Braves salvage playoff berth with 3-0 win over the Mets, who win thrilling opener 8-7 to clinch ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves bounced back from a stunning loss in the first game of a makeup doubleheader, claiming the last postseason berth with a 3-0 win over the Mets in the nightcap Monday after New York clinched a playoffs trip with an 8-7 victory in the opener. With three teams in contention for the last two playoff spots in the National League, the Braves faced the Mets in a twin bill squeezed between the scheduled end to the regular season and the start of the Wild Card Series. The defending NL champion Arizona Diamondbacks could only watch from afar and were eliminated.
Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58. His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumor.
The NBA said he died surrounded by his family. Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid, who was born in Cameroon, says “it’s a sad day, especially for us Africans, and really the whole world.” Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Martin Scorsese and more stars pay tribute to Kris Kristofferson NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand has called him something special.
Martin Scorsese called working with him one of his life's h.