With one out in the bottom of the 12th inning on Friday night, with the game tied and Smith up to bat, the Dodgers moved their entire infield between first and second base. Trying to get Smith to ground out and prevent a run scoring with Alexi Amarista, Yangervis Solarte and Abraham Almonte already on base, the Dodgers packed the baseline. It worked! Sort of. Smith grounded into a fielder’s choice, with Amarista being called out at home but Smith advancing to first....

The length of the extension is unclear, but the newspaper says it probably will not be for the four years Mattingly is seeking. Mattingly's contract with the team is up after this season, with a club option for 2014. In his third year at the Dodger helm, Mattingly led the team to 92 wins and that National League West title. L.A. is battling the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS....

A 4-2 win over the Dodgers on Wednesday means the Red Sox are heading west with a commanding 2-0 World Series lead. FAGAN: In front of Fenway fans, Betts shows that speed kills David Price continued his postseason redemption tour, with six innings of two-run ball, wiggling out of a jam in the fourth and On the other side, the Dodgers don’t look like they can get anything going offensively right now: Red Sox bullpen totally shut down the Dodgers offense, retiring the last 16 to come to the plate....

While certainly, this is not always true (and please keep in mind that you have a right to seek opinions from more than one doctor), it may be useful to you in your research to note that several studies looking at the rate of utilization of spinal fusion surgery, a procedure performed by both orthopedic surgeons and by neurosurgeons, do point in this direction. For example, Cowan, Dimick, Wainess, Upchurch, Chandler, La Marca found in their 2006 study, “Changes in the utilization of spinal fusion in the United States,” that fusions for the three main regions of the spine increased between 1993 and 2003....

City play down Chelsea tunnel bust-up City have often dominated matches but failed to take their chances, only to concede cheap goals at the other end. While much was made of Claudio Bravo’s inability to save shots at the turn of the year, there is a similarly worrying statistic when it comes to scoring goals. City have hit the woodwork 18 times in the Premier League, the joint highest - alongside Manchester United....

Aside from its potential benefits for breast cancer, there is no doubt that fruit, especially fresh fruit, is good for your overall health, and, when part of a healthy diet, may help ward off heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and kidney stones, as well as cancers of the mouth, stomach, and colon. Breast Cancer-Preventing Properties Fruits may play a role in breast cancer prevention or treatment due to their:...

However, that doesn’t necessarily mean people who believe the gluten-free diet helped them with their acne problem are imagining their results. It’s entirely possible that people with celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity may see their skin become clearer once they go gluten-free, but it won’t be because the gluten protein originally caused their acne (which it doesn’t). It’s also possible that someone who doesn’t have celiac or gluten sensitivity might see an improvement in their acne by going gluten-free, but for reasons that have nothing to do with their diet’s gluten content....

In addressing these questions, it is instructive to consider the standard set by George Marshall, the only other former flag officer who also served as secretary of defense. Before and after Marshall stepped down as President Harry Truman’s defense secretary in 1951, he consistently and flatly refused several lucrative offers from publishers to write his memoirs or to otherwise speak out about the presidents, politicians and generals he was associated with, typically explaining that “there are too many people alive who could be hurt....

Kemp’s not likely to get his wish. Bush’s men don’t want to make a martyr of Kemp and enhance his profile for a possible presidential bid in 1996. Further, sources say, the president still values him as a bridge to the Republican right. Even though Kemp is widely criticized at the White House for showboating, he’s likely to last out Bush’s first term. But he almost surely won’t be around for a second....

But millions of other Americans are still fighting breath that smells like rotten eggs. Should they turn to mouthwash too? And if so, should they use traditional alcohol-containing ones, like Listerine, or should they use alcohol-free ones, like Crest Pro-Health? After all, the original, gold-colored Listerine contains a scary-sounding 26.9 percent alcohol—twice the amount in wine, and more than five times the amount in beer. Critics of alcohol-containing products say that alcohol dries the mouth, which could potentially worsen breath....

First, SatC fans shared rumors that Samantha (played by Kim Cattrall) would be revealed to have died (to explain her absence from the show). However, as the release date of the HBO Max show got closer, rumors about the death of another character started to emerge. Based on the fact that Mr. Big (Chris Noth) was only very briefly in the And Just Like That trailer, fans speculated that he was set to die in the show....

Cobb County Animal Services revealed in social media posts on Friday afternoon that the dog was discovered by local resident Ty McIntyre at the bottom of a large man-made pit earlier that day. The agency revealed that McIntyre discovered the trapped dog while checking the property and its surroundings during a visit, before then calling the authorities to help rescue the animal. “Thank you to Mr. Ty McIntyre who found this sweet dog....

The 3-year-old Shiba Inu, named Coco, was struck by a car at around 11 a.m. on Monday, October 28, after running out into a road in Albany, New York. According to Rotterdam police Lt. Jeffrey Collins, the driver realized she hit something on North Manning Boulevard and stopped to check, but she didn’t see anything other than some damage on the front of the car, reports The Daily Gazette....

The clip was first shared by the dog’s owner earlier in August to celebrate the pup’s birthday and has so far received more than 700,000 likes. Piper can be seen excitedly jumping around her, while still avoiding touching or leaning on her. Piper’s owner, Cienna, is affected by a condition called hypokalemic periodic paralysis. According to the National Library of Medicine, this causes episodes of extreme muscle weakness, typically beginning in childhood or adolescence....

The video of the Saint Bernese (a crossbreed between a Saint Bernard and a Bernese Mountain Dog) shared by the TikTok account @watsonthestbernese was posted with a caption that read: “what are you [one eyebrow raised face emoji]… #what #notadog #dogtok #Watson #watsonthestbernese #dogmom.” A voice in the video could be heard saying: “Who wants to go for a walk?…you could go for a car ride. You want treats? You want to go see friends?...

Social media has shown us time and time again that dogs are capable of being entertaining and, at times, hilarious in their day-to-day activities. However, the jury is still out on whether our canine friends have an actual sense of humor. Yet Silo the Great Pyrenees makes a pretty convincing case to support this theory in a video shared to TikTok by his dog sitter, posting under the handle meowyjane00....

The woman, 35, was allegedly raped by two males in the bushes in Winn’s Common, in Plumstead, southeast London, at about 11 p.m. on Tuesday. A passerby was able to detain the teenager using one of his dogs. A Metropolitan Police statement said: “Police were called shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday, December 21, to Lakedale Road to reports of a rape of a woman by two males. “Officers attended....

In the clip, three golden retrievers can be seen relaxing on a staircase, with a cat named Xiaobao at the top of the stairs. As their owner is ready to take a photo of the animals, one of the dogs grabs the cat and brings it next to the other two golden retrievers. The owner then tells the dog: “Put it down.” The three dogs, with their tongues out, seem to pose for the picture, and the cat, which is in front of them, does not look directly at the camera....

It was announced that Chapman would be returning home to Colorado due to the injury on Sunday, with the reality TV star’s daughter Lyssa Chapman tweeting that her father was “headed back to Colorado temporarily to handle some business.” However, on Tuesday “Dog” himself told WFLA-TV that he had a “change of plans and couldn’t bring himself to leave” Florida. Chapman said that he would continue the search for Laundrie from the Sunshine State....

A group of young people found the black dog at Cheetham Park, Greater Manchester, U.K., on Sunday, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), which promotes animal welfare in England and Wales. The female dog, which was a type of Staffordshire bull terrier and thought to have been between 1 and 2 years old, was discovered wrapped in towels inside a trash bag. The dog had enlarged teats, suggesting it recently had puppies....