It’s back to work after a bit of time off for Oregon and Indiana. The No. 3 Ducks (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) host the No. 7 Hoosiers (5-0, 2-0) with both teams coming off byes.
Satou Sabally will not play in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals because of a concussion, depriving the Phoenix Mercury of their leading scorer as they try to keep their season alive against the Las Vegas Aces.
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school’s fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, died at 106.
Minami Katsu holed a long putt on the 18th to finish with a course record 11-under 61 on Friday and take a two-shot lead at the halfway point of the LPGA’s Shanghai tournament.
Scott has not pitched in the playoffs and would be ineligible for the NL Championship Series if the Dodgers advance, but he could be restored for the World Series.
U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka’s winning streak at the Wuhan Open rolled on to 19 matches when she beat Liudmila Samsonova to advance to the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000-level tournament.
Jon Rahm and Shane Lowry struggled in their return to action after helping Europe win the Ryder Cup, with Rahm briefly arguing with a marshal who tried to cheer him up during the Spanish Open on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic had a relatively straightforward victory at the Shanghai Masters for a change as he beat unseeded Zizou Bergs to reach the semifinals, where he will face No. 204-ranked qualifier Valentin Vacherot from Monaco.
Forget the preseason prognostications. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the worst-to-first Toronto Blue Jays believe they’re as good as anybody. Hard to argue after the way they dispatched Aaron Judge and the powerful New York Yankees in their AL Division Series.
New York’s 16th consecutive season without a World Series championship ended with a 5-2 loss to Toronto, which won the AL Division Series 3-1 and advanced to a matchup against Seattle or Detroit for the American League pennant.
The Phoenix Mercury almost pulled off one of the biggest comebacks in WNBA Finals history. Instead, they’re staring at a 3-0 deficit in the best-of-seven series.
Max Greyserman, Bud Cauley and Brian Campbell each shot 4-under 67 on Thursday to sit atop the leaderboard after the first round of the Baycurrent Classic in Japan.
Chicago Cubs avoided a sweep in their NL Divisional Series against the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 that saw Pete Crow-Armstrong bat in two runs on a single in the 4-3 win.
