Giants: Another ninth-inning lead disappears
When the ninth inning – the Giants’ bane all season – arrives, manager Bruce Bochy tries nearly every option available to him to hold a three-run lead and keep the Giants’ season alive for at least one more game. And not one of them worked as the Cubs rally to win 6-5 and take the series 3-1.
Ailene Voisin: Leaky bullpen sinks World Series quest
Giants starter Matt Moore confounds the Cubs for eight innings with a two-hitter. The only thing he couldn’t do was save his team from yet another bullpen collapse.
Kings: Tolliver wants to be more than a mentor
Forward Anthony Tolliver has been touted as a solid locker room presence, a label that sometimes means not much is expected on the court from a player like that, but he believes he can still be a contributor.
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49ers: Kap ‘itching’ to take over as starter
The quarterback switch was made as Colin Kaepernick is mulling a contract restructure that would remove his hefty, $14.5 million injury guarantee for next year and also allow him to opt out of the contract and to test free agency in March.
49ers notes: Three potential starters return to practice
Glenn Dorsey and DeForest Buckner were back at practice after missing the Cardinals game. That’s positive for a unit that must shore up a run defense that ranks 31st in the NFL. Tight end Vance McDonald returned, too.
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