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🌪️ Milton does injury in Tampa: The roof of the Rays’ Tropicana Subject was destroyed when Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday, whereas the sector on the Buccaneers’ Raymond James Stadium is totally submerged in water.
⚽️ NWSL lawsuit: 5 former San Diego Wave staff have sued the NWSL and Wave over claims of harassment and discrimination. This comes two months after allegations of a poisonous office first surfaced.
🏈 WR damage information: Texans WR Nico Collins, the NFL’s main receiver by means of 5 weeks, was positioned on the IR with a hamstring damage and Colts WR Michael Pittman is anticipated to overlook a number of weeks with a again damage.
🎾 Wimbledon ditches line judges: The All England Membership will undertake digital line calling starting subsequent yr, ending a 147-year run of utilizing line judges. That leaves the French Open as the one main but to make the change.
⛳️ “The Showdown”: The previously-announced match pitting the PGA Tour’s duo of Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler towards LIV’s Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau now has a reputation (“The Showdown”), a date (Dec. 17) and a website (Las Vegas’ Shadow Creek Golf Course).
🏀 WNBA Finals preview: Conflict of the titans
Championships typically characteristic a David vs. Goliath narrative, however the 2024 WNBA Finals will likely be a battle of juggernauts looking for a legacy-defining title.
No. 1 vs. No. 2: The New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx, the WNBA’s high two groups, start their best-of-five finals conflict tonight in Brooklyn (8pm ET, ESPN).
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The Liberty (32-8), who defeated the two-time defending champion Aces to get again to the finals for a second straight yr, have the league’s No. 2 offense, No. 3 protection and hit a WNBA-best 10.1 threes per sport this season.
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The Lynx (30-10), who gained 14 of their remaining 16 video games for his or her first 30-win season, have the league’s No. 2 protection and led the WNBA in each assists and three-point proportion.
Head-to-head: Minnesota gained the season sequence, 3-1, together with the ultimate of the Commissioner’s Cup, the in-season match with a $500,000 prize.
Roster breakdown: The Liberty are a bona fide superteam whereas the Lynx have surrounded the league’s most unheralded famous person with an ideal complementary forged.
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New York’s Breanna Stewart might go down as a top-five all-time participant, Sabrina Ionescu is arguably the league’s greatest shooter (save perhaps for Caitlin Clark), Jonquel Jones is a former MVP and Courtney Vandersloot is the all-time chief in assists per sport. Plus there’s Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, a two-time WNBA All-Defensive participant.
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Minnesota’s Napheesa Collier, the Defensive POY and second-place MVP finisher, is flanked by Courtney Williams — the straw that stirs the Lynx’s drink — and a trio of sharpshooters in Kayla McBride, Bridget Carleton and Alanna Smith.
Teaching matchup: Minnesota’s Cheryl Reeve is a four-time coach of the yr (together with this season) and four-time champion, all with the Lynx. New York’s Sandy Brondello was the coach of the yr in 2014 when she gained the title in Phoenix, the place she coached till 2021.
What’s at stake: Regardless of who wins, historical past will likely be made because the Lynx search a record-breaking fifth* championship and the Liberty — the one still-active unique WNBA franchise with out a title — search their first.
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Minnesota constructed a dynasty final decade behind Reeve and famous person Maya Moore, successful 4 titles from 2011-17, however that is their first journey again to the finals since then.
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The Liberty have performed in 5 WNBA Finals, greater than each staff besides the Lynx, however have but to win all of it.
Pre-game studying: Three issues to know
*Tied on the high: The Lynx (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017), Storm (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020) and Comets (1997-2000) are tied with 4 titles every.
⚾️ Mets advance, Dodgers keep alive
For the primary time since 2015, the Mets are again within the NLCS.
ICYMI: The Mets beat the Phillies, 4-1, on Wednesday evening in Queens to clinch a spot in MLB’s remaining 4.
Wild stat: The 6-seed has now upset the 2-seed within the NLDS all three years because the playoffs expanded (Phillies over Braves in 2022, D-Backs over Dodgers in 2023, Mets over Phillies in 2024).
Storybook season: New York nonetheless has loads of work left to do, however the reality they simply booked a visit to the NLCS would have been virtually unthinkable a number of months in the past, once they had been floundering in late Could with a 22-33 report, third-worst within the NL.
Elsewhere: The Dodgers routed the Padres, 8-0, to power a winner-take-all Sport 5, whereas the Tigers (3-0 over the Guardians) and Yankees (3-2 over the Royals) took 2-1 sequence leads.
🏈 NFL energy rankings: Chiefs nonetheless on high
The undefeated Chiefs and Vikings stay atop our Week 6 energy rankings, courtesy of Yahoo Sports activities’ Frank Schwab.
Finest division in soccer? Three of our high 10 groups (and 4 of our high 15) play within the NFC North, which is the one division to have all 4 groups above .500. Unsurprisingly, their 14 wins lead all divisions.
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NFC North (14 wins): Vikings (5-0), Lions (3-1), Packers (3-2), Bears (3-2).
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AFC West (12): Chiefs (5-0), Broncos (3-2), Chargers (2-2), Raiders (2-3).
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NFC East (11): Commanders (4-1), Cowboys (3-2), Eagles (2-2), Giants (2-3).
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NFC South (9): Falcons (3-2), Buccaneers (3-2), Saints (2-3), Panthers (1-4).
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AFC East (8): Payments (3-2), Jets (2-3), Dolphins (2-3), Patriots (1-4).
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AFC North (8): Ravens (3-2), Steelers (3-2), Browns (1-4), Bengals (1-4).
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AFC South (8): Texans (4-1), Colts (2-3), Titans (1-3), Jaguars (1-4).
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NFC West (8): Seahawks (3-2), Cardinals (2-3), 49ers (2-3), Rams (1-4).
Yahoo Fantasy: Gamers to commerce away/goal forward of Week 6
📆 Oct. 10, 2004: 19 straight wins
20 years in the past in the present day, the Patriots beat the Dolphins for his or her nineteenth straight victory (together with playoffs), breaking the report for the longest successful streak in NFL historical past.
What a run: The streak started in Week 5 of 2003, included a Tremendous Bowl victory and finally resulted in Week 8 of 2004 after 21 consecutive wins. Following that Week 8 defeat they’d lose just one extra sport all season en path to a second straight Tremendous Bowl.
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Their 21-game streak stays the longest in league historical past, two forward of the 2010-11 Packers, who gained 19 straight.
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The longest energetic streak belongs to the Chiefs, who’ve gained 11 straight. To move the Patriots, they’d must win each week from now till Christmas.
Enjoyable reality: The Pats’ record-breaking win got here on one of many least productive days of Tom Brady’s profession. Whereas he did throw two touchdowns (which, sure, is productive), he additionally went simply 7-19 with 76 yards and a decide. That is the lowest completion proportion (36.84%) and second-fewest yards throughout his 333 profession begins.
📺 Watchlist: ALDS elimination video games
The ALDS resumes tonight in Detroit and Kansas Metropolis, the place the Tigers and Yankees are a win away from the ALCS.
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Guardians (down 2-1) at Tigers (6:08pm ET, TNT/Max)
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Yankees (up 2-1) at Royals (8:08pm, TNT/Max)
Extra to look at:
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🏀 WNBA Finals: Lynx at Liberty (8pm, ESPN)
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🏈 NFL: 49ers at Seahawks* (8:15pm, Prime)
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🏈 NCAAF: Coastal Carolina at JMU (7:30pm, ESPN2); Center Tennessee at Louisiana Tech (8pm, CBSSN); UTEP at Western Kentucky (8pm, ESPNU)
*One-sided rivalry: The 49ers have gained 5 straight over their NFC West rivals and it hasn’t been significantly shut, successful by a mean of 15 factors per sport through the streak.
⚾️ MLB trivia
Only one participant in MLB historical past has gained a batting title in three totally different many years. Are you able to title him?
Trace: ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.
Reply on the backside.
⛳️🏒 Utah’s having a second
The Beehive State has had fairly per week. On Tuesday, the Utah Hockey Membership gained its inaugural sport in entrance of a sellout crowd in Salt Lake Metropolis. At the moment, the PGA Tour returns to Utah for the primary time since 1963 when the Black Desert Championship tees off 30 miles west of Zion Nationwide Park.
Trivia reply:George Brett (1976, 1980, 1990)
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