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🏀 Not unanimous: Caitlin Clark , although she fell one vote shy of unanimity (66 of 67), with Chicago’s Angel Reese incomes one first-place vote.

⚾️ Francona to Cincy: The Reds are to be their new supervisor. The longtime skipper will come out of retirement after leaving Cleveland final yr.

⚽️ NWSL sanctions Angel Metropolis: Angel Metropolis is being fined $200,000 and docked three factors (amongst different punishments) for .

🏈 Rice positioned on IR: The Chiefs , which means he’ll miss no less than the subsequent 4 video games for the knee harm sustained on Sunday. No official analysis was offered, although.

⚾️ Alonso performs the hero, Mets advance

Pete Alonso performed the hero on Thursday, hitting a three-run house run within the ninth inning to raise the Mets previous the Brewers, , and into the NLDS.

Historic blast: This was the tenth go-ahead house run within the ninth inning or later in a winner-take-all sport in postseason historical past — with that participant’s crew trailing. New York was down 2-0 when Alonso got here to the plate.

No participant wanted an enormous second greater than Pete Alonso. All through the Mets’ unbelievable September run to achieve the postseason, they’d gotten loads of huge hits. However none had come from their star first baseman.

In actual fact, nothing appeared to be going proper for Alonso going into his ninth-inning at-bat in Thursday’s Sport 3. His timing appeared off; he did not look comfy within the batter’s field.

Frankly, with the Mets’ season on the road, there have been in all probability different guys followers needed up in that second. However in baseball, particularly within the postseason, the second finds you.

What’s subsequent: The ALDS and NLDS start tomorrow with sequence openers in Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles.

Tigers at Guardians: The primary-ever postseason assembly between AL Central groups can also be the primary between Detroit and Cleveland.

Mets at Phillies: Like their AL Central counterparts above, these NL East rivals have surprisingly by no means met within the postseason.

Royals at Yankees: AL MVP frontrunners Aaron Decide and Bobby Witt Jr. headline this rekindling of a once-fierce rivalry.

Padres at Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani’s playoff debut must be a doozy, as these NL West foes sq. off for the third time within the final 5 postseasons.

Offseason preview:

📸 The world in pictures

Atlanta — For the third time this season, the Falcons pulled out a miraculous win, beating the Buccaneers, , on KhaDarel Hodges’ walk-off rating. Kirk Cousins handed for a Falcons-record 509 yards.

St Andrews, Scotland — The PGA Tour and LIV stay divided, however it was on Thursday between their two leaders, Jay Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, who performed in the identical group on the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship.*

London — Chelsea’s Christopher Nkunku pulled a balloon out of his sock and inflated it — — after in a 4-2 win over Ghent on the opening evening of the new-look UEFA Convention League.

*The way it works: The sees gamers rotate by means of three famend programs (Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and St Andrews) earlier than a reduce is made and the ultimate spherical is staged on the Outdated Course. There are many huge names within the discipline (Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka), however it’s finally a Professional-Am. McIlroy is enjoying along with his dad.

🏈 Ashton Jeanty has entered the Heisman chat

Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty has emerged as a , and it will be exhausting to not give him the award if he continues on his report tempo.

Online game numbers: Jeanty has rushed for 845 yards and 13 TD by means of 4 video games, placing the junior on tempo for over 2,700 yards and 42 TD. These would each break Barry Sanders’ single-season FBS information from 1988 (2,628 yards, 37 TD).

Jeanty is not simply doing this towards a cupcake schedule, both: He mixed for 451 yards and seven TD towards No. 6 Oregon and 4-1 Washington State.

In actual fact, within the one sport he performed towards an FCS crew he was pulled at halftime with 127 yards and no scores. So his stats is likely to be underselling him, if something.

Not your typical contender: Jeanty is vying to change into simply the fourth RB to win the Heisman this century (Reggie Bush, Mark Ingram, Derrick Henry), and the primary Group of 5 participant since 2013 (Northern Illinois QB Jordan Lynch) to be invited to NYC as a finalist.

A loyal Bronco: After main the Broncos to the MWC title final season, Jeanty may have transferred elsewhere and earned an enormous NIL payday. However “no sum of money can outweigh [what I have here],” he informed The Athletic (). (Don’t fret, he nonetheless signed a $300,000 NIL deal.)

Do you know? Jeanty spent his freshman yr of highschool enjoying soccer in Italy, the place his father was stationed with the U.S. Navy.

🏁 MJ vs. NASCAR

Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing on Wednesday, calling them out as “monopolistic bullies” after refusing to signal the most recent constitution settlement.

Catch up fast: With the previous constitution settlement expiring on the finish of this season, NASCAR and its groups spent a lot of this yr negotiating the phrases of a brand new one. Finally, all however two groups — 23XI and Entrance Row Motorsports, the co-plaintiff — .

Charters are what enable NASCAR to perform like a professional sports activities league, guaranteeing groups a beginning place in races and a bigger share of purse cash. The settlement additionally dictates income sharing, which was on the middle of the aforementioned protracted negotiations.

Groups can not depend on the game’s dwindling pool of sponsorship cash, so they need a much bigger chunk of the that kicks in subsequent yr. That cash is cut up between groups, NASCAR and the racetracks, a majority of that are owned by NASCAR.

What they’re saying: “I really like the game of racing … however the best way NASCAR is run as we speak is unfair to groups, drivers, sponsors and followers,” Jordan stated in an announcement. “Right now’s motion reveals I am prepared to battle for a aggressive market the place everybody wins.”

The underside line: “NASCAR is the one sports activities sequence the place it is almost inconceivable to each win and be worthwhile,” says Yahoo Sports activities’ Nick Bromberg. One of many best athletes to ever reside is making an attempt to alter that.

📆 Oct. 4, 1906: 116 wins

118 years in the past as we speak, the Cubs shut out the Pirates to complete 116-36 (.763), which stays the most effective report in trendy MLB historical past.

The Cubs closed the season on a mind-boggling 55-8 run that included profitable streaks of 11, 12 and 14 video games.

Their star participant was ,* whose 1.04 ERA that season stays the second-best in trendy MLB historical past.

Finest information: Listed below are the highest 5 information by profitable proportion in a full season since 1901 (when the AL was shaped):

1906 Cubs: 116-36 (.763)

1902 Pirates: 103-36 (.741)

1909 Pirates: 110-42 (.724)

1954 Indians: 111-43 (.721)

2001 Mariners: 116-46 (.716)

No storybook ending: The Cubs misplaced the World Collection to the rival White Sox within the greatest playoff upset ever when it comes to regular-season profitable proportion (.763 vs. .616).

*Brown’s proper hand was mangled in a childhood accident, and that very same handcrafted him a Corridor of Fame pitcher. “It was a terrific ball, that downward curve of his,” stated Ty Cobb of the pitch that developed from Brown’s misshapen fingers. “It was probably the most deceiving, probably the most devastating pitch I ever confronted.”

📺 Watchlist: NHL in Prague, NFL in London

The NHL season begins , the place the Devils and Sabres might be enjoying as we speak (1pm ET, NHL) and tomorrow (10am, NHL).

In the meantime, in London: The Jets and Vikings meet at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday (9:30am, NFL) within the first of three NFL video games in London this yr. ()

Extra to observe:

⚾️ MLB Playoffs: Tigers at Guardians (Sat. 1pm, TBS); Mets at Phillies (Sat. 4pm, Fox); Royals at Yankees (Sat. 6:30pm, TBS); Padres at Dodgers (Sat. 8:30pm, FS1) … NLDS Sport 2s on Sunday.

🏀 WNBA Playoffs: Lynx (1-1) at Solar (Fri. 7:30pm, ESPN2); Liberty (up 2-0) at Aces* (Fri. 9:30pm, ESPN2) … Each Sport 4s (if needed) are on Sunday.

🏈 CFB Saturday: No. 9 Missouri at No. 25 Texas A&M (12pm, ABC); Iowa at No. 3 Ohio State (3:30pm, CBS); No. 10 Michigan at Washington (7:30pm, NBC) … .

👊 MMA: UFC 307 (Sat. 10pm, ESPN+ PPV) … In Salt Lake Metropolis.

🏁 NASCAR Playoffs: Talladega (Solar. 2pm, NBC) … Spherical of 12 continues.

⚽️ MLS: 14 video games (Sat-Solar, Apple)

⚽️ NWSL: Orlando vs. Washington (Solar. 5pm, ESPN2)

⚽️ EPL: Manchester Metropolis vs. Fulham (Sat. 10am, Peacock); Brighton vs. Tottenham (Solar. 11:30am, USA)

⛳️ Korn Ferry Tour: Championship (Fri-Solar, Golf)

*Pregame studying:

⚾️ MLB trivia

With the Division Collection starting tomorrow, eight groups are nonetheless within the hunt for the 2024 World Collection.

Just one present MLB franchise has by no means performed in a World Collection. Are you able to identify that crew?

Trace: They missed the playoffs this yr.

Reply on the backside.

🏈 That is loads of losses

Northwestern hosts Indiana tomorrow within the first-ever assembly between two FBS groups with 700+ losses.

Most losses (FBS historical past): Indiana leads the best way with 713 losses, adopted by Northwestern (703), Rutgers (695), Wake Forest (687) and Kansas (681).

Trivia reply: Mariners

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