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Guardians close gap with White Sox

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Steven Kwan homered to lead off the game, Tanner Bibee had seven strikeouts in 6 2/3 strong innings, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 9-2 on Sunday to pull within a half-game of the American League Central-leading Chicago White Sox. The Indians are one game ahead of Toronto, and have a 5 1/2-game lead over Minnesota, in the race for the final AL wild-card spot. Cleveland hosts the White Sox for a three-game series beginning Monday. Travis Bazzana drove in three runs for Cleveland, including a two-run homer in the sixth inning. Bibee (6-15) ...

McCarthy takes the Steeler reigns

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy headed home to Pittsburgh. Kevin Stefanski headed south to Atlanta. Both have been tasked with helping their respective franchises take the next step, though at wildly different speeds. The 62-year-old McCarthy, who grew up only a mile or two from the Steelers' training facility, replaced Mike Tomlin as head coach in January, well aware of the lofty expectations that come with a job only three other men have had since 1969. "That lays on me every single day," McCarthy said ahead of Sunday's opener against Atlanta. Time to see how heavy for a ...

Browns enter opener in rebuild mode

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars return many of the same players, all the same coaches and pretty much the same approach on both sides of the ball. They believe they have everything it takes to win the AFC South for the second consecutive year and advance beyond the opening round of the playoffs. How quickly will all that continuity show up and pay off? "We'll find out Week 1," defensive end Josh Hines-Allen said. "We can't live in the past. We only can be where our feet are. ... The model's the same; everything's the same. But how is our attention going to be ...

Verse takes over for Garrett

BEREA (AP) — Jared Verse has earned plenty of accolades, including becoming the 16th player to win AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and making two Pro Bowl trips in his first two seasons. But after being traded from the Los Angeles Rams to the Cleveland Browns in the blockbuster Myles Garrett deal, Verse has different goals heading into his third season. "I don't have anything in my mind going like, 'Oh, I want to win this, I want to do that.' I'm just focused on 1-0," Verse said as the Browns prepare for Sunday's season opener at Jacksonville. "There have been too many times in ...

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CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on bin Laden and al-Qaida before Sept. 11 Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified Friday, the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, detail intelligence government officials had gathered about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida ...