As first reported by The Associated Press and confirmed elsewhere, starting with the 2017 season, the All-Star Game will no longer be used to determine home-field advantage in the World Series. Instead, the team with the best record will have World Series home-field advantage. Friggin’ hallelujah. WATCH: Highlights from every MLB All-Star Game since 1970 We’re not going to get into Bud Selig’s complicated legacy as MLB’s commissioner. In many ways, he was very, very good for baseball....

SIGN UP TO WATCH EVERY GAME ON NBA LEAGUE PASS: U.S. and U.K. | All other countries Getting into the spooky season, a host of players pulled out their best dress-ups, from Pascal Siakam’s 50 Cent impersonation to Grant Williams’ Batman, we’ve got you covered with all the best costumes from around the NBA world this Halloween. Pascal Siakam Many men, many, many many, many men! Raptors forward Pascal Siakam gets us off to a strong start with his 2003-era 50 Cent costume....

The phenomenon took off last year after Alicia Plumer shared an image of a blue Halloween bucket on social media announcing her autistic son would be carrying the item while trick-or-treating. “If you see someone who appears to be an adult dressed up to trick-or-treat this year carrying this blue bucket, he’s our son! His name is BJ & he is autistic. While he has the body of a 21 year old, he loves Halloween,” she posted on Facebook....

A five-time Pro Bowl player, Ngata said he would recommend signing Rice, who rushed for 6,180 yards and 37 touchdowns during six seasons in Baltimore. “He’s a great guy on the field, in the locker room. He’s a great community guy. He does a lot for the community, and so of course I think he would be a great addition to this team,” Ngata said. “I love playing with him, I trusted him....

That sounds like an exaggeration. Hamlin, after all, led the standings going into the final race in 2010 only to have Jimmie Johnson beat him for the title. But considering he sits 13th in the standings, six points from the cutoff to advance to the next round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, he sees another shot at a championship all on the line in the elimination race Sunday at Dover International Speedway....

That sounds like a pretty harsh penalty for some metal plates not being air tight. But is it really all that harsh? Considering the new Chase for the Sprint Cup system, the penalty shouldn’t keep Hamlin out of the Chase, where a year ago it would have made it more difficult for him to make the postseason. The penalty, which JGR is appealing, dropped Hamlin from 11th to 21st in the standings....

Sixteen points clear of their Manchester rivals with just seven games remaining, City know a win at the Etihad Stadium would mathematically guarantee them the Premier League crown. But when asked if he would be going all-out to spoil the hosts’ celebrations, Mourinho seemed unconcerned. In words that evoked his curious defence of the Champions League defeat to Sevilla — when Mourinho listed previous triumphs over his current employers — he looked to play down the significance of the weekend’s big clash....

On Thursday morning, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) announced that they had taken David Bonola, 44, into custody and charged him with the death of Orsolya Gaal. According to NBC 4 in New York, during voluntary questioning Bonola reportedly admitted his guilt and also made statements that incriminated him in the crime, including using the woman’s phone to send a text message to her husband. The station reported that Bonola used Gaal’s phone to reach out to her husband following her murder....

Will Hong Kong ever make it as a high-tech center? By building highly wired offices and a new exchange, and by dangling enough invitations, Hong Kong hopes to become the high-tech place to be. Great–if anyone comes. Hong Kong has a long way to go to catch up with Singapore and Taiwan, whose governments have invested heavily in high tech. Its most hyped effort to date has been bumbling–a $1....

The Red Sox are red hot and Hanley Ramirez was on fire Wednesday against the Giants as he enjoyed his first career three-home run game. MORE: Worst in-season trade for every AL franchise Ramirez spearheaded a Boston offense that roughed up San Francisco starter Matt Cain for five runs over 2 1/3 innings in an eventual 11-7 Boston win. He also reached base after being hit by a pitch in the fourth....

The text was sent to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, and its publication came as part of a letter that the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack sent to Hannity on Tuesday asking him to come forward with information regarding the events of the insurrection. Knowledge of the request was first obtained by Axios, just hours before the contents of the letter were published by the committee’s website....

Of the 32 teams that began the group stage, Hapoel ranked first in points per game at a hefty 89.7. That is a sizeable 4.8 points ahead of second-placed Virtus Bologna; to put that gap into some context, it is larger than the gap between third-placed Venezia (82.8) and nineteenth-placed Nymburk (78.4). Measured by offensive rating, Hapoel’s extremely healthy 119.3 mark ranks second only to the 119.6 mark of Iberostar Tenerife, yet by virtue of playing at a much faster pace (tied for first in the competition at 75....

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The Duke of Sussex has a major interest in the country as president of African Parks, which manages Akagera and Nyungwe National Parks. Kagame’s official Twitter account posted a photo of the prince on August 22 and wrote: “President Kagame received Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, who visited Rwanda as part of his work as President of African Parks. The Government of Rwanda has agreements with African Parks to manage Akagera and Nyungwe National Parks....

The Duke of Sussex cryptically suggested he wanted to ensure that his grandmother had “got the right people around her,” during an interview with NBC News’ Today show. The comments came after he and Meghan stopped in on the queen at Windsor on their way to the Invictus Games, which began in The Hague, The Netherlands, on Saturday, April 16. Harry told presenter Hoda Kotb: “Being with her, it was great....

Guardiola’s arrival at the Etihad marked a new era and style of football, with the Catalan coach immediately moving for Claudio Bravo, whose competence with the ball at his feet made him a better fit for the club’s new footballing philosophy. RUMORS: Inter line up Di Maria as James alternative As a result, Hart, a City fan favorite and still England’s No.1, made the move to Turin, a switch that worked out well despite being the only one on the table....

But Harvick, who had endured a series of mishaps and poor finishes in the past five weeks, took out those frustrations on the field Saturday night at Darlington Raceway, dominating the Bojangles Southern 500 and then winning a late dash to the checkered flag for his second win of the season. Harvick became the first two-race winner of the season, snapping a streak of seven different winners to start the season and gaining an advantage in the new Chase for the Sprint Cup format....

All the latest transfer rumours To put that into perspective, spending amongst the English top-flight’s teams has trebled from £28m to £75m per year since the first big-money sale of rights in 2012. But what effects, if any, does this actually have on the competing teams? After all, Juventus made it to the Champions League final last season on a minimal spend - and what about Leicester’s title-winning season?...

They face Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League quarter-final second leg on Thursday looking to end a turbulent season with a trophy to cap some impressive early work by head coach Xavi. Barca qualified for the group stage of this season’s Champions League by virtue of finishing third in La Liga, behind Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid. However, drawn in the same group as Bayern Munich, Benfica, and Dynamo Kyiv, they struggled....