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Manchester City midfielder Rodri over Real Madrid forward and heavy favorite Vinicius Junior, whose club boycotted the ceremony.

Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati won the women's award for the second straight year.

A week after acquiring WR DeAndre Hopkins from the Titans, the Chiefs from the Patriots in exchange for a 2026 sixth-round pick.

" The 10-year-old kid who caught Freddie Freeman's historic walk-off grand slam until he got to Dodger Stadium.

His parents told him he was going to the dentist.

Michigan QB Jack Tuttle from football after suffering his fifth concussion.

Freddie Freeman for the fifth straight World Series game, Walker Buehler and the Dodgers beat Aaron Judge (.140 AVG this postseason) and the Yankees, 4-2, to .* The first-place Steelers beat the reeling Giants, , to improve to 6-2 and win their 22nd straight Monday night home game dating back to 1992.

Daniel Jones fell to 1-15 in primetime.

Paolo Banchero recorded the of the NBA season (and added 13 rebounds and 9 assists) in the Magic's 119-115 win over the Pacers.

The former No.

1 overall pick had 37 points in the first half alone.

John Tavares notched his 12th career hat trick (T-7th most among active players) in the Maple Leafs' over the Jets, who entered the night as the NHL's only remaining undefeated team.

| | | * Seven of them are currently without a head coach after a slew of firings over the past five weeks.

The Sun on Monday.

The 2023 Coach of the Year went 55-25 in two seasons and led Connecticut to back-to-back semifinals.

Curt Miller (fired Sept.

24) Teresa Weatherspoon (Sept.

27) Tanisha Wright (Oct.

2) Latricia Trammell (Oct.

18) Eric Thibault (Oct.

23) Christie Sides (Oct.

27) White (Oct.

28) "It's very clear to me the level of urgency WNBA franchises are moving with right now," broadcaster Ros Gold-Onwude.

"This feels like a time for fresh blood.

New names.

The player entering the W is a very different player than in past.

And the expectations and attention on the league is unprecedented.

The rewards for excellence and winning have grown exponentially." The WNBA just experienced a transformative season.

Up next? A transformative season.

In addition to the coaching carousel, the and the Golden State Valkyries will soon raid the league's rosters during an expansion draft on Dec.

6.

last night's World Series starters, have something in common with not only each other but nearly 40% of MLB pitchers: They both had Tommy John surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in their elbow.

A staggering 38.8% of pitchers who took the mound this season (or spent the year on the Injured List) have had Tommy John surgery, compiled by baseball writer Jon Roegele.

That's up from 27.4% just eight years ago.

The Dodgers (17) and Yankees (16) used the most pitchers during the regular season who've had Tommy John*, and they each have seven of those hurlers on their World Series rosters.

Buehler, Daniel Hudson, Ryan Brasier, Brusdar Graterol, Brent Honeywell, Anthony Banda, Michael Kopech Schmidt, Clay Holmes, Mark Leiter Jr, Carlos Rodon, Tim Mayza, Tommy Kahnle, Luis Gil (tonight's starter) Most pitchers agree that , which have increased exponentially over the past decade, are the main culprits behind the rise in torn UCLs.

Thankfully, and named after the first pitcher to undergo the procedure has an incredibly high success rate.

* has been named for MLS MVP despite playing in just 19 of Inter Miami's 34 games (56%) this season.

(Inter Miami) (Inter Miami) (D.C.

United) (Portland Timbers) (Columbus Crew) Messi missed nearly half the year...

and still led the league with 36 goal contributions (20 goals, 16 assists).

His 1.81 non-penalty goals plus assists per 90 minutes were roughly a half-goal better than any other single-season mark in MLS history.

Here's Yahoo Sports' Henry Bushnell on Before Messi arrived midway through the 2023 season, Inter Miami was the the laughingstock of the league.

15 months later, the club set the MLS single-season record for points (74) and winning percentage (.765) and just won its first-ever playoff game.

(Henry Bushnell, Yahoo Sports) Klay Thompson in a Warriors' 149-124 win over the Bulls, breaking teammate Steph Curry's previous record of 13.

Thompson made 18-of-29 shots and 14-of-24 threes to finish with 52 points in just 27 minutes.

He didn't even play in the fourth quarter.

"I just knew I was due for a big night" said Thompson, who had started the season in a terrible slump (5-for-36 from deep).

"It's one of the best feelings in basketball when you touch the ball and feel like it's going in every time." meet in Game 4 tonight in the Bronx , where Los Angeles is 27 outs away from winning their second World Series in five years.

Columbus vs.

Red Bulls ; Salt Lake vs.

Minnesota ...

Round One, Game 1.

Mavericks at Timberwolves ; Pelicans at Warriors Rangers at Capitals ; Kings at Sharks Louisiana at Texas State AC Milan* vs.

Napoli * caught his 75th career TD on Sunday, moving into fifth place all-time among tight ends (regular season only).

Which four tight ends have more? Their last names all start with the same letter.

Tonight's World Series game comes down to the final at-bat and is decided on an incorrect check swing call made by an umpire 100 feet away.

Millions watching at home can see the call was wrong, but it can't be challenged.

MLB has begun testing a new system in the Arizona Fall League that uses the same Hawk-Eye technology that allows robo-umps to call balls and strikes.

The AFL, which is operated by MLB, has become a testing ground for new rules.

Pitch clocks, bigger bases, shift bans and mound visit limits were all introduced there before making it to the big leagues.

Antonio Gates (116), Tony Gonzalez (111), Rob Gronkowski (92), Jimmy Graham (89).

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