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NFL players are wearing their philanthropic passion on their cleats
Being a professional athlete, especially in the NFL, creates a unique brotherhood.On the field, players compete tooth-and-nail against one another, often delivering some of the most violent and brutal hits that can be imagined. Off the field, they often regularly rely on one another for guidance as they navigate an almost unimaginable life of athletic stardom.Video above: A look inside All-Pro Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Zack BaunOne of the quickest-growing connections throughout the league is in players’ philanthropic efforts, which are on full display in the next two weeks for the league’s My Cause My Cleats event.”I have yet to come across a player in the many locker rooms that I’ve been in through the years that doesn’t have a desire to help, that doesn’t have a desire to make an impact to those less fortunate, or maybe injured, or the widows and the orphans of the world,” Miles Killebrew, a safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers, said.The My Cause My Cleats event is a two-week campaign during which NFL players get to show off a little of their personal style while promoting the causes that are nearest to their hearts. The player-led initiative brings hundreds of personal causes to the forefront and gives each player a chance to show a bit more of their off-the-field personality during games.Austin Hooper, a tight end for the New England Patriots, will be promoting the work his foundation is doing to support kids who are aging out of the foster care system. That work is born out of his own experience with a foster child living with his family when he was a kid.”I don’t really think I’ve actually said this publicly before, but like, a part of me kind of felt a little guilty because I remember growing up when we’re thinking about having a foster care kid come stay with us full time,” Hooper told CNN Sports. “And I remember me and my siblings, we weren’t like against it, but … all three of us were really little, and we kind of felt bad that we would treat him right, but everyone else in the community would know that he wasn’t our family.”So, kind of selfishly, when I got in the position, I was like, ‘Look, man, you messed that one up big time when you were a little kid, didn’t know any better. You got to kind of try to make this right.’”It’s a chance to show off what Brian Hooks, the chairman and CEO of Stand Together, calls a “philanthropic locker room” – a term he attributed to New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis – in which players can work together to accomplish the goals they’ve set for themselves in their community work. Hooks said his organization has worked with Killebrew and other NFL players to connect them with charities that work in areas that they’re passionate about.”This isn’t about two weeks. It’s not even about what happens on game day,” Hooks told CNN Sports. “This is about a movement, a yearlong, player-led movement that helps people who want to make a difference take the next step, to get engaged in their communities.”While the NFL has other league-wide events – such as Salute to Service early in November and Crucial Catch in October for breast cancer awareness – the My Cause My Cleats weeks allow players to promote their own individual causes.”While we were the ones for years saying we have so many guys who care, and here’s what this person is doing and here’s what this guy’s doing, we don’t have to do it anymore in the same way,” Anna Isaacson, the league’s senior vice president of social responsibility, said to CNN Sports, “because this campaign allows players to have the platform to take the NFL’s marketing muscle and really showcase who they are as humans and what they care about.”Picking their causesThe causes that players choose can be born out of life experiences as unique as the players themselves.Hooper’s foundation works with foster children to provide material things – clothes, shoes, laptops, etc. – and provide mental health services.”When you think of foster care, obviously you think of the infant. You think of the toddler. You don’t think of the 17-, 18-,19-year-old young man or woman that, depending on which state you’re in, you know, get a GED maybe, and $100 and it’s like, ‘All right, good luck. Go play life in America,’” Hooper said. “That’s a tough prospect. So, when I was made aware of that. I just kind of try to … kind of fill that role.”For Killebrew, he’s been working with various charities since he entered the league but is representing Café Momentum during this season’s My Cleats My Cause.Inspired by his parents, the former Detroit Lions safety has always had “a heart to serve.” He was connected with Café Momentum by former Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander and has since fallen in love with the group.”The fact that Cafe Momentum, they take youth who are have some run in with the justice system (and) their reputation … is now tarnished to the world,” Killebrew said. “They take them and say, ‘No, you’re not your biggest mistake.’ They say, ‘You get a second chance.’ And they introduce them to the to the restaurant industry, and they provide them with everything that they need, all of the resources, all of the support to then reinvent themselves.”He added, “It is so cool to see the transformation in these youth when all they have is someone saying that they believe in them. I wanted to be on board with that. That spoke to my heart and aligned with what I really wanted to achieve while I’m in the league, and I’ve been on board ever since.”Showing off players’ passionIsaacson told CNN Sports she had no doubt that My Cause My Cleats would be a success during its first season in the league. What’s surprised her is the passion players show each and every year as the campaign now enters its 10th season.”It was hundreds of guys from the start,” Isaacson said. “So, I mean, I think we’ve been impressed that it has sustained itself … and every year there is a significant number of players who want to participate. But I think from year one, we were impressed by the number of guys who opted into this campaign.”In a world of extreme attention on uniform uniformity – the NFL has 64 employees whose only job is to look for dress code violations on game day – there is not exactly a lot of room for displays of personality and individuality in the NFL uniform.But being allowed to have flashy, loud shoes for even just a couple games can reveal a lot about the league, NFL senior vice president of player operations Tracy Perlman said to CNN Sports.”This personalizes it for the fan, because fans see, ‘Oh, wait a minute, this player cares about foster care. This player cares about domestic violence,’” she said. “So I feel like it fits in perfectly, because it’s like, here are the pillars of what we do in the community, and here are all of the things that the NFL is touching through players and clubs.”The players enjoy having those moments where they can show off their causes and their personalities.Killebrew said he works closely with the artists who design his cleats and – though he won’t be able to play this year, due to a knee injury that ended his season last month – he was able to show kids working with Café Momentum that their faces would be featured on the cleats.”We’re able to also have the actual youth that we’re representing like on our cleat, and we get to show them like in person,” he said. “We went down to Café Momentum with … (Steelers linebacker) Malik Harrison and (Steelers tight end) Connor Heyward and we were able to go down there and actually show them like, ‘Hey, this is our cleat we’re gonna wear this. That’s you on our cleat.’ And it was just cool to see the look on their face and just kind of that enjoyment, that excitement behind it.”Hooper is a little less involved in the design – “I wear a helmet, they’re the artists,” he said – but loves playing while knowing that he’s representing his foundation.”I wouldn’t say there’s more pressure,” he said, “I would say I actually have more fun. … When you’re out there, you got to be locked in on your job and be ready to get after it. But, I look at it a different way. This is a fun day. I get to do something that normally I wouldn’t do, other than, you know, my plain Jane cleats that I wear, something fun.”And of course, when I got them on, I definitely want to score, for sure – put a stamp on ’em wearing those.”
CNN —Being a professional athlete, especially in the NFL, creates a unique brotherhood.
On the field, players compete tooth-and-nail against one another, often delivering some of the most violent and brutal hits that can be imagined. Off the field, they often regularly rely on one another for guidance as they navigate an almost unimaginable life of athletic stardom.
Video above: A look inside All-Pro Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Zack Baun
One of the quickest-growing connections throughout the league is in players’ philanthropic efforts, which are on full display in the next two weeks for the league’s My Cause My Cleats event.
“I have yet to come across a player in the many locker rooms that I’ve been in through the years that doesn’t have a desire to help, that doesn’t have a desire to make an impact to those less fortunate, or maybe injured, or the widows and the orphans of the world,” Miles Killebrew, a safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers, said.
The My Cause My Cleats event is a two-week campaign during which NFL players get to show off a little of their personal style while promoting the causes that are nearest to their hearts. The player-led initiative brings hundreds of personal causes to the forefront and gives each player a chance to show a bit more of their off-the-field personality during games.
Austin Hooper, a tight end for the New England Patriots, will be promoting the work his foundation is doing to support kids who are aging out of the foster care system. That work is born out of his own experience with a foster child living with his family when he was a kid.
“I don’t really think I’ve actually said this publicly before, but like, a part of me kind of felt a little guilty because I remember growing up when we’re thinking about having a foster care kid come stay with us full time,” Hooper told CNN Sports. “And I remember me and my siblings, we weren’t like against it, but … all three of us were really little, and we kind of felt bad that
“So, kind of selfishly, when I got in the position, I was like, ‘Look, man, you messed that one up big time when you were a little kid, didn’t know any better. You got to kind of try to make this right.’”
It’s a chance to show off what Brian Hooks, the chairman and CEO of Stand Together, calls a “philanthropic locker room” – a term he attributed to New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis – in which players can work together to accomplish the goals they’ve set for themselves in their community work. Hooks said his organization has worked with Killebrew and other NFL players to connect them with charities that work in areas that they’re passionate about.
“This isn’t about two weeks. It’s not even about what happens on game day,” Hooks told CNN Sports. “This is about a movement, a yearlong, player-led movement that helps people who want to make a difference take the next step, to get engaged in their communities.”
While the NFL has other league-wide events – such as Salute to Service early in November and Crucial Catch in October for breast cancer awareness – the My Cause My Cleats weeks allow players to promote their own individual causes.
“While we were the ones for years saying we have so many guys who care, and here’s what this person is doing and here’s what this guy’s doing, we don’t have to do it anymore in the same way,” Anna Isaacson, the league’s senior vice president of social responsibility, said to CNN Sports, “because this campaign allows players to have the platform to take the NFL’s marketing muscle and really showcase who they are as humans and what they care about.”
Picking their causes
The causes that players choose can be born out of life experiences as unique as the players themselves.
Hooper’s foundation works with foster children to provide material things – clothes, shoes, laptops, etc. – and provide mental health services.
“When you think of foster care, obviously you think of the infant. You think of the toddler. You don’t think of the 17-, 18-,19-year-old young man or woman that, depending on which state you’re in, you know, get a GED maybe, and $100 and it’s like, ‘All right, good luck. Go play life in America,’” Hooper said. “That’s a tough prospect. So, when I was made aware of that. I just kind of try to … kind of fill that role.”
For Killebrew, he’s been working with various charities since he entered the league but is representing Café Momentum during this season’s My Cleats My Cause.
Inspired by his parents, the former Detroit Lions safety has always had “a heart to serve.” He was connected with Café Momentum by former Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander and has since fallen in love with the group.
“The fact that Cafe Momentum, they take youth who are have some run in with the justice system (and) their reputation … is now tarnished to the world,” Killebrew said. “They take them and say, ‘No, you’re not your biggest mistake.’ They say, ‘You get a second chance.’ And they introduce them to the to the restaurant industry, and they provide them with everything that they need, all of the resources, all of the support to then reinvent themselves.”
He added, “It is so cool to see the transformation in these youth when all they have is someone saying that they believe in them. I wanted to be on board with that. That spoke to my heart and aligned with what I really wanted to achieve while I’m in the league, and I’ve been on board ever since.”
Showing off players’ passion
Isaacson told CNN Sports she had no doubt that My Cause My Cleats would be a success during its first season in the league. What’s surprised her is the passion players show each and every year as the campaign now enters its 10th season.
“It was hundreds of guys from the start,” Isaacson said. “So, I mean, I think we’ve been impressed that it has sustained itself … and every year there is a significant number of players who want to participate. But I think from year one, we were impressed by the number of guys who opted into this campaign.”
In a world of extreme attention on uniform uniformity – the NFL has 64 employees whose only job is to look for dress code violations on game day – there is not exactly a lot of room for displays of personality and individuality in the NFL uniform.
But being allowed to have flashy, loud shoes for even just a couple games can reveal a lot about the league, NFL senior vice president of player operations Tracy Perlman said to CNN Sports.
“This personalizes it for the fan, because fans see, ‘Oh, wait a minute, this player cares about foster care. This player cares about domestic violence,’” she said. “So I feel like it fits in perfectly, because it’s like, here are the pillars of what we do in the community, and here are all of the things that the NFL is touching through players and clubs.”
The players enjoy having those moments where they can show off their causes and their personalities.
Killebrew said he works closely with the artists who design his cleats and – though he won’t be able to play this year, due to a knee injury that ended his season last month – he was able to show kids working with Café Momentum that their faces would be featured on the cleats.
“We’re able to also have the actual youth that we’re representing like on our cleat, and we get to show them like in person,” he said. “We went down to Café Momentum with … (Steelers linebacker) Malik Harrison and (Steelers tight end) Connor Heyward and we were able to go down there and actually show them like, ‘Hey, this is our cleat we’re gonna wear this. That’s you on our cleat.’ And it was just cool to see the look on their face and just kind of that enjoyment, that excitement behind it.”
Hooper is a little less involved in the design – “I wear a helmet, they’re the artists,” he said – but loves playing while knowing that he’s representing his foundation.
“I wouldn’t say there’s more pressure,” he said, “I would say I actually have more fun. … When you’re out there, you got to be locked in on your job and be ready to get after it. But, I look at it a different way. This is a fun day. I get to do something that normally I wouldn’t do, other than, you know, my plain Jane cleats that I wear, something fun.
“And of course, when I got them on, I definitely want to score, for sure – put a stamp on ’em wearing those.”
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Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Doris Burke in ’26 Women’s HOF class
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Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne lead the 2026 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame class revealed on Thursday.
WNBA and Team USA coach Cheryl Reeve, ESPN basketball analyst Doris Burke and international basketball legends Isabelle Fijalkowski of France and Amaya Valdemoro of Spain are also to be inducted in a ceremony next June.
Parker was inducted in her first year of eligibility. A superstar at the University of Tennessee, Parker won back-to-back national titles with the Lady Vols and was the No. 1 pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft.
She’s a seven-time WNBA All-Star, two-time WNBA MVP (2008, 2013) and became the first player in WNBA history to win Rookie of the Year and League MVP in the same season.
She’s the only player in the WNBA with championships with three different teams: the Los Angeles Sparks (2016), the Chicago Sky (2021), and the Las Vegas Aces (2023).
A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Parker retired prior to the 2024 season. Like Delle Donne, a seven-time WNBA All-Star and two-time league MVP who retired after the 2024 season, she can be eligible for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame four years after officially retiring. Delle Donne won her second WNBA MVP award in 2019 and claimed the WNBA championship the same year with the Washington Mystics.
She attended the University of Delaware and set 45 school records, including 3,039 career points. She’s ninth on the NCAA’s all-time scoring list. She was Rookie of the Year with the Chicago Sky after being selected second overall in 2013.
Delle Donne played in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where Team USA claimed gold, and recently was named managing director of Team USA’s 3-on-3 national team.
Reeve is a four-time WNBA Coach of the Year, won four WNBA titles with the Minnesota Lynx and coached Team USA to a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She assisted with Dawn Staley and Doug Bruno on the Team USA coaching staff headed by Geno Auriemma in 2016.
Fijalkowski won five French League championships and played for the Cleveland Rockers for two seasons in the WNBA.
Valdemoro won three WNBA titles with the Houston Comets and eight Spanish League titles.
Kirkwood Community College head coach Kim Muhl and late Clemson Tigers star Barbara Kennedy-Dixon are also in the 2026 class.
Burke was a standout guard at Providence but is widely recognized for her broadcasting career. Burke, 60, has covered college basketball since 1991. In 2023, she was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame for her pioneering work in broadcasting. In 2024, she was the first woman to call the NBA Finals as a television analyst.
–Field Level Media
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Steph Curry exclusive: Golden State Warriors superstar opens up on free agency in 2027 and preparing for the 2025/26 season
Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry speaks exclusively to Sky Sports to discuss 2027 free agency
Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry has opened up on his plans for free agency in 2027 after admitting situations change “really fast” in the NBA.
The prospect of Curry, a two-time league MVP and 11-time All-Star, playing for any franchise other than The Dubs is a strange one.
After being drafted with the seventh overall pick in 2009, Curry has gone on to revolutionise the game of basketball, helping himself to four championships, one finals MVP and the NBA record for most three-pointers made with 4,058 to add to his overall tally of 25,386 points.
All while wearing No 30 for the Warriors.
- 4 x NBA champion
- 2 x NBA MVP
- 2022 NBA Finals MVP
- 11 x NBA All-Star
- 2 x NBA All-Star MVP
- 11 x All-NBA Team selection
- 2024 NBA Clutch Player of the Year
- 2 x NBA Three-Point Content champion
- Most three-pointers made in NBA history
Curry signed a one-year extension with the team in 2024, worth a reported £47.5m ($62.6m) and ending growing speculation around his future in the process, keeping him in San Francisco until 2027.
Two years from now, when that deal expires, the greatest shooter of all time will be 39.
After averaging just under 25 points, six assists, and over four rebounds in his 16th season, as well as longevity being more prominent than ever in the league, it is clear to see that his time in the NBA is far from over.
But could the next chapter in his illustrious career lie away from Chase Center? Do not rule it out.
“What I have learned about this league is that things change really fast,” Curry told Sky Sports while discussing Underrated Golf, a programme set up by the point guard to break down barriers to entry and increase diversity in the game of golf.
Underrated Golf is an initiative led by Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry to create a pathway into the sport for young athletes from underrepresented communities.
The programme aims to break down barriers in the game of golf to give prospects a level playing field, in a bid to create a more inclusive and accessible environment for young golfers.
“What you might feel like in two years from now could be totally different. I try to stay in the moment as much as possible; it’s not the glitziest answer but it allows me to enjoy what is happening now.
“I do want to play for only one team, let’s keep that pretty clear. Being at the Warriors has been unbelievable and I feel blessed to have only played for one franchise and to have accomplished what we have.
“So if I could have the best of both worlds and continue to be championship relevant over the next couple of years, that would be great but this league is wild. You kind of just stay in the moment.”
Despite a decision on his future looming as we approach 2027, Curry’s full focus remains on securing more success with the team he holds so dear to his heart in the upcoming 2025/26 season.
The arrival of six-time All-Star Jimmy Butler in February has shown early signs of promise after the Warriors reached the Western Conference semi-finals last time out, only to be denied the opportunity to show their title-winning credentials following a Grade 1 hamstring strain for Curry in game one against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
A 4-1 defeat in the series would follow but heading into 2025/26, the roster has been bolstered by a new two-year deal for Jonathan Kuminga, as well as the arrival of 2024 NBA champion Al Horford,to run alongside long-term teammate Draymond Green in the frontcourt.
Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler (left) Stephen Curry (centre) and forward Draymond Green (right)
With Curry now back to full fitness and fresh depth surrounding him, the intentions from the Warriors have been clear from pre-season.
The Dubs are 3-1 in games Curry has featured in, beating the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers twice, with attention now turning to the season opener against the Lakers on October 21, live on Sky Sports.
When asked what aspects of the game still motivate a player who has already achieved so much in the sport as we approach a new 82-game season, Curry added: “I talk about championships, and that drive – it allows every part of the journey to matter.
“Even in the off-season, how you prepare for the year, come in and try and build chemistry with your teammates and how you get through the emotional rollercoaster of an 82-game season.
“All of that is built into being at your peak come playoff time in April.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry during the pre-season game against the Los Angeles Clippers
“Individual accolades take care of themselves. When you win, everybody is rewarded. As long as I’m taking care of championship motivation, everything else takes care of itself. Whether you win or not, you just lay it all out there.
“We have a brand new team again. We’ll all try and stay healthy and try and get to the finish line. That’s our goal.”
The Warriors have won seven championships in total across their 78-year history, with Curry leading them to more than half of that total.
If the franchise is to add an eighth banner to the rafters in 2026, their point guard will be the man to lead them there.
His powers at the highest level are showing no signs are waning, with the 37-year-old looking to replicate the successes of the likes of LeBron James and Kevin Durant by “redefining” what it is to be playing at a high level towards the latter stages of their respective careers.
“I feel like I’ve got some good basketball ahead of me. I’m trying to redefine what it is to be playing at a high level at this age,” said Curry when the question of his timeline leading the roster was posed.
“I still love the work that goes into it and playing the game; hopefully, that will carry me. I don’t want to put any limits on it.”
Watch the Golden State Warriors against the Los Angeles Lakers live on Sky Sports + on October 21, tip-off 3am UK time.
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West Virginia, UCF jousting for first Big 12 victory
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The start of Big 12 play has not gone well for West Virginia and UCF.
The Mountaineers and Knights join hapless Oklahoma State as the only schools off to an 0-3 start in conference action. On the plus side, somebody will earn their first Big 12 win Saturday afternoon when West Virginia visits UCF in Orlando, Fla.
The Mountaineers (2-4, 0-3 Big 12) are on a three-game skid since collecting a 31-24 nonconference home win over Pittsburgh on Sept. 13. During its losses to Kansas, Utah and BYU, West Virginia surrendered 1,436 yards while being outscored 127-48.
In the first year of Rich Rodriguez’s second coaching stint with the school, the Mountaineers are getting outscored 76-13 in the first half of league games and have not led at any point. In their 38-24 loss Oct. 3 at BYU, redshirt freshman quarterback Khalil Watkins was 7 of 15 for 81 yards in his first career start while freshman Scotty Fox Jr. completed all three of his passes for 54 yards.
‘He played hard,’ Rodriguez said of Watkins. ‘I think he’d like to have some plays back, but that was a tough environment to make your first start.’
The young duo will get more playing time now that Nicco Marchiol (foot) will miss the rest of the season and backup transfer Jaylen Henderson (undisclosed) was ruled as doubtful for Saturday’s game.
‘So the two young guys have been taking more reps, which is good for them,’ Rodriguez said. ‘Every rep they can take is going to help with their growth.’
West Virginia’s 22.3 points per game are second-worst among the 16 Big 12 teams. Wilkins is 10 of 21 for 144 yards while Fox has thrown eight passes and carried the ball 12 times.
Whoever starts at quarterback may hand off a majority of the snaps as the Mountaineers are fourth in the Big 12 at 206.2 rushing yards per game, which includes 199.3 rushing yards per game in league play.
While the Mountaineers are coming off blowouts, Central Florida (3-3, 0-3) has been competitive in Big 12 games. After a 14-point loss at Kansas State on Sept. 27, the Knights followed it up with a 27-20 loss to Kansas and last week’s 20-11 loss at Cincinnati.
Cam Fancher completed 28 of 49 passes for 222 yards last week while rushing for 109 of UCF’s 191 yards and a touchdown. The Knights are averaging 200 yards on the ground.
UCF took the loss despite holding possession for 39 minutes, 44 seconds and running 90 plays to the Bearcats’ 48. The Knights only got to the red zone once because they sabotaged their possessions by committing 10 penalties.
During its three-week slide, UCF committed 22 penalties and converted 14 of 46 third downs.
‘That’s three weeks in a row where we have shot ourselves in the foot on a lot of drives. And that’s got to get better,’ Knights coach Scott Frost said. ‘The discouraging part is we’re fighting with these guys but not winning. The encouraging part is that the stuff going wrong, we can fix.’
–Field Level Media
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UFL announces new teams in Columbus, Louisville, Orlando
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The United Football League unveiled three new franchises Tuesday ahead of the league’s third season this spring: the Columbus Aviators, Louisville Kings and Orlando Storm.
The league also rebranded two existing franchises, with the Arlington Renegades now the Dallas Renegades and the Houston Roughnecks becoming the Houston Gamblers.
‘Today marks an important step forward for the United Football League,’ UFL co-owner Mike Repole said. ‘Columbus, Louisville, and Orlando are true football cities with deep sports roots. We’re proud to bring professional football to these communities — in energetic, fan-driven stadiums built to create an authentic gameday experience and strengthen the foundation of this league for years to come.’
Rounding out the new-look, eight-team league are three returning members: Birmingham Stallions, DC Defenders and St. Louis Battlehawks.
‘We’re heading into this season with new teams, new markets, new venues, and a renewed energy that reflects the momentum building around this league,’ Repole said.
The three new franchises replace the Memphis Showboats, Michigan Panthers and San Antonio Brahmas, who took part in the UFL’s first two campaigns.
The Aviators will play at Historic Crew Stadium, former home of the Columbus Crew of MLS. The Kings will play at Lynn Family Stadium, home of Racing Louisville of the NWSL. The Storm’s home games will be at Inter&Co Stadium, home of Orlando City of MLS and the Orlando Pride of the NWSL.
The Renegades are moving to Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, home of FC Dallas of MLS. The Gamblers are moving to Shell Energy Stadium, home of the Houston Dynamo of MLS.
–Field Level Media
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Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve suspended one game for tirade at officials
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Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve has been suspended one game and fined for her conduct during and after Friday’s 84-76 loss to the host Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of their WNBA semifinals series, the league announced Saturday.
Minnesota assistant coaches Eric Thibault and Rebekkah Brunson were also fined for separate infractions.
The punishment stems from Reeve’s late-game outburst following a pivotal no-call involving Lynx star Napheesa Collier in the final minute. Reeve pursued and berated a game official on the court, was slow to leave after her ejection with 21.8 seconds remaining, directed profanity toward fans while exiting and later launched into a blistering critique of the league’s officiating in her postgame press conference.
‘For the leadership to deem those three people semifinals playoff worthy is (expletive) malpractice,’ she said of the officiating crew.
Video from courtside circulated on social media showing Reeve shouting obscenities at fans as she was escorted off the floor, while the National Basketball Referees Association publicly defended the no-call on the decisive play. Collier left the game with a leg injury, which Reeve suggested could be a fracture.
Reeve, a four-time WNBA champion and one of the league’s most accomplished coaches, will serve her suspension Sunday when the Lynx face the Mercury in Phoenix for Game 4. The series stands at 2-1 in favor of Phoenix.
–Field Level Media
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WNBA MVP to be announced Sunday; five finalists revealed
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The WNBA announced the five finalists for the Most Valuable Player award Friday in what’s expected to be a close decision.
Three-time MVP A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces joined Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas, Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray and Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell in the top five in voting.
The league will announced the winner Sunday morning. It has been viewed as a three-woman race among Wilson, Collier and Thomas.
Wilson, vying for her fourth WNBA MVP award in eight seasons in the league, also won it in 2020, 2022 and 2024. She helped the Aces end the regular season on a 16-game winning streak, averaging 26.1 points, 12.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.3 blocks per game in that run.
In 40 games this season, she averaged a league-high 23.4 points plus 10.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists. Wilson also won co-Defensive Player of the Year alongside Minnesota’s Alanna Smith this week; Wilson ranked second in the league in blocks (92) and third in steals (64).
Collier, 28, was last year’s Defensive Player of the Year and the 2025 All-Star Game MVP. She became the second woman in league history to post a 50-40-90 shooting season, following Elena Delle Donne in 2019; Collier finished the year shooting 53.1 percent from the field, 40.3 percent from 3-point range and 90.6 percent at the foul line.
Collier averaged 7.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.6 steals per contest over 33 games.
Thomas, who received MVP votes four of the last five seasons and was runner-up in 2023, averaged 15.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and a league- and career-high 9.2 assists over 39 games.
Mitchell played all 44 games for the Fever and averaged 20.2 points — third in the league to only Wilson and Collier — and 3.4 assists.
Gray put up 18.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in 42 games for the Dream. She finished third in voting for the Most Improved Player award.
–Field Level Media
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Sky GM expects Angel Reese to stay despite late-season rift
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Chicago Sky general manager Jeff Pagliocca said Friday the franchise is preparing for star forward Angel Reese to be on the roster next season despite a rocky finish to the 2025 campaign that saw the All-Star suspended and sidelined.
Reese, 22, missed the final two games of the year with what the team called a back injury after being issued a half-game suspension on Sept. 7 for criticizing the organization in an interview. She apologized to teammates, but frustration over the Sky’s direction lingered with fans late in the season.
‘Angel is an ascending young talent in this league who’s had two very, very good seasons here in Chicago,’ Pagliocca said Friday. ‘Obviously we went through what we did. I feel like we closed the chapter on it. She spoke to her teammates, she spoke publicly. We moved on as a team. She’s a special player. And I have good conversations with Angel daily, with her team daily. They’re constant, and they’re productive.’
Reese led Chicago with 14.7 points and 12.6 rebounds per game this season, pacing the WNBA in rebounding and double-doubles (23 in 30 games). But the Sky finished tied with the Dallas Wings for the worst record in the league at 10-34 — just one year after going 13-27 and parting ways with coach Teresa Weatherspoon.
Current coach Tyler Marsh and Pagliocca both have pledged changes to improve the roster, but the Sky don’t have their 2026 first-round pick because they swapped it to the league-leading Minnesota Lynx prior to the 2025 draft.
–Field Level Media
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World Athletics Championships: Team GB target top-eight finish in Tokyo, while new ‘sex test’ is introduced in world first
Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson is in good form going into the World Athletics Championships
The world’s best athletes will take to the track and field this weekend when the World Athletics Championships get under way in Tokyo from September 13-21.
Many of the stars who shone at Paris 2024 will be there, including Britain’s 800m Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson and USA’s 100m Olympic champion Noah Lyles.
One of the major talking points away from the sport has been the introduction of a mandatory SRY or sex test for athletes who intend to compete in female categories.
All athletes in female category take new ‘sex test’
World Athletics, led by their President Seb Coe, have taken an unambiguous stance for several years when it comes to talking about and defining new rules around the sensitive issues of the protection of female categories, transgender and DSD (Difference of Sexual Development).
They became the first global sporting federation to announce they would introduce a mandatory, once-in-a-lifetime gene test, known as an SRY Test earlier this year.
The test identifies the Y chromosome which causes male characteristics to develop. If an athlete returns a negative result, they are eligible to compete in female categories at world ranking events, including these World Championships.
World Athletics President Lord Coe says the governing body will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to protect the female category in the sport after it approved the introduction of cheek swabbing to determine if an athlete is biologically female World Athletics President Lord Coe says the governing body will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to protect the female category in the sport after it approved the introduction of cheek swabbing to determine if an athlete is biologically female
Coe told Sky Sports he expected every athlete required to take an SRY Test will have done so by the time track and field events get under way in Tokyo, including all French athletes.
In France, the process has been complicated by French law where the SRY gene test is illegal in France due to a 1994 law banning DNA testing for non-medical, non-judicial purposes to protect family integrity, so French athletes have had to undertake the SRY test by travelling outside of France.
Coe confirmed that while it is World Athletics’ stated aim to have all athletes tested by the start of the World Championships next month, the results do not have to be known due to the tight time frame.
For athletes whose national federation hasn’t been able to offer an SRY test yet, World Athletics will step in and offer the test at holding camps in Japan used by athletes prior to competing in Tokyo.
“By and large, the process has gone pretty smoothly, but it’s not been without its challenges,” Coe said. “The vast majority have been pretty straightforward and we’ve (World Athletics) made a contribution of about US$100 per test.”
How important are championships for Coe?
Very.
He has transformed the athletics governing body since his election in Beijing in 2015 from the tarnished old IAAF to the new World Athletics.
He’s serving his third and final term as president and while no doubt still pondering his defeat in March’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency election to Kirsty Coventry, his first love has always been track and field, and during his term as president he has tackled controversial issues like banning Russia and bringing in updated rules on gender eligibility.
Lord Coe accepts defeat to Kirsty Coventry in the IOC Presidential vote and says he welcomes the fact it’s a former Olympic athlete who will take up the role Lord Coe accepts defeat to Kirsty Coventry in the IOC Presidential vote and says he welcomes the fact it’s a former Olympic athlete who will take up the role
While those issues can be divisive, the progress of time has shown that many, if not most, sporting federations have followed athletics’ lead by watching and then following.
It’s interesting to note that the new IOC President, whom he lost out to, is preparing the IOC to greater understand and perhaps even lead on gender eligibility and protections for female sports stars.
He also wants athletics firmly in the position of the world’s second most popular sport behind football by showing off packed out stadia in Tokyo.
The World Championships take place in the 70,000 capacity Olympic Stadium where during the 2020 Olympics not one fan was able to watch the sport on offer due to a strict Covid-19 lockdown in Japan.
Many of the sessions during the nine days of competition are sell-outs and, according to Coe, no session will have fewer than 50,000 people in attendance.
Tokyo heat, humidity and typhoons
World Athletics deliberately scheduled the start of their marquee championships later than they would normally. Two years ago in Budapest, for example, the schedule ran during August.
High temperatures and humidity can be exceedingly high in Japan during the months of July and August, as many athletes who competed at the Tokyo Olympics four years ago will testify to.
The 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo from September 13-21
However, heat mitigation measures will again be in place as Japan has experienced temperatures 2.36 Degrees Celsius above average between June and August, with local temperatures in Tokyo this week reaching 33 Degrees Celsius.
World Athletics president Seb Coe is of the belief that climate change is not temporary and is here to stay; at these championships, decisions on whether competition will go ahead will not be in the hands of local organisers, but World Athletics.
Information on drinks, ice baths and cooling techniques has been shared widely with athletes and their federations, while plenty of provision will be in place for spectators.
Tokyo and Japan, in general, is prone to typhoons at this time of year, indeed many British and Northern Irish athletes were confined to their hotel at their training camp for a few days due to a typhoon. If such a weather system hits Tokyo during the championships, it will again be a decision for World Athletics to make as to whether to postpone or cancel events.
Where could GB medals come from?
Great Britain and Northern Ireland haven’t been set a medal target, but a top-eight finish in the medal table is the challenge, with an expectation of several of their world-leading track stars to medal and all relay squads to medal.
So who are the stars? The women’s 800m final has been scheduled for the last session of the last day of the championships, as it’s been viewed as being a hot ticket in town. Two Brits could well end up on the podium, both friends and training partners coached by husband and wife duo Jenny Meadows and Trevor Painter – Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter-Bell.
Hodgkinson was one of the stars of Paris last year, streaking home to become Olympic champion and, although she has suffered hamstring injuries this year, she has come back to racing in time and is running ferociously quickly.
Keely Hodgkinson says she is in a good place after receiving her MBE and is fully focused on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo Keely Hodgkinson says she is in a good place after receiving her MBE and is fully focused on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
While perhaps not quite the right time for a tilt at the 800m world record, if Hodgkinson feels it, she’ll go for it.
Elsewhere, medals could come in men’s middle distance, with 1500m runner Josh Kerr defending his world title he won in 2023.
His battles with Norway’s Jacob Ingebrigtsen have already become legendary, with the two not the best of pals. At the Paris Olympics, one of the two should have taken the gold medal, but their attention on one another allowed the USA’s Cole Hocker to shock them both and cross the line first.
George Mills, son of Danny – the former Leeds, Manchester City and England defender – is a serious contender for medals in the men’s 5000m. This season he’s beaten Sir Mo Farah’s long-standing British 5000m record and ran the second fastest 1500m by a Brit, so the 26-year-old is well warmed up.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is always a threat at major championships, and at Tokyo she will defend the heptathlon world title she won two years ago. She was also crowned world champion in 2019, and took Olympic silver in Paris.
Dina Asher-Smith will make her seventh appearance at a World Championship and, while the competition is fierce in both the 100m and 200m, she is running quickly this season.
“I’m just really happy,” she told Sky Sports. “I think the other week in Zurich is testament to what kind of shape I’m in because, honestly, I knew that I’ve been in good shape for a very long time and I know that I’ve been putting together some great races in the past few months, but to run a 10.90!
!I was picking it out because I know I could have had faster in me that day, but still obviously I’m very happy.”
Could Dina Asher-Smith medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo?
Also very quick is Daryll Neita, who finished fourth in the women’s Olympic 100m final in Paris, narrowly missing out on a medal. She did, however, take home an Olympic Silver medal from the 4x100m women’s relay and in Tokyo it is expected that Great Britain and Northern Ireland medal in all five relay disciplines.
Individually, in the men’s sprint events (100m and 200m), Zharnel Hughes should at the very least make finals, as the qualified pilot has run sub-10 seconds in the 100m and sub-20 seconds in the 200m. With age, Hughes seems to get faster, as he broke both British 100m and 200m records in 2023, the same year he took his first ever global medal, a bronze at the last World Athletics Championships.
“Obviously the experience has been taking me into finals and stuff like that,” he said. “I’ve always been one to be reckoned with when it comes to the championships. I’ve always been able to position myself into the finals at every major championship.
“Unfortunately, last year it didn’t get to happen due to injury, but I’m feeling confident and I’m looking forward to getting myself on that podium for sure. I’ll be giving it my very best, I’m filled with determination and I’m quite confident in my ability that I can always catch you at the very end.
“I’m trusting myself and trusting my speed. The work that I’ve put in leading up to this championship has been tremendous. It’s going to be great.”
While the British team is medal heavy on expectation from the track, also keep an eye on pole-vaulter Molly Caudery. She won the 2024 World Indoor title and won the Diamond League meeting in Doha in May.
The Cornishwoman is a huge talent was expected to challenge for the gold at the Olympics last year, but had a shocker and failed to even qualify for the final. The 25-year-old is determined to learn the mental lesson from a year ago.
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Aces putting 12-game win streak on line vs. WNBA-leading Lynx
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The top two teams in the WNBA meet Thursday night with the Minnesota Lynx visiting the Las Vegas Aces.
The Lynx (32-8) own the league’s best record, but the Aces (26-14) are the hottest team, riding a 12-game winning streak.
Minnesota won the first three meetings vs. Las Vegas, including a 111-58 victory Aug. 2 in the most recent matchup. Kayla McBride poured in 24 points for Minnesota in that game.
Las Vegas hasn’t lost since, tying the franchise record for longest winning streak. Three of the last six outcomes have come by double-figure margins.
‘This team is etching out their presence,’ Aces coach Becky Hammon said.
Thursday night’s game features the two leading scorers in the WNBA.
A’ja Wilson has reached the 30-point mark in six of the Aces’ last nine games. She also has led the team in rebounding 10 times during the winning streak.
Most recently, the Aces swept three games on a road trip by winning at Washington, Chicago and Atlanta. Las Vegas is coming off a seven-day layoff.
‘That ability to kick it up an extra notch, we’ve really been able to do that on the defensive end, and it’s winning us games,’ Hammond said.
Since losing three of five games, Minnesota has posted back-to-back victories with blowouts of Connecticut and Dallas. In Monday’s 96-71 domination of visiting Dallas, Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman became the fifth pair of teammates in WNBA history with 15 or more points and nine or more assists in a game.
‘I feel like me and Courtney are like a dynamic duo,’ said Hiedeman, whose 20 points and 10 assists resulted in her first double-double.
Meanwhile, Lynx forward Napheesa Collier is averaging a league-leading 23.5 points per game — barely ahead of Wilson (23.4)
Minnesota guard DiJonai Carrington played only 10 minutes against Dallas because of a shoulder ailment.
‘I know this is something she deals with,’ Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said.
The Lynx have wrapped up the league’s best regular-season record, while the Aces are assured of a spot in the playoffs. But with two other teams with the same record as Las Vegas entering Wednesday, there’s still quite a bit at stake for the Aces in terms of postseason seeding.
–Field Level Media
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MLB roundup: Yankees top White Sox in 11th for 7th straight win
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Clay Bellinger blooped a go-ahead RBI single in the 11th inning and Aaron Judge and Austin Wells homered as the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Saturday for their seventh straight win.
The Yankees moved within two games of the American League East-leading Toronto Blue Jays while stretching their lead over the Boston Red Sox for the first AL wild-card berth to 1 1/2 games.
New York entered the 11th with just three hits but surged ahead with three more. Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed Bellinger’s single that scored automatic runner Trent Grisham with an RBI double, and Anthony Volpe delivered a run-scoring double.
Mike Tauchman and Chase Meidroth both had two hits and an RBI for Chicago, which lost its fifth straight. Andrew Benintendi also had two hits.
Judge smacked his club-leading 42nd home run with one out in the fourth to put the Yankees ahead 1-0. Judge hit a 1-0 changeup from White Sox starter Shane Smith 429 feet into the center field bleachers.
Brewers 4, Blue Jays 1
Jackson Chourio and Christian Yelich led off the ninth inning with back-to-back homers, and visiting Milwaukee defeated Toronto.
The homers came on consecutive pitches from Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman (8-6) that brought boos from the crowd. The Brewers added a run when Sal Frelick walked and Isaac Collins doubled.
Myles Straw had three hits to lead the Blue Jays.
Rays 4, Nationals 1
Josh Lowe homered twice and drove in four runs, Ryan Pepiot pitched five innings of scoreless ball, and visiting Tampa Bay beat Washington.
It was Lowe’s third career multi-homer game and his first of the season. Pepiot (10-10) allowed one hit and three walks while striking out six. Bryan Baker pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save with Tampa Bay and third of the season.
Washington lost its seventh game in a row. Jake Irvin (8-10) was solid after a rocky first inning. He allowed four runs on five hits while walking one and striking out three.
Pirates 10, Red Sox 3
Pittsburgh scored five runs while batting around in the sixth to defeat host Boston and claim its eighth win in the last 10 games.
Every Pirates batter posted at least one hit and either scored or drove in a run. Bryan Reynolds, Tommy Pham and Nick Gonzales posted two RBIs apiece while Oneil Cruz triggered the five-run sixth with a solo homer. Johan Oviedo (2-0) allowed three hits and two runs over five innings.
Carlos Narvaez cracked a solo homer for the Red Sox while Trevor Story and Raul Gonzalez each notched two hits. Dustin May (7-11) surrendered eight hits and seven runs (six earned) over 5 1/3 innings.
Guardians 4, Mariners 3
Kyle Manzardo had a two-run homer and Steven Kwan and Bo Naylor each had RBI singles, lifting Cleveland to a victory over visiting Seattle.
Right-hander Gavin Williams (9-5) allowed one run on four hits over seven innings, striking out eight with a lone walk for the win. Cade Smith worked the final 1 1/3 innings to earn his ninth save in 14 opportunities.
Seattle, which sits in the final American League wild-card position, lost its seventh consecutive road/neutral site game and had the Guardians pull within three of them. Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (4-6) gave up three runs on three hits in six innings.
Diamondbacks 6, Dodgers 1
Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez went six scoreless innings and Corbin Carroll hit a home run to break a scoreless tie in the seventh inning as visiting Arizona earned a victory over Los Angeles.
Gabriel Moreno had a sacrifice fly in a three-run seventh as the Diamondbacks won their fourth consecutive game and improved to 8-3 since Aug. 19. Rodriguez (6-8) allowed four hits.
Mookie Betts had an RBI single and Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow (1-3) took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before giving up three runs on four hits over seven innings with six strikeouts.
Rangers 9, Athletics 3
Josh Jung had three hits and two RBIs, Dylan Moore hit a two-run homer and Wyatt Langford lined a solo blast to help torrid Texas notch a victory over the Athletics at West Sacramento, Calif.
Adolis Garcia had three hits and scored twice as Texas totaled 17 hits and won its fourth straight game and seventh of its last eight. Kyle Higashioka and Michael Helman each contributed two hits and two RBIs while Langford had two hits and two runs. Merrill Kelly (11-7) gave up three runs and six hits over 6 1/3 innings to improve to 2-1 in six starts since the Rangers acquired him from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Brent Rooker homered among his three hits for the Athletics. Lawrence Butler also homered and Carlos Cortes had two hits and an RBI for the A’s, who played without slugger Nick Kurtz (oblique). Mason Barnett of the Athletics was roughed up for five runs and eight hits in four-plus innings in his major league debut.
Angels 4, Astros 1
Oswald Peraza delivered a tie-breaking, two-run single in the top of the ninth inning as visiting Los Angeles rallied for a victory over Houston.
Angels starter Kyle Hendricks allowed seven hits in six innings but did not issue a walk and allowed only one run, a Jesus Sanchez RBI single in the third. Kenley Jansen recorded his 24th save of the season. Jose Fermin (3-2) worked a scoreless eighth for the win.
After starting the series opener 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position before rallying in the later innings, the Astros went 1-for-8 on Saturday. Houston right-hander Spencer Arrighetti allowed only one hit while working into the seventh inning.
Marlins 11, Mets 8
Connor Norby hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning for the Marlins, who outlasted the host Mets in a wild back-and-forth game.
Joey Wiemer had three hits and three RBIs for the Marlins, while Eric Wagaman finished with two hits and two RBIs. Heriberto Hernandez and Jakob Marsee had an RBI apiece. Norby provided insurance with a two-run, ninth-inning double.
In the fourth, Juan Soto homered to pull the Mets to 8-6, and he hit a two-run shot in the sixth to tie it at 8. It was the 28th multi-homer game for Soto, who finished 2-for-2 with two walks and a hit by pitch while adding two stolen bases.
Cardinals 4, Reds 2
Nathan Church drove in two runs as visiting St. Louis defeated Cincinnati.
Willson Contreras and Pedro Pages hit homers as the Cardinals won their third straight game. Cardinals starter Michael McGreevy (6-2) allowed one run on five hits in six innings. He didn’t record a strikeout, but he got 12 outs on the ground. Kyle Leahy got the last four outs to earn his first save.
Matt McLain hit a home run for the Reds, who have lost eight of their last nine games. Reds starter Andrew Abbott (8-5) allowed two runs on three hits in five innings.
Phillies 3, Braves 2 (10 innings)
Trea Turner delivered a two-run single with his team down to its final strike, lifting Philadelphia to a 10-inning win over visiting Atlanta.
Philadelphia starter Cristopher Sanchez allowed one run and seven hits over seven frames.
After missing more than two months with a fractured ribcage, Atlanta’s Chris Sale returned to throw 78 pitches — 51 strikes — over six effective innings. He gave up only one run and three hits and walked one with nine strikeouts.
Padres 12, Twins 3
Elias Diaz went 2-for-5 with two homers and three RBIs, and San Diego pulled away from Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Ramon Laureano finished 2-for-5 with one homer and three RBIs for the Padres, while Gavin Sheets and Jake Cronenworth added two RBIs apiece. Left-hander Adrian Morejon (11-4) earned the victory with one scoreless inning of relief.
Byron Buxton went 1-for-2 with a homer and two RBIs to lead the Twins. Trevor Larnach finished 2-for-3 and drove in a run. Right-hander Mick Abel (2-4) allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits in one inning. Abel’s rough performance in relief spoiled a strong start by Taj Bradley, who limited San Diego to one run on one hit in five innings.
Royals 3, Tigers 1
Bobby Witt Jr. delivered a tie-breaking two-run home run in the eighth inning to lift host Kansas City past Detroit.
After reliever Tyler Holton (5-4) walked pinch hitter Tyler Tolbert, Witt mashed a fastball over the wall to straight-away center to put the Royals ahead 3-1. Reliever Lucas Erceg (6-3) got Detroit out in order in the eighth to earn the win for Kansas City, which has won four of its past six games.
Starter Jack Flaherty allowed one run on four hits and struck out four in 5 2/3 innings for the Tigers, who have lost five of six.
Orioles 11, Giants 1
Jeremiah Jackson, Ryan Mountcastle and Samuel Basallo hit home runs, Trevor Rogers completed a dominant month of August with seven sharp innings and Baltimore turned the tables on host San Francisco.
Jackson also doubled, scored twice and finished with a season-best four RBIs while Daniel Johnson collected a double, single and three runs for the Orioles. Having allowed one run in each of his previous five August starts, Rogers (8-2) made it six straight with seven innings of five-hit ball. He struck out five without issuing a walk to go 4-1 for the month.
Giants rookie Carson Seymour (0-2), making his first career start, was charged with four runs on five hits in his three innings. Willy Adames accounted for the team’s lone run with a home run, his 25th of the season, in the first inning.
Cubs 4, Rockies 3
Kyle Tucker had two hits and scored twice while Michael Busch, Seiya Suzuki and Ian Happ each added two hits as Chicago beat Colorado in Denver.
Javier Assad (1-1) pitched six solid innings and Daniel Palencia got the final three outs for his 21st save. Assad allowed three runs on seven hits.
Ezequiel Tovar had two hits for the Rockies, who have dropped the first two games of the series to see their MLB-worst record fall to 38-98. Colorado starter McCade Brown (0-2) allowed three runs on five hits in his four-plus innings of work.
–Field Level Media
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