Sports News

9:16 PM on Friday, October 3

Before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, coach Becky Hammon made a bold statement about her bench, considering the reserves that helped the Las Vegas Aces win back-to-back championships in 2022 and ’23

8:36 PM on Friday, October 3

Alyssa Thomas wouldn’t make excuses for missing two late free throws in Phoenix’s WNBA Finals-opening loss to Las Vegas

8:19 PM on Friday, October 3

Byrum Brown threw three touchdown passes and rushed for 98 yards — in the first half — and South Florida rolled to a 54-26 victory over Charlotte in the Bulls’ American Athletic Conference opener

8:07 PM on Friday, October 3

Koron Hayward and Dylan Flowers made game-changing defensive plays in the third quarter and Jaylen Lewis made a stop on fourth-and-1 in the closing minutes as Western Kentucky rallied for a 27-24 over Delaware

8:01 PM on Friday, October 3

James Murphy threw two touchdown passes, Matt Childs ran for two scores and Miles Brophy picked off a pass with 37 seconds left as Brown upset Rhode Island 28-21 in the Governor’s Cup

7:59 PM on Friday, October 3

Ethan Clark had a go-ahead touchdown run early in the fourth quarter and Princeton rallied to beat Columbia 17-10 in an Ivy League opener

7:34 PM on Friday, October 3

A’ja Wilson and Dana Evans each scored 21 points, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury 89-86 in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals

7:19 PM on Friday, October 3

Simone Charley scored in the 85th minute to pull the Orlando Pride into a 1-1 draw with the Houston Dash on Friday night in the National Women’s Soccer League

7:17 PM on Friday, October 3

Akie Iwai fought through gusting wind Friday at Hoakalei Country Club to take the third-round lead in the LOTTE Championship, with eight players a stroke back and Nelly Korda two behind

5:51 PM on Friday, October 3

Texas Rangers hire Skip Schumaker as manager, agreeing to 4-year contract with former Marlins skipper

5:08 PM on Friday, October 3

Umpires Nate Tomlinson and Dan Merzel will make their postseason debuts in the Division Series, with Tomlinson working Seattle’s matchup against Detroit and Merzel assigned to Philadelphia’s meeting with the Los Angeles Dodgers

4:52 PM on Friday, October 3

Raiders tight end Brock Bowers is questionable for Sunday's game at Indianapolis due to a knee injury

4:45 PM on Friday, October 3

The New York Jets have been accused in a lawsuit of firing a former vice president as part of their response to sexual misconduct allegations against team President Hymie Elhai

4:35 PM on Friday, October 3

Garrick Higgo decided against surgery for a hip injury and is starting to hit his stride

4:17 PM on Friday, October 3

Cam Schlittler silenced the people who made hurtful comments to his family on social media before his historic performance in the New York Yankees’ Wild Card Series win over the Boston Red Sox

4:13 PM on Friday, October 3

The Philadelphia Phillies want to fuel their fans on a postseason run with a bit of gluttony through a small-scale twist on the popular 9-9-9 challenge

4:12 PM on Friday, October 3

From April through September this season, the Toronto Blue Jays got the best of the New York Yankees

3:13 PM on Friday, October 3

MLB Postseason Glance

10:41 AM on Friday, October 3

The Texas Rangers have hired Skip Schumaker as their manager

7:43 AM on Friday, October 3

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert says there’s work to be done to repair relationships with players in the league