Damiris Dantas scored a career-high 28 points including the go-ahead basket with just under five minutes left and the Minnesota Lynx edged Chicago 86-83 Wednesday on a night Allie Quigley became the Sky's all-time leading scorer.
The Cubs have put left-hander Jose Quintana back on the injured list with a lat issue.
25 years ago Wednesday, Northwestern pulled off one of the sport's biggest upsets: a season-opening 17-15 win as a 4-TD underdog at Notre Dame. The Wildcats, who'd lost 14 straight to ND over 33 years, went on to a 10-2 record & first season with more than 4 wins since 1971, their first Big Ten title since ‘36 & first Rose Bowl since ‘49. 4th year head coach Gary Barnett told his players pregame on 9/2/95, "Don't carry me off when we win" — and they didn't.
Karl Ravech joins Sarah Langs to discuss psychological edge the Rays have on the Yankees and the postgame bench-clearing on Tuesday night, the Phillies pulling it together and making a run at the NL East crown, and the NL MVP race between Fernando Tatis Jr. and Juan Soto (6:17). Later, MLB.com’s Mandy Bell hops on to talk about Cleveland’s return for Mike Clevinger and how organization is always striving to keep the farm system stocked, the team’s offensive struggles, the tight race in the AL Central, and if Shane Bieber has any challengers for the Cy Young (30:14).
Matthew, Field and Stephania talk the latest news around the league, the biggest injury concerns for 2020 and end the show with a trivia question!
Which of Kiley McDaniel's top 100 prospects are shining in the majors and which are struggling? We break it all down.
Can anyone stop the Dodgers? Will Fernando Tatis Jr. and Shane Bieber win MVP? Our experts weigh in.
Foles or Trubisky will have new tight ends to throw to, but running back is still a concern.
Ian Happ finished what he started, singling home Nico Hoerner in the top of the 11th to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.
Byron Buxton returned with a bang and so did Michael Pineda, rallying the Minnesota Twins past the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Tuesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.
From the rising Rays to the also-rans, our rankings changed a lot for the stretch run.
David Schoenfield and Sarah Langs join Buster after the trade deadline for a roundtable discussion. The gangs talks about how the Padres have emerged as a very strong No. 2 team in the NL, what Mike Clevinger brings to San Diego, the Reds trading for Archie Bradley and signaling it's still in the hunt, which Mike Minor the A's will see, why the Yankees were right to stand pat, Cleveland decreasing its World Series chances, the Braves not bolstering its starting pitching, the Rangers hanging onto Lance Lynn and their post-trade deadline World Series picks.
Ohio State might not be playing this fall, but the numbers still love the Buckeyes. Ryan Day's squad narrowly edges Alabama out for the top preseason spot.
The guys discuss a report that the Jacksonville Jaguars could be the perfect landing spot for Dabo Swinney after this season if he wanted to go to the NFL. Mark Jackson joins the show to break down the deciding factor in tonight's Game 7 between the Nuggets and Jazz and tells us why he's seen enough from the Clippers to think they can win the title this year. Marcus Spears joins to talk about why Chicago continues to get ripped for passing on Mahomes but other teams don't and if he thinks Alvin Kamara will get a big-time extension.
When will it start? Where will games be played? How many fans will be there? What will the next set of COVID-19 protocols look like? Here's what league insiders are saying.
Why didn't the Rockets get the ball to James Harden down the stretch in Game 6...and is Giannis the kind of player you can win a championship with as your #1? The guys discuss both of those topics. Jeff Dickerson joins to talk about the Bears' QB battle and when Matt Nagy will start having to take accountability for the lack of offense in Chicago.
In addition to interviewing former Nets coach Kenny Atkinson for their vacant job, the rebuilding Bulls are interested in assistants involved in the playoffs, including Milwaukee's Darvin Ham, Denver's Wes Unseld Jr. and Miami's Dan Craig, sources say.
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 21 | 14 | .600 | - | W2 |
| St. Louis | 14 | 14 | .500 | 3.5 | L1 |
| Milwaukee | 16 | 19 | .457 | 5 | L1 |
| Cincinnati | 16 | 21 | .432 | 6 | W1 |
| Pittsburgh | 10 | 23 | .303 | 10 | L2 |
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 22 | 14 | .611 | - | W1 |
| Chicago | 22 | 14 | .611 | - | L1 |
| Minnesota | 21 | 16 | .568 | 1.5 | W1 |
| Detroit | 17 | 16 | .515 | 3.5 | W6 |
| Kansas City | 14 | 22 | .389 | 8 | L1 |
