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The Dodgers’ Chris Taylor is congratulated after hitting a two-run home run in the second inning against the Braves in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series on Thursday in Los Angeles. Taylor hit three home runs in the Dodgers’ 11-2 victory. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
Early in the second, Brandon Hagel had a two-on-one going with Patrick Kane, but Kane fired high. Before the game, the Hawks paid tribute to Kane’s 1,000th career game (set on the road March 9 against the Dallas Stars), and Jonathan Toews presented him with a silver stick.
“He took the long way to where he is today. … It’s a lot like the life of a rock star, starting off with small dive bars, hoping someone’s going to hear them, someone’s going to like them, someone’s going to play them on the radio. It’s very similar to Kevin’s journey in hockey.”
Said Lazor: “You hope that everything you face, even if it’s unusual or even if it’s coming series to series in different ways, falls into the rules we first put in during training camp. … Communicate, be on the same page. As we’ve faced this (defensive) scheme with veteran quarterbacks, it’s really been the same thing.
“It’s basically a foundation,” he said. “Looking back at it, the Lord gave me a tight-knit family who made great decisions who I love and care (about), so it makes the situation easier for me. I try not to get too high or too low. (Wednesday) we played good, I played good, but there’s always room for improvement. … Keep stacking days, and that’s how you knock out all the outside noise.”
No. 6 Michigan (6-0, 3-0), which hosts Northwestern (3-3, 1-2), has beaten the Wildcats 33 of 37 times since 1966. The Wolverines have won 11 of the last 12 meetings, their only loss coming at the Big House in 2008. Four of the last five have been decided by one score, including two that went to overtime.
The team likely would need to get preliminary approval from the village board for its plans to close the sale, Hayes said. As with any large development, the team also would likely need approval from the village plan commission, design commission, engineering, public works, and legal departments. There would be public hearings, Hayes said, so residents and others could weigh in on the issue.
In actuality, the Sky can offer her a three-year deal worth just north of $705,000. According to the league’s collective bargaining agreement, Copper would make $228,094 in 2022, $234,936 in 2023 and $241,984 in 2024. There’s no question Copper would receive a max contract from some team, and Sky management would be wise to do everything it can to retain its leading scorer.
Brady, of course, isn’t perfect. Last season, for the first time in his career, he lost to the Bears. On a prime-time stage. The Buccaneers faltered on that Thursday night, falling 20-19 and getting shooed out of Soldier Field after their star quarterback had an uncharacteristic brain fart on his closing drive, thinking his fourth-and-6 incompletion to Brate in the final minute had come on third down.
Rosario became the first player to have two four-hit games in a league championship series. He drove in four runs while continuing his torrid postseason hitting, finishing a double short of the cycle. He homered in the second, tripled in the third, singled in the fifth and clocked a three-run homer in the ninth. The left fielder has hit in every game of this postseason, collecting 14 hits so far. He has struck out once.