Can Nease, Oakleaf pull upsets in Week 5 picks?

Can Nease, Oakleaf pull upsets in Week 5 picks?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – High school football season is back. That means our football predictions are back, too. News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney will reveal his picks for the week each Thursday. All game times are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated. Last week: 34-5 (.872). Season: 125-26 (.828). Week 5 predictions Thursday, Sept. 19 Menendez … Read more

Gavin Stone ‘unlikely’ to return to Dodgers, as Landon Knack adds to case for postseason role

Gavin Stone ‘unlikely’ to return to Dodgers, as Landon Knack adds to case for postseason role

MIAMI —  First, a caveat. The Miami Marlins are not a good Major League Baseball team. This season, the rebuilding club has MLB’s second-most losses and second-fewest runs scored. On Wednesday night, their lineup featured only one hitter with a batting average above .262. Dominating them does not exactly portend future postseason success. Still, what Landon … Read more

Video of Julio Urías gives MLB teams reasons not to sign him

Video of Julio Urías gives MLB teams reasons not to sign him

The angle from which the video was shot obscures whether the haymaker thrown by Julio Urías struck his wife. What’s indisputable is this: He threw the punch. The Times obtained from the California Highway Patrol a 72-second recording of the incident that derailed Urías’ once-promising baseball career, and its existence could jeopardize the former Dodgers … Read more