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Just hours after helping the Cubs bring to an end their 108-year World Series drought, the All-Star outfielder said he intends to exercise the mutual option in his contract to become a free agent. That doesn’t necessarily mean he won’t return to help the Cubs, but there will be competition. MORE: SN’s NL All-Star team “I’m definitely going to be a free agent, but hopefully it happens a little bit quicker than last year,” Fowler told ESPN on Thursday....

Dhoni, who holds an honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel, visited the school located inside the Chinar Corps headquarters in the Badamibagh Cantonment in a low key and unannounced event yesterday. The Chinar Corps put out a photograph of the former Indian Captain on its Twitter handle late last evening. “Lt Col (Hony) Mahendra Singh #Dhoni interacting with the enthusiastic children of #APS #Srinagar; emphasised upon importance of #studies and #sports,” the tweet accompanying the picture reads...

Dzeko has emerged as a transfer target for defending Premier League champions Chelsea, who reportedly are determined to bring in support for star forward Alvaro Morata. Roma and Chelsea are yet to reach an agreement, though interest from England is believed to have cooled on the 31-year-old striker. After Dzeko played 90 minutes in Roma’s 1-0 loss at home to Sampdoria in Serie A on Sunday, Di Francesco said the forward’s future will become clearer by Wednesday....

The Bosnian has been locked in talks with the Premier League outfit, with personal terms said to be holding up the finalisation of a switch to Stamford Bridge, while a deal for Giallorossi team-mate Emerson is looking close to completion. Di Francesco appears to be none the wiser regarding his club’s transfer business, however, with the Italian questioning the justification behind allowing a first-choice player to exit the club in January....

Throughout the games, Diablo’s plot to claim the mortal realm for Hell changes and morphs as he is repeatedly defeated or sidelined by players. However, he has left his mark on the games industry and is one of the most widely recognized antagonists in games. For players who are eager to jump into Diablo 2: Resurrected for the first time, or players who want to get into Diablo 4 in the future, Diablo’s plans and nature may seem a bit confusing as a consequence of how deep and thorough the lore of the series is....

Earlier today at BlizzCon 2019, Diablo 4 director Luis Barriga came out during the opening ceremonies to show off an impressive CG cinematic as well as a first look at actual gameplay. Plenty of new details were also shown off including the three initial classes and design philosophies for the upcoming action-RPG. However, the team held back a bit as a dedicated Diablo panel was planned which contained even more details....

Narrative is something that has always been pivotal to Diablo games. It’s definitely true that Diablo games become focused on just exploring and decimating randomized dungeons in the never-ending quest for loot. The first playthrough of each game, however, though begins with well-written and epic tales throughout the dark fantasy world of Sanctuary. While its story has long been an important factor in Diablo it was largely the same for every player....

Clippard, who turns 31 this month, went 5-4 with a 2.92 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 64:31 K:BB ratio and 19 saves in 71 innings with the Athletics and Mets last season. He will receive a $4 million signing bonus, $4.1 million salary in 2016, and $4.15 million salary in 2017, Fox Sports reported. A two-time All-Star, Clippard owns a 2.50 ERA over the past three seasons but saw his walks rise and his strikeouts fall in 2015....

Led be former Treyarch chief Jason Blundell, Deviation Games is now home to 100 employees from across the video game industry. In a new video, Blundell explains that the team has been working through a rigorous post-production period but is now ready to begin work on their first game. He explains that the team’s name “Deviation” came from his and the team’s desire to move away from the normal, humdrum, same-y games that have permeated the landscape for so many years....

A twisted modern fairy tale, “La Femme Nikita” was a Cinderella story about a female assassin. A madly eclectic hodgepodge of genres, the flashy but shallow Besson film may have seemed fresh because it kept shifting its pop-mythic gears. What starts as a dark, ultraviolent cousin of “A Clockwork Orange” turns into a delirious episode of “Charlie’s Angels,” with elements of James Bond and “Pygmalion” tossed in. When we first see the heroine, now called Maggie (Bridget Fonda), she’s a vicious, drug-addicted punkette, as glamorous as a drowned rat....

That won’t be happening. Freeman told Sporting News he will partake in all of Atlanta’s upcoming workouts and minicamp while remaining optimistic that a deal can be finalized before the 2017 regular season begins. MORE: SN’s Q&A with Matt Ryan Freeman said the decision is based on his passion for football and strong feelings toward his teammates, as well as faith in the Falcons to extend his current rookie deal, which is set to expire at the end of the 2017 season....

Kolkata, Oct 19 (PTI) Four-time defending world champions Germany are number one for a reason. The German football association (DFB), which starts grooming players at a tender age group of under-11, ensures that their studies are not affected with on board teachers during a tournament, their vice-president Hans-Dieter Drewitz said. By doing so, the DFB not only ensures that their supply line is in tact, but also makes sure the education is not hampered if a player does not make the grade as a professional footballer....

“I am very happy that the doors have opened for sportspersons. But I think the first Bharat Ratna should have been given to Dhyan Chand because of what he has achieved. I am not against Sachin getting the award but Dhyan Chand deserved it first,” said Milkha, who is India’s only male athlete to win a Commonwealth Games track and field event way back in 1958 in Cardiff. The government announced last week that batting great Tendulkar, who retired from all forms of cricket, will become the first sportsperson and the youngest to receive the award....

RELATED: Diablo 2: All Of The Changes And New Features Coming To Resurrected The worst-ranked sub-bosses shouldn’t be confused for an Act I elite mob. Blizzard was well aware that players at this stage likely had every piece of gear they could possibly want and every skill point masterfully invested. So they adjusted these fights accordingly, assuming that players believed they would be prepared. This expansion proved to the community that the toughest challenges were still to come....

This means that the Diablo 3 port will launch on the first day of Blizzard’s annual Blizzcon event, a massive conference hosted in Los Angeles each year for fans of the entertainment giant. While having a release date is nice, it would’ve been cool to save the announcement for an “…and it’s available now” moment on stage during the event’s opening ceremony. Regardless, the port is a godsend for Diablo fans everywhere....

Classic characters like the Barbarian and Druid are also making a return, though fans were quickly introduced to a returning villain in the debut trailer for Diablo 4. Lilith, Queen of the Succubi and Daughter of the Prime Evil Mephisto, returned to the world through a grotesque and bloody summoning ritual. While Diablo is likely going to be playing another major role as the Lord of Terror typically does, Lilith will no doubt be one of the main antagonists as well....

RELATED: Awesome Side Quest Hidden In Diablo Immortal The best Crusaders in Diablo Immortal have some difficult decisions to make as a result. Which skills do they take and which ones must get left behind? Analyzing the top Crusaders on the leaderboards from each server, there does seem to be a build that is most successful. Due to several factors, like gear, skills, reforging, and upgrades, it is impossible to list the exact quantities for many of the numbers detailed here....