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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brad Miller hit a two-run single in the 10th inning to give the Texas Rangers a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday ...

“We just have some guys that aren’t really clicking the way I think they’re going to through the course of the season,” Philadelphia manager Joe Girardi said. It looked like the Phillies had gotten on the board in the sixth when Castellanos lined Perez’s first pitch to right. The Rangers begin a three-game series at New York Yankees on Friday night. Texas’ Adolis Garcia started the extra frame on second base and went to third on Kole Calhoun’s flyout to deep right. Pinch-hitter Nick Solak struck out before Miller lined a 1-0 slider from Brad Hand (1-1) to right to score Garcia and White. Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler and the Rangers’ Martin Perez each were stellar in starting roles.

Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst said they toasted former club kitman Jimmy Bell, who died this week aged 69, after their Europa League semi-final ...

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Giovanni van Bronckhorst's Rangers beat RB Leipzig at Ibrox to reach Europa League final with James Tavernier, Glen Kamara and John Lundstram scoring.

Win and this Rangers side will be immortals in the annals of Ibrox history. It was one of those rare nights where everyone in royal blue stepped up to the plate. “Rangers pressed relentlessly from the first minute.

Nine years after winning Division Three, Rangers stand on the brink of European glory - a final against Frankfurt awaits.

To make matters worse, three of the back five were on a booking before half-time, and they now had no out ball with Fashion Sakala having been sent on up front. There was no longer a shield for the centre-backs and Leipzig were now cutting their hosts open as they pushed for extra time. Injury deprived them of main striker Alfredo Morelos for the quarter-final against Braga and then replacement Kemar Roofe for this tie — and there was more adversity in store last night. He had the look of a man who was preparing to fly off into the night sky, and after beating Leipzig to reach the final it would take a brave soul to remind any of these players they are mortal men. Football is often credited with being powerful enough to transport people and to provide escapism from the worries and mundanity of life. Ibrox was still near full, with men and women of every age having tears either in their eyes or streaming down their cheeks. Fans in wheelchairs headed back to the concourses in single file while leading the singing, and in the stands, people sobbed and rang relatives to share this special moment. A tribute was paid before kick-off to Rangers’ kit man Jimmy Bell, who passed away this week after almost 40 years of service. It felt like Rangers had rolled the only dice they had and that the only way they would survive the mounting pressure was to not concede, as another goal seemed beyond their capabilities. Joe Aribo, deputising as a makeshift striker, had to be subbed off early in the second half after a free kick smacked him flush in the face and caused him to collapse in a heap. (And that notion may only hold for another fortnight, anyway. After travelling the length and breadth of the country through the lower leagues on a supporters’ bus run by the Kilbirnie Tam Forsyth RSC, to see his club fully recovered and thriving against sides with several times the budget of their own is as cathartic as it gets.

This team, in fact, was built by Gerrard. Yet Van Bronckhorst, by becoming the fourth manager to guide Rangers into a European final, has surpassed his ...

Some of that may be tactical – Rangers can counterattack in the Europa League to a far greater extent than they generally do at home – but Van Bronckhorst’s men appear to garner an extra level of resilience when the opposition are foreign. Celtic fans will not like the comparison but it is a valid one; when they enjoyed vast competitive advantage in Scotland after Rangers’ financial meltdown of 2012, they could not make anything like the European headway their oldest foes have done now. With the national team in a fine place under Steve Clarke, the broader picture is healthy. Instead, they must revel in the unity – and skill – that has brought them this far. When Celtic reached the Uefa Cup final of 2003 – also in Seville – the availability of the outstanding Henrik Larsson meant they could be accused of rampaging through the competition in cheat mode. What the late-night exchange further illustrated was a sense that Rangers are still regarded as serious operators in Europe. Although various matters, mostly with a foundation in history, back up that point it remains incredible that Giovanni van Bronckhorst will lead his team into the final in Seville. That much is entirely to Rangers’ credit.

The New York Rangers will be without forward Barclay Goodrow as Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant informed reporters that he is "Week-to-week.".

The New York Rangers will be without forward Barclay Goodrow as Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant informed reporters that he is "Week-to-week." The New York Rangers will be without forward Barclay Goodrow as Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant informed reporters that he is "Week-to-week."

A good story does not equate to a good player. Don't confuse the two. Louis Domingue is a good story. He's the first goalie to enter a playoff game during ...

The goals came from Guentzel and Crosby. That line has four of the Penguins’ five even-strength goals on the series and provides most of their sustained pressure. • The Penguins need to get offense from somebody besides the line of Crosby, Jake Guentzel and Bryan Rust. The Penguins put 41 shots on Shesterkin on Thursday, but serious threats were few. • The Penguins must get a lead. Letang and Matheson were not nearly as good in Game 2 as they were in Game 1. The drop from DeSmith to Domingue isn’t that drastic. There’s no way to imagine that the goaltending battle goes the Penguins’ way. It doesn’t just need to get better. The Penguins did their best, too. Ultimately, that figures to decide the series and applies even if Casey DeSmith returns. Shesterkin is the presumptive Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL’s top goaltender. But they scored twice, and that’s not enough. He’s played for six NHL teams and seven minor-league teams.