Five weeks into the NFL season, not a single undefeated team remains

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⚾️ Rangers exchange Bochy: The Rangers are hiring Skip Schumaker as their next manager. The former Marlins skipper spent the 2025 season as a particular advisor to Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young.

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⚽️ Philly secures the Shield: The Philadelphia Union (20 wins, 6 attracts, 7 losses) clinched the MLS Supporters’ Shield (finest file) on Saturday with a recreation to spare. Quite the accomplishment for a membership that did not even make the playoffs final 12 months.

👊 Back on prime: Brazil’s Alex Pereira obliterated Russia’s Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 320, knocking him out simply 80 seconds into their bout to reclaim the mild heavyweight title that he misplaced seven months in the past to… Ankalaev.

🏁 The Final 8: Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, William Byron, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, Chase Briscoe and Joey Logano advanced to the semifinal round of the NASCAR playoffs following Sunday’s highway course race in Charlotte.

🏈 Sanchez hospitalized, arrested: Former Jets QB and present Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez was stabbed on Saturday in Indianapolis, after which arrested at the hospital for allegedly (and drunkenly) starting the confrontation by attacking a 69-year-old truck driver. He is in secure situation.

🏈 Any given Sunday

The 1972 Dolphins — the solely NFL team to finish a good season — are popping champagne sooner than ordinary this 12 months.

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No extra unbeatens: With the Eagles and Bills each dropping on Sunday, the NFL has no undefeated groups simply 5 weeks into the season — the earliest that is occurred since 2014. Meanwhile, just one team (the Jets) remains winless. You need parity? You received it.

You need comebacks? You received that, too. Five groups climbed out of double-digit holes to win on Sunday, only one shy of the all-time single-week file.

• The Titans overcame an 18-point deficit to beat the Cardinals, 22-21

• The Panthers overcame a 17-point deficit to beat the Dolphins, 27-24

• The Broncos overcame a 14-point deficit to beat the Eagles, 21-17

• The Saints overcame an 11-point deficit to beat the Giants, 26-14

• The Commanders overcame a 10-point deficit to beat the Chargers, 27-10

Elsewhere: Baker Mayfield outdueled Sam Darnold in a battle of former first-round QB castoffs … Drake Maye and Stefon Diggs balled out on “SNF” … The Ravens fell to 1-4 after getting smoked by the Texans … The Vikings beat the Browns in London.

Sunday recap: Scoreboard | Winners and losers | Fantasy notebook

⚾️ Yesavage, Blue Jays take management

The Blue Jays took a 2-0 ALDS lead over the Yankees on Sunday behind a gem from rookie Trey Yesavage, who started the season in Single-A.

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From Yahoo Sports’ Jake Mintz:

The first begin of Trey Yesavage’s 2025 season occurred in entrance of a paying crowd of 327 folks. Two tickets, in response to the Jupiter Hammerheads’ Instagram web page, could possibly be bought for the low, low sum of $15.

And contemplating how Yesavage pitched that night time, it was most likely a good factor that so few ball followers rolled by the turnstiles at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida.

Making his minor-league debut for the Low-A Florida State League Dunedin Blue Jays, the 2024 first-rounder walked six hitters throughout 3 2/3 disjointed innings, surrendering only one hit alongside two unearned runs.

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Nothing about that inauspicious efficiency may have foretold how Yesavage’s marketing campaign would unfurl. On Sunday, lower than six months faraway from that humdrum displaying towards the Hammerheads, Yesavage shined on a barely larger stage.

With 44,764 souls packed into Toronto’s Rogers Centre, the 22-year-old righty completely tyrannized the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS. Facing the sport’s finest lineup this common season in simply his fourth big-league begin, Yesavage did not enable a single hit throughout 5 1/3 masterful innings.

Leaning on a dastardly split-finger fastball, he punched out 11 and walked only one. He struck out the facet in the third and the fourth. The Yankees swung at 31 of his 78 pitches and whiffed 18 instances. The Blue Jays’ offense backed up his brilliance by scoring 11 runs earlier than the finish of the fourth inning.

“I was just doing what I feel comfortable doing, throwing splits late in the count, and it just so happens they were swinging and missing at a bunch of them and chasing them down,” Yesavage mentioned postgame. “I didn’t change anything.”

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Where it stands: The Yankees are the 72nd team in the division sequence period (since 1994) to lose the first two video games in a best-of-five sequence. Only eight of the earlier 71 rattled off three straight victories to swipe the sequence. The most up-to-date team to do it? The Yankees, again in 2017 towards Cleveland.

Meanwhile, in Seattle… Jorge Polanco (2 HR) and the Mariners beat the Tigers, 3-2, on Sunday to even the series and notch their first residence playoff win in 24 years.

🌎 The world in pictures

🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada — The Aces have taken a commanding 2-0 lead over the Mercury in the WNBA Finals, following up Friday’s slender Game 1 victory with a decisive 91-78 win on Sunday. The best-of-seven sequence heads to Phoenix for Game 3 on Wednesday.

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Historic efficiency: Aces guard Jackie Young led the means in Game 2, scoring 21 of her 32 factors in the third quarter — the most ever scored in a single quarter in WNBA Finals historical past.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, England — Chelsea took down Liverpool, 2-1, on a stoppage-time aim from 18-year-old Estêvão Willian, sending Stamford Bridge into delirium and sending the Reds to their third straight loss throughout all competitions.

Elsewhere: Manchester City’s win over Brentford was the 250th of Pep Guardiola’s profession in simply his 349th recreation, making him the fastest manager in Premier League history to succeed in that milestone.

🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore — McLaren clinched its second straight Constructors’ Championship at the Singapore Grand Prix, marking the first time they’ve captured consecutive titles since profitable 4 straight from 1988-91.

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What to observe: Attention can now be turned solely to the particular person title race between McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, who’re separated by simply 22 factors with six races left. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, lurking in third, would want a miracle to win his fifth straight title.

🇨🇳 Beijing, China — Amanda Anisimova beat Linda Nosková, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2, to win the China Open and clinch her second WTA 1000 title of the 12 months.

Points leaders: Anisimova (5,908 factors) has overtaken Coco Gauff (5,574) as No. 3 in the WTA Race, trailing solely Iga Świątek (8,153) and Aryna Sabalenka (9,610).

🏈 AP ballot: Preseason vs. now

Texas and Penn State started the season as the No. 1 and No. 2 groups in the AP ballot. Six weeks later, they’re both unranked after the Longhorns fell to Florida and the Nittany Lions lost to previously winless UCLA.*

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Preseason vs. now: With Clemson additionally unranked, three of the prime 4 groups in the preseason ballot have fallen out totally.

*Historic upset: Teams to enter 0-4 (or worse) and defeat a Top 10 opponent in the final 70 years: Tulane in 1958, UTEP in 1985 and UCLA on Saturday. The Bruins had been 24.5-point underdogs! The level of disaster here is unfathomable for Penn State.

Good learn: With Carson Beck and ‘Baby Jesus’ leading the way, Miami may be the best team in America (Ross Dellenger, Yahoo Sports)

📺 Watchlist: Monday, Oct. 6

⚾️ Dodgers at Phillies, Game 2 | 6pm ET, TBS

Jesús Luzardo (15-7, 3.92 ERA this season) will get the begin for the Phils as they attempt to even the sequence towards Blake Snell (5-4, 2.35 ERA) and the defending champs, who rode Teoscar Hernández’s bat and Shohei Ohtani’s arm to a 5-3 victory in Game 1.

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⚾️ Cubs at Brewers, Game 2 | 9pm, TBS

Southpaw Shota Imanaga (9-8, 3.73 ERA this season) makes his first-ever MLB playoff begin for the Cubs as they give the impression of being to rebound from a lopsided 9-3 loss in Game 1. The Brewers are countering with reliever Aaron Ashby (5-2, 2.16 ERA) as the opener.

🏈 Chiefs at Jaguars | 8:15pm, ABC/ESPN

Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs (2-2) carry their two-game profitable streak into Jacksonville, the place Trevor Lawrence and the Jags (3-1) are off to their finest begin since 2018.

More to observe:

• ⚽️ NWSL: Angel City vs. KC Current (10:30pm, CBSSN) … Kansas City (18-2-2) is one victory away from setting a new NWSL file for wins in a season.

• 🏀 NBA Preseason: Guangzhou at Spurs (8pm, NBA) … San Antonio hosts the Guangzhou Loong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association.

Today’s full slate.

🏆 NHL trivia

The 2025-26 NHL season begins tomorrow with three video games.

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Question: Can you title the previous 5 Stanley Cup champions?

Answer at the backside.

⚾️ Highlight of the weekend

Vladdy Jr. with one of the coldest bat flips ever after demolishing a grand slam in Game 2 towards the Yankees. Elite digital camera work, too.

Trivia reply: Panthers (2025), Panthers (2024), Golden Knights (2023), Avalanche (2022), Lightning (2021)

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