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Due to persistent inclement weather and unsafe playing conditions, the championship game of the 2026 PONY League World Series has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. Organizers said they determined that the field was unplayable. Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of the players and all involved, the game between Chinese Taipei and Washington County, PA was called off.  The Asia-Pacific Zone team is leaving town Thursday morning and there is no opportunity to play the game. This cancellation comes on the heals of the decision to eliminate four 1-loss teams after Tuesday’s game could not be played on the natural grass field. Abe Key, President of PONY Baseball, said that this is the first time in the seventy-five-year history of the league that they have had to make this decision.  He offered apologies to all involved and said, “sometimes, Mother Nature does not cooperate.”

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has one regret about starting his final NFL season with an exhibition game against the team that drafted him. He would have preferred Thursday’s matchup with the Packers take place in Green Bay rather than Pittsburgh. Rodgers wanted to have one final moment in the place where he spent his first 18 seasons and won four MVP awards and a Super Bowl. Rodgers has announced that he will retire after this season. There’s no indication whether Rodgers will play Thursday.

MIAMI (AP) — Eury Pérez allowed three hits over seven innings, Esteury Ruiz homered and the Miami Marlins beat Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 on Tuesday night. Pérez struck out three straight Pirates to start the game and surrendered only three singles — two in the third and one in his final inning. The right-hander fanned seven and walked two, throwing 100 pitches. He hasn’t surrendered a homer in seven straight starts. Michael Petersen struck out two in the eighth and Pete Fairbanks retired the side in order in the ninth for his 18th save in 21 opportunities. Skenes left after five innings and 65 pitches.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love says he doesn’t mind playing at least a little in the preseason. He made those comments even after a thumb injury in an exhibition game last year caused him to miss part of training camp. Love expects to play in the Packers’ first preseason game Thursday at Pittsburgh. He has played in Green Bay’s preseason opener each of his three previous seasons as a starter and injured his left thumb in an exhibition game last year with the New York Jets. He ended up undergoing surgery and returned to practice six days later.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have chosen Kyler Murray as their starting quarterback over J.J. McCarthy in the widely expected conclusion to what coach Kevin O’Connell pledged was a true competition. The announcement gives Murray a full month of full-time repetitions with the first-team offense before the regular season begins on Sept. 13. O’Connell and general manager Nolan Teasley met with both players in the morning to discuss the decision. An earlier decision on the starter was always going to be ideal for Murray as he’s learning a new system after spending his first seven NFL seasons with the Arizona Cardinals.