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Alonso's night turns around with season-saving homer for Mets in 9th inning MILWAUKEE (AP) Pete Alonso was having a rather disappointing evening in what could have been his final game for the New York Mets.

Then everything changed with one swing of the bat.

The slugger broke out of a prolonged slump by smashing a three-run homer off closer Devin Williams in the ninth inning to put the Mets ahead for good in a 4-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the decisive third game of their NL Wild Card Series.

Jets' Rodgers insists there's no rift with Saleh and responds to rumors of potential Adams reunion WARE, England (AP) Aaron Rodgers talked some football but mostly relationships those with coach Robert Saleh and former teammate Davante Adams, in particular after the New York Jets landed in London on Friday.

Rodgers denied he and Saleh have any sort of rift, saying theres some driving force outside the Jets facility trying to put a wedge between Robert and I.

Adams could be available via trade from the Las Vegas Raiders, and Rodgers clearly indicated his preference when it comes to a potential reunion with his former Green Bay teammate.

Under MLB's new playoff format, a little rest isn't always the best Shohei Ohtani has mashed 100 mph fastballs for homers, stolen bases against some of the games best catchers and recently wrapped up one of the best regular seasons in Major League Baseball history.

Now the Japanese superstar and his Los Angeles Dodgers have to face something thats arguably even more daunting.

A five-day break.

Since MLBs most recent playoff format took effect in 2022, five of the eight top seeds have lost in the Division Series, unable to capitalize on the supposed reward of earning a bye through the Wild Card Series.

This year, the Dodgers, Phillies, Yankees and Guardians are dealing with the five-day break, trying to use it to their advantage.

A deadly hurricane is the latest disruption for young athletes who already have endured a pandemic The destruction from Hurricane Helene has disrupted the high school landscape throughout southern Appalachia.

Floodwaters swallowed entire high school athletic complexes and washed out roads that forced the postponement of football games throughout the region for a second straight week.

In western North Carolina, Pisgah High School reopened its football stadium last year after Tropical Storm Fred tore through in 2021.

Now it has to be rebuilt again.

School athletic director Heidi Morgan says she's trying to keep things in perspective.

The storm is blamed for the loss of more than 200 lives.

Morgan says that while material things can be replaced, lives cannot.

On Football: It's early enough for NFL coaches on the hot seat to cool criticism with a few wins Doug Pederson won a Super Bowl with a backup quarterback and turned a perennial loser into a playoff winner in his first season.

Now, oddsmakers say hes the most likely NFL coach to get fired.

Mike McCarthy also has a Super Bowl ring and has won 12 games each of the past three seasons.

He has the second-highest odds to lose his job.

Brian Daboll was the AP Coach of the Year in 2022.

Zac Taylor won an AFC title in 2021.

Nick Sirianni won an NFC championship two years ago.

Theyre also on the hot seat right now one month into the season.

That can change quickly.

But in a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately league, past success doesnt matter.

Top-ranked Sinner 'very confident' despite WADA appealing his doping case SHANGHAI (AP) Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner is very confident he will avoid a doping ban after the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed a decision to clear him of wrongdoing following two positive drug tests.

The Montreal-based WADA is seeking a ban of one to two years for the U.S.

Open champion and has appealed to the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Sinner says Im very confident that it comes out very, very positively.

I would be very, very surprised if it would be the opposite side.

Sinner can continue playing while the appeal is being heard but he admits it's not easy." Patrick Ewing returns to the New York Knicks in the new role of basketball ambassador NEW YORK (AP) Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing is returning to the New York Knicks in the newly created position of basketball ambassador.

The Knicks said Friday that Ewing would assist both basketball and business operations in his role.

Taken by the Knicks with the No.

1 overall pick in the 1985 draft, Ewing went on to play 15 seasons in New York and is the franchises career leader in points, rebounds, blocks, steals and games played.

The Knicks made the playoffs in his final 13 seasons.

San Jose State takes volleyball court, loses 1st game of season in wake of several cancellations FORT COLLINS, Colo.

(AP) The San Jose State womens volleyball teams quest for perfection ended with its first loss of the season at Colorado State.

The Spartans took the court on Thursday night in the wake of several cancellations by opponents for reasons that have not been specified.

The Spartans got an unexpected break in their schedule when Boise State forfeited a game on Sept.

28, one of four programs that have canceled on San Jose State in the last three weeks.

The other schools include Utah State and Southern Utah.

Political figures from Wyoming, Idaho and Utah have weighed in and suggested the forfeits centered around protecting womens sports.

Twins senior VP and GM Thad Levine leaves team after 8 years MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.

(AP) Minnesota senior vice president and general manager Thad Levine is leaving the Twins after eight seasons.

The team announced Levine's departure Friday, saying in a statement he was leaving to pursue new challenges and opportunities.

The Twins won the American League Central Division three times and made four playoff appearances in Levine's time.

They were in postseason position much of this year before going 6-18 down the stretch to fall from contention.

Britain is back in Americas Cup final for the first time in 60 years BARCELONA, Spain (AP) A British yacht is back in the Americas Cup finals for the first time since 1964 after INEOS Britannia finished off Italys Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli.

Britannia scored the winning point for a 7-4 series victory on Friday.

Britannia claimed the Louis Vuitton Cup for being the best of five challengers.

The boat skippered by Olympic great Ben Ainslie will next face defender Team Emirates New Zealand in a first-to-seven wins series for the Americas Cup starting on Oct.

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