Phoenix point guard Eric Bledsoe was sent home Monday, a day after the Suns fired coach Earl Watson and replaced him on an interim basis with Jay Triano.
The face of Cleveland’s franchise for 10 years, Thomas had been incredibly durable, playing 10,363 consecutive snaps before the freak injury.
The Dodgers are making their first World Series appearance since 1988. This is only the second appearance for Houston. The Astros were swept by the Chicago White Sox in 2005.
Assistant coach Jay Triano, a former head coach of the Toronto Raptors, was named interim coach. Triano was an assistant at Portland before coming to Phoenix last year.
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Jose Altuve and Evan Gattis homered to help the Houston Astros reached the World Series for the second time.
Bo Scarbrough had two fourth-down touchdown runs and No. 1 Alabama continued its domination of rival Tennessee with a 45-7 victory on Saturday.
No. 2 Penn State hosts No. 19 Michigan.
Christopher Bell raced to his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday, beating dominant Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Erik Jones after they made contract with four laps left at Kansas Speedway.
Cavaliers point guard Derrick Rose was held out of Saturday night’s game against the Orlando Magic because of a sprained left ankle.
