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🌪️ Milton wreaks havoc in Tampa: The roof of the Rays’ Tropicana Field was destroyed when Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday, while the field at the Buccaneers’ Raymond James Stadium is completely flooded.

⚽️ NWSL lawsuit: Five former San Diego Wave employees have sued the NWSL and Wave over claims of harassment and discrimination. This comes two months after allegations of a toxic workplace first came to light.

🏈 WR injury news: Texans WR Nico Collins, the NFL’s leading receiver through five weeks, was placed on IR with a hamstring injury and Colts WR Michael Pittman is expected to miss multiple weeks with a back injury.

🎾 Wimbledon omits line judges: The All England Club will use electronic telephone calls from next year, ending a 147-year streak of line judges. That leaves the French Open as the only major yet to make the switch.

⛳️ “The confrontation”: The previously announced match pitting PGA Tour duo Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler against LIV’s Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau now has a name (“The Showdown”), a date (December 17) and a location (Las Vegas’ Shadow Creek). Golf course).

🏀 Preview of the WNBA Finals: Clash of the Titans

Championships sometimes feature a David versus Goliath story, but the 2024 WNBA Finals will be a battle of juggernauts looking for a legacy-defining title.

No. 1 vs. #2: The New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx, the WNBA’s top two teams, begin their best-of-five finals match tonight in Brooklyn (8 p.m. ET, ESPN).

• The Liberty (32-8), who defeated the two-time defending champion Aces to return to the Finals for the second straight year, have the league’s No. 2 offense, No. 3 defense and hit a WNBA-best 10.1 threes per game this season.

• The Lynx (30-10), who won 14 of their last 16 games in their first 30-win season, have the league’s No. 2 defense and led the WNBA in both assists and three-point percentage.

Head to head: Minnesota won the season series 3-1, including the final of the Commissioner’s Cup, the season’s tournament with a $500,000 prize.

Roster breakdown: The Liberty are a bona fide super team, while the Lynx have surrounded the league’s most unknown superstar with a perfectly complementary cast.

• New York’s Breanna Stewart could go down as a top five player of all time, Sabrina Ionescu might be the league’s best shooter (except for maybe Caitlin Clark), Jonquel Jones is a former MVP and Courtney Vandersloot is the all-time leader in the area of ​​assists per game. Plus, there’s Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, a two-time WNBA All-Defensive player.

• Minnesota’s Napheesa Collier, the defensive POY and second-ranked MVP, 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.

Coaching competition: Minnesota’s Cheryl Reeve is a four-time coach of the year (including this season) and a four-time champion, all with the Lynx. New York’s Sandy Brondello was coach of the year in 2014 when she won the title in Phoenix, where she coached until 2021.

What’s at stake: No matter who wins, history will be made as the Lynx seek a record-breaking fifth* championship and the Liberty – the only active original WNBA franchise without a title – seek their first.

• Minnesota has built a dynasty behind Reeve and superstar Maya Moore over the past decade, winning four titles between 2011 and 2017, but this is their first return to the finals since then.

• The Liberty have played in five WNBA Finals, more than any team except the Lynx, but have yet to win them all.

Read before the match: Three things to know

*Tied for the top: The Lynx (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017), Storm (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020) and Comets (1997-2000) are tied for first with four titles each.

⚾️ Mets advance, Dodgers stay alive

For the first time since 2015 the Mets are back in the NLCS.

ICYMI: The Mets defeated the Phillies 4-1 on Wednesday night in Queens to clinch a spot in the MLB final four.

Wild stat: The 6-seed has now upset the 2-seed in the NLDS all three years since the playoffs expanded (Phillies over Braves in 2022, D-Backs over Dodgers in 2023, Mets over Phillies in 2024).

Storybook Season: New York still has a lot of work to do, but the fact that they just booked a trip to the NLCS would have been almost unthinkable a few months ago when they were floundering with a 22-33 record in late May, the third worst in history. the NL.

Elsewhere: The Dodgers defeated the Padres 8-0 to force a winner-take-all Game 5, while the Tigers (3-0 against the Guardians) and Yankees (3-2 against the Royals) took a 2-1 lead names in the series.

🏈 NFL power rankings: Chiefs still at the top

The undefeated Chiefs and Vikings remain atop our Week 6 power rankings, courtesy of Frank Schwab of Yahoo Sports.

Best division in football? Three of our top 10 teams (and four of our top 15) play in the NFC North, the only division where all four teams are above .500. Unsurprisingly, their 14 wins top all divisions.

• NFC North (14 wins): Vikings (5-0), Lions (3-1), Packers (3-2), Bears (3-2).

• AFC West (12): Chiefs (5-0), Broncos (3-2), Chargers (2-2), Raiders (2-3).

• NFC East (11): Commanders (4-1), Cowboys (3-2), Eagles (2-2), Giants (2-3).

• NFC South (9): Falcons (3-2), Corsairs (3-2), Saints (2-3), Panthers (1-4).

• AFC East (8): Bills (3-2), Jets (2-3), Dolphins (2-3), Patriots (1-4).

• AFC North (8): Ravens (3-2), Steelers (3-2), Browns (1-4), Bengals (1-4).

• AFC South (8): Texans (4-1), Colts (2-3), Titans (1-3), Jaguars (1-4).

• NFC West (8): Seahawks (3-2), Cardinals (2-3), 49ers (2-3), Rams (1-4).

Yahoo fantasy: Players can trade/target before week 6

📆 October 10, 2004: 19 consecutive wins

20 years ago today, the Patriots defeated the Dolphins for their 19th straight win (including playoffs), breaking the record for the longest winning streak in NFL history.

What a run: The streak started in Week 5 of 2003, included a Super Bowl win, and finally ended in Week 8 of 2004 after 21 straight wins. After that loss in Week 8, they would only lose one more game all season on their way to a second straight Super Bowl.

• Their 21-game streak remains the longest in league history, two ahead of the 2010-11 Packers, who won 19 in a row.

• The longest active streak belongs to the Chiefs, who have won eleven in a row. To get past the Patriots, they need to win every week from now until Christmas.

Fun fact: The Pats’ record victory came on one of the least productive days of Tom Brady’s career. While he threw two touchdowns (which is indeed productive), he also went just 7-19 with 76 yards and a pick. That’s the lowest completion percentage (36.84%) and second-fewest yards in his 333 career starts.

📺 Watchlist: ALDS Elimination Games

The ALDS will resume tonight in Detroit and Kansas City, where the Tigers and Yankees are one win away from the ALCS.

• Guardians (2-1 down) at Tigers (6:08 PM ET, TNT/Max)

• Yankees (up 2-1) at Royals (8:08 p.m., TNT/Max)

More to watch:

• 🏀 WNBA Finals: Lynx at Vrijheid (8 p.m., ESPN)

• 🏈 N.F.L.: 49ers at Seahawks* (8:15 p.m., scoop)

• 🏈 NCAAF: Coast Carolina at JMU (7:30 p.m., ESPN2); Middle Tennessee at Louisiana Tech (8 p.m., CBSSN); UTEP in Western Kentucky (8 p.m., ESPNU)

*One-Sided Rivalry: The 49ers have won five straight against their NFC West rivals and it wasn’t particularly close, winning by an average of 15 points per game during the streak.

⚾️ MLB Trivia

Only one player in MLB history has won a batting title in three different decades. Can you name him?

Tip: 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.

Answer below.

⛳️🏒 Utah is having a moment

The Bijenkorf State has had quite a week. On Tuesday, the Utah Hockey Club won its first game in front of a sold-out crowd in Salt Lake City. Today, the PGA Tour returns to Utah for the first time since 1963 when the Black Desert Championship tees off 30 miles west of Zion National Park.

Trivia answer: George Brett (1976, 1980, 1990)

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