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The Astros are a series away from reaching their first World Series since losing to the Chicago White Sox in 2005 as a National League (NL) team and they will send Verlander to the mound for game two, after Dallas Keuchel pitches Friday’s opener against the Yankees. Verlander – an American League MVP and Cy Young Award winner – has been near-perfect since joining Houston from the Detroit Tigers moments before the August 31 waiver-trade deadline....

Alves, who is one of the main leaders of Brazil’s team, said in a video that he wants fans and teammates to take nothing but good energies from him. “Maybe my ego is a bit hurt right now, but my soul is at peace because I always tried to do my best,” Alves said in his social media channels. In a text published by The Players’ Tribune, the Brazilian said he felt he was out of the World Cup as soon as he injured his right knee Tuesday in the French Cup final win with Paris Saint-Germain....

I have seen only 10-12 full matches that my team has played in the past seven years despite following the team staunchly. Am I a plastic fan? I could be. So, what defines a true fan? I went on a rampant search spree on Google and came up with various responses, hoping that they would give me clarity. It resulted in even more questions and unfortunately no answers. Here’s what Google gave me....

… thought the “under siege” angle was such an illogical, short-sighted booking that I’d have sworn Vince Russo was back writing for WWE? With babyfaces and heels from “SmackDown Live” banding together in a surprise attack on various members of the “Raw” roster, I think WWE was going for a memorable “Oh my god, they don’t even work here!” moment ala The Nexus in 2010. But the hotshot angle made such little sense that it came off more like Goldberg randomly turning heel and joining Russo and Eric Bischoff in the New Blood in 2000....

Jon Jones merely did exactly what everyone expects him to do whenever he manages to get out of his own way. Nunes knocked out Cris “Cyborg” Justino 51 seconds into the first round at UFC 232 on Saturday night, ending the featherweight champion’s 13-year unbeaten run in spectacular fashion. Jones also reclaimed his light heavyweight title in his return from a 17-month cage absence. The two-time champ stopped Alexander Gustafsson with strikes on the ground in the third round....

The Rs.5 lakh event will see 11 professionals vying for top honours and will be played at the picturesque Coimbatore Golf Club. Amandeep, currently second in the Order of Merit with total earnings of Rs.8,84,935, has been consistent throughout the season and has posted one win and three runners-up finishes in 12 appearances. She will be hoping for an encore and to reduce the gap at the top of the leaderboard....

Coffee lovers can also rejoice with £200 off the De’Longhi Magnifica Bean to Cup espresso and cappuccino machine and £149.99 off the Nespresso Lattissima Automatic Coffee Machine. Somrata researches and writes about the best tech deals to help readers make smart, informed buying decisions. She’s an expert on accessories and also reviews laptops, phones, audio and other devices.

Inside the ROG Strix G10 Gaming Desktop PC is one of the best graphic cards on the market, a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. Capable of supporting raytracing, the GeForce RTX 3060 also has built-in driver support for the most popular streaming plastrons, allowing gamers to stream on high settings without experiencing a loss of frame rate. Supporting the powerful graphics card is an equally impressive Intel Core i5-11400F processor backed by a 512GB Solid State Drive (SSD)....

So how child-friendly is it? Is the Echo Dot safe for your kids? A Helpful Diversion? The company revamped its fourth-generation Echo Dot for adults, giving it a new shape. The gadget for kids looks much different from a traditional Echo Dot, mainly because people can buy it in a design that looks like a tiger or a panda. The playful appearance could convince parents that the speaker is a worry-free diversion for a bored youngster....

The video above is a review of the first-generation Fire TV. The second generation has the same interface and works the same way. The main difference is support for 4K content. The review below was originally for the first-generation box, but the new one is so similar that we have updated it where relevant. See also Best media streamers you can buy in 2016/2017 There are several updates in the new model....

Overall Findings Samsung makes a wider range of devices offering different display qualities and levels of performance. The Fire 10 HD is a little less expensive than the comparable Galaxy Tab A8, and it even beats out the A8 in terms of performance. That said, the best Fire tablet can’t compete with the best Samsung, especially when it comes to the camera, battery, and app availability. Given the differences between models, it’s important to look at the individual technical specifications....

You’ll need to be a Prime member to access deals. To see all the best deals for Prime Day, check out our dedicated Prime Day article, which has all the info you’ll need. Ecovacs makes reliable robot vacuum cleaners with great suction and smart features. Two of the following vacs are in our round-up of the best robot vacuums we’ve tested. £150 off the Ecovacs Deebot Ozmo 920 The Ecovacs Deebot Ozmo 920 has an RRP of £499....

£30 off Echo Show 2 – was £197. 99, now £167. 99 £90 off Echo Show 1 – was £179. 99, now £89. 99 £45 off Fire HD 10 Tablet (32GB) – was £129. 99, now £84. 99 £20 off Fire HD 8 (16GB) – was £71. 99, now £51. 99 £30 off Kindle Paperwhite (8GB) – was £107. 99, now £77. 99 The following refurbished devices were also on offer last week but are now out of stock:...

Every Game In The Luna+ Channel The following table includes every game in Luna+, along with their genres, developers, and Metacritic scores. The Legend Of Heroes: Trails From Zero RELATED: The Legend Of Heroes: Trails From Zero - Best Quartz & How To Get Them Set in a city-state stuck between two warring powers, Trails from Zero follows a deductive who stumbles upon a wider conspiracy. Using a turn-based combat system that emphasizes movement and positioning, Nihon Falcom’s title is fun to play....

Lenovo is the leading computer manufacturer that produces various lines of desktop computers, laptops, and peripherals. The IdeaPad line of devices was designed to be the consumer front for the hugely successful ThinkPad line of professional laptops. IdeaPads are more portable, thanks to lighter chassis and slimmer construction, and offer more consumer-forward features. IdeaPads sit in Lenovo’s device hierarchy between the professional ThinkPad laptops and gaming-oriented Legion devices. This specific 2021 model of the IdeaPad 3 offers a 14" Full HD display panel with narrow side bezels....

It was worth the wait. The 26-year-old from Mississippi closed with a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th in fading light Thursday to take the lead at 4-under 68 in the first major championship of the year. Playing in the last group of the day off the first tee, she birdied all four par-5 holes on the tree-lined Mission Hills course toughened this year by thicker rough, tighter fairways and some longer holes....

More than 850,000 outages were reported statewide as of Thursday morning, according to the PowerOutage.US—a project that collects live power outage data from utilities across the country. That’s almost 10 percent of the state’s population, which was recorded as approximately 9 million people in 2019. DTE Energy, a Detroit-based energy company, had the most outages, with more than 573,000 customers affected. The company said it had 1,800 crews in the field working to restore power....

The disclosure Friday comes in separate actuarial data the league and players’ lawyers released as part of their proposed $765 million settlement of thousands of concussion lawsuits. MORE: Concussion ’think tank’ | Info withheld? Both the league and lead players’ lawyers expect 28 percent of the men will develop Alzheimer’s disease or at least moderate dementia. There are more than 19,000 living former players, meaning nearly 6,000 of them will fall into those two groups....

Former England captain Michael Vaughan suggested county cricket over IPL while his Kiwi counterpart Stephen Fleming emphasised the need to focus on cultivating Test specialists. Test over T20s Amid this growing cloud of concern about India’s upcoming generation of cricketers being nurtured around the charm of the shorter formats and associated lucrative offerings, budding talents like Ali Zorain Khan restore the faith of the Test-loving gentry. “My aim is to be able to become a solid Test player who can stand in the middle for long hours....