The Jets' absurd week continues, plus Jerry Jones' outburst

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Good morning! Be like Ashton Jeanty today.

The story from last nights Yankees 6-3 win couldve been the errors on the basepaths.

Twice, New York runners Jazz Chisholm Jr.

and Anthony Rizzo snuffed out possible runs in the dumbest fashion.

In most playoff series, these would be maddening, losing mistakes.

Last night? They didnt matter.

The Yankees bats were too good.

The pitching worked well enough.

And New York is one game closer to the World Series, up 2-0 as this matchup heads to Cleveland.

There was more drama in New York yesterday, too: I keep coming back to one word about the Jets last two weeks: fraught .

Everything feels desperate and tenuous.

The roads are failing, the wires are shorting out and theres no time to fix any of it.

To recap: The Jets have fired their head coach, replaced the play caller and now traded for one of the best wide receivers in football , Davante Adams, to reunite with his old Green Bay quarterback, Aaron Rodgers.

It is only Week 7.

Two aspects here: Stress.

Oh, and the Pro Bowl defensive end they traded for? Haason Reddick now has clearance to seek a new trade without ever playing a down for New York.

Also, Bill Belichick, maybe the all-time biggest Jets antagonist? He thinks firing Robert Saleh was a mistake .

What will the Jets do today? Cant wait to find out.

Stewarts wife receives homophobic comments Marta Xargay Casademont, wife of New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart, reported a threatening email to police that contained homophobic language, Stewart said yesterday.

The hateful comments come at a time of increased interest and scrutiny around the WNBA.

See our full report here .

Advertisement Jerry Jones hisses at radio hosts In a radio interview yesterday, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones snapped at the shows hosts after a critical line of questioning, saying: Ill get somebody else to ask these questions.

Im not kidding.

Spicy.

Sassy, even? Jones is clearly tired of chatter about his offseason activity, or lack thereof, as the Cowboys navigate a 3-3 season thats featured two embarrassing blowouts at home.

Vibe check = failed.

Jones later explained his comments in an exclusive interview with The Athletic .

More news By this point, Boise State is far from the plucky mid-major it was in the early 2000s, when it was just known as the team that had blue turf.

The Broncos are a legitimate Group of 5 powerhouse, one of the more stable college football programs of this century.

Yet the numbers that star running back Ashton Jeanty is producing are still hard to believe.

Lets start with the basic excellence: I asked Chris if hes ever seen a season like Jeantys: The only comp for Jeanty right now is Barry Sanders.

Midway through the season, Jeanty is on pace to technically break Sanders single-season FBS rushing record of 2,628 yards at Oklahoma State in 1988, though Sanders number is actually 2,850 yards when you include his bowl performance.

So Jeanty would also need a College Football Playoff game or bowl game to pass the mark.

Sanders also did that in 12 games, while Jeantys pace needs 14 games, but Jeanty could also out-pace his first half hes only played five full games this year, sitting out two second halves.

Regardless of the specifics, this is an unreal run Jeanty is on right now.

He is must-see TV.

Jeanty is No.

1 in our Heisman straw poll this week , and I can only assume hell win if he keeps this pace.

Sorry to Travis Hunter.

Also, in Fridays Scoop City, draft guru Dane Brugler slotted Jeanty as a top-20 pick in next years draft.

MLB: Dodgers at Mets 8 p.m.

ET on FS1 This may be the game of the postseason thus far.

Scary hours for L.A.

if this one goes poorly.

WNBA: Liberty at Lynx 8 p.m.

ET on ESPN The most pivotal game in these finals arrives as both teams figure they could be up 2-0.

New York has taken big leads in both games and subsequently watched them evaporate late, but with different outcomes.

Whose mettle wins out here? Get tickets to games like these here .

The Athletic Football Show talked with Jets writer Zack Rosenblatt about yesterdays news.

Never a dull moment.

Listen here .

You may think the WNBAs rise came with Caitlin Clark.

It didnt, as Mike Vorkunov and Ben Pickman show us, but with money an aggressive capital campaign that began almost five years ago .

Great read this morning.

Hey, remember when we wondered if Brock Purdy was even good? Theres no argument anymore, writes Jeff Howe.

Hes elite .

Always insightful: Ted Nguyens review of the best and worst NFL coaching decisions of the weekend .

Ben Johnson is cooking.

I am extremely invested in every aspect of the Knicks-Wolves preseason spat , which most insist wasnt anything serious, but then hinted it was.

Give me more.

Is the MLB playoff format actually tilted toward wild-card teams? Jayson Stark gave it a full investigation .

Most-clicked in the newsletter yesterday : The preseason AP Top 25 mens college basketball poll .

Most-read on the website yesterday : The latest NFL Power Rankings .

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