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Headlines for September 9, 2019

Baseball

American Association
Saints win on walk-off single, forces pivotal fifth game vs. RedHawks - Fargo Forum
X's advance to American Association Finals with win over T-Bones - KTIV
Sioux City Explorers beat Kansas City in 13 innings, reach league title series - Sioux City Journal
Sioux City Explorers win in 13, reach league title series - Sioux City Journal
Sioux City Explorers roll past T-Bones, 8-2 - Sioux City Journal
Saints win on infield single, force deciding playoff game - St. Paul Pioneer Press

Atlantic League
How the Automatic Ball-Strike System will change the catcher position in the Atlantic League - Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
Atlantic League managers express concerns over lack of mound visits - Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
How the Atlantic League, including the Lancaster Barnstormers, benefits from acting as baseball's test tube - Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
The Atlantic League's Automatic Ball-Strike System is changing baseball's home plate discourse - Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
New Britain Bees sweep doubleheader as they continue to battle for elusive playoff spot - New Britain Herald
Newest member of York Area Sports Hall of Fame remembered - York Dispatch

Canadian American League
Miners break Boulders to reach Can-Am championship - New Jersey Herald

Carolina League
Woodpeckers advance to Carolina League championship - Fayetteville Observer
Royals' Single-A team wins three elimination playoff games - Kansas City Star
Wood Ducks' Season Ends with 6-3 Loss to Fayetteville - Kinston Free Press
Red Sox announcer Melanie Newman turning attention from baseball to football - Roanoke Times & World News
Red Sox fall to Blue Rocks in deciding Game 5 - Roanoke Times & World News
Wilmington Blue Rocks claim 6-3 win over Salem - Wilmington News Journal

Eastern League
Why Yankees decided Luis Severino needs another rehab start before probable season debut vs. Mike Trout and Angels - Newark Star-Ledger
Thunder face Bowie in ELCS with host of rehabbing Yankees pitchers - Trentonian

Florida State League
Column: FSL blew it when it came to Dorian - Charlotte Sun

International League
Several Stripers among Braves' Minor League award winners - Gwinnett Daily Post
Yankees' No. 1 prospect Deivi Garcia lit up (again) in final Triple-A outing, but call up to bigs not ruled out - nj.com - Trenton Times
Home runs, offense surge to new heights in International League - Virginian Pilot

Midwest League
Kardiac Kernels! Cedar Rapids scores pair in 9th to walk-off Clinton and force winner-take-all Game 3 - Cedar Rapids Gazette
Loons' Tammenlooks back with pride at 2019 season - Midland Daily News
Cubs oust Loons in division finals, 7-3 - Midland Daily News
River Bandits were 'tested to the max' in '19 - Quad City Times
Clinton blows ninth-inning lead, sets up deciding Game 3 - Quad City Times
Great Lakes Loons season ends in Eastern Division final - Saginaw News

New York-Penn League
Spinners lose Game 1 of championship series - Lowell Sun

Northwest League
Tri-City thumps Hops, ties NWL series - Portland Tribune

Pacific Coast League
Express top Iowa to advance to PCL finals against Sacramento - Austin American-Statesman
Iowa Cubs season ends short of PCL playoff finals - Des Moines Register
Aviators end season with Game 5 playoff loss to Sacramento - Las Vegas Review-Journal
Kenosha's Gavin Lux named minor league baseball player of the year - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Sacramento River Cats will host Games 1 and 2 of the Pacific Coast League championship series. - Sacramento Bee

Pioneer League
Idaho Falls Chukars put Billings Mustangs' backs to the wall - Billings Gazette
Scoreboard: Chukars 2, Mustangs 0 - Billings Gazette
Idaho Falls takes 1-0 series lead over Billings Mustangs on 4-hit shutout - Billings Gazette
Photos: Mustangs vs. Chukars - Billings Gazette
Late HR dooms GJ in Game 1 of playoffs - Grand Junction Sentinel
Ogden Raptors win Game 1 in divisional playoff series on Shaps 9th-inning homer - Ogden Standard-Examiner

Texas League
Travs eliminated from TL playoffs - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Seven-run inning sinks RockHounds in series finale - Midland Reporter Telegram
TEXAS LEAGUE BASEBALL: Amarillo holds on to take South Division championship - Odessa American
Drillers update: Drew Avans, Errol Robinson return to lineup with big hits - Tulsa World
Edwin Uceta's dominant pitching returns Drillers to Texas League finals - Tulsa World
Drillers update: Drew Avans, Errol Robinson return to lineup with big hits - Tulsa World

Basketball

Women's National Basketball Association
Mercury coach Sandy Brondello after regular season finale - Arizona Republic
Las Vegas holds off Phoenix Mercury in regular season finale - Arizona Republic
Dream end dismal season with loss, McCoughtry gets ceremonial start - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fever fire coach and general manager Pokey Chatman - Chicago Daily Herald
Charles leads Liberty to win against Dream - Gwinnett Daily Post
Indiana Fever fire coach and general manager Pokey Chatman - Indianapolis Star
Indiana Fever: Kelsey Mitchell sets WNBA record in win over Sun - Indianapolis Star
Indiana Fever coach Pokey Chatman on season-ending win over Sun. - Indianapolis Star
Aces beat Phoenix Mercury, clinch 1st-round bye in WNBA playoffs - Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sparks' Candace Parker re-signs with Turner, earns WNBA Player of the Week honor - Los Angeles Daily News
Sparks beat Lynx, finish regular season with 14 straight wins at home - Los Angeles Daily News
Sparks beat Lynx in season finale while resting starters - Los Angeles Times
Lynx fall to Sparks, play at Seattle in win-or-go-home playoff - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sun take it easy in regular-season finale loss to Fever - New London Day
WNBA: Indiana Fever rolls past Connecticut Sun in season finale - Norwich Bulletin
Parker stays with Turner Sports, but WNBA playoffs are next - Seattle Times
Seattle Storm clinches No. 6 seed, will host Minnesota - Seattle Times
Lynx forced to hit road for playoffs after loss to Sparks - St. Paul Pioneer Press
Elena Delle Donne joins elite 50-40-90 club - Washington Post
Astou Ndour technical for ref contact rescinded by WNBA in Mystics game - Washington Times
Elena Delle Donne becomes first WNBA player in 50-40-90 club - Washington Times
Mystics end season with a bang by thrashing Sky - Washington Times

Football

Canadian Football League
10 Observations from the Stampeders' win over the Eskimos - Calgary Sun
Another loss to the Stampeders continues Eskimos' tumble in CFL standings - Edmonton Journal
10 Observations from the Stampeders' win over the Eskimos - Edmonton Journal
Eskimos 5 Things: Another loss to Calgary continues tumble in standings - Edmonton Sun
JONES: Jason Maas now coaching Eskimos from the edge of cliff - Edmonton Sun
Eskimos in-game scuffle between teammates 'can't happen': Maas - Edmonton Sun
Hamilton Tiger-Cats come off bye week and into an important four-game stretch - Hamilton Spectator
It's time for Redblacks to get past song and dance and just win - Ottawa Citizen
Riders tackling tackling - Regina Leader-Post
As long as they have a playoff pulse, Argos to keep on fighting - Toronto Sun
Five takeaways from Bombers' Banjo Bowl win - Winnipeg Free Press

XFL
Seattle's new XFL team ramps up hiring - My Northwest

Hockey

American Hockey League
Flyers' Myers looks to use last year's experience to his advantage - Allentown Morning Call
Ottawa grounds Jets, doubles Habs at Rookie Showcase - Belleville Intelligencer
Dom Amore: Hartford has its place in his heart, but Ron Francis' new mission is building an NHL franchise from scratch in Seattle - Hartford Courant
Kotkaniemi serves as example for Canadiens' prospects, Julien says - Montreal Gazette
Syracuse Crunch 2019-20 single game tickets on sale this week - Syracuse Post Standard
Crunch's Kevin Lynch issues preseason warning: 'Watch out everybody' - Syracuse Post Standard
HORNBY: As Twin Towers crumbled on 9/11, Leafs farm team stood tall - Toronto Sun
Robertson bringing effectiveness in a variety of ways in initial look with Leafs - Toronto Sun
Jets hopefuls strut stuff after event-opening loss - Winnipeg Free Press
Jets rookies ride Outhouse to win over Habs - Winnipeg Sun

ECHL
Reading Royals renew affiliation with Philadelphia Flyers - Reading Eagle/Reading Times

North American Hockey League
Young Janesville Jets team primed for season opener Friday against Chippewa - Janesville Gazette
Persistent Bauchens emerges as leader with Tomahawks - Johnstown Tribune-Democrat
Junior hockey: Nordiques win season-opener, 4-2 - Lewiston Sun-Journal

Ontario Hockey League
Sports briefs: hockey, baseball, soccer, golf - Sarnia Observer
'Little details' key for Campbell - Sault Star
Rangers goalie headed to Queen's University - Waterloo Record
Former Spitfires' GM Rychel named head coach of Barrie Colts - Windsor Star

SPHL
Cleve In The Eve: Rivermen have vast wardrobe change set with special jerseys - Peoria Journal Star
Storm adds Toporowski as assistant coach - Quad City Times

United States Hockey League
Storm defeat Lincoln in preseason game - Kearney Daily Hub
USHL hockey: Black Hawks' Caponi excited to be back on the ice - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Western Hockey League
Blazers stay perfect in preseason - CFJC
Canes hopefuls making their case - Lethbridge Herald
Tigers come back to top Pats - Medicine Hat News
Regina Pats looking for more offence from 20-year-old trio - Regina Leader-Post

Lacrosse

National Lacrosse League
Bandits to move to North Division in revised NLL alignment - Buffalo News

Soccer

Major League Soccer
A few things to know about Atlanta United this week - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Real Salt Lake asked a couple to take down Betsy Ross flag. Here's why - Deseret News
Toronto FC's Richie Laryea starting to make an impact with club and country - Toronto Globe and Mail
Richie Laryea has been turning heads since joining Toronto FC - Toronto Star
Toronto FC's Benezet garnering attention with his recent play - Toronto Sun
War on political signage escalates around MLS - Vancouver Sun

National Women's Soccer League
Utah Royals FC, NWSL, players respond to allegation of racial slurs at Rio Tinto Stadium directed at Portland Thorns FC goalkeeper Adrianna Franch - Deseret News
Becky Sauerbrunn scores, Utah Royals FC fends off NWSL-best Portland Thorns FC for victory - Deseret News

United Soccer League Championship
Hartford Athletic wallops Loudoun United 5-1 - Hartford Courant
NM United earn much needed win on Sunday 3-1 over OKC - KRQE
Louisville City FC has sold over 5,000 season tickets for new stadium - Louisville Courier-Journal
Fury FC falls short against Atlanta United 2 - Ottawa Citizen
Sacramento Republic FC beats Tacoma Defiance 3-0 - Sacramento Bee
Republic FC highlight reel: Sacramento beats Tacoma Defiance 3-0 - Sacramento Bee

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