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Success breeds contempt, and the Cardinals are among the most successful National League teams. So are the San Francisco Giants, their opponents when the NL Championship Series opens Saturday at Busch Stadium. ALCS rooting interest: Against the Royals | Against the Orioles | Vegas visions We’ll list five reasons (all in good fun) to root against the Cardinals here, but do a quick Google search and you’ll find approximately 11 bajillion other reasons....

Behind six dominant innings from Rich Hill and three innings of relief from Joe Blanton, Grant Dayton and Kenley Jansen, the Dodgers held the Cubs to four hits, handing Chicago back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 2014. MORE: Ranking the 50 best players in the playoffs Yasmani Grandal and Justin Turner went deep for the Dodgers while NL Rookie of the Year favorite Corey Seager put LA on the board with an RBI single in the third....

Joe Panik scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning on Aaron Barrett’s bases-loaded wild pitch, and theGiants edged the Washington Nationals 3-2 Tuesday night to return to the NL Championship Series. MORE: Must-see photos | Pence’s insane catch | Harper splashes down | LCS schedule The wild-card Giants won 3-1 in the best-of-five Division Series by also scoring on a walk and a groundout. Hunter Pence turned in a defensive gem in right field that helped hold the Nationals at bay as San Francisco won for the 11th time in its last 12 postseason games....

“I’m not making this up,” the Penguins captain told reporters on Tuesday. “If nobody saw it, I can’t help you.” MORE: How much did concussions cost Crosby? In the 24 hours since the news broke, a relevant amount of people floated the idea that the injury was a hold-over from Crosby’s time leading Canada to gold in the tournament. That never made much sense; the final game was on Sept....

Fabio Cannavaro’s side begin their 2017 campaign at Guangzhou R and F on Saturday and will be bolstered by Brazilian striker Junior Moraes, who joins on loan from Dynamo Kiev until June. CSL club confirms Costa approach Moraes links up with compatriot Alexandre Pato and Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel at Tianjin, who were certainly not short of ambition as the CSL embarked upon a mega-money transformation over recent months....

While there’s no doubt that the setup for No Exit makes it seem like an enticing thriller, the movie, unfortunately, doesn’t utilize any of its elements to the fullest. There are hints that No Exit might have excelled more under different circumstances, but as it is, the movie comes up short in more ways than one. RELATED: Stranded Strangers Play A Dangerous Game In The First Trailer For No Exit...

Two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that Malkin would not face a hearing with the NHL department of player safety and therefore won’t be suspended. The people spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because the league does not announce the lack of a hearing. With Pittsburgh on the power play early in the third period, Malkin passed the puck and lifted his right shoulder into Oshie’s head and kept skating....

Pep Guardiola’s side have opened an eight-point gap at the top of the table after just 15 games and remain unbeaten going into this weekend’s meeting at Old Trafford. Should City claim a victory against Jose Mourinho’s men it would blow a major hole in their neighbours’ chances of claiming the title, despite it still being relatively early in the campaign. City have now won 13 successive league matches – a joint-record within a single top-flight season - while United are unbeaten in their last 40 home games in all competitions, a record of their own....

In a recent interview with VICE, Sean Murray discussed the process behind getting No Man’s Sky developed, the challenges he and his team had to encounter along the way, and the public’s expectations for one of the most talked-about games in ages. As far as the Hello Games founder is concerned, when it comes to what people think about the space exploration title, he’s “totally okay” with them disliking it, explaining that he’s “made [his] peace” with fans possibly going on to be let down by the gameplay....

Recently, Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games, posted on Twitter something which has the No Man’s Sky community talking. Traditionally, when a studio wants to market some potential upcoming content, it would do so in a myriad of convoluted and complex ways. Sometimes it could be an obtuse screenshot or an ambivalent video. Not Murray, however. In this case, he has simply posted an emoticon of a whale. And that’s it....

No Man’s Sky update 1.33 introduces a slew of improvements that enhance overall gameplay quality. Such tweaks include updated audio at the ending of the Atlas path, throughout terrain editing, and within missions; improvements to vehicle boost timings; better binocular scanning; cleaned-up texture grading; and fixes for grave and landing markers. The patch also features more intricate changes to No Man’s Sky’s procedural generation algorithms, the most notable of which is preventing trees in frozen biomes from spawning in areas close to buildings or completely intersecting and clipping through buildings....

Since the opening of the match, Barcelona has been on the offensive and far more tactical than Real, however, their dominance was yet to be unleashed throughout the entire match. We look into how they swept Madrid aside despite missing their great striker. #1 Messi-less but Merciless A lot of critics said that with the current state of the Blaugrana side as well as the absence of their king, they would fall at the hands of the opposition who are also going through a rough patch....

Indian hockey has been in the doldrums as long as one can remember. If anything, it has only got worse — what with two organisations claiming authority over running the game in India. On the field, the team has a tough task — to ensure qualification for the Olympics. With the Olympic qualifiers lined up in February next year, the hockey squad is being put through its paces by coach Michael Nobbs....

Setting aside the official monicker, Nintendo also confirmed that fans can expect to see the game arrive as a Nintendo Switch exclusive at some point in 2018. While that 365-day window doesn’t necessarily narrow anything down for eager gamers, some details regarding the plot of this No More Heroes sequel have emerged that indicate the experience itself will be even wackier than gamers could have imagined. According to Nintendo, No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Back will take place across worlds from six different indie games....

Martinez, confronted by a furious supporter during Saturday’s 1-1 home draw with Southampton, is under increasing pressure from fans after erratic performances in the league this season left the club 11th in the table. “I don’t think you can switch on and off,” Martinez told reporters when asked whether he would prioritise the United game with his team selection for the match away to Liverpool. “You have to perform well before you go to a semi-final....

Nagpur, Nov 24 (PTI) India are most likely to field only one spinner in the Test matches in South Africa but left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja is not worried if he would be able to get that spot by beating Ravichandran Ashwin. Jadeja (3/51) along with Ashwin (4/67) played a major role in bowling out Sri Lanka for just 205 on the first day of the second Test. When asked if he was the captain, then who he would have chosen between him and Ashwin in the playing XI for South Africa Tests, the jovial Jadeja replied:...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo dwelt on the positives of a second place finish at the Singapore Grand Prix after a bold tyre strategy fell agonisingly short on Sunday as pole-sitter Nico Rosberg held on for a narrow victory. “I’m sitting here pretty happy because I felt I did all I could. The perfect race,” the Australian told reporters after he fitted fresh supersoft tyres with 16 laps remaining and chased down Rosberg’s Mercedes but was unable to pass on the final lap....

According to head of Xbox Phil Spencer, more Scalebound news “probably” won’t be announced until next year. Right now the game is scheduled to launch on an unspecified date in 2017, so there’s a good chance that news will involve its release date. Depending on how well development is going on the project, though, fans may not learn of a release date or other Scalebound news until E3 2017 at the earliest....

On April 10th, Nintendo Switch’s NES Online service will be adding Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels, Punch Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream, and Star Soldier. This next wave of retro titles brings the list of NES Online games total to 38. After starting off with 20 titles to choose from when the service first went online, each month has brought new additions, such as Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link back in January, Ninja Gaiden this past December, and Metroid in November to name a few....

RELATED: Nintendo Switch Pro May Feature Ethernet Connectivity and Sturdier Kickstand Over on Twitter, credible games insider and co-founder of XboxEra Shpeshal_Nick tweeted about what they’ve personally heard about a Switch Pro reveal. At the moment, it seems that some sort of Nintendo Direct mini or announcement for the console revision is set to release this Thursday, however, Shpeshal_Nick stresses that the reveal could of course always be pushed to after that date as has happened in the past....