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⚾️ Rangers exchange Bochy: The Rangers are . The previous Marlins skipper spent the 2025 season as a particular advisor to Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Younger.
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⚽️ Philly secures the Protect: The Philadelphia Union (20 wins, 6 attracts, 7 losses) (greatest report) on Saturday with a recreation to spare. Fairly the accomplishment for a membership that did not even make the playoffs final yr.
👊 Again on prime: Brazil’s Alex Pereira at UFC 320, knocking him out simply 80 seconds into their bout to reclaim the sunshine heavyweight title that he misplaced seven months in the past to… Ankalaev.
🏁 The Ultimate 8: Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, William Byron, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, Chase Briscoe and Joey Logano following Sunday’s highway course race in Charlotte.
🏈 Sanchez hospitalized, arrested: Former Jets QB and present Fox Sports activities analyst Mark Sanchez was stabbed on Saturday in Indianapolis, after which arrested on the hospital for allegedly (and drunkenly) by attacking a 69-year-old truck driver. He’s in steady situation.
🏈 Any given Sunday
The Patriots went into Buffalo on Sunday night time and handed the Payments their first loss. (Adrian Kraus/AP Picture)
The 1972 Dolphins — the one NFL crew to finish an ideal season — are popping champagne sooner than common this yr.
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No extra unbeatens: With the Eagles and Payments each dropping on Sunday, the NFL has no undefeated groups simply 5 weeks into the season — the earliest that is occurred since 2014. In the meantime, just one crew (the Jets) stays winless. You need parity? You bought it.
You need comebacks? You bought that, too. 5 groups climbed out of double-digit holes to win on Sunday, only one shy of the all-time single-week report.
The Titans overcame an 18-point deficit to beat the Cardinals,
The Panthers overcame a 17-point deficit to beat the Dolphins,
The Broncos overcame a 14-point deficit to beat the Eagles,
The Saints overcame an 11-point deficit to beat the Giants,
The Commanders overcame a 10-point deficit to beat the Chargers,
Elsewhere: Baker Mayfield in a battle of former first-round QB castoffs … Drake Maye and Stefon Diggs … The Ravens after getting smoked by the Texans … The Vikings .
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⚾️ Yesavage, Blue Jays take management
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The Blue Jays over the Yankees on Sunday behind a gem from rookie Trey Yesavage, who started the season in Single-A.
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From Yahoo Sports activities’ Jake Mintz:
The primary begin of Trey Yesavage’s 2025 season passed off in entrance of a paying crowd of 327 folks. Two tickets, in keeping with the Jupiter Hammerheads’ Instagram web page, could possibly be bought for the low, low sum of $15.
And contemplating how Yesavage pitched that night time, it was in all probability a superb factor that so few ball followers rolled via the turnstiles at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida.
Making his minor-league debut for the Low-A Florida State League Dunedin Blue Jays, the 2024 first-rounder walked six hitters throughout 3 2/3 disjointed innings, surrendering only one hit alongside two unearned runs.
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Nothing about that inauspicious efficiency might have foretold how Yesavage’s marketing campaign would unfurl. On Sunday, lower than six months faraway from that humdrum displaying towards the Hammerheads, Yesavage shined on a barely larger stage.
With 44,764 souls packed into Toronto’s Rogers Centre, the 22-year-old righty completely tyrannized the Yankees in Recreation 2 of the ALDS. Going through the game’s greatest lineup this common season in simply his fourth big-league begin, Yesavage didn’t permit a single hit throughout 5 1/3 masterful innings.
Leaning on a dastardly split-finger fastball, he punched out 11 and walked only one. He struck out the aspect within the third and the fourth. The Yankees swung at 31 of his 78 pitches and whiffed 18 occasions. The Blue Jays’ offense backed up his brilliance by scoring 11 runs earlier than the tip of the fourth inning.
“I used to be simply doing what I really feel comfy doing, throwing splits late within the rely, and it simply so occurs they had been swinging and lacking at a bunch of them and chasing them down,” Yesavage stated postgame. “I did not change something.”
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The place it stands: The Yankees are the 72nd crew within the division sequence period (since 1994) to lose the primary two video games in a best-of-five sequence. Solely eight of the earlier 71 rattled off three straight victories to swipe the sequence. The newest crew to do it? The Yankees, again in 2017 towards Cleveland.
In the meantime, in Seattle… Jorge Polanco (2 HR) and the Mariners beat the Tigers, 3-2, on Sunday to and notch their first residence playoff win in 24 years.
🌎 The world in images
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🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada — The Aces have taken a commanding 2-0 lead over the Mercury within the WNBA Finals, following up Friday’s slim Recreation 1 victory with a decisive . One of the best-of-seven sequence heads to Phoenix for Recreation 3 on Wednesday.
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Historic efficiency: Aces guard Jackie Younger led the way in which in Recreation 2, scoring 21 of her 32 factors within the third quarter — probably the most ever scored in a single quarter in WNBA Finals historical past.
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🏴 London, England — Chelsea , 2-1, on a stoppage-time aim from 18-year-old Estêvão Willian, sending Stamford Bridge and sending the Reds to their third straight loss throughout all competitions.
Elsewhere: Manchester Metropolis’s win over Brentford was the 250th of Pep Guardiola’s profession in simply his 349th recreation, making him the to succeed in that milestone.
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🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore — McLaren on the Singapore Grand Prix, marking the primary time they’ve captured consecutive titles since profitable 4 straight from 1988-91.
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What to observe: Consideration can now be turned solely to the person title race between McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, who’re separated by simply 22 factors with six races left. Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen, lurking in third, would want a miracle to win his fifth straight title.
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🇨🇳 Beijing, China — Amanda Anisimova beat Linda Nosková, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2, to and clinch her second WTA 1000 title of the yr.
Factors leaders: Anisimova (5,908 factors) has overtaken Coco Gauff (5,574) as No. 3 within the WTA Race, trailing solely Iga Świątek (8,153) and Aryna Sabalenka (9,610).
🏈 AP ballot: Preseason vs. now
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Texas and Penn State started the season because the No. 1 and No. 2 groups within the AP ballot. Six weeks later, after the Longhorns and the Nittany Lions .*
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Preseason vs. now: With Clemson additionally unranked, three of the highest 4 groups within the preseason ballot have fallen out totally.
*Historic upset: Groups to enter 0-4 (or worse) and defeat a High 10 opponent within the final 70 years: Tulane in 1958, UTEP in 1985 and UCLA on Saturday. The Bruins had been 24.5-point underdogs! .
Good learn: (Ross Dellenger, Yahoo Sports activities)
📺 Watchlist: Monday, Oct. 6
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⚾️ Dodgers at Phillies, Recreation 2 | 6pm ET, TBS
Jesús Luzardo (15-7, 3.92 ERA this season) will get the beginning for the Phils as they attempt to even the sequence towards Blake Snell (5-4, 2.35 ERA) and the defending champs, who rode Teoscar Hernández’s bat and Shohei Ohtani’s arm to a .
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⚾️ Cubs at Brewers, Recreation 2 | 9pm, TBS
Southpaw Shota Imanaga (9-8, 3.73 ERA this season) makes his first-ever MLB playoff begin for the Cubs as they appear to rebound from a . The Brewers are countering with reliever Aaron Ashby (5-2, 2.16 ERA) because the opener.
🏈 Chiefs at Jaguars | 8:15pm, ABC/ESPN
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs (2-2) deliver their two-game profitable streak into Jacksonville, the place Trevor Lawrence and the Jags (3-1) are off to their greatest begin since 2018.
Extra to observe:
⚽️ NWSL: Angel Metropolis vs. KC Present (10:30pm, CBSSN) … Kansas Metropolis (18-2-2) is one victory away from setting a brand new NWSL report for wins in a season.
🏀 NBA Preseason: Guangzhou at Spurs (8pm, NBA) … San Antonio hosts the Guangzhou Loong Lions of the Chinese language Basketball Affiliation.
🏆 NHL trivia
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The 2025-26 NHL season begins tomorrow with three video games.
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Query: Are you able to title the previous 5 Stanley Cup champions?
Reply on the backside.
⚾️ Spotlight of the weekend
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Vladdy Jr. with after demolishing a grand slam in Recreation 2 towards the Yankees. Elite digital camera work, too.
Trivia reply: Panthers (2025), Panthers (2024), Golden Knights (2023), Avalanche (2022), Lightning (2021)
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