That's the good news for fantasy owners. Unfortunately, Braun is still a giant pain in the tukhus. If you just look at the raw numbers, Braun is doing very well: .318/.361/.591 with six homers, 17 runs, 18 RBIs and three SBs. But when you look a little deeper, you realize a big chunk of his production has come in just two games (five HRs, seven Rs and 10 RBIs). That's not a huge deal this early -- it all counts the same -- but inconsistency is never a fun fantasy trait over the course of a season....

Previous editions: Anthony Rizzo | Max Muncy | Touki Toussaint | Clint Frazier | Pat Neshek | Ben Gamel | Chris Iannetta | Cal Quantrill | Robert Stock Up now: Braves reliever Jonny Venters What’s one of your first baseball memories? VENTERS: My first real memory was seeing Michael Jordan play baseball in Orlando when he was playing for the Barons. What’s the last show you binge-watched? VENTERS: “Narcos.”...

“This game, right?” he said. “I mean, you can hit a line drive and get out, and you can break your bat and roll one over and get a hit. It’s funny how the game works.” By most accounts, this season has been a disaster for Atlanta. And yet, well, we’ll come back to that in a minute. MORE: Every MLB contender’s biggest flaw heading into the stretch run...

The Braves on Monday designated Carlos Quentin for assignment, effectively cutting ties with the veteran outfielder. He will be released if the Braves can’t work out a trade that sends him elsewhere, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Quentin, 32, is a nine-year veteran and two-time All-Star who has seen his playing time slip in recent years with a variety of injuries. He appeared in just 50 games for San Diego last year, hitting an anemic ....

Reyes has not played for Triple-A Gwinnett since May 22, the night the alleged incident occurred. According to police, Reyes met the victim and another woman after a game in Columbus, Ohio, and the pair agreed to accompany him to a bar. MORE: Disgraced athletes: Where they went wrong | Most heinous crimes connected to athletes The woman said Reyes then paid for a hotel room because he didn’t want the women to drive after they had been drinking....

After slotting Shane Greene in as the closer upon arrival in Atlanta following his All-Star showing with the Tigers, manager Brian Snitker said Friday night that Mark Melancon is now the first choice for ninth-inning duties. Greene posted a 1.18 ERA in Detroit before the trade but has now allowed as many earned runs for Atlanta in four appearances (five) as he did in 38 with the Tigers. He got the final out of the eighth inning Friday against the Marlins, his first Braves appearance in which he was not charged with a run — though he did allow an inherited runner to score — before turning things over to Melancon for the ninth....

“Bravo has ceased filming with Jennie Nguyen and she will no longer be a cast member of ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.’ We recognize we failed to take appropriate action once her offensive social media posts were brought to our attention,” Bravo said in a statement posted to Twitter. The statement continued, “Moving forward, we will work to improve our processes to ensure we make better informed and more thoughtful casting decisions....

The Buckeyes' junior traveled with the team to Cal, but was not in uniform when the team took the field, according to Cleveland.com. Miller sprained his MCL last week against San Diego State. Kenny Guiton replaced him and played well and will start against Cal. MORE: Week 3 photos | Live scoreboard

At a press conference on Sunday, Bruno Covas, the mayor of São Paulo, the country’s most populous city, warned that the city’s health system is close to collapse. Covas confirmed that 90 percent of its ICU (intensive care units) beds were occupied, noting there was an urgent need to slow the spread of the virus, according to Brazil’s O Globo via Google Translate. Joao Doria, the São Paulo governor, was also reported to have mentioned the possibility of a regionalized lockdown....

They didn’t succeed, but they left behind a trail of destruction. They broke furniture, ripped off doors, smashed computers, damaged valuable works of art and urinated and defecated on carpets and floors. Their destruction generated images of the desecration of some of the most iconic symbols of South America’s largest democracy. The rioters called themselves “patriots.” They wore yellow shirts, one of the symbols of the national football team, and carried Brazilian flags....

Alongside a photo of himself giving a thumbs up in his hospital bed, Bolsonaro tweeted he started feeling unwell on Sunday afternoon after lunch. He said doctors have inserted a nasogastric tube after he arrived at the hospital. “More tests will be conducted for a potential surgery on an internal obstruction in the abdominal region,” Bolsonaro added. In another tweet, he said it was the second hospitalization “with the same symptoms” since he was stabbed during a campaign event more than three years ago and had to undergo a series of emergency operations....

The former AC Milan and Manchester City forward has been convicted of being one of six people involved in the assault of a 22-year-old woman at a Milanese nightclub on January 22, 2013. Robinho played for Milan between 2010 and 2015. He is currently with Atletico Mineiro and made his last appearance for the national team against Colombia in January. As Robinho is a Brazilian national currently residing in his home country, however, he is highly unlikely to face jail time for his offences....

Anything short of hoisting the trophy in this tournament would be considered a failure for Brazil head coach Tite, who will be under pressure to find results on the biggest stage. There are a host of players who could be in their last chance for glory as well, most notably for 38-year-old Brazil captain Thiago Silva. Both teams feature in-form attackers, with Brazil talisman Neymar one of Europe’s hottest strikers at PSG, and Fulham forward Aleksandar Mitrovic ready to line up for Serbia....

The city of Manaus, with a population of over two million, was one of the worst hit cities for COVID-19 cases in Brazil. No lockdown was implemented and no major steps were taken to limit the spread of the virus. The first case was reported there in the middle of March. Within two months, hospitals were overwhelmed and the death rate was far above the average for Brazil. Now, an international team of researchers has assessed the proportion of the population in Manaus that was infected with coronavirus at its peak, and how cases fell in the aftermath, concluding herd immunity had been achieved....

“I’m going to have a barbecue on Saturday here at home. Let’s have a chat, maybe a peladinha,” Bolsonaro said at the Alvorada Palace, according to Time24 News in Brazil. “There must be 30 (guests). There won’t be a drink. There will be a kitty.” The remarks made by Bolsonaro come as Brazil continues to see a rise in coronavirus cases. According to a tracker provided by Johns Hopkins University, there are currently over 136,000 confirmed cases in Brazil, as well as at least 9,265 deaths....

It was important for him that we were around when we were children. It refreshed memories for him. When he was a child he was quite gifted, but he was always under the watchful eye of his father, who was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Malaga, then Coruna, then Barcelona. He had this extremely severe academic and traditional training. Once he proved to his father and to himself that he could do whatever in that academic vein, he endeavored for the rest of his life to break all the rules....

Coach Steve Wilks and coordinator Al Holcomb are installing a Panthers-style 4-3 defense. Offensively, Mike McCoy is bringing his hybrid scheme, a departure from the Air Coryell days of Bruce Arians. The change meant Arizona needed a different type of quarterback than the Carson Palmer-like, downfield gunslinger. The Cardinals gave Sam Bradford a lot of money in free agency, then gave Mike Glennon a lot less. That was before UCLA’s Josh Rosen fell to No....

Rather than scroll through a dozen pages to get the information you need regarding tournament sites, here’s a handy guide to all of the regional tournament sites, host schools and some interesting facts about particular venues. MORE: DeCourcy ranks 24 Final Fours | NCAA selects Final Four sites through 2021 | NCAA reverting to old round names One tidbit that should make college basketball traditionalists really happy? Not a single game will be played in a domed facility until the Final Four for all three years....

The 2020 campaign saw plenty of shake-up with teams like Kansas State picking up a major upset win, Iowa State emerging as a legit contender and Oklahoma State showing it too can hang with the perennial powers like Oklahoma and Texas. Of course, this is the only conference that features a full round-robin schedule, meaning each Big 12 team will face every other in-conference foe. That means strength of schedule will rely on nonconference foes, the timing of difficult games and whether games are played at home or on the road....

Except for Tuesday night, that is. The NBA will hold its annual draft lottery in Chicago, and for (most) teams that did not make the playoffs, this night will have an enormous impact on the future. A couple of exceptions: The Nets will not have a pick at all in this draft, their last bit of penance for the disastrous trade for Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce in 2013. That pick is Cleveland’s....