According to Astros beat writer ​Brian McTaggart and Evan Drellich, Lowrie has agreed to $23 million deal with Houston with fourth-year option that could push total value to $28 million. Lowrie, who played various infield positions for the Athletics last season, will start the season at shortstop for the Astros. Lowrie batted just .249/.321/.355 with six home runs and 50 RBI in 136 games this past season for the A’s, but he had a great 2013 season in which he recorded a ....

Branding Nuevo Laredo, a border city in Tamaulipas State, Mexico, “one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico,” MSF has warned that the Trump administration’s plans to force asylum seekers to remain there will put them “in extreme danger.” The city, MSF says, is “controlled by criminal groups,” with asylum seekers there “constantly exposed to robbery, assault, extortion, kidnapping and homicide. “Sending people who are seeking asylum back to Mexico and forcing them to stay in Nuevo Laredo is an unacceptable policy,” said Maria Hernandez, of MSF Mexico....

The thing is, those are all phenomenal things to finish second place in. Now in his 17th season with the Cardinals, Fitzgerald hasn’t played in the most marquee games. But when you start comparing his overall accomplishments to every other wide receiver to play in the NFL, ever, it becomes clear very quickly: Fitzgerald is one of the best. Fitzgerald likely won’t conclude his career with any major highlights, although having Kyler Murray as his quarterback gives him a chance to go out in style....

It was a risk back then. “I don’t know what they’re doing,” one source close to the situation said at the time. “They’re going to have some guys used to taking shots who are not going to be happy.” MORE: Source: Dragic to have ‘open’ free agency | Goodwin wants NBA minutes | Dragic among players on trade block Those concerns sprouted among the rest of the team’s guards—including Dragic and Bledsoe, but also with reserves Gerald Green and Archie Goodwin....

Asked in a public meeting to say what Congress does that he condones, Herschensohn said he supports programs that are pertinent to the duties of the federal government. Right there is a hint of how radical Herschensohn is: he thinks not everything is pertinent. He is as radical as our Founders, who favored a federal government of limited and enumerated powers. For example, Herschensohn says the federal government is properly involved with airlines and other interstate transportation....

USA 0, Germany 1 Ghana 1, Portugal 2 MORE: Knockout scenarios | Recife flooding | Ghana’s trouble | USAvsGER photos (Chart via @KellerAndy)

With the 25th overall pick of the 2021 MLB Draft, Oakland picked up Max Muncy, a high school shortstop from Thousand Oaks High School in California. Nine years earlier, the A’s took a first baseman out of Baylor by the same name: yes, Dodgers All-Star Max Muncy. The similarities don’t stop at the name. The two players share a birthday — Aug. 25. The now-Dodgers standout was born in 1990 and the A’s draftee was born in 2002....

The drug, which is a benzodiazepine, comes as a pill, a liquid, a tablet taken sublingually (under the tongue), or in a form that’s used intravenously (IV, within a vein). This article will go over how Ativan is used during chemotherapy, its side effects, and facts you should know before or while you are taking it. Use of Ativan During Chemotherapy The most common side effect of chemotherapy is nausea and vomiting....

Mears, 33, spent the past two seasons with the Sounders, helping the club win the 2016 MLS Cup. The English defender was a stalwart in Seattle, starting 65 of the team’s 68 league matches in 2015 and 2016. Beasley brings veteran presence, left back option to Arena’s second U.S. stint “We’re happy to add another veteran piece to our back four,” Atlanta United president Darren Eales said in a club release....

It is understood that the charge relates to a flag displayed by fans inside Groupama Stadium that appeared to be styled like a Nazi war ensign. UEFA has charged Atleti, who won the final against Marseille 3-0 , with alleged racist behaviour and the setting off fireworks. Disciplinary proceedings have also been opened against Marseille, with charges relating to alleged crowd disturbances, acts of damage, setting off of fireworks, throwing objects and for delaying the kick-off....

Ousmane Dembele’s 21st minute goal was enough to see out the result in an otherwise drab affair that featured more discussions with the match official than chances on goal. Atletico Madrid were especially wasteful, making poor choices in the attacking third on multiple occasions as they squandered their few opportunities in front of net. The hosts finally sprung to life in second-half injury time, but it was too little too late as Ronald Araujo came up with a huge block off the line at the death to keep Antoine Griezmann out....

Secretly, however, neither club would have been particularly happy to have drawn their nearest opponent, and the seventh and eighth Madrid derbies of the season should be once more intriguing. Of course, it has been Los Rojiblancos who have come out on top recently, unbeaten in their six meetings with Real this term, with two draws and four wins, the most recent of which was the memorable 4-0 league thrashing of Madrid at the Calderon back in February....

Griezmann signed a new contract with Atletico in June that runs in the end of the 2021-22 campaign, but it has not stopped reports of his departure. That speculation has intensified recently, with some outlets even suggesting the attacker has an agreement with the Catalan giants. Coach Diego Simeone ignored those claims after Sunday’s 3-0 win over Celta Vigo in La Liga, and Cerezo is adamant his prized asset will not be sold....

‘RAW’ thoughts' Am I the only one who … … was not entertained watching Kurt Angle be orally emasculated by Stephanie McMahon? Look, I like Stephanie’s heel character and she does a great job of playing it. It’s realistic that she would intimidate and talk down to her subordinates, but it’s unrealistic that someone of Angle’s stature would swallow his pride and just stand there and take it the way he did....

SummerSlam thoughts Am I the only who … … thought the main event was brilliantly booked? Vince McMahon outsmarted the smart marks in Brooklyn, who likely were salivating at the opportunity to defecate all over the match between WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns. Having crowd favorite Braun Strowman come out right before the start of the match to declare that he was going to cash in his Money in the Bank contract on the winner as soon as the match was over added an unexpected layer to the bout and excited the fans so much that they mostly forgot about trying to hijack the match....

Katharina Dahringer’s designs will never have human inhabitants, but real people pay her to build them — in the virtual world of “The Sims.” She has played the game since she was a child, but never dreamed she could turn fake reality into real money. Dahringer, from the city of Bruchsal in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg, is paid up to 250 euros ($297) per house, and says her business is growing....

The mega-company isn’t unfamiliar with starpower when it comes to its ads: Michael B. Jordan was front-and-center in the company’s ad last year, while Ellen DeGeneres, Gordon Ramsay, Leslie Jones and others have starred in commercials past. MORE: Watch the best ads from Super Bowl 56 before the big game Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost Super Bowl commercial The commercial starts with Jost activating the Alexa device connected to his smart home, when they both posit the thought of Alexa being able to read minds....

The Memphis driver, named online as Prenston Macon, did more than just deliver a package when he took a moment to compliment the house, citing it as an inspiration for him to “do better.” It seems the moment brightened homeowner Chelsie Gilbert’s day, as she took to TikTok to share the encounter. “I’m even more excited about this message than my packages, she wrote on-screen.” In the popular video, which can be viewed here, the driver approached the house, exclaiming: “I don’t know what i’m doing but this is a beautiful a** house....

The Auschwitz Memorial and the British-based Holocaust Educational Trust were among those who criticized the online retailer after it was found to be selling copies of Julius Streicher’s The Poisonous Mushroom, as well as other books from the Nazi Party member. The children’s book, originally titled Der Giftpilz, contains a number of anti-Semitic tropes and was even used as evidence against Streicher during the Nuremberg trials, after which he was executed in 1946....