Now that Derek Jeter has left baseball, the rest of the sport can focus on the real business of October, the play-offs and the suddenly dramatic road to the World Series.

Bruce Malmuth, who directed such films as Nighthawks and Hard to Kill and had small acting parts in The Karate Kid and other films, has died, aged 71.

Bruce Malmuth, who directed such films as Nighthawks and Hard to Kill and had small acting parts in The Karate Kid and other films, has died, aged 71.