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A sixth loss in seven games — this time to the sub.-500 Raptors on Sunday — had the defending champion Lakers being asked to contemplate a potential play-in scenario, a surprising turn of events for a team that started the season 21-6.

White Sox outfielder Luis Robert is headed to the injured list because of a strained right hip flexor, suffered when he fell to the ground while beating out an infield single in the first inning Sunday vs. the Indians.

A.J. Pollock homered twice and doubled while Matt Beaty had four hits in a dazzling display of power, lifting the Dodgers to a win in the series finale vs. the Brewers on Sunday.

Max Scherzer tossed a five-hitter to lead the Nationals over the Marlins, then hustled out of Nationals Park after a game that took only 2 hours, 37 minutes, hurrying to be with wife Erica for the birth of their third child on Sunday night.

Anger toward the owners has been in effect for 15-plus years, but reached new levels on Sunday.

Coach Matt LaFleur said Saturday he “can’t imagine” Aaron Rodgers not being in a Green Bay Packers uniform and that he wants to do everything in his power “to ensure that doesn’t happen.”

The Titans are not picking up the fifth-year option on linebacker Rashaan Evans. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter the team hopes to sign Evans to an extension.

The Atlanta Falcons are not picking up the fifth-year option on tight end Hayden Hurst, meaning he’ll be a free agent after this season, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Monday.

Panthers coach Matt Rhule’s wife, Julie, helped guide the team’s fourth-round selection of Chuba Hubbard, who ran wild while at Oklahoma State against Rhule’s Baylor team.

Urban Meyer and the Jacksonville Jaguars are pleased with the new coach’s first draft, but he did admit that he was disappointed to see former Florida receiver Kadarius Toney land with the Giants and not his team on the first night.