video replay, eliminating New York with a 4-3 victory in Game 4 of the AL Division Series that set up a postseason rematch with the champion Houston        

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Brees breezes past Manning for all-time record in yards passing as Saints thrash Redskins 43-19        

Conor McGregor tapped out in the fourth round of his comeback fight at UFC 229 against Khabib Nurmagomedov, who then climbed over the cage and set off a brawl by attempting to fight someone in McGregor's corner on Saturday night. The wild scene occurred after McGregor (21-4) got caught in a choke by Nurmagomedov (27-0), who defended his lightweight belt with an impressive victory over the Irish star who infamously attacked a bus carrying Nurmagomedov in Brooklyn last April. But Nurmagomedov then exacerbated several months of hostilities between the fighters' camps when he stood up and shouted at McGregor's corner before hurdling the cage and attempting to fight someone.

Cristiano Ronaldo was left off Portugal's national team squad for a pair of upcoming matches, the decision coming Thursday as the soccer great fights rape allegations in the United States. Ronaldo has been accused of rape by Kathryn Mayorga, who says the player assaulted her in Las Vegas in 2009.

Addison Russell, the Chicago Cubs shortstop, was suspended 40 games for violating Major League Baseball's domestic abuse policy.        

Cristiano Ronaldo has denied "accusations being issued against" him and called rape an "abominable crime.

Wolters gets go-ahead hit as Rockies beat Cubs 2-1 in 13 innings in NL wild-card game        

A new discovery by the boxer's family indicates that he was the descendant of heroic slave Archer Alexander, who is depicted in a sculpture at Lincoln Park.

Paul Molitor spent four seasons with the Twins, finishing with a 305-343 record.        

LSU basketball player Wayde Sims has died after he was shot early Friday near the campus of another school in Baton Rouge. Sims, 20, was shot around 12:25 a.m., Baton Rouge police said in a news release. He was taken to a hospital and died from his wounds, Sgt.

Tiger Woods wasn't the only one celebrating after he won the Tour Championship. Golf announcers and network executives are excited about the momentum Wood's comeback season can generate for ratings. All three of the sport's major U. S. broadcasters have reasons to look forward to the next nine months. CBS' Jim Nantz saw Woods saw signs of Woods working his way back into contention at the Honda Classic last February in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, as well as The Memorial in Columbus and at the PGA Championship, where he finished two strokes behind Brooks Koepka. "I saw him working his way through it and never doubted that he would win again," Nantz said.