October 15, 2026 4:18 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back homers off Blake Snell in the seventh inning to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. The win gave the Brewers a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. The Dodgers had just gone ahead 2-1 in the sixth before the Brewers’ comeback. The loss puts the two-time defending World Series champions on the brink of elimination. Game 4 is Thursday at Dodger Stadium. The Brewers extended their lead with additional runs in the eighth and ninth. The Dodgers have struggled offensively, with no home runs in the series.
October 15, 2026 4:20 am
CLEVELAND (AP) — Game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians has been changed to a 1 p.m. start because of the threat of rain Thursday night. Major League Baseball moved up the start time in Cleveland five hours to keep the series on schedule. MLB also moved up the start of Game 4 of the NL Championship Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers an hour for broadcast purposes. The best-of-seven ALCS is even at 1-all after the Rays’ 3-1 victory Tuesday night. Griffin Jax is scheduled to start Game 3 for Tampa Bay against Guardians ace Gavin Williams.
October 15, 2026 4:17 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers will be short-handed at wide receiver when they travel to face Tampa Bay. Michael Pittman, Roman Wilson and Ben Skowronek have been ruled out due to injury. That leaves a large group of youngsters and unknowns behind star DK Metcalf. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers says building chemistry with new players can be difficult, but he’s trying to provide a crash course of sorts. Rookie Germie Bernard has proven to be a quick study. The second-round pick is coming off a season-best six receptions for 80 yards in a win over Indianapolis. Bernard credits the pop quizzes Rodgers doles out during meetings with helping him get up to speed in the NFL.
October 15, 2026 4:23 am
Los Angeles Rams offensive lineman Alaric Jackson to had his two-game suspension for punching a member of the Buffalo Bills reduced to one game on Wednesday after appealing the initial ruling. Hearing officer Derrick Brooks, jointly appointed by the NFL and the NFLPA, reduced the suspension. Jackson was disciplined without pay for striking Buffalo linebacker Bradley Chubb in the face after their teams’ overtime game Monday night. He will not play in the Rams’ game against Arizona on Sunday, but now will be eligible for the Oct. 25 meeting at Las Vegas. David Quessenberry will be the Rams’ starting left tackle against the Cardinals.
October 14, 2026 4:19 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Teuvo Teravainen and Roman Kantserov scored two goals apiece, and the Chicago Blackhawks topped the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 in Connor Bedard’s first game of the season. Spencer Knight made 24 saves as Chicago improved to 1-1 on a seven-game homestand. Patrick Kane picked up his 894th career assist, matching Phil Housley for the most by a U.S.-born player in NHL history. Bedard also had an assist. The captain had surgery on his left shoulder on July 8. Sidney Crosby scored his first two goals of the season for Pittsburgh in the opener of a four-game trip. Nick Robertson also scored, and Sergei Murashov made 15 stops.
October 14, 2026 4:22 am
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Freddy Peralta threw six innings of four-hit ball, Liam Hicks lined a two-run single after a fielding error by José Ramírez, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 Tuesday night to even the AL Championship Series at 1-1. Game 3 is Thursday night in Cleveland. Ramírez, whose two-run homer in Game 5 of their AL Division Series against Chicago helped the Guardians become the 11th team to overcome an 0-2 deficit in a best-of-five series, misplayed a grounder in the fourth inning that led to three unearned runs against rookie lefty Parker Messick.
October 14, 2026 4:23 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani will be in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Manager Dave Roberts says Ohtani will bat anywhere from second to sixth. The Dodgers lost the first two games of the best-of-seven series. Ohtani is hitting .150 over six postseason games. He has seven strikeouts, three walks, and one stolen base with no home runs. Roberts spoke to Ohtani before the team worked out at Dodger Stadium. He says it wasn’t about benching Ohtani, but rather offering him time off similar to Freddie Freeman in 2024. Freeman went on to be World Series MVP.
October 14, 2026 4:20 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Prosecutors in Pennsylvania have announced that a man involved in rigging college basketball games has been sentenced to six years in prison. Jalen Smith, 30, was involved in fixing games during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 NCAA seasons. He recruited players to underperform in exchange for payment, allowing bettors to profit by wagering against their teams. The scheme affected nearly 30 games and resulted in over $3 million in fraudulent wagers. Smith must also pay $1.1 million in restitution. This marks the first penalty in an investigation that authorities said uncovered a network of gamblers and players profiting from fixed games.
October 13, 2026 4:31 am
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Josh Allen accounted for 331 total yards and two touchdowns, Tyler Bass made a 45-yard field goal with 1:55 left in overtime shortly after Greg Rousseau blocked the Rams’ field goal attempt, and the Buffalo Bills outlasted Los Angeles for a 37-34 victory. Allen passed for 210 yards and rushed for 121 more for the Bills, who rallied to win a frantic game befitting the teams with the NFL’s last two MVPs at quarterback. Allen won an overtime game for the first time in his career by besting Matthew Stafford, who passed for 383 yards and three touchdowns.
October 13, 2026 4:29 am
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe snapped an eighth-inning tie with a two-run single after Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey homered off Drew Rasmussen, and the Cleveland Guardians rallied past the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. Junior Caminero and Jonny DeLuca had RBI singles in the first and Cedric Mullins hit a solo homer for the Rays, who never trailed in a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees in their AL Division Series. Game 2 is Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. Rookie left-hander Parker Messick starts for Cleveland, and right-hander Freddy Peralta takes the mound for the Rays.
