NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, headed to San Antonio with enormous expectations to become basketball's newest sensation.

The selection of the 19-year-old from France that had been a foregone conclusion for months was announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, followed by chants of “Wemby! Wemby” from a group of Spurs fans waving signs from the first row of seats.

Wembanyama arrives with far more height and hype than most No. 1 picks. Listed at 7-foot-4, he dominated his French league in his final season there, leading all players in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots.

Now he makes the move to the NBA, perhaps as the best prospect since LeBron James came out of high school in 2003. Wembanyama brings a package of skills that seem perfect for the modern NBA and too vast for one player, with the size of a center and the shooting and ballhandling ability of a guard.

“Hearing that sentence from Adam Silver, I’ve dreamed of it so much,” Wembanyama said, tears in his eyes as he left the stage with his Spurs cap on and hugged his siblings. “I’ve got to cry.”

Wembanyama was the center of attention throughout the draft process and sat in the middle of the green room — for the short time he was there, anyway. He smiled for young fans who screamed “Victor!” as he walked around the arena, even encouraging one to throw him a basketball that he signed and tossed back up into the stands.

The Charlotte Hornets took Alabama freshman forward Brandon Miller with the No. 2 pick.

Scoot Henderson of the G League Ignite, whose bling-filled jacket stood in sharp contrast to Wembanyama's solid green look, was the No. 3 pick by the Portland Trail Blazers.

It was during a two-game series between teams featuring Wembanyama and Henderson last October in Las Vegas that Wembanyama solidified himself as the main man in this draft, scoring 37 and 36 points in front of scouts and some future opponents. His highlights, such as a follow dunk of his own missed 3-pointer, became can't-miss content for basketball fans during the past season.

Wembanyama is the Spurs’ third No. 1 pick and the first since Tim Duncan in 1997, which led to a stretch of five NBA championships through 2014 before they struggled in recent seasons.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Bell homered off an “Ohio” sign beyond the left-field wall and Myles Straw hit an RBI triple, leading the Cleveland Guardians to a 6-1 win on Thursday and three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics, who lost their eighth straight.

Bell's 430-foot shot in the fifth inning off JP Sears (1-5) smacked the “H” on the sign affixed to a pedestrian walkway in Progressive Field. The blast tied it and Straw put Cleveland ahead in the inning with his two-out shot to left.

The A's have baseball's worst record at 19-58.

Oakland's mark through 77 games is the worst in the majors since the Detroit Tigers went 18-59 to start 2003.

The A's were still within 2-1 in the eighth before reliever Yacksel Rios allowed four runs on two wild pitches and two bases-loaded walks.

Nick Sandlin (3-3) pitched two hitless innings in relief of Cleveland starter Logan Allen. Enyel De Los Santos worked two innings — getting a double play to end the seventh — and Eli Morgan finished the combined three-hitter.

Sears didn’t allow Cleveland a baserunner until the fourth, when José Ramírez fouled off three pitches with two strikes before grounding a two-out single into left. Ramírez, though, was thrown out trying to steal by A’s catcher Carlos Pérez.

Sears had faced the minimum through 4 1-3 innings before Bell connected for his seventh homer this season and 500th career RBI. Andrés Giménez followed with a bloop single and stole second before Straw, who hasn't homered since Aug. 26, 2021 — more than 1,000 plate appearances — tripled.

Sears allowed just four hits and struck out eight in seven innings.

Tony Kemp's speed helped the A's take a 1-0 lead in the fifth on Aledmys Diaz's sacrifice fly.

After drawing a leadoff walk, Kemp was running when Esteury Ruiz hit a grounder to short. Kemp never slowed while rounding second and beat first baseman Bell's throw to third. Diaz followed with his fly to deep center.

Allen had to work hard to make it through just four innings, throwing 89 pitches.

The left-hander got himself into trouble in the fourth, when he walked three to load the bases. But with two outs, Allen froze Oakland's Shea Langeliers with a changeup for strike three to escape danger.

EXTRA, EXTRA

The A's have already played 10 extra-inning games, matching their total in 2022.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Guardians: As expected, OF Will Brennan (left shoulder soreness) got the day off after he fell hard while making a diving catch on the warning track in the fourth inning Wednesday night. Brennan is batting .327 (34 of 104) since May 16.

UP NEXT

Athletics: Head North to Toronto, where RHP James Kaprielian (2-6, 6.38 ERA) starts the opener of a three-game series against Blue Jays RHP Chris Bassitt (7-5, 4.16).

Guardians: RHP Shane Bieber (5-4, 3.51 ), who could be traded in the upcoming weeks, starts the opener of a three-game set against Milwaukee and Brewers RHP Wade Miley (4-2, 3.28). Miley pitched a no-hitter at Progressive Field in 2021 with Cincinnati.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Bo Naylor scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on a throwing error, Gavin Williams pitched 5 2/3 innings in his major league debut and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Wednesday night.

Naylor singled for his first hit in the majors — snapping an 0-for-19 drought — and came home on Steven Kwan’s one-out double. Myles Straw was the first to score on Kwan’s hit, which turned into a two-run play when right fielder Ramón Laureano wildly flung the ball back to the infield.

Williams, the Guardians’ consensus top prospect and 2021 first-round pick, allowed four runs on four hits — all in the third — while striking out four. The right-hander maxed out at 98 mph, topping 96 mph on 18 of his 84 pitches.

The 6-foot-6, 250-pound Williams went 9-6 with a 2.10 ERA in 37 minor league starts between Single-A Lake County, Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus. He was 3-2 with a 2.93 ERA in nine starts this year with the Clippers.

Eli Morgan (3-1) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win, and Emmanuel Clase finished for his MLB-leading 22nd save. Austin Pruitt (1-5) gave up two runs, one earned, in one inning for Oakland.

The Athletics, who have the lowest batting average and highest ERA in the majors, lost their seventh straight and have the worst record in baseball at 19-57.

Oakland took a 6-4 lead in the seventh on run-scoring singles from rookie Esteury Ruiz and Seth Brown off Trevor Stephan. Ruiz went 3 for 5 with two RBIs and stole two bases to increase his MLB-best total to 39.

Oakland opened the scoring with four runs in the third, highlighted by Ryan Noda’s 358-foot blast to right field off Williams.

The Guardians cut it to 4-3 in the bottom half when Naylor, Steven Kwan and Amed Rosario reached to open the third and came around. Rosario and Andrés Giménez each drove in runs, while a fielding error by Laureano allowed Kwan to score.

Cleveland tied it at 4 in the fifth when Naylor singled off Athletics starter Paul Blackburn, plating Ramírez, then pulled to 6-5 in the seventh on Josh Naylor's solo homer. Josh Naylor was 4 for 4.

José Ramírez had three hits, giving him 1,236 in his career and passing Larry Doby for 17th place in Cleveland history.

REALITY CHECK

The Guardians’ top three pitching prospects have made their big league debuts this season in Williams, right-hander Tanner Bibee and left-hamder Logan Allen. With 2020 AL Cy Young winner Shane Bieber in the final year of his contract and likely to be traded, the rookies’ development is paramount.

“For us to remain competitive, we need to produce these pitchers because that’s the one thing we probably can’t go out and get,” manager Terry Francona said. “You see what they get on the (free agent) market, so we’ve got to stay in our lane and develop starting pitching.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Athletics: RHP Zach Jackson (right flexor strain) was transferred to the 60-day injured list in order to clear a 40-man roster spot for RHP Angel Felipe, who was claimed off waivers from San Diego. Manager Mark Kotsay said Jackson has not suffered a setback.

Guardians: OF Will Brennan (left shoulder soreness) exited in the fifth inning, shortly after landing hard on his left side while making a diving catch on a liner by Jace Peterson. Brennan was in obvious pain after slowly getting up from the grass.

UP NEXT

Athletics LHP JP Sears (1-4, 4.24 ERA) takes on Guardians LHP Logan Allen (3-2, 3.95 ERA) on Thursday in the series finale.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Andrés Giménez's single in the 10th inning brought home José Ramírez from third base, lifting the Cleveland Guardians to a 3-2 win Tuesday night over the Oakland Athletics, who lost their sixth straight.

With the bases loaded and none out, Giménez dropped his single off Trevor May (2-4) just inside the right-field line for Cleveland's fourth walk-off win this season.

Giménez was then mobbed by his teammates, who were blanked for six innings before tying it in the seventh on Amed Rosario's RBI single and Ramírez's run-scoring double.

Enyel De Los Santos (3-1) kept the A's from taking the lead in the 10th and got the win.

Oakland dropped to 19-56, the club's worst record since the 1920 Philadelphia A's started with the same mark.

Ramírez began the 10th as the runner on second and the A's chose to intentionally walk the red-hot Josh Naylor to face Tyler Freeman, who dropped a bunt in front of the plate. Ramírez was safe on a close play at third before Giménez ended it.

Tony Kemp connected for his second homer — and first since April 21 — in the seventh inning off Cleveland's Aaron Civale to give the A's a 2-0 lead.

The Guardians did nearly nothing on offense for six innings — and Civale was in line for a tough loss — before Cleveland tied it in the seventh on the hits by Rosario and Ramírez.

Myles Straw doubled leading off and Oakland manager Mark Kotsay pulled Luis Medina, who came on in the second and held the Guardians to four hits over 4 1/3 innings. Sam Moll got two quick outs before Rosario's single cut Oakland's lead to 2-1.

Ramírez fell behind 1-2 before ripping a ball toward left fielder Seth Brown, who tried to snare the sinking liner with a dive. But the ball got by him and rolled to the wall, allowing the speedy Rosario to score from first.

CRAZY CATCH

Kemp also made the game's best defensive play, racing into to short right-center and snaring Will Brennan's blooper in the eighth with his back to the plate and while falling down.

TOP GUN

The Guardians brought up top pitching prospect Gavin Williams, who has dominated hitters in the minors the past two seasons. The right-hander will make his major league debut on Wednesday against the A's.

On the strength of a 100 mph fastball, Williams has blasted through Cleveland's system since being drafted in the first round in 2021.

“It's exciting,” manager Terry Francona said, “We told him, ‘Hey, just go pitch and if we have to start making adjustments, we will. But let’s see. You pitch first.’”

TRAINER'S ROOM

Athletics: RHP Drew Rucinski (knee sprain) was transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day injured list to make room for RHP Yacksel Rios, who was acquired from Atlanta on Sunday for cash.

Guardians: RHP Cal Quantrill (shoulder sprain), who has recently been in Arizona during his recovery, is scheduled to make a 60-pitch rehab start in Columbus on Friday before the team decides whether to activate him.

UP NEXT

Williams is expecting more than 50 relatives and guests to be at his debut. “You’re going to definitely hear them,” said Williams, who will face Athletics right-hander Paul Blackburn (0-0, 3.48 ERA).

CLEVELAND (WJW) - Cleveland Guardians pitcher Triston McKenzie will be out for several weeks for an elbow injury, the team confirmed.

According to the Guardians, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic checked McKenzie Tuesday morning, determining the right-handed pitcher sprained the ulnar collateral ligament of his elbow.

The team said McKenzie is expected to get a second opinion, but he won't throw for the Guardians for several weeks.

McKenzie was placed on the injured player list on Saturday. He had already missed the first two months of the season with a shoulder sprain.

The Guardians face off against Oakland Tuesday night. Gavin Williams, Cleveland's top pitching prospect, will be making his MLB debut

CLEVELAND (AP) — Gavin Williams, Cleveland's top pitching prospect, will make his major league debut on Wednesday with a start against the Oakland Athletics.

A first-round draft pick in 2021, the 23-year-old Williams has risen quickly through the Guardians organization, and the club feels it's time to see how his electric fastball plays against the game's best players.

The Guardians, who are two games behind first-place Minnesota in the AL Central, announced Williams' start before opening a three-game series against the A's.

Williams has gone 4-2 with a 2.39 ERA this season at Double-A Akron (three starts) and Triple-A Columbus (nine starts). He has struck out 81 in 60 innings. Last season, Williams struck out 149 in 115 innings.

With starters Triston McKenzie (elbow) and Cal Quantrill (shoulder) on the injured list, the Guardians have an opportunity to get a look at Williams, who pitched in college at East Carolina.

Injuries have forced manager Terry Francona to plug holes in his starting staff and use rookies Tanner Bibee and Logan Allen more than expected.

PHOENIX (AP) — Josh Naylor had four hits and three RBIs, and the Cleveland Guardians avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-3 on Sunday.

The Guardians cruised through the series finale, scoring two runs in the first, three in the second and six more in the fourth for an 11-1 lead. Right-hander Tanner Bibee (3-2) gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings, striking out six and walking three.

Cleveland pounded out 16 hits. It accomplished much of its damage off D-backs starter Zach Davies, who has struggled since his return from the injured list in late May.

Cleveland scored two in the first after leadoff batter Steven Kwan reached on an error by shortstop Nick Ahmed. José Ramírez drove Kwan home with a triple and Josh Naylor's double scored Ramírez.

Kwan was in the middle of the action again in the second with a two-run triple that scored Will Brennan and Myles Straw. Amed Rosario's sacrifice fly pushed the Guardians' advantage to 5-0.

Kwan scored four times and drove in three runs. Straw, Brennan, Rosario and Tyler Freeman all had two hits.

Arizona's Christian Walker hit a solo homer — his second long ball in two days — to cut the margin to 5-1. But the Guardians responded with six more runs in the fourth, punctuated by a two-run triple from Andrés Giménez.

Davies (1-3) gave up nine runs, including eight earned, over 3 2/3 innings. He surrendered nine hits, walked one and struck out two. The right-hander has a 7.11 ERA over seven starts this season.

LIGHTS OUT

The D-backs say a downtown power surge in Phoenix led to a 15-minute delay in the first inning after some of the lights went out at Chase Field.

The game was played in the afternoon, but temperatures in the 100s in central Arizona meant the 25-year-old stadium’s retractable roof was closed.

“Our facility staff reacted quickly to power backup systems and reset all functions," the D-backs said in a statement. “After a 15-minute delay, systems were restored to adequate levels for play to continue.”

UP NEXT

Guardians: Have an off day Monday before traveling to Oakland for a three-game series starting Tuesday. The Guardians will use RHP Aaron Civale (2-2, 2.67 ERA) in the first game. The Athletics will use RHP Luis Medina (1-6, 7.55 ERA).

The outfielder didn't really need to show off those wheels on Saturday night. He did anyway.

McCarthy led off the eighth with a go-ahead homer, rookie Corbin Carroll added a two-run shot three batters later and the Diamondbacks launched three long balls in the inning to beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3.

McCarthy's second homer of the season gave Arizona a 3-2 lead and the 25-year-old sprinted around the bases in celebration, looking as though he was trying to leg out an inside-the-park homer rather than one that cleared the fence.

“Yeah, I was excited,” McCarthy said, grinning. “We'll have to see the time on that. Maybe I'll start going for the fastest one of the season or something."

The surprising NL West leaders have taken the first two games of the series and will go for a sweep on Sunday.

McCarthy connected off starter Shane Bieber, who also gave up the no-doubter by Carroll. It was a frustrating end to the night for the Cleveland ace, who was excellent until his final few batters.

“Feeling really good, really strong,” Bieber said. “But five runs on three homers is not generally going to work. Tough one tonight, tough one to swallow. Hopefully, we bounce back tomorrow.”

Bieber (5-4) allowed five runs on seven hits over 7 1/3 innings, walking two and striking out five.

“When you're going against a pitcher of Bieber's ability and quality, you're just trying to grind out the day," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “He had good stuff, but we hung in there.”

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. capped the eighth with a solo homer off reliever Nick Sandlin. Arizona scored all its runs on four homers.

The Guardians jumped ahead 1-0 in the first when Andrés Giménez coaxed a bases-loaded walk. Giménez extended Cleveland's advantage to 2-0 in the third with a long homer down the right-field line.

Christian Walker tied it in the fourth with a two-run homer that just cleared the right-field wall. It was his 14th of the season.

Diamondbacks left-hander Tommy Henry gave up two runs and seven hits over six innings, bouncing back after two rocky starts. He walked two and struck out three.

Scott McGough got two outs for his third save. He entered with two on and gave up José Ramírez's sacrifice fly with the bases loaded before retiring Josh Naylor on a game-ending grounder.

Steven Kwan and Amed Rosario, the top two batters in Cleveland's lineup, both had four hits.

MCCARTHY'S BREAKOUT

McCarthy was considered part of the D-backs' young nucleus before the season, but got sent to Triple-A after a rough April.

He returned to the big leagues in late May and has been much better, hitting .318 with three doubles, two triples, a homer and 12 stolen bases since May 26.

WALKER'S WEB GEMS

Walker earned his first Gold Glove last season and the first baseman made a pair of excellent defensive plays on Saturday.

He snared a hard grounder from Ramírez for the third out of the fourth inning to save at least one run. Then in the seventh, Walker started a 3-6-3 double play, cleanly fielding the ball and throwing to second before getting back to first for the return throw.

“When you have a defense like this, you can trust it,” Henry said. “It makes it easier to settle into an outing, because you can get back over the white of the plate, trust that the elite outfielders and infielders are going to make the plays needed.”

TRAINER'S ROOM

Guardians RHP Triston McKenzie was placed on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow sprain.

ROSTER MOVES

Cleveland called up catching prospect Bo Naylor from the minors. Guardians manager Terry Francona said the 23-year-old will start on Sunday. LHPs Daniel Norris and Tim Herrin were also promoted from Triple-A. RHP Touki Toussaint was designated for assignment.

UP NEXT

The Diamondbacks send RHP Zach Davies (1-2, 5.46 ERA) to the mound Sunday against rookie RHP Tanner Bibee (2-2, 3.91).

It started during the 2021 season when the former NFL star and Hall of Famer was coaching the Jackson State football team. The Associated Press reported that he had injured a toe and had a procedure in September that left him using crutches and a scooter to get around the field.

As Sanders was healing, his toes began to darken under the bandages. Several surgeries followed, as did some complications, and eventually Sanders had his big toe and second toe amputated due to blood clots, ESPN reported.

Sanders, also known as "Coach Prime," became the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes in December. Now, he is at risk of losing his whole foot.

A clip from Wednesday's episode of "Thee Pregame Show," a video series that documents the football season, showed a meeting with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kenneth Hunt and vascular surgeons Dr. Donald Jacobs and Dr. Max Wohlauder to discuss Sanders' pain and what could be done about it.

Hunt recalled ultrasound studies of Sanders' leg that showed how the blood flow through his limb had declined.

"Ordinarily you have three arteries that are putting blood to your foot and after the procedures you had before, it kind of went down to one," Hunt said. "And that one was a little bit tenuous."

Hunt said the risk of doing something and having a similar problem was "too high" as it could mean the coach would lose his foot.

Wohlauder said that tests in 2022 comparing blood pressure in his arm and ankle were at 100%, but now some arteries have clogged and the flow to his ankle is at 66% compared to that of his arm.

Jacobs added that while it could heal, it would take a very long time and could mean that he would not be able to walk at all.

Sanders said he doesn't have feeling in the bottom of his foot, and that he just wants to do whatever needs to be done this summer before the football season starts.

It wasn't clear whether or not Sanders had committed to surgery, but he vowed to keep progressing in an Instagram caption.

"I'm CoachPrime and I'm built for this," he added.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians called up catching prospect Bo Naylor and put right-handed pitcher Triston McKenzie on the 15-day injured list on Saturday.

The roster moves come one day after the Guardians designated veteran catcher Mike Zunino for assignment.

The 23-year-old Naylor was hitting .254 with 13 homers and 48 RBIs at Triple-A Columbus. The Canadian was selected with the 29th overall pick of the 2018 draft. He’ll join his older brother Josh Naylor, who also plays for the Guardians.

McKenzie’s elbow issue is the latest injury setback for the right-hander, who missed the first two months with a shoulder strain. The Guardians have high hopes for the hard-throwing McKenzie, who went 11-11 with a 2.96 ERA in 30 starts last season.

McKenzie was brilliant in his season debut on June 4, striking out 10 over five scoreless innings. He struggled in his second outing against the Astros last week and was scratched from his planned start against the Diamondbacks on Friday.

Bo Naylor has made two cameos with the Guardians over the past two seasons and has 10 big-league at-bats. This time, manager Terry Francona said he hopes the young slugger is here to stay.

“Nobody has a crystal ball, but that's the idea,” Francona said.

Francona said he doesn't know how he'll split the catching duties between Naylor and Cam Gallagher, other than that Naylor will start Sunday's game. The veteran manager added that bringing up a catcher from the minors is sometimes more difficult because of all of the position's responsibilities, particularly handling the pitching staff.

“The game for young catchers can be going so fast,” Francona said. “So we'll try to simplify for him.”

Zunino was hitting .177 with three home runs, 11 RBIs and 61 strikeouts. The veteran signed a one-year, $6 million deal during the offseason.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians traded utilityman Richie Palacios to the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday for $100,000.

Palacios, who played in 54 games for the defending AL Central champions last season, had been designated for assignment Sunday when the club activated right-hander Cody Morris from the 60-day injured list.

Palacios had spent all this season at Triple-A Columbus, where he batted .217 with three homers, 13 doubles and 30 RBIs in 56 games.

The 26-year-old Palacios was selected by Cleveland in the third round of the 2018 amateur draft. At one time, he was once considered one of the club's top prospects, but the Guardians have a surplus of young outfielders and middle infielders.

Palacios will be assigned to the Memphis Redbirds, the Cardinals' Triple-A affiliate.

Morant, who is suspended without pay, will also be required to meet certain conditions before he can return to play and cannot participate in any public or team activities, including preseason games.

"Ja Morant's decision to once again wield a firearm on social media is alarming and disconcerting given his similar conduct in March for which he was already suspended eight games," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. "The potential for other young people to emulate Ja's conduct is particularly appalling."

The Memphis Grizzlies said in a statement that the team respects the league's decision to suspend Morant.

"Our standard as a league and team are clear, and we expect that all team personnel will adhere to them," the team said.

Morant was seen on May 13 flashing a apparent gun on Instagram Live for the second time in less than three months. The first time led to the eight-game suspension handed down in March, costing Morant about $669,000 in salary.

Following the second incident, Morant was suspended from all team activities by the Grizzlies, and the league opened another investigation into the star guard’s off-court conduct.

Morant went on to make several posts to his Instagram story that left fans worried about his well-being.

The Grizzlies star released a statement Friday apologizing to the team, his young fans and the city of Memphis. It was reported by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

"I've had time to reflect and I realize how much hurt I've caused," Morant's said, in part.

CLEVELAND (WJW) -- After weeks of fan voting, the Cleveland Browns' new dog logo has been chosen.

Fans in April started submitting their own logo designs and ideas for consideration on social media and on the Browns website.

Fans then voted on their favorites, narrowing down a total of nearly 300 entries to their top 10 favorites. Voting for the winner closed earlier this month.

Below is the winning design, which will be "prominently displayed" in future merchandise, reads a Monday news release from the team.

The logo was created by Houston Mark, a designer who "sought to create a logo that displayed the intensity and passion of the fanbase while including several symbols that highlight the history of both the franchise and Cleveland," reads the news release.

It's based on a bullmastiff, the dog breed chosen in a pre-contest poll as best representing the team.

"We are so excited to unveil a new dawg logo that perfectly encapsulates who we are as a franchise and as a city," said Executive Vice President and Partner JW Johnson. "Our fans have been asking us for a new dawg logo for quite some time, so it made perfect sense for them to select the logo themselves and decide how they want our team to be represented — and they made a great choice."

There are several details hidden in the design:

• Ohio can be seen in the top-left corner on the dog's ear.
• The dog's nose is in the shape of a football.
• The dog's tag is in the shape of Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The 'C' shape is an homage to the city and the area where the Dawg Pound originated, the east endzone, is highlighted.
• In the middle of the tag is a guitar pick, a nod to Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
• The eight spikes on the collar signify the Browns' eight championship finishes.
• The Hope Memorial Bridge, featuring the Cleveland Guardians of Traffic, is outlined on the dog's jowls.
• The shape of the maskless Pound Helmet worn by Dawg Pound fans can be seen in the top-right.
• The helmet stripe seen on the classic Browns helmet is also on the center of the dog's forehead.

"The thing I really wanted to focus on was the fans and the relationship they have with the team," Mark said. "How can I make the Cleveland Browns fanbase the forefront of the design while also maintaining this aggressive, no-nonsense attitude?"

The new dawg logo will now be used as another logo for the franchise, alongside the helmet logo and Brownie the Elf.

"There were so many good logos that got submitted and made it far, so this a dream come true, and I can't stress that enough," said Mark. "To see my logo in an NFL stadium, on people's shirts and people relate this logo to the Browns is the most incredible feeling."

Josh Naylor had a two-run single and Fry also doubled as the Guardians rapped out 14 hits.

“Boy, he sure helped us. He made some good throws,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona said of his rookie catcher. “And he helped us offensively and that was good.”

Ramírez reached base four times with a double, two singles and a walk. Amed Rosario had three hits as well.

Manny Machado launched a three-run homer in the first inning, but the Padres were unable to overcome an early 5-0 deficit. San Diego, which had won five of six, was looking for its first three-game sweep this season.

“The top of that lineup, when they are hitting it, they are hitting it out of the ballpark,” Francona said. “That is kind of deflating when we score five and they come right back.”

Both teams turned to the bullpen after the starters were chased early. Trevor Stephan (3-2) got the win with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Emmanuel Clase got four outs for his 21st save, most in the majors.

Cleveland scored five times in the first off beleaguered starter Ryan Weathers (1-5), who gave up six runs and seven hits in 1 2/3 innings. The big blows against him were Naylor’s two-run single and Fry's homer.

“I was pretty fired up. I feel like that was a second before I realized it was a homer. I was sprinting out of there and then I got to home plate and Naylor is bear-hugging me. It was pretty cool,” Fry said. “I was just trying to get something to hit and hopefully keep the inning going and get it to the next guy."

Machado's home run to left field on a cutter from Logan Allen shaved it to 5-3 in the bottom half. Allen lasted three innings, allowing five runs, four hits and four walks.

“He was just clearly ready for it. Probably just the wrong pitch at that time. But yeah, it probably got too much of the plate,” Allen said. “Ideally you get a lead and you go out there and get zeros and I wasn’t able to do that. I didn’t really throw strikes out of the gate and I struggled to find the zone.”

After the Padres trimmed it to 6-5 in the third, Ramírez knocked in a run with an infield single in the fourth.

Trent Grisham's RBI double made it 7-6 in the fifth, but Fry scored on Andrés Giménez's single in the eighth.

“The add-on run was really big, late,” Francona said. “We kept fighting, so that was good.”

Fernando Tatis Jr. continued to show his defensive prowess with a leaping catch up against the wall in right to rob Cleveland's Josh Bell of extra bases in the fourth. In Wednesday night’s Padres win, Tatis made a diving catch and had an outfield assist.

MACHADO’S MARK

It was Machado’s 65th home run for the Padres at Petco Park. Wil Myers held the previous team record at the ballpark with 64. Adrian Gonzalez also hit 65 homers at Petco Park, 57 with the Padres.

UP NEXT

Guardians: RHP Triston McKenzie (0-1, 4.50 ERA) starts the opener of a three-game series at Arizona on Friday night.

Padres: RHP Yu Darvish (5-4, 4.30) pitches Friday night at home against MLB-best Tampa Bay.

Jones was the first player to celebrate scoring a touchdown by spiking the ball on the ground. He did so after following an 89-yard touchdown in 1965. It was his first career score.

He played just one season in Cleveland in 1970, after playing for the New York Giants from 1964-69.

For his career, Jones caught 224 passes for 4,986 yards and 36 touchdowns in 87 games.

In his lone season with the Browns, the two-time Pro Bowler returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown in the debut of "Monday Night Football."

Juan Soto and Nelson Cruz also homered for the Padres, who have won five of their last six games and have an opportunity to sweep the three-game series versus Cleveland and reach the .500 mark for the first time since May 11th.

“With the talent that these guys have, you get it in the air and it is going to go,” San Diego manager Bob Melvin said. “He (Wacha) is spoiling us, really.”

Wacha (7-2), who has a major league best 0.91 ERA since the beginning of May, gave up four singles in 6 2/3 innings. He lowered his season ERA to 2.89.

“Overall, I felt like every pitch was working well for me,” Wacha said. “It was a really fun win for sure.”

Tatis led off the first inning with his 14th homer of the season, a shot that cleared the left-field wall by a few feet for a 364-foot home run. It was his 11th career lead-off homer and came against Aaron Civale (2-2).

“This is what I am capable of,” said Tatis, who had a homer, two doubles, two stolen bases, two runs scored, a diving catch, and an outfield assist. “This team is so talented, everybody knows it, we know it. It is just a matter of coming together and performing."

Machado hit a solo home run to left-center in the third to stake the Padres to a 2-0 lead against Civale, who gave up two runs in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and allowed five hits.

In the sixth with two out and the bases empty, Tatis hit his second double of the night down the left-field line, stole third and scored on a wild pitch by Guardians pitcher Sam Hentges. Soto followed with an opposite field homer to left for a 4-0 Padres lead.

“We are getting there, little by little," Soto said of the Padres offense. “We are getting close to where we want to be.”

Cleveland had an opportunity to get back into the game in the seventh after Wacha was pulled with two outs and the bases loaded. However, San Diego reliever Steven Wilson came to strike out Myles Straw to extinguish the Guardians threat.

“That seventh inning got a little crazy on me,” Wacha said. “Big time punch-out from Wilson.”

Cruz hit his solo shot in the eighth off Cleveland reliever Xzavion Curry.

“There are guys on this team that can carry this team by themselves,” Cruz said. “Today was a great example.”

Padres reliever Tim Hill pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth innings to preserve the shutout.

The Padres benefited from stellar defense with both centerfielder Trent Grisham and right-fielder Tatis making outstanding diving catches on the run in the fifth inning. Tatis also threw out Amed Rosario in the ninth after Rosario singled to right but took too wide of a turn around first base.

“We are really starting to find our way a little bit across the board,” Melvin said. “The defense has been good, the pitching has been good all year. Now it is about the offense.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Guardians: INF Andrés Giménez was back in the lineup on Wednesday after leaving Sunday’s game due to left hamstring tightness and being held out of Tuesday’s starting lineup. Giménez pinch-hit in the seventh inning of Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Padres.

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Guardians: LHP Logan Allen (3-2, 3.31) starts the final of the three-game series.

Padres: RHP Yu Darvish (5-4, 4.30) takes the hill for Wednesday evening’s start.

“He’s been, kind of, a guy that has set the tone for us,” Padres manager Bob Melvin said.

Sánchez’ first-inning drive into the first row of seats in left-center scored Juan Soto and Jake Cronenworth. It gave Sánchez’ six home runs in 12 games for the first time since June 12-25, 2021.

“It’s tougher to hit home runs here, but it doesn’t seem like it’s real tough for him right now,” Melvin said.

Fernando Tatis Jr. added a solo homer in the second inning, his 13th of the season, to put the Padres up 4-0. Tatis also scored in the first after a walk and a sacrifice fly to left field by Xander Bogaerts.

Cleveland designated hitter Josh Bell put the Guardians on the board with a solo homer in the top of the second.

Bogaerts’ fifth-inning, RBI double to deep right-center scored Manny Machado from second base, and was enough to chase Guardians starter Tanner Bibee.

Bibee (2-2) struggled to find his control early, walking the first two batters he faced, and surrendered six earned runs over four innings. He allowed eight hits, walked two and struck out three.

The Guardians added a run in the fifth inning on Steven Kwan’s RBI groundout, and another in the sixth when third baseman José Ramírez scored on Tyler Freeman’s sacrifice fly.

Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove (4-2) surrendered three earned runs on seven hits over six innings. He finished with five strikeouts and a walk.

Musgrove also added a defensive highlight, ranging to his right on a soft ground ball down the third base line, and making an off-balance throw to retire Freeman and end the third inning.

“I love plays like that,” Musgrove said, “Obviously, I don’t want to put myself in danger but I feel like I’m really good those type of plays.”

Steven Wilson and Nick Martinez pitched scoreless seventh and eighth innings, respectively, and Josh Hader struck out the side in the ninth to earn his 16th save.

San Diego’s bullpen has the second-lowest ERA in the majors since May 1.

The Padres have won four of the last five games, and had their 23rd sellout of the season in 34 home dates.

“The boys are starting to feel good, and that’s huge for us,” Tatis said.

ROSTER MOVES

Padres’ designated hitter Nelson Cruz was activated from the 10-day injured list before the game. First basemen Alfonso Rivas was optioned to Triple-A El Paso in a corresponding move. Cruz had been placed on the on the injured list following a right hamstring strain.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Guardians second basemen Andres Gimenez returned Tuesday night for a pinch-hitting appearance following a left hamstring injury that occurred Sunday in Houston.

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The Padres will send RHP Michael Wacha (6-2, 3.18) against Guardians RHP Aaron Civale (2-1, 2.31) on Wednesday night.

Coach Bruce Cassidy, in a nod to the Knights' brief history, started five of the original Vegas players known as the Misfits and put the sixth on the second shift. Cassidy sounded confident the day before the game that his team would play well, and it certainly did, blowing open a one-goal game in the second period to lead 6-1.

Vegas closed out the series in five games to win the cup before a delirious franchise-record crowd of 19,058 at T-Mobile Arena that drowned out the pregame introductions of forward Jonathan Marchessault and goalie Adin Hill and cheered all the way through the final buzzer.

Stone's hat trick — with the third into an empty net with 5:54 left — was the first in a Stanley Cup Final since Colorado's Peter Forsberg in 1996, also against the Panthers.

The Knights got the rest of their scoring from Nic Hague, Alec Martinez, Reilly Smith, Michael Amadio, Ivan Barbashev and Nicolas Roy. Martinez's goal in the second period came nine years to the day after he delivered the double-overtime goal in Game 5 to give the Los Angeles Kings' the cup.

Hill came through with another strong performance that has quickly made him a Knights fan favorite, even earning “MVP! MVP!” chants in the third period. Jack Eichel, the eight-year pro playing in his first postseason, had three assists.

Aaron Ekblad, Sam Reinhart and Sam Bennett scored for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky was overwhelmed in another tough performance against Vegas after carrying Florida to the final. Missing from the lineup was Matthew Tkachuk, the king of game-winning shots during the playoffs but never the same after crushing blow to his shoulder by Vegas' Keegan Kolesar in Game 3.

The Knights have set the standard of what an expansion franchise should look like, making the Cup Final in their first season and the playoffs in every year but one. Six players remain from the initial 2017-18 team that lost in five games to the Washington Capitals in the final.

Those players watched the Capitals skate with the Stanley Cup that night, and then they got the chance to do the same Tuesday to fulfill owner Bill Foley’s quest to win the championship in the sixth year.

By creating such a lofty standard at the outset, the Knights played with high expectations, but repeatedly fell short despite four runs to at least the NHL semifinals – until Game 5 against the Panthers.

This is Las Vegas’ second pro title in nine months – the Aces claimed the WNBA championship in September – and continues the stunning growth of a sports market that was limited largely to prize fights, UNLV athletics, NASCAR and lots of golf before the Golden Knights took the city by storm. The Raiders began playing here in 2020, the Oakland Athletics appear headed to the desert, Las Vegas will host a Formula One race this year and the Super Bowl will be at Allegiant Stadium in February.

As for the Knights, their connection to Las Vegas was sealed ever since the shooting Oct. 1, 2017 that took 60 lives. They played an integral role in helping the city heal, reaching out to the community off the ice and winning big on it.

Beating Florida justified the many moves Knights management made to remake the roster over the years. Stone, Eichel and Alex Pietrangelo are the most notable players Vegas has acquired to get to this moment.

And Cassidy, hired a week after getting fired by the Boston Bruins last year, proved to be the coach to get them there, seemingly pushing all the right buttons in helping Vegas become the Western Conference’s top seed and then the NHL’s champion.

The Knights also won the title with an unlikely goalie in Hill, who was injured when the playoffs began. Laurent Brossoit was the starter until going out with an injury in Game 3 of the second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers, and then Hill got his chance.

The Nuggets edged out the Heat, 94-89, in Denver, overcoming dreadful shooting and a late flurry from Miami's Jimmy Butler.

Center Nikola Jokic, had 28 points and 16 rebounds for the Nuggets, who missed 20 of their first 22 3-point attempts and seven of their first 13 free throws but figured out how to close out the series on their home floor.

Jokic, who finished as the runner-up to Joel Embiid in the MVP race, was named to the All-NBA Second Team. He nearly averaged a triple-double over the season with 24.5 points, 11.8 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game over the 69 games he played.

Butler scored eight straight points to help the Heat take an 87-86 lead with 2:45 left after trailing by seven. He made two more free throws with 1:58 remaining to help Miami regain a one-point lead. Then, Bruce Brown got an offensive rebound and tip-in to give the Nuggets the lead for good.

Butler scored eight straight points to help the Heat take an 87-86 lead with 2:45 left after trailing by seven. He made two more free throws with 1:58 remaining to help Miami regain a one-point lead. Then, Bruce Brown got an offensive rebound and tip-in to give the Nuggets the lead for good.

Butler finished with 21 points for the Heat.

The Nuggets finished the regular season with 53 wins and 29 losses, the best record in the Western Conference and fourth-best overall for the NBA. They were one of 11 teams to have never won a championship.

They defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, the Phoenix Suns in the second round and the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals.

Brown appeared in 80 of the Nuggets games this season, the most of any player, followed by guards Christian Braun and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who played 76 games each.

This is the first NBA championship for the Nuggets, who joined the league from the American Basketball Association in 1976 along with the New York (now Brooklyn) Nets, Indiana Pacers and San Antonio Spurs.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

A director for ESPN, Brown suffered a medical emergency Saturday while attending the NCAA Baseball Super Regional in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, according to a statement from ESPN.

Brown was born in Washington Court House, Ohio, pitching for Washington Court House High School before starting his college career as a reliever for the Buckeyes.

During his time at Ohio State, Brown threw in 55 games with an 11-3 record with 125.2 innings pitched. He finished his college career with an overall .458 ERA. During the 2000 season, Brown's freshman year, he finished 4-0 with a .341 ERA.

As an OSU freshman, Brown started working with ABC and ESPN when the company would broadcast Buckeyes home games from Columbus, according to an April 2003 interview. He was a director and production staffer for the broadcaster for 16 years. In its statement, ESPN said Brown won two Sports Emmy Awards and worked baseball, basketball, NFL and college football games for the company.

"A 16-year ESPN employee, Kyle was a deeply admired member of our production team," the ESPN statement read.

He is survived by his wife Megan; four children Makayla, Carson, Camden, and Madyn; and their dog Rookie.