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MLB: Royals Defeat Yankees 4-2 in Game 2 for 1-1 Tie in AL Division Series

In this episode of Rain Delay Radio, Dylan and Pat discuss the currently running NL and AL Division Series, recapping what's happened so far and predicting how they will end.

Can the Royals keep it going? The team that lost 106 games a year ago is one of the final four in the American League playoffs, and the Royals, fresh off their sweep of the Baltimore Orioles in the Wild Card round, take on the New York Yankees. Game 1 of the AL Division Series begins Saturday, and beat writer Jaylon Thompson breaks it down. We discuss the Royals momentum built on pitching and defense, matchups and star power. In Bobby Witt Jr., Aaron Judge, Juan Soto this series has three of baseball's best. Oh, and the history. They teams haven't met in the playoffs in more than four decades, but their postseason battles were baseball's most intense. What will it take for the Royals to keep their magical season alive? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Astros regain control of their AL Division Series. Correspondent Gethin Coolbaugh reports.

Good Morning Washington Nationals Fan,Here are the latest headlines and analyses around Major League Baseball for today, October 9, 2023. This is Richard filling in for Haden this Monday morning. I hope that you had a great weekend.Upgrade your subscription to get our weekly round-up of the biggest Washington Nationals stories over the past week, minor league game notes, and more MLB headlines.Leading today's Morning Briefing: MLB PostseasonNLDS and ALDS kicked off this weekend and will continue this week, here are some brief highlights from the games that were played over the weekend:Phillies vs. Braves: Braves held scoreless in a home game for the first time since 2021.(Phillies lead series 1-0)The Braves opened thier 2023 postseason with a 3-0 loss against the Phillies in Game 1 of the NLDS on Saturday night in Atlanta, despite Atlanta spending the majority of the regular season producing historic offensive numbers. The Braves were shut out at home for the first time since August 28, 2021. WOW! The Braves will send LHP Max Fried to the mound tonight. The Braves veteran has a 2.55 ERA while making just 14 starts this season. Fried missed a lot of April with a left hamstring strain, then spent three months on the injured list because of a left forearm strain. However, he limited the Phillies to one run over five innings in his one start against them on Sept. 12.The Phillies will send RHP Zack Wheller to the mound in hopes of taking a 2-0 lead in the series. Wheeler went 2-0 with a 3.32 ERA in three starts against Atlanta this season. He is 6-3 with a 2.46 ERA in 14 starts against the Braves since he joined the Phillies in 2020, including the postseason.Next game: Tonight, 6 p.m ET; TBSDiamondbacks vs. Dodgers: Kershaw rocked in the first inning(Diamondbacks lead series 1-0)Clayton Kershaw allowed six runs and recorded just one out in the 11-2 loss against the D-backs in Saturday's Game 1 of the NLDS, perhaps the worst start of his career. He became the first pitcher in postseason history to allow five or more runs before recording an out. The Dodgers will look to tie up the series tonight as they send rookie Bobby Miller to the mound for a “must-win” for the team. The Diamondbacks will send their ace Zac Gallen to the mound in hopes of taking a commanding 2-0 series lead. Next game: Tonight, 9 p.m. ET; TBS Twins vs. Astros: Former Astro Carlos Correa provides a much-needed spark (Series tied)Former Houston Astro Carlos Correa provided two critical at-bats that led the Twins to tie up the series in Houston. Correa tied David Justice for third in American League/National League history in postseason RBIs with an RBI double and two-run single that powered the Twins to their 6-2 victory over the Astros in the pivotal Game 2 of the AL Division Series on Sunday night at Minute Maid Park. This postseason, Correa has gone 3-4 with two doubles a single, a walk, and three RBIs, making him 8-for-15 across the Twins' first four games of the 2023 postseason.Rangers vs. Orioles: Rangers rocking in Baltimore.(Rangers lead series 2-0) The series now shifts to Texas as the Rangers beat up the Orioles over the weekend, winning both games in Baltimore. Saturday night's game was a bit closer than yesterday's game where the Rangers cruised to a 11-8 win. Rangers' Mitch Garver who made his post-season debut at DH delivered in a big spot with a 419-foot grand slam in the third inning. The grand slam gave Texas an early 9-2 lead on Sunday. The series now shifts to Texas with the Rangers up 2-0. The latest on the Nats ReportIn case you missed any of our stories from the past week, I am including them here.2023: A Nationals Year in Review via JJMore on Doolittle and his retirement via Jeremy Thoughts on the Nationals approach to free agency If you haven't already, please consider supporting this publication with a paid subscription so you don't miss a thing.The Nats Report is an independent reader-supported project with both free and paid subscriptions. Those who opt for the paid edition are providing vital assistance to bolster our independent coverage of the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball.The Nats Report is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Nats Report at www.thenatsreport.com/subscribe

The Twins breathed a sigh of relief after winning their AL Wild Card Series.  Now, it's time to get back to work.  They'll be in Houston for Game 1 of the AL Division Series on Saturday.  To preview the series, Henry reached out to ESPN 95.7 "Late Hits" host Patrick Creighton to get the Astros' perspective.

And suddenly the 2023 season is all over.  Pitch clocks, larger bases, limits to shifting the infield all proved to be welcome and significant changes in MLB.  The 2023 Braves have reason to claim they are the greatest hitting team of all time.  The Marlins & D'Backs are back in the playoffs and somehow the Astros managed to win the AL West after all.  The Wild Card Series being Tuesday and will end no later than Thursday with the NL and AL Division Series both starting on Saturday. This might he the most exciting week of the baseball year! We recap the week that was, preview what's to come, and predict who we think will move on in the playoffs.  We've added a YouTube Channel.  Here is the link to the Almost Cooperstown channelPlease subscribe to our podcast and thanks for listening! If you have a suggestion for an episode please drop us a line via email at Almostcooperstown@gmail.com.  You can also follow us on Twitter/X @almostcoop or visit the Almost Cooperstown Facebook page or YouTube channel.  If you can please give the podcast 4 or 5 star rating!www.almostcooperstown.com

MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Guardians 1                              (NYY wins 3-2) Yankees 5, Guardians 1 – Stanton, Judge HR, Yankees beat Guards, into ALCS vs Astros Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge staggered Cleveland with early homers, and the New York Yankees rocked past the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series to set up another rematch with Houston for the pennant. Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Nestor Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rainout. Cleveland starter Aaron Civale struggled. With two on and two outs in the ninth and ace Gerrit Cole warming up in case, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres stepped on the bag to end it, then mimicked rocking a baby with the ball — a jab at Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, who made the motion rounding the bases after a homer off Cole in Game 4. NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Diego Padres 0                                       (PHI leads 1-0) Phillies 2, Padres 0 – Harper, Schwarber HR as Wheeler, Phils top Pads to open NLCS Bryce Harper homered again, Kyle Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot drive and Zack Wheeler was brilliant in throwing one-hit ball for seven innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of the all-wild card NL Championship Series. Wheeler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Phillies, who will try to take a 2-0 lead when they send Aaron Nola to mound to oppose Blake Snell on Wednesday afternoon. Harper homered in his third straight playoff game. Today League Championship Series – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Nola 11-13) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 4:35 p.m.             (PHI leads 1-0) New York (Taillon 14-5) at Houston (Verlander 18-4), 7:37 p.m.           (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Last Night Boston Celtics 126, Philadelphia 76ers 117 Golden State Warriors 123, Los Angeles Lakers 109 Celtics 126, Sixers 117 – Tatum, Brown each score 35, Celtics beat 76ers 126-117 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-117 in the opening game of the NBA regular season. Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points and Grant Williams finished with 15 as the defending Eastern Conference champions gave interim coach Joe Mazzulla a victory in his debut. James Harden had 35 points — his most since joining the 76ers last season — including 12 of 12 from the free throw line. He also had five 3s. Joel Embiid added 26 points and 15 rebounds. Tyrese Maxey finished with 21 points. Warriors 123, Lakers 109 – Stephen Curry, Warriors celebrate championship, beat Lakers Stephen Curry opened the season with 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 after receiving their championship rings in a pregame ceremony. Jordan Poole made a pretty bounce pass assist to a driving Draymond Green for a layup and all seemed perfectly well with the defending champions almost two weeks after Green punched Poole at practice Oct. 5 then took a brief leave of absence from the team to work on his emotions. Poole wound up with 12 points and seven assists. Tonight Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. Washington Wizards at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m. NBA/WNBA – Stephen Curry offers Warriors’ support of Brittney Griner Stephen Curry took the microphone in the middle of Golden State’s championship ring ceremony Tuesday night to make an impassioned plea in support of Brittney Griner as the WNBA star spent her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison. The Warriors, long committed to social issues far beyond basketball, celebrated their fourth championship in eight years. Griner is awaiting a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. NFL – Colts owner Irsay says there’s "merit to remove" Snyder Colts owner Jim Irsay says there’s “merit to remove” Dan Snyder as owner of the Washington Commanders. Irsay is the first NFL owner to publicly state that his controversial counterpart should go. Snyder’s status has been widely debated for years amid several scandals and investigations into workplace conduct in Washington. The league has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety, a probe conducted by attorney Mary Jo White that is ongoing. Removing Snyder would requires 24 votes from the other owners. NFL – NFL says it’s not backing down on protecting quarterbacks The NFL isn’t backing down on protecting quarterbacks. League executive Troy Vincent said there was a healthy and spirited conversation with owners about roughing-the-passer penalties at the league’s fall meeting. A pair of disputed roughing penalties in Week 5 frustrated defensive players and had players, coaches and fans questioning what constitutes a legal hit. NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay said the conversation on making roughing-the-passer calls reviewable lasted about 30 seconds and needs more discussion. NFL – Prime Video will add Black Friday game to NFL package in ’23 The NFL has announced that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on Black Friday beginning next season. The game will take place on Nov. 24, 2023, and will kick off at 3 p.m. ET. The teams will be announced in early May when the regular-season schedule is expected to be released. Prime Video is in its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football” and will expand to 16 games next season. The package goes through the 2033 season. NFL – Bears waive backup receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette The Chicago Bears have waived receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette. Smith-Marsette got his first significant playing time in the offense in Chicago’s 29-22 loss at Minnesota two weeks ago and committed two costly mistakes. He had the ball taken away from behind by Cameron Dantzler at the Vikings 39 following a reception on the Bears’ final drive to decide the game. He also got flagged for an illegal block from behind on a 52-yard scramble by quarterback Justin Fields, negating a TD.   NHL – Bettman: NHL salary cap may get nice bump for ’23-24 season The NHL salary cap could be going up more than expected sooner than expected. Commissioner Gary Bettman says there’s a chance players could be finished paying off what they owe owners from pandemic revenue losses as soon as this season. That would mean the cap going up $4 million or more next summer after being mostly flat for several years. Bettman expects the players’ debt to certainly be paid off next season, allowing for a significant cap increase going into 2023-24. The cap has only gone up $1 million to $82.5 million since the pandemic began.  NHL – NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams. The results suggest hockey has a lot of work to do to increase diversity. It found that 83.6% of the NHL’s workforce is white and that men make up nearly 62% of the total. That mirrors the situation on the ice. More than 90% of players and nearly all coaches and officials are white. NHL executive Kim Davis called the study a good start and a baseline from which the league can improve. NCAAFB – Big Ten – Ohio State, Michigan making Big Ten look like Big Two Ohio State and Michigan are making the Big Ten look like the Big Two, rekindling memories or some of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler turning the chase for a conference championship into a two-team race. The second-ranked Buckeyes and fourth-ranked Wolverines are the Big Ten’s only undefeated teams. No other team in the conference is ranked among the top 15. Penn State can potentially be a factor in the because it hosts Ohio State on Oct. 29. The 16th-ranked Nittany Lions will have to play much better than they did while getting pummeled at Michigan. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The defending national champions went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team last year and have been the top team for 20 straight weeks. Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee round out the top five. UConn is sixth, the first time since 2006 that the Huskies aren’t in the first five in the preseason poll. Louisville, Iowa State, Notre Dame and N.C. State is the rest of the top 10. NASCAR – NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace 1 race for Las Vegas crash NASCAR has suspended driver Bubba Wallace for one race following his fracas at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the weekend. NASCAR determined that Wallace deliberately spun reigning champion Kyle Larson in a dangerous move of retaliation. Wallace will miss Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Golf – PGA – Elevated events show a divide among PGA Tour events for ’23 A person with direct knowledge of the plans says the PGA Tour is announcing that four tournaments will have elevated status and $20 million purses next year. The four additions are the WM Phoenix Open, the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Travelers Championship. That leads to an incredibly crowded schedule. Texas-born Jordan Spieth figures to play five straight weeks in May and seven out of eight weeks. And that includes two majors. Two of the events are the week after a major. Not since Tiger Woods in 2006 has someone won a tournament the week after winning a major. AHL – American Hockey League Tonight Milwaukee Admirals at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0 Today Women’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 4:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, PPD      at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, PPD       at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Holland Christian 5, Allegan 0 Fennville 2, Delton-Kellogg 1 Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Howardsville Christian 1, Cassopolis 0 Bridgman 2, Brandywine 1 Division 4 (Hartford) Hartford 8, Bangor 2 Holland Black River 2, Bloomingdale 1 Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Battle Creek Academy 1 Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, PPD Division 1 (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix) Portage Central 3, Portage Northern 1 Battle Creek Lakeview 3, Kalamazoo Central 1 Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake 3, Howardsville Christian 1 Mendon 3, Decatur 0 Girls Swimming and Diving Portage Central 109, St. Joseph 72 Today Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m.          at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m.           at St. Joseph Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Boys Soccer – Districts (Championship) Division 2 (Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg) Gull Lake vs. Parma Western, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Grace Christian, 6:00 p.m. Brandywine at Niles, 6:00 p.m. New Buffalo at River Valley, 6:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years, Judge and Stanton homering in the same game has been a reliable recipe for success, and Tuesday proved no different. Two big swings from the dynamic duo transformed Yankee Stadium into a party as the Yankees punched their ticket into the American League Championship Series, ending the Guardians' season with a 5-1 win in Game 5 of the AL Division Series.Box ScoreAlso discussed:ALCS PredictionsPitching RotationCHECK US OUT ON YOUTUBE!SAVE $20 ON YOUR FIRST SEATGEEK ORDER WITH PROMO CODE: CHASEFOR28-----Purchase Chase for 28 MerchLeave Us A VoicemailBecome a LegendNobody Beats the Riz ShirtDarth Bader ShirtSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/chasefor28. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Guardians 1                              (NYY wins 3-2) Yankees 5, Guardians 1 – Stanton, Judge HR, Yankees beat Guards, into ALCS vs Astros Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge staggered Cleveland with early homers, and the New York Yankees rocked past the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series to set up another rematch with Houston for the pennant. Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Nestor Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rainout. Cleveland starter Aaron Civale struggled. With two on and two outs in the ninth and ace Gerrit Cole warming up in case, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres stepped on the bag to end it, then mimicked rocking a baby with the ball — a jab at Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, who made the motion rounding the bases after a homer off Cole in Game 4. NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Diego Padres 0                                       (PHI leads 1-0) Phillies 2, Padres 0 – Harper, Schwarber HR as Wheeler, Phils top Pads to open NLCS Bryce Harper homered again, Kyle Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot drive and Zack Wheeler was brilliant in throwing one-hit ball for seven innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of the all-wild card NL Championship Series. Wheeler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Phillies, who will try to take a 2-0 lead when they send Aaron Nola to mound to oppose Blake Snell on Wednesday afternoon. Harper homered in his third straight playoff game. Today League Championship Series – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Nola 11-13) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 4:35 p.m.             (PHI leads 1-0) New York (Taillon 14-5) at Houston (Verlander 18-4), 7:37 p.m.           (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Last Night Boston Celtics 126, Philadelphia 76ers 117 Golden State Warriors 123, Los Angeles Lakers 109 Celtics 126, Sixers 117 – Tatum, Brown each score 35, Celtics beat 76ers 126-117 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-117 in the opening game of the NBA regular season. Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points and Grant Williams finished with 15 as the defending Eastern Conference champions gave interim coach Joe Mazzulla a victory in his debut. James Harden had 35 points — his most since joining the 76ers last season — including 12 of 12 from the free throw line. He also had five 3s. Joel Embiid added 26 points and 15 rebounds. Tyrese Maxey finished with 21 points. Warriors 123, Lakers 109 – Stephen Curry, Warriors celebrate championship, beat Lakers Stephen Curry opened the season with 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 after receiving their championship rings in a pregame ceremony. Jordan Poole made a pretty bounce pass assist to a driving Draymond Green for a layup and all seemed perfectly well with the defending champions almost two weeks after Green punched Poole at practice Oct. 5 then took a brief leave of absence from the team to work on his emotions. Poole wound up with 12 points and seven assists. Tonight Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. Washington Wizards at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m. NBA/WNBA – Stephen Curry offers Warriors’ support of Brittney Griner Stephen Curry took the microphone in the middle of Golden State’s championship ring ceremony Tuesday night to make an impassioned plea in support of Brittney Griner as the WNBA star spent her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison. The Warriors, long committed to social issues far beyond basketball, celebrated their fourth championship in eight years. Griner is awaiting a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. NFL – Colts owner Irsay says there’s "merit to remove" Snyder Colts owner Jim Irsay says there’s “merit to remove” Dan Snyder as owner of the Washington Commanders. Irsay is the first NFL owner to publicly state that his controversial counterpart should go. Snyder’s status has been widely debated for years amid several scandals and investigations into workplace conduct in Washington. The league has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety, a probe conducted by attorney Mary Jo White that is ongoing. Removing Snyder would requires 24 votes from the other owners. NFL – NFL says it’s not backing down on protecting quarterbacks The NFL isn’t backing down on protecting quarterbacks. League executive Troy Vincent said there was a healthy and spirited conversation with owners about roughing-the-passer penalties at the league’s fall meeting. A pair of disputed roughing penalties in Week 5 frustrated defensive players and had players, coaches and fans questioning what constitutes a legal hit. NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay said the conversation on making roughing-the-passer calls reviewable lasted about 30 seconds and needs more discussion. NFL – Prime Video will add Black Friday game to NFL package in ’23 The NFL has announced that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on Black Friday beginning next season. The game will take place on Nov. 24, 2023, and will kick off at 3 p.m. ET. The teams will be announced in early May when the regular-season schedule is expected to be released. Prime Video is in its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football” and will expand to 16 games next season. The package goes through the 2033 season. NFL – Bears waive backup receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette The Chicago Bears have waived receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette. Smith-Marsette got his first significant playing time in the offense in Chicago’s 29-22 loss at Minnesota two weeks ago and committed two costly mistakes. He had the ball taken away from behind by Cameron Dantzler at the Vikings 39 following a reception on the Bears’ final drive to decide the game. He also got flagged for an illegal block from behind on a 52-yard scramble by quarterback Justin Fields, negating a TD.   NHL – Bettman: NHL salary cap may get nice bump for ’23-24 season The NHL salary cap could be going up more than expected sooner than expected. Commissioner Gary Bettman says there’s a chance players could be finished paying off what they owe owners from pandemic revenue losses as soon as this season. That would mean the cap going up $4 million or more next summer after being mostly flat for several years. Bettman expects the players’ debt to certainly be paid off next season, allowing for a significant cap increase going into 2023-24. The cap has only gone up $1 million to $82.5 million since the pandemic began.  NHL – NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams. The results suggest hockey has a lot of work to do to increase diversity. It found that 83.6% of the NHL’s workforce is white and that men make up nearly 62% of the total. That mirrors the situation on the ice. More than 90% of players and nearly all coaches and officials are white. NHL executive Kim Davis called the study a good start and a baseline from which the league can improve. NCAAFB – Big Ten – Ohio State, Michigan making Big Ten look like Big Two Ohio State and Michigan are making the Big Ten look like the Big Two, rekindling memories or some of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler turning the chase for a conference championship into a two-team race. The second-ranked Buckeyes and fourth-ranked Wolverines are the Big Ten’s only undefeated teams. No other team in the conference is ranked among the top 15. Penn State can potentially be a factor in the because it hosts Ohio State on Oct. 29. The 16th-ranked Nittany Lions will have to play much better than they did while getting pummeled at Michigan. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The defending national champions went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team last year and have been the top team for 20 straight weeks. Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee round out the top five. UConn is sixth, the first time since 2006 that the Huskies aren’t in the first five in the preseason poll. Louisville, Iowa State, Notre Dame and N.C. State is the rest of the top 10. NASCAR – NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace 1 race for Las Vegas crash NASCAR has suspended driver Bubba Wallace for one race following his fracas at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the weekend. NASCAR determined that Wallace deliberately spun reigning champion Kyle Larson in a dangerous move of retaliation. Wallace will miss Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Golf – PGA – Elevated events show a divide among PGA Tour events for ’23 A person with direct knowledge of the plans says the PGA Tour is announcing that four tournaments will have elevated status and $20 million purses next year. The four additions are the WM Phoenix Open, the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Travelers Championship. That leads to an incredibly crowded schedule. Texas-born Jordan Spieth figures to play five straight weeks in May and seven out of eight weeks. And that includes two majors. Two of the events are the week after a major. Not since Tiger Woods in 2006 has someone won a tournament the week after winning a major. AHL – American Hockey League Tonight Milwaukee Admirals at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0 Today Women’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 4:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, PPD      at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, PPD       at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Holland Christian 5, Allegan 0 Fennville 2, Delton-Kellogg 1 Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Howardsville Christian 1, Cassopolis 0 Bridgman 2, Brandywine 1 Division 4 (Hartford) Hartford 8, Bangor 2 Holland Black River 2, Bloomingdale 1 Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Battle Creek Academy 1 Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, PPD Division 1 (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix) Portage Central 3, Portage Northern 1 Battle Creek Lakeview 3, Kalamazoo Central 1 Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake 3, Howardsville Christian 1 Mendon 3, Decatur 0 Girls Swimming and Diving Portage Central 109, St. Joseph 72 Today Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m.          at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m.           at St. Joseph Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Boys Soccer – Districts (Championship) Division 2 (Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg) Gull Lake vs. Parma Western, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Grace Christian, 6:00 p.m. Brandywine at Niles, 6:00 p.m. New Buffalo at River Valley, 6:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Guardians 1                              (NYY wins 3-2) Yankees 5, Guardians 1 – Stanton, Judge HR, Yankees beat Guards, into ALCS vs Astros Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge staggered Cleveland with early homers, and the New York Yankees rocked past the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series to set up another rematch with Houston for the pennant. Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Nestor Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rainout. Cleveland starter Aaron Civale struggled. With two on and two outs in the ninth and ace Gerrit Cole warming up in case, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres stepped on the bag to end it, then mimicked rocking a baby with the ball — a jab at Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, who made the motion rounding the bases after a homer off Cole in Game 4. NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Diego Padres 0                                       (PHI leads 1-0) Phillies 2, Padres 0 – Harper, Schwarber HR as Wheeler, Phils top Pads to open NLCS Bryce Harper homered again, Kyle Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot drive and Zack Wheeler was brilliant in throwing one-hit ball for seven innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of the all-wild card NL Championship Series. Wheeler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Phillies, who will try to take a 2-0 lead when they send Aaron Nola to mound to oppose Blake Snell on Wednesday afternoon. Harper homered in his third straight playoff game. Today League Championship Series – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Nola 11-13) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 4:35 p.m.             (PHI leads 1-0) New York (Taillon 14-5) at Houston (Verlander 18-4), 7:37 p.m.           (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Last Night Boston Celtics 126, Philadelphia 76ers 117 Golden State Warriors 123, Los Angeles Lakers 109 Celtics 126, Sixers 117 – Tatum, Brown each score 35, Celtics beat 76ers 126-117 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-117 in the opening game of the NBA regular season. Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points and Grant Williams finished with 15 as the defending Eastern Conference champions gave interim coach Joe Mazzulla a victory in his debut. James Harden had 35 points — his most since joining the 76ers last season — including 12 of 12 from the free throw line. He also had five 3s. Joel Embiid added 26 points and 15 rebounds. Tyrese Maxey finished with 21 points. Warriors 123, Lakers 109 – Stephen Curry, Warriors celebrate championship, beat Lakers Stephen Curry opened the season with 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 after receiving their championship rings in a pregame ceremony. Jordan Poole made a pretty bounce pass assist to a driving Draymond Green for a layup and all seemed perfectly well with the defending champions almost two weeks after Green punched Poole at practice Oct. 5 then took a brief leave of absence from the team to work on his emotions. Poole wound up with 12 points and seven assists. Tonight Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. Washington Wizards at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m. NBA/WNBA – Stephen Curry offers Warriors’ support of Brittney Griner Stephen Curry took the microphone in the middle of Golden State’s championship ring ceremony Tuesday night to make an impassioned plea in support of Brittney Griner as the WNBA star spent her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison. The Warriors, long committed to social issues far beyond basketball, celebrated their fourth championship in eight years. Griner is awaiting a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. NFL – Colts owner Irsay says there’s "merit to remove" Snyder Colts owner Jim Irsay says there’s “merit to remove” Dan Snyder as owner of the Washington Commanders. Irsay is the first NFL owner to publicly state that his controversial counterpart should go. Snyder’s status has been widely debated for years amid several scandals and investigations into workplace conduct in Washington. The league has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety, a probe conducted by attorney Mary Jo White that is ongoing. Removing Snyder would requires 24 votes from the other owners. NFL – NFL says it’s not backing down on protecting quarterbacks The NFL isn’t backing down on protecting quarterbacks. League executive Troy Vincent said there was a healthy and spirited conversation with owners about roughing-the-passer penalties at the league’s fall meeting. A pair of disputed roughing penalties in Week 5 frustrated defensive players and had players, coaches and fans questioning what constitutes a legal hit. NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay said the conversation on making roughing-the-passer calls reviewable lasted about 30 seconds and needs more discussion. NFL – Prime Video will add Black Friday game to NFL package in ’23 The NFL has announced that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on Black Friday beginning next season. The game will take place on Nov. 24, 2023, and will kick off at 3 p.m. ET. The teams will be announced in early May when the regular-season schedule is expected to be released. Prime Video is in its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football” and will expand to 16 games next season. The package goes through the 2033 season. NFL – Bears waive backup receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette The Chicago Bears have waived receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette. Smith-Marsette got his first significant playing time in the offense in Chicago’s 29-22 loss at Minnesota two weeks ago and committed two costly mistakes. He had the ball taken away from behind by Cameron Dantzler at the Vikings 39 following a reception on the Bears’ final drive to decide the game. He also got flagged for an illegal block from behind on a 52-yard scramble by quarterback Justin Fields, negating a TD.   NHL – Bettman: NHL salary cap may get nice bump for ’23-24 season The NHL salary cap could be going up more than expected sooner than expected. Commissioner Gary Bettman says there’s a chance players could be finished paying off what they owe owners from pandemic revenue losses as soon as this season. That would mean the cap going up $4 million or more next summer after being mostly flat for several years. Bettman expects the players’ debt to certainly be paid off next season, allowing for a significant cap increase going into 2023-24. The cap has only gone up $1 million to $82.5 million since the pandemic began.  NHL – NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams. The results suggest hockey has a lot of work to do to increase diversity. It found that 83.6% of the NHL’s workforce is white and that men make up nearly 62% of the total. That mirrors the situation on the ice. More than 90% of players and nearly all coaches and officials are white. NHL executive Kim Davis called the study a good start and a baseline from which the league can improve. NCAAFB – Big Ten – Ohio State, Michigan making Big Ten look like Big Two Ohio State and Michigan are making the Big Ten look like the Big Two, rekindling memories or some of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler turning the chase for a conference championship into a two-team race. The second-ranked Buckeyes and fourth-ranked Wolverines are the Big Ten’s only undefeated teams. No other team in the conference is ranked among the top 15. Penn State can potentially be a factor in the because it hosts Ohio State on Oct. 29. The 16th-ranked Nittany Lions will have to play much better than they did while getting pummeled at Michigan. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The defending national champions went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team last year and have been the top team for 20 straight weeks. Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee round out the top five. UConn is sixth, the first time since 2006 that the Huskies aren’t in the first five in the preseason poll. Louisville, Iowa State, Notre Dame and N.C. State is the rest of the top 10. NASCAR – NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace 1 race for Las Vegas crash NASCAR has suspended driver Bubba Wallace for one race following his fracas at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the weekend. NASCAR determined that Wallace deliberately spun reigning champion Kyle Larson in a dangerous move of retaliation. Wallace will miss Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Golf – PGA – Elevated events show a divide among PGA Tour events for ’23 A person with direct knowledge of the plans says the PGA Tour is announcing that four tournaments will have elevated status and $20 million purses next year. The four additions are the WM Phoenix Open, the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Travelers Championship. That leads to an incredibly crowded schedule. Texas-born Jordan Spieth figures to play five straight weeks in May and seven out of eight weeks. And that includes two majors. Two of the events are the week after a major. Not since Tiger Woods in 2006 has someone won a tournament the week after winning a major. AHL – American Hockey League Tonight Milwaukee Admirals at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0 Today Women’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 4:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, PPD      at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, PPD       at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Holland Christian 5, Allegan 0 Fennville 2, Delton-Kellogg 1 Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Howardsville Christian 1, Cassopolis 0 Bridgman 2, Brandywine 1 Division 4 (Hartford) Hartford 8, Bangor 2 Holland Black River 2, Bloomingdale 1 Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Battle Creek Academy 1 Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, PPD Division 1 (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix) Portage Central 3, Portage Northern 1 Battle Creek Lakeview 3, Kalamazoo Central 1 Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake 3, Howardsville Christian 1 Mendon 3, Decatur 0 Girls Swimming and Diving Portage Central 109, St. Joseph 72 Today Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m.          at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m.           at St. Joseph Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Boys Soccer – Districts (Championship) Division 2 (Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg) Gull Lake vs. Parma Western, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Grace Christian, 6:00 p.m. Brandywine at Niles, 6:00 p.m. New Buffalo at River Valley, 6:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Guardians 1                              (NYY wins 3-2) Yankees 5, Guardians 1 – Stanton, Judge HR, Yankees beat Guards, into ALCS vs Astros Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge staggered Cleveland with early homers, and the New York Yankees rocked past the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series to set up another rematch with Houston for the pennant. Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Nestor Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rainout. Cleveland starter Aaron Civale struggled. With two on and two outs in the ninth and ace Gerrit Cole warming up in case, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres stepped on the bag to end it, then mimicked rocking a baby with the ball — a jab at Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, who made the motion rounding the bases after a homer off Cole in Game 4. NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Diego Padres 0                                       (PHI leads 1-0) Phillies 2, Padres 0 – Harper, Schwarber HR as Wheeler, Phils top Pads to open NLCS Bryce Harper homered again, Kyle Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot drive and Zack Wheeler was brilliant in throwing one-hit ball for seven innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of the all-wild card NL Championship Series. Wheeler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Phillies, who will try to take a 2-0 lead when they send Aaron Nola to mound to oppose Blake Snell on Wednesday afternoon. Harper homered in his third straight playoff game. Today League Championship Series – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Nola 11-13) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 4:35 p.m.             (PHI leads 1-0) New York (Taillon 14-5) at Houston (Verlander 18-4), 7:37 p.m.           (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Last Night Boston Celtics 126, Philadelphia 76ers 117 Golden State Warriors 123, Los Angeles Lakers 109 Celtics 126, Sixers 117 – Tatum, Brown each score 35, Celtics beat 76ers 126-117 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-117 in the opening game of the NBA regular season. Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points and Grant Williams finished with 15 as the defending Eastern Conference champions gave interim coach Joe Mazzulla a victory in his debut. James Harden had 35 points — his most since joining the 76ers last season — including 12 of 12 from the free throw line. He also had five 3s. Joel Embiid added 26 points and 15 rebounds. Tyrese Maxey finished with 21 points. Warriors 123, Lakers 109 – Stephen Curry, Warriors celebrate championship, beat Lakers Stephen Curry opened the season with 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 after receiving their championship rings in a pregame ceremony. Jordan Poole made a pretty bounce pass assist to a driving Draymond Green for a layup and all seemed perfectly well with the defending champions almost two weeks after Green punched Poole at practice Oct. 5 then took a brief leave of absence from the team to work on his emotions. Poole wound up with 12 points and seven assists. Tonight Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. Washington Wizards at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m. NBA/WNBA – Stephen Curry offers Warriors’ support of Brittney Griner Stephen Curry took the microphone in the middle of Golden State’s championship ring ceremony Tuesday night to make an impassioned plea in support of Brittney Griner as the WNBA star spent her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison. The Warriors, long committed to social issues far beyond basketball, celebrated their fourth championship in eight years. Griner is awaiting a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. NFL – Colts owner Irsay says there’s "merit to remove" Snyder Colts owner Jim Irsay says there’s “merit to remove” Dan Snyder as owner of the Washington Commanders. Irsay is the first NFL owner to publicly state that his controversial counterpart should go. Snyder’s status has been widely debated for years amid several scandals and investigations into workplace conduct in Washington. The league has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety, a probe conducted by attorney Mary Jo White that is ongoing. Removing Snyder would requires 24 votes from the other owners. NFL – NFL says it’s not backing down on protecting quarterbacks The NFL isn’t backing down on protecting quarterbacks. League executive Troy Vincent said there was a healthy and spirited conversation with owners about roughing-the-passer penalties at the league’s fall meeting. A pair of disputed roughing penalties in Week 5 frustrated defensive players and had players, coaches and fans questioning what constitutes a legal hit. NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay said the conversation on making roughing-the-passer calls reviewable lasted about 30 seconds and needs more discussion. NFL – Prime Video will add Black Friday game to NFL package in ’23 The NFL has announced that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on Black Friday beginning next season. The game will take place on Nov. 24, 2023, and will kick off at 3 p.m. ET. The teams will be announced in early May when the regular-season schedule is expected to be released. Prime Video is in its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football” and will expand to 16 games next season. The package goes through the 2033 season. NFL – Bears waive backup receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette The Chicago Bears have waived receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette. Smith-Marsette got his first significant playing time in the offense in Chicago’s 29-22 loss at Minnesota two weeks ago and committed two costly mistakes. He had the ball taken away from behind by Cameron Dantzler at the Vikings 39 following a reception on the Bears’ final drive to decide the game. He also got flagged for an illegal block from behind on a 52-yard scramble by quarterback Justin Fields, negating a TD.   NHL – Bettman: NHL salary cap may get nice bump for ’23-24 season The NHL salary cap could be going up more than expected sooner than expected. Commissioner Gary Bettman says there’s a chance players could be finished paying off what they owe owners from pandemic revenue losses as soon as this season. That would mean the cap going up $4 million or more next summer after being mostly flat for several years. Bettman expects the players’ debt to certainly be paid off next season, allowing for a significant cap increase going into 2023-24. The cap has only gone up $1 million to $82.5 million since the pandemic began.  NHL – NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams. The results suggest hockey has a lot of work to do to increase diversity. It found that 83.6% of the NHL’s workforce is white and that men make up nearly 62% of the total. That mirrors the situation on the ice. More than 90% of players and nearly all coaches and officials are white. NHL executive Kim Davis called the study a good start and a baseline from which the league can improve. NCAAFB – Big Ten – Ohio State, Michigan making Big Ten look like Big Two Ohio State and Michigan are making the Big Ten look like the Big Two, rekindling memories or some of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler turning the chase for a conference championship into a two-team race. The second-ranked Buckeyes and fourth-ranked Wolverines are the Big Ten’s only undefeated teams. No other team in the conference is ranked among the top 15. Penn State can potentially be a factor in the because it hosts Ohio State on Oct. 29. The 16th-ranked Nittany Lions will have to play much better than they did while getting pummeled at Michigan. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The defending national champions went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team last year and have been the top team for 20 straight weeks. Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee round out the top five. UConn is sixth, the first time since 2006 that the Huskies aren’t in the first five in the preseason poll. Louisville, Iowa State, Notre Dame and N.C. State is the rest of the top 10. NASCAR – NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace 1 race for Las Vegas crash NASCAR has suspended driver Bubba Wallace for one race following his fracas at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the weekend. NASCAR determined that Wallace deliberately spun reigning champion Kyle Larson in a dangerous move of retaliation. Wallace will miss Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Golf – PGA – Elevated events show a divide among PGA Tour events for ’23 A person with direct knowledge of the plans says the PGA Tour is announcing that four tournaments will have elevated status and $20 million purses next year. The four additions are the WM Phoenix Open, the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Travelers Championship. That leads to an incredibly crowded schedule. Texas-born Jordan Spieth figures to play five straight weeks in May and seven out of eight weeks. And that includes two majors. Two of the events are the week after a major. Not since Tiger Woods in 2006 has someone won a tournament the week after winning a major. AHL – American Hockey League Tonight Milwaukee Admirals at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0 Today Women’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 4:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, PPD      at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, PPD       at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Holland Christian 5, Allegan 0 Fennville 2, Delton-Kellogg 1 Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Howardsville Christian 1, Cassopolis 0 Bridgman 2, Brandywine 1 Division 4 (Hartford) Hartford 8, Bangor 2 Holland Black River 2, Bloomingdale 1 Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Battle Creek Academy 1 Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, PPD Division 1 (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix) Portage Central 3, Portage Northern 1 Battle Creek Lakeview 3, Kalamazoo Central 1 Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake 3, Howardsville Christian 1 Mendon 3, Decatur 0 Girls Swimming and Diving Portage Central 109, St. Joseph 72 Today Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m.          at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m.           at St. Joseph Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Boys Soccer – Districts (Championship) Division 2 (Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg) Gull Lake vs. Parma Western, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Grace Christian, 6:00 p.m. Brandywine at Niles, 6:00 p.m. New Buffalo at River Valley, 6:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Guardians 1                              (NYY wins 3-2) Yankees 5, Guardians 1 – Stanton, Judge HR, Yankees beat Guards, into ALCS vs Astros Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge staggered Cleveland with early homers, and the New York Yankees rocked past the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series to set up another rematch with Houston for the pennant. Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Nestor Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rainout. Cleveland starter Aaron Civale struggled. With two on and two outs in the ninth and ace Gerrit Cole warming up in case, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres stepped on the bag to end it, then mimicked rocking a baby with the ball — a jab at Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, who made the motion rounding the bases after a homer off Cole in Game 4. NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Diego Padres 0                                       (PHI leads 1-0) Phillies 2, Padres 0 – Harper, Schwarber HR as Wheeler, Phils top Pads to open NLCS Bryce Harper homered again, Kyle Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot drive and Zack Wheeler was brilliant in throwing one-hit ball for seven innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of the all-wild card NL Championship Series. Wheeler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Phillies, who will try to take a 2-0 lead when they send Aaron Nola to mound to oppose Blake Snell on Wednesday afternoon. Harper homered in his third straight playoff game. Today League Championship Series – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Nola 11-13) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 4:35 p.m.             (PHI leads 1-0) New York (Taillon 14-5) at Houston (Verlander 18-4), 7:37 p.m.           (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Last Night Boston Celtics 126, Philadelphia 76ers 117 Golden State Warriors 123, Los Angeles Lakers 109 Celtics 126, Sixers 117 – Tatum, Brown each score 35, Celtics beat 76ers 126-117 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-117 in the opening game of the NBA regular season. Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points and Grant Williams finished with 15 as the defending Eastern Conference champions gave interim coach Joe Mazzulla a victory in his debut. James Harden had 35 points — his most since joining the 76ers last season — including 12 of 12 from the free throw line. He also had five 3s. Joel Embiid added 26 points and 15 rebounds. Tyrese Maxey finished with 21 points. Warriors 123, Lakers 109 – Stephen Curry, Warriors celebrate championship, beat Lakers Stephen Curry opened the season with 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 after receiving their championship rings in a pregame ceremony. Jordan Poole made a pretty bounce pass assist to a driving Draymond Green for a layup and all seemed perfectly well with the defending champions almost two weeks after Green punched Poole at practice Oct. 5 then took a brief leave of absence from the team to work on his emotions. Poole wound up with 12 points and seven assists. Tonight Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. Washington Wizards at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m. NBA/WNBA – Stephen Curry offers Warriors’ support of Brittney Griner Stephen Curry took the microphone in the middle of Golden State’s championship ring ceremony Tuesday night to make an impassioned plea in support of Brittney Griner as the WNBA star spent her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison. The Warriors, long committed to social issues far beyond basketball, celebrated their fourth championship in eight years. Griner is awaiting a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. NFL – Colts owner Irsay says there’s "merit to remove" Snyder Colts owner Jim Irsay says there’s “merit to remove” Dan Snyder as owner of the Washington Commanders. Irsay is the first NFL owner to publicly state that his controversial counterpart should go. Snyder’s status has been widely debated for years amid several scandals and investigations into workplace conduct in Washington. The league has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety, a probe conducted by attorney Mary Jo White that is ongoing. Removing Snyder would requires 24 votes from the other owners. NFL – NFL says it’s not backing down on protecting quarterbacks The NFL isn’t backing down on protecting quarterbacks. League executive Troy Vincent said there was a healthy and spirited conversation with owners about roughing-the-passer penalties at the league’s fall meeting. A pair of disputed roughing penalties in Week 5 frustrated defensive players and had players, coaches and fans questioning what constitutes a legal hit. NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay said the conversation on making roughing-the-passer calls reviewable lasted about 30 seconds and needs more discussion. NFL – Prime Video will add Black Friday game to NFL package in ’23 The NFL has announced that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on Black Friday beginning next season. The game will take place on Nov. 24, 2023, and will kick off at 3 p.m. ET. The teams will be announced in early May when the regular-season schedule is expected to be released. Prime Video is in its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football” and will expand to 16 games next season. The package goes through the 2033 season. NFL – Bears waive backup receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette The Chicago Bears have waived receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette. Smith-Marsette got his first significant playing time in the offense in Chicago’s 29-22 loss at Minnesota two weeks ago and committed two costly mistakes. He had the ball taken away from behind by Cameron Dantzler at the Vikings 39 following a reception on the Bears’ final drive to decide the game. He also got flagged for an illegal block from behind on a 52-yard scramble by quarterback Justin Fields, negating a TD.   NHL – Bettman: NHL salary cap may get nice bump for ’23-24 season The NHL salary cap could be going up more than expected sooner than expected. Commissioner Gary Bettman says there’s a chance players could be finished paying off what they owe owners from pandemic revenue losses as soon as this season. That would mean the cap going up $4 million or more next summer after being mostly flat for several years. Bettman expects the players’ debt to certainly be paid off next season, allowing for a significant cap increase going into 2023-24. The cap has only gone up $1 million to $82.5 million since the pandemic began.  NHL – NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams. The results suggest hockey has a lot of work to do to increase diversity. It found that 83.6% of the NHL’s workforce is white and that men make up nearly 62% of the total. That mirrors the situation on the ice. More than 90% of players and nearly all coaches and officials are white. NHL executive Kim Davis called the study a good start and a baseline from which the league can improve. NCAAFB – Big Ten – Ohio State, Michigan making Big Ten look like Big Two Ohio State and Michigan are making the Big Ten look like the Big Two, rekindling memories or some of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler turning the chase for a conference championship into a two-team race. The second-ranked Buckeyes and fourth-ranked Wolverines are the Big Ten’s only undefeated teams. No other team in the conference is ranked among the top 15. Penn State can potentially be a factor in the because it hosts Ohio State on Oct. 29. The 16th-ranked Nittany Lions will have to play much better than they did while getting pummeled at Michigan. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The defending national champions went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team last year and have been the top team for 20 straight weeks. Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee round out the top five. UConn is sixth, the first time since 2006 that the Huskies aren’t in the first five in the preseason poll. Louisville, Iowa State, Notre Dame and N.C. State is the rest of the top 10. NASCAR – NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace 1 race for Las Vegas crash NASCAR has suspended driver Bubba Wallace for one race following his fracas at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the weekend. NASCAR determined that Wallace deliberately spun reigning champion Kyle Larson in a dangerous move of retaliation. Wallace will miss Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Golf – PGA – Elevated events show a divide among PGA Tour events for ’23 A person with direct knowledge of the plans says the PGA Tour is announcing that four tournaments will have elevated status and $20 million purses next year. The four additions are the WM Phoenix Open, the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Travelers Championship. That leads to an incredibly crowded schedule. Texas-born Jordan Spieth figures to play five straight weeks in May and seven out of eight weeks. And that includes two majors. Two of the events are the week after a major. Not since Tiger Woods in 2006 has someone won a tournament the week after winning a major. AHL – American Hockey League Tonight Milwaukee Admirals at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0 Today Women’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 4:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, PPD      at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, PPD       at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Holland Christian 5, Allegan 0 Fennville 2, Delton-Kellogg 1 Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Howardsville Christian 1, Cassopolis 0 Bridgman 2, Brandywine 1 Division 4 (Hartford) Hartford 8, Bangor 2 Holland Black River 2, Bloomingdale 1 Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Battle Creek Academy 1 Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, PPD Division 1 (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix) Portage Central 3, Portage Northern 1 Battle Creek Lakeview 3, Kalamazoo Central 1 Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake 3, Howardsville Christian 1 Mendon 3, Decatur 0 Girls Swimming and Diving Portage Central 109, St. Joseph 72 Today Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m.          at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m.           at St. Joseph Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Boys Soccer – Districts (Championship) Division 2 (Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg) Gull Lake vs. Parma Western, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Grace Christian, 6:00 p.m. Brandywine at Niles, 6:00 p.m. New Buffalo at River Valley, 6:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NHL – National Hockey League Last Night Los Angeles Kings 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 – OT Kings 5, Red Wings 4 – OT – Danault’s overtime goal gives Kings 5-4 win over Red Wings Phillip Danault scored 1:12 into overtime for his second goal of the game, and the Los Angeles Kings handed the Detroit Red Wings their first loss with a 5-4 victory. Danault’s winning shot in front hit a defender’s skate and bounced into the net. Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, giving him 47 points in 42 games against Detroit. Gabriel Vilardi also scored for the Kings, and Jonathan Quick made 29 saves. Wings forward Oskar Sundqvist scored in the final minute of regulation to send the game into overtime. NHL – Red Wings’ Bertuzzi out 4 to 6 weeks with upper-body injury Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi is expected to be out for four to six weeks with an upper-body injury. The team made the announcement Monday before hosting the Los Angeles Kings. Bertuzzi helped Detroit win its first two games this season, giving the rebuilding team a much-needed solid start. Bertuzzi had career highs last year with 30 goals and 62 points. The 27-year-old Bertuzzi has scored 84 goals and has 189 assists in his career. NFL – National Football League – Week 6 Yesterday Los Angeles Chargers 19, Denver Broncos 16 – OT Chargers 19, Broncos 16 – OT – Late turnover, Hopkins 4th field goal gives Chargers OT win Dustin Hopkins kicked four field goals, including a 39-yarder with 2:38 remaining in overtime, and the Los Angeles Chargers rallied for a 19-16 victory over the Denver Broncos. The Chargers have won three straight to improve to 4-2. They are tied with Kansas City atop the AFC West. The game appeared to be headed toward a tie until Denver’s Montrell Washington muffed JK Scott’s punt at the Broncos 32-yard line. It was recovered by Deane Leonard at the 28. NFL – Lions DL Levi Onwuzurike out for year after back surgery Detroit Lions defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike is out for the season after having back surgery earlier this month. Lions coach Dan Campbell made the announcement Monday. The Lions drafted Onwuzurike with the No. 41 pick overall in 2021 and the former Washington standout had an underwhelming rookie season. Onwuzurike played in 16 games as a backup last year and had 35 tackles, including one sack. While trying to recover from a back injury this season, he did not play in a game. MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees, PPD Rain                            (Series tied 2-2) Guardians at Yankees, PPD – Guardians-Yankees rained out, to play ALDS Game 5 on Tuesday The decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees has been postponed by rain after a 2 1/2-hour delay and rescheduled for Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. Both teams took batting practice ahead of the scheduled 7:07 p.m. start. Major League Baseball announced a delay at 6:20 p.m., rain started falling at 7:30 p.m. and the postponement was announced at 9:38 p.m. It was the second postponement of the series following Game 2 at Yankee Stadium being pushed back a day until last Friday. Cleveland or New York will start the AL Championship Series at Houston on Wednesday night. Today ALDS – Best of 5 Cleveland (Civale 5-6) at New York (Cortes 12-4), 4:07 p.m.                 (Series tied 2-2) NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Wheeler 12-7) at San Diego (Darvish 16-8), 8:03 p.m.       (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Tonight Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors, 10:00 p.m. NBA – NBA ’22-23: Warriors out to defend, amid tons of contenders The Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics were the final two teams standing last season. And before this season started, both encountered some major issues. The Warriors will get their championship rings Tuesday night when the 77th NBA season opens. It’ll be the fourth time in eight years that the Warriors go into a season as defending champs. But they were rocked in the preseason by Draymond Green punching teammate Jordan Poole. They beat the Celtics in the NBA Finals and Boston has since lost coach Ime Udoka to a team-ordered suspension. If all that wasn’t enough, there are tons of contenders in both conferences to try to take the Warriors and Celtics down. NBA – Barkley, ‘Inside the NBA’ crew agree to contract extensions Charles Barkley will not be leaving TNT or the “Inside the NBA” crew for the foreseeable future. Barkley has signed a 10-year extension with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, which owns TNT. Barkley’s agreement coincides with contract renewals for host Ernie Johnson and analysts Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal. Barkley has been with TNT since retiring as a player in 2000. He had floated the idea of doing commentary for LIV Golf this past summer. NCAAMBKB – North Carolina No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 North Carolina is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. The national runner-up from last season returns four of five starters and received 47 of 62 first-place votes. Gonzaga is No. 2, followed by Houston and Kentucky. Kansas and Baylor, the last two national champions, are tied for fifth. Duke, led by new coach Jon Scheyer, is seventh with UCLA, Creighton and Arkansas rounding out the top 10. The Big 12 and SEC lead the way with five teams apiece in the Top 25. NCAAFB – Fallout from rare Alabama loss Alabama loses so infrequently it seems to shift the shape of the season when it happens. The Crimson Tide took an L on Saturday at Tennessee that pushed the Volunteers to No. 3 in the AP Top 25. The Vols received 15 first-place votes, the most they have gotten since 1999. After falling on a field goal as time expired, the Crimson Tide slipped three spots to No. 6. Alabama is the highest ranked team that has lost. Reality Check cautions against making any grand proclamations about the Alabama dynasty’s long-term health and is fine with the Tide’s short fall. NASCAR – Wallace ignored his own mantra in Larson conflict NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has a mantra of “Peace, Love and Understanding” that he uses to push back against the negativity so often hurled his way. There was nothing peaceful about his skirmish with Kyle Larson at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wallace appeared to deliberately crash the reigning NASCAR champion in a dangerous retaliatory move and then he tried to fight Larson. Now NASCAR gets to decide if Wallace was out of line. He could be looking at a suspension. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Lake Michigan College 3, Marian Ancilla College 0 Today Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College at Southwestern Michigan College, 6:30 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Volleyball St. Joseph 3, Berrien Springs 0 Buchanan 3, Our Lady of the Lake 0 Michigan Lutheran 3, Lawrence 0 Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 at Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg Gull Lake 3, Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg 0 Parma Western 5, Marshall 0 Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m.                  at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m.                   at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Allegan at Holland Christian, 6:00 pm. Delton-Kellogg at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Cassopolis at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m. Bridgman vs. Brandywine, 5:00 p.m.                  at Our Lady of the Lake Division 4 (Hartford) Bangor at Hartford, 5:00 p.m. Bloomingdale at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Academy at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:00 p.m. Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore, Hopkins, at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at Howardsville Christian, 7:00 p.m. Bridgman, Martin at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Otsego at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m. South Haven, Delton-Kellogg at Lawton, 5:00 p.m. Bloomingdale at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. White Pigeon at Comstock, 7:30 p.m. Marcellus at Hartford, 7:30 p.m. Bangor at Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. Decatur at Mendon, 7:30 p.m. Allegan at Constantine, 5:30 p.m. Watervliet, Galesburg-Augusta at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m. Coloma, Gobles at Parchment, 5:00 p.m. Girls Swimming and Diving St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Bridgman, 6:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Football Rankings Division 1 1. Belleville (5)                                      (8-0)     50 2. Caledonia                                           (8-0)     44 3. Rockford                                            (8-0)     39 4. Macomb Dakota                                    (8-0)     37 5. Rochester Adams                                 (7-1)     28 6. West Bloomfield                                  (7-1)     24 7. Brighton                                            (8-0)     20 8. Davison                                              (7-1)     12 9. Clarkston                                          (6-2)     5 (tie) Romeo                                            (6-2)     5 Others receiving votes: Lapeer 3. Detroit Catholic Central 3. Saline 2. Detroit Cass Tech 2. Northville 1. Division 2 1. Dexter (4)                                          (8-0)     48 2. Warren De La Salle (1)                          (7-1)     46 3. Muskegon Mona Shores                         (7-1)     40 4. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central          (8-0)     34 5. Midland                                              (7-1)     27 6. Livonia Franklin                                   (7-1)     26 7. Battle Creek Central                         (7-1)    17 8. Saginaw Heritage                                 (6-2)     12 9. South Lyon                                         (6-2)     7 (tie) East Lansing                                     (6-2)     7 Others receiving votes: Temperance Bedford 5. Birmingham Seaholm 3. Byron Center 2. Waterford Mott 1. Division 3 1. Mason (2)                                           (8-0)     36 2. Mount Pleasant (1)                              (7-1)     33 (tie) Detroit King (1)                               (5-2)     33 4. Muskegon                                           (6-2)     24 (tie) River Rouge                                     (6-2)     24 6. St. Joseph                                         (7-1)    21 7. Walled Lake Western                            (7-1)     18 8. Zeeland West                                      (7-1)     15 9. Grosse Pointe North                            (8-0)     6 10. Gibraltar Carlson                              (7-1)     4 (tie) Trenton                                          (7-1)     4 Others receiving votes: Fenton 2. Division 4 1. Grand Rapids South Christian (4)           (8-0)     40 2. Whitehall                                           (8-0)     36 3. Riverview                                           (8-0)     32 4. Redford Union                                     (8-0)     28 5. Edwardsburg                                     (7-1)    18 (tie) Freeland                                         (7-1)     18 7. Goodrich                                            (7-1)     14 (tie) Tecumseh                                        (8-0)     14 9. North Branch                                      (7-1)     8 10. Charlotte                                         (7-1)     7 Others receiving votes: Fruitport 2. Hastings 2. Dearborn Divine Child 1. Division 5 1. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (4)          (7-1)     49 2. Frankenmuth (1)                                  (8-0)     46 3. Gladwin                                             (8-0)     36 4. Corunna                                             (7-1)     35 5. Portland                                            (7-1)     30 6. Marine City                                         (7-1)     26 7. Muskegon Oakridge                              (7-1)     11 (tie) Detroit Country Day                         (5-2)     11 9. Armada                                              (7-1)     10 10. Kingsley                                           (6-2)     8 Others receiving votes: Belding 7. Berrien Springs 6. Division 6 1. Clinton (4)                                         (8-0)     47 2. Grand Rapids West Catholic (1)              (7-1)     40 (tie) Standish-Sterling                            (7-0)     40 4. Negaunee                                           (8-0)     35 5. Durand                                              (8-0)     32 6. Boyne City                                          (8-0)     23 7. Warren Michigan Collegiate                  (7-1)     15 8. Millington                                          (7-1)     12 9. Constantine                                      (7-1)    10 (tie) Madison Heights Bishop Foley             (8-0)     10 Others receiving votes: Ecorse 4. Reed City 4. Almont 2. Buchanan 1. Division 7 1. Traverse City St. Francis (4)                  (8-0)     40 2. Hudson                                              (8-0)     36 3. Detroit Central                                   (8-0)     32 4. Ithaca                                                            (7-1)     26 5. Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port Laker                (8-0)     24 6. Napoleon                                            (8-0)     21 7. North Muskegon                                  (7-1)     12 8. Jackson Lumen Christi                           (5-3)     11 (tie) Charlevoix                                      (7-1)     11 10. Union City                                         (7-1)     6 Others receiving votes: New Lothrop 1. Division 8 1. Ottawa Lake Whiteford (4)                    (8-0)     40 2. Beal City                                            (8-0)     35 3. Ubly                                                  (8-0)     33 4. Iron Mountain                                     (7-1)     27 5. Evart                                                 (7-1)     21 6. Fowler                                               (7-1)     20 7. Frankfort                                           (7-1)     15 8. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary       (7-1)     14 9. Harbor Beach                                      (7-1)     9 10. Centreville                                     (6-2)    3 Others receiving votes: St. Ignace LaSalle 2. Marine City Cardinal Mooney 1. 8-Player Division 1 1. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian (2)  (8-0)     29 2. Merrill (1)                                          (8-0)     26 3. Munising                                            (8-0)     23 (tie) Bridgman                                      (8-0)    23 5. Martin                                              (7-1)    18 6. Adrian Lenawee Christian                      (6-2)     12 7. Newberry                                           (7-1)     11 8. Rogers City                                        (8-0)     10 9. Kingston                                            (8-0)     7 10. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian             (7-1)     3 Others receiving votes: Norway 2. Lincoln-Alcona 1. 8-Player Division 2 1. Powers North Central (5)                     (8-0)     50 2. Colon                                               (8-0)    45 3. Marion                                               (8-0)     38 4. Climax-Scotts                                   (7-1)    37 5. Morrice                                              (7-1)     24 6. Crystal Falls Forest Park                      (7-1)     23 7. Peck                                                  (7-1)     16 8. Posen                                                 (7-1)     15 9. Au Gres-Sims                                      (7-1)     12 10. Mendon                                           (6-2)    11 Others receiving votes: Lake Linden-Hubbell 3. Gaylord St. Mary 1.1North Carolina(47)15322Gonzaga(12)14793Houston(1)14044Kentucky(2)13645Kansas1200Baylor12007Duke11688UCLA10939Creighton106010Arkansas102611Tennessee88012Texas84413Indiana74514TCU73515Auburn62316Villanova57817Arizona54318Virginia46219San Diego State39420Alabama28121Oregon26022Michigan22923Illinois21524Dayton17025Texas Tech122See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NHL – National Hockey League Last Night Los Angeles Kings 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 – OT Kings 5, Red Wings 4 – OT – Danault’s overtime goal gives Kings 5-4 win over Red Wings Phillip Danault scored 1:12 into overtime for his second goal of the game, and the Los Angeles Kings handed the Detroit Red Wings their first loss with a 5-4 victory. Danault’s winning shot in front hit a defender’s skate and bounced into the net. Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, giving him 47 points in 42 games against Detroit. Gabriel Vilardi also scored for the Kings, and Jonathan Quick made 29 saves. Wings forward Oskar Sundqvist scored in the final minute of regulation to send the game into overtime. NHL – Red Wings’ Bertuzzi out 4 to 6 weeks with upper-body injury Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi is expected to be out for four to six weeks with an upper-body injury. The team made the announcement Monday before hosting the Los Angeles Kings. Bertuzzi helped Detroit win its first two games this season, giving the rebuilding team a much-needed solid start. Bertuzzi had career highs last year with 30 goals and 62 points. The 27-year-old Bertuzzi has scored 84 goals and has 189 assists in his career. NFL – National Football League – Week 6 Yesterday Los Angeles Chargers 19, Denver Broncos 16 – OT Chargers 19, Broncos 16 – OT – Late turnover, Hopkins 4th field goal gives Chargers OT win Dustin Hopkins kicked four field goals, including a 39-yarder with 2:38 remaining in overtime, and the Los Angeles Chargers rallied for a 19-16 victory over the Denver Broncos. The Chargers have won three straight to improve to 4-2. They are tied with Kansas City atop the AFC West. The game appeared to be headed toward a tie until Denver’s Montrell Washington muffed JK Scott’s punt at the Broncos 32-yard line. It was recovered by Deane Leonard at the 28. NFL – Lions DL Levi Onwuzurike out for year after back surgery Detroit Lions defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike is out for the season after having back surgery earlier this month. Lions coach Dan Campbell made the announcement Monday. The Lions drafted Onwuzurike with the No. 41 pick overall in 2021 and the former Washington standout had an underwhelming rookie season. Onwuzurike played in 16 games as a backup last year and had 35 tackles, including one sack. While trying to recover from a back injury this season, he did not play in a game. MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees, PPD Rain                            (Series tied 2-2) Guardians at Yankees, PPD – Guardians-Yankees rained out, to play ALDS Game 5 on Tuesday The decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees has been postponed by rain after a 2 1/2-hour delay and rescheduled for Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. Both teams took batting practice ahead of the scheduled 7:07 p.m. start. Major League Baseball announced a delay at 6:20 p.m., rain started falling at 7:30 p.m. and the postponement was announced at 9:38 p.m. It was the second postponement of the series following Game 2 at Yankee Stadium being pushed back a day until last Friday. Cleveland or New York will start the AL Championship Series at Houston on Wednesday night. Today ALDS – Best of 5 Cleveland (Civale 5-6) at New York (Cortes 12-4), 4:07 p.m.                 (Series tied 2-2) NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Wheeler 12-7) at San Diego (Darvish 16-8), 8:03 p.m.       (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Tonight Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors, 10:00 p.m. NBA – NBA ’22-23: Warriors out to defend, amid tons of contenders The Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics were the final two teams standing last season. And before this season started, both encountered some major issues. The Warriors will get their championship rings Tuesday night when the 77th NBA season opens. It’ll be the fourth time in eight years that the Warriors go into a season as defending champs. But they were rocked in the preseason by Draymond Green punching teammate Jordan Poole. They beat the Celtics in the NBA Finals and Boston has since lost coach Ime Udoka to a team-ordered suspension. If all that wasn’t enough, there are tons of contenders in both conferences to try to take the Warriors and Celtics down. NBA – Barkley, ‘Inside the NBA’ crew agree to contract extensions Charles Barkley will not be leaving TNT or the “Inside the NBA” crew for the foreseeable future. Barkley has signed a 10-year extension with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, which owns TNT. Barkley’s agreement coincides with contract renewals for host Ernie Johnson and analysts Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal. Barkley has been with TNT since retiring as a player in 2000. He had floated the idea of doing commentary for LIV Golf this past summer. NCAAMBKB – North Carolina No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 North Carolina is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. The national runner-up from last season returns four of five starters and received 47 of 62 first-place votes. Gonzaga is No. 2, followed by Houston and Kentucky. Kansas and Baylor, the last two national champions, are tied for fifth. Duke, led by new coach Jon Scheyer, is seventh with UCLA, Creighton and Arkansas rounding out the top 10. The Big 12 and SEC lead the way with five teams apiece in the Top 25. NCAAFB – Fallout from rare Alabama loss Alabama loses so infrequently it seems to shift the shape of the season when it happens. The Crimson Tide took an L on Saturday at Tennessee that pushed the Volunteers to No. 3 in the AP Top 25. The Vols received 15 first-place votes, the most they have gotten since 1999. After falling on a field goal as time expired, the Crimson Tide slipped three spots to No. 6. Alabama is the highest ranked team that has lost. Reality Check cautions against making any grand proclamations about the Alabama dynasty’s long-term health and is fine with the Tide’s short fall. NASCAR – Wallace ignored his own mantra in Larson conflict NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has a mantra of “Peace, Love and Understanding” that he uses to push back against the negativity so often hurled his way. There was nothing peaceful about his skirmish with Kyle Larson at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wallace appeared to deliberately crash the reigning NASCAR champion in a dangerous retaliatory move and then he tried to fight Larson. Now NASCAR gets to decide if Wallace was out of line. He could be looking at a suspension. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Lake Michigan College 3, Marian Ancilla College 0 Today Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College at Southwestern Michigan College, 6:30 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Volleyball St. Joseph 3, Berrien Springs 0 Buchanan 3, Our Lady of the Lake 0 Michigan Lutheran 3, Lawrence 0 Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 at Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg Gull Lake 3, Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg 0 Parma Western 5, Marshall 0 Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m.                  at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m.                   at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Allegan at Holland Christian, 6:00 pm. Delton-Kellogg at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Cassopolis at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m. Bridgman vs. Brandywine, 5:00 p.m.                  at Our Lady of the Lake Division 4 (Hartford) Bangor at Hartford, 5:00 p.m. Bloomingdale at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Academy at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:00 p.m. Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore, Hopkins, at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at Howardsville Christian, 7:00 p.m. Bridgman, Martin at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Otsego at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m. South Haven, Delton-Kellogg at Lawton, 5:00 p.m. Bloomingdale at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. White Pigeon at Comstock, 7:30 p.m. Marcellus at Hartford, 7:30 p.m. Bangor at Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. Decatur at Mendon, 7:30 p.m. Allegan at Constantine, 5:30 p.m. Watervliet, Galesburg-Augusta at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m. Coloma, Gobles at Parchment, 5:00 p.m. Girls Swimming and Diving St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Bridgman, 6:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Football Rankings Division 1 1. Belleville (5)                                      (8-0)     50 2. Caledonia                                           (8-0)     44 3. Rockford                                            (8-0)     39 4. Macomb Dakota                                    (8-0)     37 5. Rochester Adams                                 (7-1)     28 6. West Bloomfield                                  (7-1)     24 7. Brighton                                            (8-0)     20 8. Davison                                              (7-1)     12 9. Clarkston                                          (6-2)     5 (tie) Romeo                                            (6-2)     5 Others receiving votes: Lapeer 3. Detroit Catholic Central 3. Saline 2. Detroit Cass Tech 2. Northville 1. Division 2 1. Dexter (4)                                          (8-0)     48 2. Warren De La Salle (1)                          (7-1)     46 3. Muskegon Mona Shores                         (7-1)     40 4. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central          (8-0)     34 5. Midland                                              (7-1)     27 6. Livonia Franklin                                   (7-1)     26 7. Battle Creek Central                         (7-1)    17 8. Saginaw Heritage                                 (6-2)     12 9. South Lyon                                         (6-2)     7 (tie) East Lansing                                     (6-2)     7 Others receiving votes: Temperance Bedford 5. Birmingham Seaholm 3. Byron Center 2. Waterford Mott 1. Division 3 1. Mason (2)                                           (8-0)     36 2. Mount Pleasant (1)                              (7-1)     33 (tie) Detroit King (1)                               (5-2)     33 4. Muskegon                                           (6-2)     24 (tie) River Rouge                                     (6-2)     24 6. St. Joseph                                         (7-1)    21 7. Walled Lake Western                            (7-1)     18 8. Zeeland West                                      (7-1)     15 9. Grosse Pointe North                            (8-0)     6 10. Gibraltar Carlson                              (7-1)     4 (tie) Trenton                                          (7-1)     4 Others receiving votes: Fenton 2. Division 4 1. Grand Rapids South Christian (4)           (8-0)     40 2. Whitehall                                           (8-0)     36 3. Riverview                                           (8-0)     32 4. Redford Union                                     (8-0)     28 5. Edwardsburg                                     (7-1)    18 (tie) Freeland                                         (7-1)     18 7. Goodrich                                            (7-1)     14 (tie) Tecumseh                                        (8-0)     14 9. North Branch                                      (7-1)     8 10. Charlotte                                         (7-1)     7 Others receiving votes: Fruitport 2. Hastings 2. Dearborn Divine Child 1. Division 5 1. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (4)          (7-1)     49 2. Frankenmuth (1)                                  (8-0)     46 3. Gladwin                                             (8-0)     36 4. Corunna                                             (7-1)     35 5. Portland                                            (7-1)     30 6. Marine City                                         (7-1)     26 7. Muskegon Oakridge                              (7-1)     11 (tie) Detroit Country Day                         (5-2)     11 9. Armada                                              (7-1)     10 10. Kingsley                                           (6-2)     8 Others receiving votes: Belding 7. Berrien Springs 6. Division 6 1. Clinton (4)                                         (8-0)     47 2. Grand Rapids West Catholic (1)              (7-1)     40 (tie) Standish-Sterling                            (7-0)     40 4. Negaunee                                           (8-0)     35 5. Durand                                              (8-0)     32 6. Boyne City                                          (8-0)     23 7. Warren Michigan Collegiate                  (7-1)     15 8. Millington                                          (7-1)     12 9. Constantine                                      (7-1)    10 (tie) Madison Heights Bishop Foley             (8-0)     10 Others receiving votes: Ecorse 4. Reed City 4. Almont 2. Buchanan 1. Division 7 1. Traverse City St. Francis (4)                  (8-0)     40 2. Hudson                                              (8-0)     36 3. Detroit Central                                   (8-0)     32 4. Ithaca                                                            (7-1)     26 5. Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port Laker                (8-0)     24 6. Napoleon                                            (8-0)     21 7. North Muskegon                                  (7-1)     12 8. Jackson Lumen Christi                           (5-3)     11 (tie) Charlevoix                                      (7-1)     11 10. Union City                                         (7-1)     6 Others receiving votes: New Lothrop 1. Division 8 1. Ottawa Lake Whiteford (4)                    (8-0)     40 2. Beal City                                            (8-0)     35 3. Ubly                                                  (8-0)     33 4. Iron Mountain                                     (7-1)     27 5. Evart                                                 (7-1)     21 6. Fowler                                               (7-1)     20 7. Frankfort                                           (7-1)     15 8. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary       (7-1)     14 9. Harbor Beach                                      (7-1)     9 10. Centreville                                     (6-2)    3 Others receiving votes: St. Ignace LaSalle 2. Marine City Cardinal Mooney 1. 8-Player Division 1 1. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian (2)  (8-0)     29 2. Merrill (1)                                          (8-0)     26 3. Munising                                            (8-0)     23 (tie) Bridgman                                      (8-0)    23 5. Martin                                              (7-1)    18 6. Adrian Lenawee Christian                      (6-2)     12 7. Newberry                                           (7-1)     11 8. Rogers City                                        (8-0)     10 9. Kingston                                            (8-0)     7 10. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian             (7-1)     3 Others receiving votes: Norway 2. Lincoln-Alcona 1. 8-Player Division 2 1. Powers North Central (5)                     (8-0)     50 2. Colon                                               (8-0)    45 3. Marion                                               (8-0)     38 4. Climax-Scotts                                   (7-1)    37 5. Morrice                                              (7-1)     24 6. Crystal Falls Forest Park                      (7-1)     23 7. Peck                                                  (7-1)     16 8. Posen                                                 (7-1)     15 9. Au Gres-Sims                                      (7-1)     12 10. Mendon                                           (6-2)    11 Others receiving votes: Lake Linden-Hubbell 3. Gaylord St. Mary 1.1North Carolina(47)15322Gonzaga(12)14793Houston(1)14044Kentucky(2)13645Kansas1200Baylor12007Duke11688UCLA10939Creighton106010Arkansas102611Tennessee88012Texas84413Indiana74514TCU73515Auburn62316Villanova57817Arizona54318Virginia46219San Diego State39420Alabama28121Oregon26022Michigan22923Illinois21524Dayton17025Texas Tech122See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NHL – National Hockey League Last Night Los Angeles Kings 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 – OT Kings 5, Red Wings 4 – OT – Danault’s overtime goal gives Kings 5-4 win over Red Wings Phillip Danault scored 1:12 into overtime for his second goal of the game, and the Los Angeles Kings handed the Detroit Red Wings their first loss with a 5-4 victory. Danault’s winning shot in front hit a defender’s skate and bounced into the net. Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, giving him 47 points in 42 games against Detroit. Gabriel Vilardi also scored for the Kings, and Jonathan Quick made 29 saves. Wings forward Oskar Sundqvist scored in the final minute of regulation to send the game into overtime. NHL – Red Wings’ Bertuzzi out 4 to 6 weeks with upper-body injury Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi is expected to be out for four to six weeks with an upper-body injury. The team made the announcement Monday before hosting the Los Angeles Kings. Bertuzzi helped Detroit win its first two games this season, giving the rebuilding team a much-needed solid start. Bertuzzi had career highs last year with 30 goals and 62 points. The 27-year-old Bertuzzi has scored 84 goals and has 189 assists in his career. NFL – National Football League – Week 6 Yesterday Los Angeles Chargers 19, Denver Broncos 16 – OT Chargers 19, Broncos 16 – OT – Late turnover, Hopkins 4th field goal gives Chargers OT win Dustin Hopkins kicked four field goals, including a 39-yarder with 2:38 remaining in overtime, and the Los Angeles Chargers rallied for a 19-16 victory over the Denver Broncos. The Chargers have won three straight to improve to 4-2. They are tied with Kansas City atop the AFC West. The game appeared to be headed toward a tie until Denver’s Montrell Washington muffed JK Scott’s punt at the Broncos 32-yard line. It was recovered by Deane Leonard at the 28. NFL – Lions DL Levi Onwuzurike out for year after back surgery Detroit Lions defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike is out for the season after having back surgery earlier this month. Lions coach Dan Campbell made the announcement Monday. The Lions drafted Onwuzurike with the No. 41 pick overall in 2021 and the former Washington standout had an underwhelming rookie season. Onwuzurike played in 16 games as a backup last year and had 35 tackles, including one sack. While trying to recover from a back injury this season, he did not play in a game. MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees, PPD Rain                            (Series tied 2-2) Guardians at Yankees, PPD – Guardians-Yankees rained out, to play ALDS Game 5 on Tuesday The decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees has been postponed by rain after a 2 1/2-hour delay and rescheduled for Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. Both teams took batting practice ahead of the scheduled 7:07 p.m. start. Major League Baseball announced a delay at 6:20 p.m., rain started falling at 7:30 p.m. and the postponement was announced at 9:38 p.m. It was the second postponement of the series following Game 2 at Yankee Stadium being pushed back a day until last Friday. Cleveland or New York will start the AL Championship Series at Houston on Wednesday night. Today ALDS – Best of 5 Cleveland (Civale 5-6) at New York (Cortes 12-4), 4:07 p.m.                 (Series tied 2-2) NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Wheeler 12-7) at San Diego (Darvish 16-8), 8:03 p.m.       (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Tonight Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors, 10:00 p.m. NBA – NBA ’22-23: Warriors out to defend, amid tons of contenders The Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics were the final two teams standing last season. And before this season started, both encountered some major issues. The Warriors will get their championship rings Tuesday night when the 77th NBA season opens. It’ll be the fourth time in eight years that the Warriors go into a season as defending champs. But they were rocked in the preseason by Draymond Green punching teammate Jordan Poole. They beat the Celtics in the NBA Finals and Boston has since lost coach Ime Udoka to a team-ordered suspension. If all that wasn’t enough, there are tons of contenders in both conferences to try to take the Warriors and Celtics down. NBA – Barkley, ‘Inside the NBA’ crew agree to contract extensions Charles Barkley will not be leaving TNT or the “Inside the NBA” crew for the foreseeable future. Barkley has signed a 10-year extension with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, which owns TNT. Barkley’s agreement coincides with contract renewals for host Ernie Johnson and analysts Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal. Barkley has been with TNT since retiring as a player in 2000. He had floated the idea of doing commentary for LIV Golf this past summer. NCAAMBKB – North Carolina No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 North Carolina is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. The national runner-up from last season returns four of five starters and received 47 of 62 first-place votes. Gonzaga is No. 2, followed by Houston and Kentucky. Kansas and Baylor, the last two national champions, are tied for fifth. Duke, led by new coach Jon Scheyer, is seventh with UCLA, Creighton and Arkansas rounding out the top 10. The Big 12 and SEC lead the way with five teams apiece in the Top 25. NCAAFB – Fallout from rare Alabama loss Alabama loses so infrequently it seems to shift the shape of the season when it happens. The Crimson Tide took an L on Saturday at Tennessee that pushed the Volunteers to No. 3 in the AP Top 25. The Vols received 15 first-place votes, the most they have gotten since 1999. After falling on a field goal as time expired, the Crimson Tide slipped three spots to No. 6. Alabama is the highest ranked team that has lost. Reality Check cautions against making any grand proclamations about the Alabama dynasty’s long-term health and is fine with the Tide’s short fall. NASCAR – Wallace ignored his own mantra in Larson conflict NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has a mantra of “Peace, Love and Understanding” that he uses to push back against the negativity so often hurled his way. There was nothing peaceful about his skirmish with Kyle Larson at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wallace appeared to deliberately crash the reigning NASCAR champion in a dangerous retaliatory move and then he tried to fight Larson. Now NASCAR gets to decide if Wallace was out of line. He could be looking at a suspension. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Lake Michigan College 3, Marian Ancilla College 0 Today Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College at Southwestern Michigan College, 6:30 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Volleyball St. Joseph 3, Berrien Springs 0 Buchanan 3, Our Lady of the Lake 0 Michigan Lutheran 3, Lawrence 0 Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 at Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg Gull Lake 3, Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg 0 Parma Western 5, Marshall 0 Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m.                  at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m.                   at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Allegan at Holland Christian, 6:00 pm. Delton-Kellogg at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Cassopolis at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m. Bridgman vs. Brandywine, 5:00 p.m.                  at Our Lady of the Lake Division 4 (Hartford) Bangor at Hartford, 5:00 p.m. Bloomingdale at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Academy at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:00 p.m. Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore, Hopkins, at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at Howardsville Christian, 7:00 p.m. Bridgman, Martin at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Otsego at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m. South Haven, Delton-Kellogg at Lawton, 5:00 p.m. Bloomingdale at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. White Pigeon at Comstock, 7:30 p.m. Marcellus at Hartford, 7:30 p.m. Bangor at Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. Decatur at Mendon, 7:30 p.m. Allegan at Constantine, 5:30 p.m. Watervliet, Galesburg-Augusta at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m. Coloma, Gobles at Parchment, 5:00 p.m. Girls Swimming and Diving St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Bridgman, 6:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Football Rankings Division 1 1. Belleville (5)                                      (8-0)     50 2. Caledonia                                           (8-0)     44 3. Rockford                                            (8-0)     39 4. Macomb Dakota                                    (8-0)     37 5. Rochester Adams                                 (7-1)     28 6. West Bloomfield                                  (7-1)     24 7. Brighton                                            (8-0)     20 8. Davison                                              (7-1)     12 9. Clarkston                                          (6-2)     5 (tie) Romeo                                            (6-2)     5 Others receiving votes: Lapeer 3. Detroit Catholic Central 3. Saline 2. Detroit Cass Tech 2. Northville 1. Division 2 1. Dexter (4)                                          (8-0)     48 2. Warren De La Salle (1)                          (7-1)     46 3. Muskegon Mona Shores                         (7-1)     40 4. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central          (8-0)     34 5. Midland                                              (7-1)     27 6. Livonia Franklin                                   (7-1)     26 7. Battle Creek Central                         (7-1)    17 8. Saginaw Heritage                                 (6-2)     12 9. South Lyon                                         (6-2)     7 (tie) East Lansing                                     (6-2)     7 Others receiving votes: Temperance Bedford 5. Birmingham Seaholm 3. Byron Center 2. Waterford Mott 1. Division 3 1. Mason (2)                                           (8-0)     36 2. Mount Pleasant (1)                              (7-1)     33 (tie) Detroit King (1)                               (5-2)     33 4. Muskegon                                           (6-2)     24 (tie) River Rouge                                     (6-2)     24 6. St. Joseph                                         (7-1)    21 7. Walled Lake Western                            (7-1)     18 8. Zeeland West                                      (7-1)     15 9. Grosse Pointe North                            (8-0)     6 10. Gibraltar Carlson                              (7-1)     4 (tie) Trenton                                          (7-1)     4 Others receiving votes: Fenton 2. Division 4 1. Grand Rapids South Christian (4)           (8-0)     40 2. Whitehall                                           (8-0)     36 3. Riverview                                           (8-0)     32 4. Redford Union                                     (8-0)     28 5. Edwardsburg                                     (7-1)    18 (tie) Freeland                                         (7-1)     18 7. Goodrich                                            (7-1)     14 (tie) Tecumseh                                        (8-0)     14 9. North Branch                                      (7-1)     8 10. Charlotte                                         (7-1)     7 Others receiving votes: Fruitport 2. Hastings 2. Dearborn Divine Child 1. Division 5 1. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (4)          (7-1)     49 2. Frankenmuth (1)                                  (8-0)     46 3. Gladwin                                             (8-0)     36 4. Corunna                                             (7-1)     35 5. Portland                                            (7-1)     30 6. Marine City                                         (7-1)     26 7. Muskegon Oakridge                              (7-1)     11 (tie) Detroit Country Day                         (5-2)     11 9. Armada                                              (7-1)     10 10. Kingsley                                           (6-2)     8 Others receiving votes: Belding 7. Berrien Springs 6. Division 6 1. Clinton (4)                                         (8-0)     47 2. Grand Rapids West Catholic (1)              (7-1)     40 (tie) Standish-Sterling                            (7-0)     40 4. Negaunee                                           (8-0)     35 5. Durand                                              (8-0)     32 6. Boyne City                                          (8-0)     23 7. Warren Michigan Collegiate                  (7-1)     15 8. Millington                                          (7-1)     12 9. Constantine                                      (7-1)    10 (tie) Madison Heights Bishop Foley             (8-0)     10 Others receiving votes: Ecorse 4. Reed City 4. Almont 2. Buchanan 1. Division 7 1. Traverse City St. Francis (4)                  (8-0)     40 2. Hudson                                              (8-0)     36 3. Detroit Central                                   (8-0)     32 4. Ithaca                                                            (7-1)     26 5. Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port Laker                (8-0)     24 6. Napoleon                                            (8-0)     21 7. North Muskegon                                  (7-1)     12 8. Jackson Lumen Christi                           (5-3)     11 (tie) Charlevoix                                      (7-1)     11 10. Union City                                         (7-1)     6 Others receiving votes: New Lothrop 1. Division 8 1. Ottawa Lake Whiteford (4)                    (8-0)     40 2. Beal City                                            (8-0)     35 3. Ubly                                                  (8-0)     33 4. Iron Mountain                                     (7-1)     27 5. Evart                                                 (7-1)     21 6. Fowler                                               (7-1)     20 7. Frankfort                                           (7-1)     15 8. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary       (7-1)     14 9. Harbor Beach                                      (7-1)     9 10. Centreville                                     (6-2)    3 Others receiving votes: St. Ignace LaSalle 2. Marine City Cardinal Mooney 1. 8-Player Division 1 1. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian (2)  (8-0)     29 2. Merrill (1)                                          (8-0)     26 3. Munising                                            (8-0)     23 (tie) Bridgman                                      (8-0)    23 5. Martin                                              (7-1)    18 6. Adrian Lenawee Christian                      (6-2)     12 7. Newberry                                           (7-1)     11 8. Rogers City                                        (8-0)     10 9. Kingston                                            (8-0)     7 10. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian             (7-1)     3 Others receiving votes: Norway 2. Lincoln-Alcona 1. 8-Player Division 2 1. Powers North Central (5)                     (8-0)     50 2. Colon                                               (8-0)    45 3. Marion                                               (8-0)     38 4. Climax-Scotts                                   (7-1)    37 5. Morrice                                              (7-1)     24 6. Crystal Falls Forest Park                      (7-1)     23 7. Peck                                                  (7-1)     16 8. Posen                                                 (7-1)     15 9. Au Gres-Sims                                      (7-1)     12 10. Mendon                                           (6-2)    11 Others receiving votes: Lake Linden-Hubbell 3. Gaylord St. Mary 1.1North Carolina(47)15322Gonzaga(12)14793Houston(1)14044Kentucky(2)13645Kansas1200Baylor12007Duke11688UCLA10939Creighton106010Arkansas102611Tennessee88012Texas84413Indiana74514TCU73515Auburn62316Villanova57817Arizona54318Virginia46219San Diego State39420Alabama28121Oregon26022Michigan22923Illinois21524Dayton17025Texas Tech122See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NHL – National Hockey League Last Night Los Angeles Kings 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 – OT Kings 5, Red Wings 4 – OT – Danault’s overtime goal gives Kings 5-4 win over Red Wings Phillip Danault scored 1:12 into overtime for his second goal of the game, and the Los Angeles Kings handed the Detroit Red Wings their first loss with a 5-4 victory. Danault’s winning shot in front hit a defender’s skate and bounced into the net. Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, giving him 47 points in 42 games against Detroit. Gabriel Vilardi also scored for the Kings, and Jonathan Quick made 29 saves. Wings forward Oskar Sundqvist scored in the final minute of regulation to send the game into overtime. NHL – Red Wings’ Bertuzzi out 4 to 6 weeks with upper-body injury Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi is expected to be out for four to six weeks with an upper-body injury. The team made the announcement Monday before hosting the Los Angeles Kings. Bertuzzi helped Detroit win its first two games this season, giving the rebuilding team a much-needed solid start. Bertuzzi had career highs last year with 30 goals and 62 points. The 27-year-old Bertuzzi has scored 84 goals and has 189 assists in his career. NFL – National Football League – Week 6 Yesterday Los Angeles Chargers 19, Denver Broncos 16 – OT Chargers 19, Broncos 16 – OT – Late turnover, Hopkins 4th field goal gives Chargers OT win Dustin Hopkins kicked four field goals, including a 39-yarder with 2:38 remaining in overtime, and the Los Angeles Chargers rallied for a 19-16 victory over the Denver Broncos. The Chargers have won three straight to improve to 4-2. They are tied with Kansas City atop the AFC West. The game appeared to be headed toward a tie until Denver’s Montrell Washington muffed JK Scott’s punt at the Broncos 32-yard line. It was recovered by Deane Leonard at the 28. NFL – Lions DL Levi Onwuzurike out for year after back surgery Detroit Lions defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike is out for the season after having back surgery earlier this month. Lions coach Dan Campbell made the announcement Monday. The Lions drafted Onwuzurike with the No. 41 pick overall in 2021 and the former Washington standout had an underwhelming rookie season. Onwuzurike played in 16 games as a backup last year and had 35 tackles, including one sack. While trying to recover from a back injury this season, he did not play in a game. MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees, PPD Rain                            (Series tied 2-2) Guardians at Yankees, PPD – Guardians-Yankees rained out, to play ALDS Game 5 on Tuesday The decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees has been postponed by rain after a 2 1/2-hour delay and rescheduled for Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. Both teams took batting practice ahead of the scheduled 7:07 p.m. start. Major League Baseball announced a delay at 6:20 p.m., rain started falling at 7:30 p.m. and the postponement was announced at 9:38 p.m. It was the second postponement of the series following Game 2 at Yankee Stadium being pushed back a day until last Friday. Cleveland or New York will start the AL Championship Series at Houston on Wednesday night. Today ALDS – Best of 5 Cleveland (Civale 5-6) at New York (Cortes 12-4), 4:07 p.m.                 (Series tied 2-2) NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Wheeler 12-7) at San Diego (Darvish 16-8), 8:03 p.m.       (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Tonight Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors, 10:00 p.m. NBA – NBA ’22-23: Warriors out to defend, amid tons of contenders The Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics were the final two teams standing last season. And before this season started, both encountered some major issues. The Warriors will get their championship rings Tuesday night when the 77th NBA season opens. It’ll be the fourth time in eight years that the Warriors go into a season as defending champs. But they were rocked in the preseason by Draymond Green punching teammate Jordan Poole. They beat the Celtics in the NBA Finals and Boston has since lost coach Ime Udoka to a team-ordered suspension. If all that wasn’t enough, there are tons of contenders in both conferences to try to take the Warriors and Celtics down. NBA – Barkley, ‘Inside the NBA’ crew agree to contract extensions Charles Barkley will not be leaving TNT or the “Inside the NBA” crew for the foreseeable future. Barkley has signed a 10-year extension with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, which owns TNT. Barkley’s agreement coincides with contract renewals for host Ernie Johnson and analysts Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal. Barkley has been with TNT since retiring as a player in 2000. He had floated the idea of doing commentary for LIV Golf this past summer. NCAAMBKB – North Carolina No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 North Carolina is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. The national runner-up from last season returns four of five starters and received 47 of 62 first-place votes. Gonzaga is No. 2, followed by Houston and Kentucky. Kansas and Baylor, the last two national champions, are tied for fifth. Duke, led by new coach Jon Scheyer, is seventh with UCLA, Creighton and Arkansas rounding out the top 10. The Big 12 and SEC lead the way with five teams apiece in the Top 25. NCAAFB – Fallout from rare Alabama loss Alabama loses so infrequently it seems to shift the shape of the season when it happens. The Crimson Tide took an L on Saturday at Tennessee that pushed the Volunteers to No. 3 in the AP Top 25. The Vols received 15 first-place votes, the most they have gotten since 1999. After falling on a field goal as time expired, the Crimson Tide slipped three spots to No. 6. Alabama is the highest ranked team that has lost. Reality Check cautions against making any grand proclamations about the Alabama dynasty’s long-term health and is fine with the Tide’s short fall. NASCAR – Wallace ignored his own mantra in Larson conflict NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has a mantra of “Peace, Love and Understanding” that he uses to push back against the negativity so often hurled his way. There was nothing peaceful about his skirmish with Kyle Larson at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wallace appeared to deliberately crash the reigning NASCAR champion in a dangerous retaliatory move and then he tried to fight Larson. Now NASCAR gets to decide if Wallace was out of line. He could be looking at a suspension. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Lake Michigan College 3, Marian Ancilla College 0 Today Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College at Southwestern Michigan College, 6:30 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Volleyball St. Joseph 3, Berrien Springs 0 Buchanan 3, Our Lady of the Lake 0 Michigan Lutheran 3, Lawrence 0 Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 at Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg Gull Lake 3, Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg 0 Parma Western 5, Marshall 0 Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m.                  at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m.                   at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Allegan at Holland Christian, 6:00 pm. Delton-Kellogg at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Cassopolis at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m. Bridgman vs. Brandywine, 5:00 p.m.                  at Our Lady of the Lake Division 4 (Hartford) Bangor at Hartford, 5:00 p.m. Bloomingdale at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Academy at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:00 p.m. Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore, Hopkins, at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at Howardsville Christian, 7:00 p.m. Bridgman, Martin at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Otsego at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m. South Haven, Delton-Kellogg at Lawton, 5:00 p.m. Bloomingdale at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. White Pigeon at Comstock, 7:30 p.m. Marcellus at Hartford, 7:30 p.m. Bangor at Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. Decatur at Mendon, 7:30 p.m. Allegan at Constantine, 5:30 p.m. Watervliet, Galesburg-Augusta at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m. Coloma, Gobles at Parchment, 5:00 p.m. Girls Swimming and Diving St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Bridgman, 6:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Football Rankings Division 1 1. Belleville (5)                                      (8-0)     50 2. Caledonia                                           (8-0)     44 3. Rockford                                            (8-0)     39 4. Macomb Dakota                                    (8-0)     37 5. Rochester Adams                                 (7-1)     28 6. West Bloomfield                                  (7-1)     24 7. Brighton                                            (8-0)     20 8. Davison                                              (7-1)     12 9. Clarkston                                          (6-2)     5 (tie) Romeo                                            (6-2)     5 Others receiving votes: Lapeer 3. Detroit Catholic Central 3. Saline 2. Detroit Cass Tech 2. Northville 1. Division 2 1. Dexter (4)                                          (8-0)     48 2. Warren De La Salle (1)                          (7-1)     46 3. Muskegon Mona Shores                         (7-1)     40 4. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central          (8-0)     34 5. Midland                                              (7-1)     27 6. Livonia Franklin                                   (7-1)     26 7. Battle Creek Central                         (7-1)    17 8. Saginaw Heritage                                 (6-2)     12 9. South Lyon                                         (6-2)     7 (tie) East Lansing                                     (6-2)     7 Others receiving votes: Temperance Bedford 5. Birmingham Seaholm 3. Byron Center 2. Waterford Mott 1. Division 3 1. Mason (2)                                           (8-0)     36 2. Mount Pleasant (1)                              (7-1)     33 (tie) Detroit King (1)                               (5-2)     33 4. Muskegon                                           (6-2)     24 (tie) River Rouge                                     (6-2)     24 6. St. Joseph                                         (7-1)    21 7. Walled Lake Western                            (7-1)     18 8. Zeeland West                                      (7-1)     15 9. Grosse Pointe North                            (8-0)     6 10. Gibraltar Carlson                              (7-1)     4 (tie) Trenton                                          (7-1)     4 Others receiving votes: Fenton 2. Division 4 1. Grand Rapids South Christian (4)           (8-0)     40 2. Whitehall                                           (8-0)     36 3. Riverview                                           (8-0)     32 4. Redford Union                                     (8-0)     28 5. Edwardsburg                                     (7-1)    18 (tie) Freeland                                         (7-1)     18 7. Goodrich                                            (7-1)     14 (tie) Tecumseh                                        (8-0)     14 9. North Branch                                      (7-1)     8 10. Charlotte                                         (7-1)     7 Others receiving votes: Fruitport 2. Hastings 2. Dearborn Divine Child 1. Division 5 1. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (4)          (7-1)     49 2. Frankenmuth (1)                                  (8-0)     46 3. Gladwin                                             (8-0)     36 4. Corunna                                             (7-1)     35 5. Portland                                            (7-1)     30 6. Marine City                                         (7-1)     26 7. Muskegon Oakridge                              (7-1)     11 (tie) Detroit Country Day                         (5-2)     11 9. Armada                                              (7-1)     10 10. Kingsley                                           (6-2)     8 Others receiving votes: Belding 7. Berrien Springs 6. Division 6 1. Clinton (4)                                         (8-0)     47 2. Grand Rapids West Catholic (1)              (7-1)     40 (tie) Standish-Sterling                            (7-0)     40 4. Negaunee                                           (8-0)     35 5. Durand                                              (8-0)     32 6. Boyne City                                          (8-0)     23 7. Warren Michigan Collegiate                  (7-1)     15 8. Millington                                          (7-1)     12 9. Constantine                                      (7-1)    10 (tie) Madison Heights Bishop Foley             (8-0)     10 Others receiving votes: Ecorse 4. Reed City 4. Almont 2. Buchanan 1. Division 7 1. Traverse City St. Francis (4)                  (8-0)     40 2. Hudson                                              (8-0)     36 3. Detroit Central                                   (8-0)     32 4. Ithaca                                                            (7-1)     26 5. Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port Laker                (8-0)     24 6. Napoleon                                            (8-0)     21 7. North Muskegon                                  (7-1)     12 8. Jackson Lumen Christi                           (5-3)     11 (tie) Charlevoix                                      (7-1)     11 10. Union City                                         (7-1)     6 Others receiving votes: New Lothrop 1. Division 8 1. Ottawa Lake Whiteford (4)                    (8-0)     40 2. Beal City                                            (8-0)     35 3. Ubly                                                  (8-0)     33 4. Iron Mountain                                     (7-1)     27 5. Evart                                                 (7-1)     21 6. Fowler                                               (7-1)     20 7. Frankfort                                           (7-1)     15 8. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary       (7-1)     14 9. Harbor Beach                                      (7-1)     9 10. Centreville                                     (6-2)    3 Others receiving votes: St. Ignace LaSalle 2. Marine City Cardinal Mooney 1. 8-Player Division 1 1. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian (2)  (8-0)     29 2. Merrill (1)                                          (8-0)     26 3. Munising                                            (8-0)     23 (tie) Bridgman                                      (8-0)    23 5. Martin                                              (7-1)    18 6. Adrian Lenawee Christian                      (6-2)     12 7. Newberry                                           (7-1)     11 8. Rogers City                                        (8-0)     10 9. Kingston                                            (8-0)     7 10. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian             (7-1)     3 Others receiving votes: Norway 2. Lincoln-Alcona 1. 8-Player Division 2 1. Powers North Central (5)                     (8-0)     50 2. Colon                                               (8-0)    45 3. Marion                                               (8-0)     38 4. Climax-Scotts                                   (7-1)    37 5. Morrice                                              (7-1)     24 6. Crystal Falls Forest Park                      (7-1)     23 7. Peck                                                  (7-1)     16 8. Posen                                                 (7-1)     15 9. Au Gres-Sims                                      (7-1)     12 10. Mendon                                           (6-2)    11 Others receiving votes: Lake Linden-Hubbell 3. Gaylord St. Mary 1.1North Carolina(47)15322Gonzaga(12)14793Houston(1)14044Kentucky(2)13645Kansas1200Baylor12007Duke11688UCLA10939Creighton106010Arkansas102611Tennessee88012Texas84413Indiana74514TCU73515Auburn62316Villanova57817Arizona54318Virginia46219San Diego State39420Alabama28121Oregon26022Michigan22923Illinois21524Dayton17025Texas Tech122See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NHL – National Hockey League Last Night Los Angeles Kings 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 – OT Kings 5, Red Wings 4 – OT – Danault’s overtime goal gives Kings 5-4 win over Red Wings Phillip Danault scored 1:12 into overtime for his second goal of the game, and the Los Angeles Kings handed the Detroit Red Wings their first loss with a 5-4 victory. Danault’s winning shot in front hit a defender’s skate and bounced into the net. Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, giving him 47 points in 42 games against Detroit. Gabriel Vilardi also scored for the Kings, and Jonathan Quick made 29 saves. Wings forward Oskar Sundqvist scored in the final minute of regulation to send the game into overtime. NHL – Red Wings’ Bertuzzi out 4 to 6 weeks with upper-body injury Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi is expected to be out for four to six weeks with an upper-body injury. The team made the announcement Monday before hosting the Los Angeles Kings. Bertuzzi helped Detroit win its first two games this season, giving the rebuilding team a much-needed solid start. Bertuzzi had career highs last year with 30 goals and 62 points. The 27-year-old Bertuzzi has scored 84 goals and has 189 assists in his career. NFL – National Football League – Week 6 Yesterday Los Angeles Chargers 19, Denver Broncos 16 – OT Chargers 19, Broncos 16 – OT – Late turnover, Hopkins 4th field goal gives Chargers OT win Dustin Hopkins kicked four field goals, including a 39-yarder with 2:38 remaining in overtime, and the Los Angeles Chargers rallied for a 19-16 victory over the Denver Broncos. The Chargers have won three straight to improve to 4-2. They are tied with Kansas City atop the AFC West. The game appeared to be headed toward a tie until Denver’s Montrell Washington muffed JK Scott’s punt at the Broncos 32-yard line. It was recovered by Deane Leonard at the 28. NFL – Lions DL Levi Onwuzurike out for year after back surgery Detroit Lions defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike is out for the season after having back surgery earlier this month. Lions coach Dan Campbell made the announcement Monday. The Lions drafted Onwuzurike with the No. 41 pick overall in 2021 and the former Washington standout had an underwhelming rookie season. Onwuzurike played in 16 games as a backup last year and had 35 tackles, including one sack. While trying to recover from a back injury this season, he did not play in a game. MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees, PPD Rain                            (Series tied 2-2) Guardians at Yankees, PPD – Guardians-Yankees rained out, to play ALDS Game 5 on Tuesday The decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees has been postponed by rain after a 2 1/2-hour delay and rescheduled for Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. Both teams took batting practice ahead of the scheduled 7:07 p.m. start. Major League Baseball announced a delay at 6:20 p.m., rain started falling at 7:30 p.m. and the postponement was announced at 9:38 p.m. It was the second postponement of the series following Game 2 at Yankee Stadium being pushed back a day until last Friday. Cleveland or New York will start the AL Championship Series at Houston on Wednesday night. Today ALDS – Best of 5 Cleveland (Civale 5-6) at New York (Cortes 12-4), 4:07 p.m.                 (Series tied 2-2) NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Wheeler 12-7) at San Diego (Darvish 16-8), 8:03 p.m.       (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Tonight Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors, 10:00 p.m. NBA – NBA ’22-23: Warriors out to defend, amid tons of contenders The Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics were the final two teams standing last season. And before this season started, both encountered some major issues. The Warriors will get their championship rings Tuesday night when the 77th NBA season opens. It’ll be the fourth time in eight years that the Warriors go into a season as defending champs. But they were rocked in the preseason by Draymond Green punching teammate Jordan Poole. They beat the Celtics in the NBA Finals and Boston has since lost coach Ime Udoka to a team-ordered suspension. If all that wasn’t enough, there are tons of contenders in both conferences to try to take the Warriors and Celtics down. NBA – Barkley, ‘Inside the NBA’ crew agree to contract extensions Charles Barkley will not be leaving TNT or the “Inside the NBA” crew for the foreseeable future. Barkley has signed a 10-year extension with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, which owns TNT. Barkley’s agreement coincides with contract renewals for host Ernie Johnson and analysts Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal. Barkley has been with TNT since retiring as a player in 2000. He had floated the idea of doing commentary for LIV Golf this past summer. NCAAMBKB – North Carolina No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 North Carolina is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. The national runner-up from last season returns four of five starters and received 47 of 62 first-place votes. Gonzaga is No. 2, followed by Houston and Kentucky. Kansas and Baylor, the last two national champions, are tied for fifth. Duke, led by new coach Jon Scheyer, is seventh with UCLA, Creighton and Arkansas rounding out the top 10. The Big 12 and SEC lead the way with five teams apiece in the Top 25. NCAAFB – Fallout from rare Alabama loss Alabama loses so infrequently it seems to shift the shape of the season when it happens. The Crimson Tide took an L on Saturday at Tennessee that pushed the Volunteers to No. 3 in the AP Top 25. The Vols received 15 first-place votes, the most they have gotten since 1999. After falling on a field goal as time expired, the Crimson Tide slipped three spots to No. 6. Alabama is the highest ranked team that has lost. Reality Check cautions against making any grand proclamations about the Alabama dynasty’s long-term health and is fine with the Tide’s short fall. NASCAR – Wallace ignored his own mantra in Larson conflict NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has a mantra of “Peace, Love and Understanding” that he uses to push back against the negativity so often hurled his way. There was nothing peaceful about his skirmish with Kyle Larson at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wallace appeared to deliberately crash the reigning NASCAR champion in a dangerous retaliatory move and then he tried to fight Larson. Now NASCAR gets to decide if Wallace was out of line. He could be looking at a suspension. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Lake Michigan College 3, Marian Ancilla College 0 Today Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College at Southwestern Michigan College, 6:30 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Volleyball St. Joseph 3, Berrien Springs 0 Buchanan 3, Our Lady of the Lake 0 Michigan Lutheran 3, Lawrence 0 Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 at Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg Gull Lake 3, Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg 0 Parma Western 5, Marshall 0 Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m.                  at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m.                   at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Allegan at Holland Christian, 6:00 pm. Delton-Kellogg at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Cassopolis at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m. Bridgman vs. Brandywine, 5:00 p.m.                  at Our Lady of the Lake Division 4 (Hartford) Bangor at Hartford, 5:00 p.m. Bloomingdale at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Academy at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:00 p.m. Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore, Hopkins, at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at Howardsville Christian, 7:00 p.m. Bridgman, Martin at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Otsego at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m. South Haven, Delton-Kellogg at Lawton, 5:00 p.m. Bloomingdale at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. White Pigeon at Comstock, 7:30 p.m. Marcellus at Hartford, 7:30 p.m. Bangor at Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. Decatur at Mendon, 7:30 p.m. Allegan at Constantine, 5:30 p.m. Watervliet, Galesburg-Augusta at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m. Coloma, Gobles at Parchment, 5:00 p.m. Girls Swimming and Diving St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Bridgman, 6:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Football Rankings Division 1 1. Belleville (5)                                      (8-0)     50 2. Caledonia                                           (8-0)     44 3. Rockford                                            (8-0)     39 4. Macomb Dakota                                    (8-0)     37 5. Rochester Adams                                 (7-1)     28 6. West Bloomfield                                  (7-1)     24 7. Brighton                                            (8-0)     20 8. Davison                                              (7-1)     12 9. Clarkston                                          (6-2)     5 (tie) Romeo                                            (6-2)     5 Others receiving votes: Lapeer 3. Detroit Catholic Central 3. Saline 2. Detroit Cass Tech 2. Northville 1. Division 2 1. Dexter (4)                                          (8-0)     48 2. Warren De La Salle (1)                          (7-1)     46 3. Muskegon Mona Shores                         (7-1)     40 4. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central          (8-0)     34 5. Midland                                              (7-1)     27 6. Livonia Franklin                                   (7-1)     26 7. Battle Creek Central                         (7-1)    17 8. Saginaw Heritage                                 (6-2)     12 9. South Lyon                                         (6-2)     7 (tie) East Lansing                                     (6-2)     7 Others receiving votes: Temperance Bedford 5. Birmingham Seaholm 3. Byron Center 2. Waterford Mott 1. Division 3 1. Mason (2)                                           (8-0)     36 2. Mount Pleasant (1)                              (7-1)     33 (tie) Detroit King (1)                               (5-2)     33 4. Muskegon                                           (6-2)     24 (tie) River Rouge                                     (6-2)     24 6. St. Joseph                                         (7-1)    21 7. Walled Lake Western                            (7-1)     18 8. Zeeland West                                      (7-1)     15 9. Grosse Pointe North                            (8-0)     6 10. Gibraltar Carlson                              (7-1)     4 (tie) Trenton                                          (7-1)     4 Others receiving votes: Fenton 2. Division 4 1. Grand Rapids South Christian (4)           (8-0)     40 2. Whitehall                                           (8-0)     36 3. Riverview                                           (8-0)     32 4. Redford Union                                     (8-0)     28 5. Edwardsburg                                     (7-1)    18 (tie) Freeland                                         (7-1)     18 7. Goodrich                                            (7-1)     14 (tie) Tecumseh                                        (8-0)     14 9. North Branch                                      (7-1)     8 10. Charlotte                                         (7-1)     7 Others receiving votes: Fruitport 2. Hastings 2. Dearborn Divine Child 1. Division 5 1. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (4)          (7-1)     49 2. Frankenmuth (1)                                  (8-0)     46 3. Gladwin                                             (8-0)     36 4. Corunna                                             (7-1)     35 5. Portland                                            (7-1)     30 6. Marine City                                         (7-1)     26 7. Muskegon Oakridge                              (7-1)     11 (tie) Detroit Country Day                         (5-2)     11 9. Armada                                              (7-1)     10 10. Kingsley                                           (6-2)     8 Others receiving votes: Belding 7. Berrien Springs 6. Division 6 1. Clinton (4)                                         (8-0)     47 2. Grand Rapids West Catholic (1)              (7-1)     40 (tie) Standish-Sterling                            (7-0)     40 4. Negaunee                                           (8-0)     35 5. Durand                                              (8-0)     32 6. Boyne City                                          (8-0)     23 7. Warren Michigan Collegiate                  (7-1)     15 8. Millington                                          (7-1)     12 9. Constantine                                      (7-1)    10 (tie) Madison Heights Bishop Foley             (8-0)     10 Others receiving votes: Ecorse 4. Reed City 4. Almont 2. Buchanan 1. Division 7 1. Traverse City St. Francis (4)                  (8-0)     40 2. Hudson                                              (8-0)     36 3. Detroit Central                                   (8-0)     32 4. Ithaca                                                            (7-1)     26 5. Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port Laker                (8-0)     24 6. Napoleon                                            (8-0)     21 7. North Muskegon                                  (7-1)     12 8. Jackson Lumen Christi                           (5-3)     11 (tie) Charlevoix                                      (7-1)     11 10. Union City                                         (7-1)     6 Others receiving votes: New Lothrop 1. Division 8 1. Ottawa Lake Whiteford (4)                    (8-0)     40 2. Beal City                                            (8-0)     35 3. Ubly                                                  (8-0)     33 4. Iron Mountain                                     (7-1)     27 5. Evart                                                 (7-1)     21 6. Fowler                                               (7-1)     20 7. Frankfort                                           (7-1)     15 8. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary       (7-1)     14 9. Harbor Beach                                      (7-1)     9 10. Centreville                                     (6-2)    3 Others receiving votes: St. Ignace LaSalle 2. Marine City Cardinal Mooney 1. 8-Player Division 1 1. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian (2)  (8-0)     29 2. Merrill (1)                                          (8-0)     26 3. Munising                                            (8-0)     23 (tie) Bridgman                                      (8-0)    23 5. Martin                                              (7-1)    18 6. Adrian Lenawee Christian                      (6-2)     12 7. Newberry                                           (7-1)     11 8. Rogers City                                        (8-0)     10 9. Kingston                                            (8-0)     7 10. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian             (7-1)     3 Others receiving votes: Norway 2. Lincoln-Alcona 1. 8-Player Division 2 1. Powers North Central (5)                     (8-0)     50 2. Colon                                               (8-0)    45 3. Marion                                               (8-0)     38 4. Climax-Scotts                                   (7-1)    37 5. Morrice                                              (7-1)     24 6. Crystal Falls Forest Park                      (7-1)     23 7. Peck                                                  (7-1)     16 8. Posen                                                 (7-1)     15 9. Au Gres-Sims                                      (7-1)     12 10. Mendon                                           (6-2)    11 Others receiving votes: Lake Linden-Hubbell 3. Gaylord St. Mary 1.1North Carolina(47)15322Gonzaga(12)14793Houston(1)14044Kentucky(2)13645Kansas1200Baylor12007Duke11688UCLA10939Creighton106010Arkansas102611Tennessee88012Texas84413Indiana74514TCU73515Auburn62316Villanova57817Arizona54318Virginia46219San Diego State39420Alabama28121Oregon26022Michigan22923Illinois21524Dayton17025Texas Tech122See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NFL – National Football League – Week 6 Last Night Washington Commanders 12, Chicago Bears 7 Commanders 12, Bears 7 – Muffed punt, Robinson TD lift Commanders over Bears 12-7 Christian Holmes recovered a muffed punt by Velus Jones deep in Chicago territory to set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Brian Robinson midway through the fourth quarter, and the Washington Commanders stopped a four-game losing streak, hanging on to beat the Chicago Bears 12-7. The Commanders did just enough to come away with their first win since beating Jacksonville in the opener and handed the Bears (2-4) their third straight loss. Washington caught a huge break when it punted on fourth down at its 36. Jones had trouble tracking the ball, then let it hit off his arms. Holmes recovered it in a big pile at the 6, and Robinson scored two plays later.  Chicago came up empty on three drives inside the Washington 10 during an ugly 12-7 loss. Led by Fields and Khalil Herbert, the Bears rushed for 238 yards and outgained the Commanders 392-214 overall. But Chicago still dropped its third straight game. Two more turnovers were costly for the Bears. Sunday Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts, 1:00 p.m. Detroit Lions (bye week) NHL – National Hockey League – Regular Season Start Last Night Vegas Golden Knights 1, Chicago Blackhawks 0 Golden Knights 1, Blackhawks 0 – Paul Cotter scores, Golden Knights beat Blackhawks 1-0 Paul Cotter scored and Logan Thompson stopped 27 shots as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 1-0. The victory marked the fourth time in Vegas’ first six seasons in the NHL it opened 2-0-0, while Chicago (0-2-0) has now lost its first two games in four straight seasons. Thompson, making just his 22nd NHL appearance, got his second career shutout. It was his third time facing the Blackhawks and he improved to 2-0-1 against them. Alex Stalock was excellent in net for Chicago, finishing with 36 saves in his first start of the season. Tonight Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings, 7:00 p.m. MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs – Divisional Series – Best of Five Yesterday Houston Astros 4, Seattle Mariners 2                                             (HOU leads 2-0) Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees, PPD Rain to 10/14               (NYY leads 1-0) Astros 4, Mariners 2 – Alvarez homers again, Astros top Mariners 4-2, lead ALDS 2-0 Yordan Alvarez and his mighty bat did it yet again, launching a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning off Seattle ace Luis Castillo that lifted the Houston Astros over the Mariners 4-2 for a 2-0 lead in the AL Division Series. Alvarez was the Game 1 hero with his gut-punch, three-run shot off reigning AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray with two outs in the ninth inning that gave the Astros an 8-7 win. This time, Alvarez sent a drive into the short porch in left field to put the Astros on top 3-2. Game 3 in the best-of-five matchup will be Saturday in Seattle. Guardians at Yankees – PPD, Rain – Guardians-Yankees ALDS Game 2 rained out, makeup Friday The second game of the American League Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees has been postponed because of steady rain in the forecast. It was rescheduled for Friday afternoon. New York won Tuesday’s opener of the best-of-five series 4-1. The rainout followed an unusual scheduled off day between Games 1 and 2. The teams could end up playing four days in a row. Game 3 and a potential Game 4 are scheduled in Cleveland this weekend. If Game 5 is needed, it would be held at Yankee Stadium on Monday night. Today Cleveland (Bieber 13-8) at New York (Cortes 12-4), 1:07 p.m.               (NYY Leads 1-0) Atlanta (TBA) at Philadelphia (Nola 11-13), 4:37 p.m.                          (Series tied 1-1) Los Angeles (Gonsolin 16-1) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 8:37 p.m.         (Series tied 1-1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Preseason Last Night Memphis Grizzlies 126, Detroit Pistons 111 Grizzlies 126, Pistons 111 – Morant nets 31, leads Grizzlies to win in preseason finale Ja Morant had 31 points and eight rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies closed out their preseason with a 126-111 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Desmond Bane went 1 for 7 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points for Memphis. Brandon Clarke also scored 16 points while playing extended minutes after starting center Stephen Adams left with a sore neck. Saddiq Bey led the Pistons with 17 points and eight rebounds. Isaiah Stewart had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Cade Cunningham had 15 points and six assists. Kevin Knox II finished with 13 points as Detroit went winless in four preseason games. Tonight Houston Rockets at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m.       End NBA Preseason, Regular Season starts Tuesday 10/18 NCAAFB – College Football – Week 7 Saturday (10) Penn State at (5) Michigan, 12:00 p.m.                   News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 11:00 Central Michigan at Akron, 12:00 p.m. Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Ohio at Western Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Michigan State, 4:00 p.m.                         Superhits 103.7 Cosy-FM 2:30 Stanford at Notre Dame, 7:00 p.m. Saturday – NCAA Division II (2) Grand Valley State at (1) Ferris State, 1:00 p.m. NCAAFB – No. 5 Michigan, No. 10 Penn St meet with Big Ten, CFP stakes No. 5 Michigan hosts No. 10 Penn State with Big Ten championship race and College Football Playoff stakes. The winner Saturday at the Big House will be in a position to compete for championships and the loser will need some help to reach its goals. How Michigan running back Blake Corum fares against Penn State’s run defense may prove to be pivotal. Corum has run for 500 yards and four TDs over three Big Ten games. The Nittany Lions are giving up just 79.6 yards rushing per game, ranking fifth in the country. NCAAFB – Struggling Michigan State desperate for win vs. Wisconsin Wisconsin’s interim coach Jim Leonhard will be going for his second straight win following the firing of Paul Chryst. The Badgers, who had lost two straight, were solid on offense and defense in a 42-7 rout of Northwestern. It was Wisconsin’s first road win against the Wildcats since 2016. Michigan State is looking to snap a four-game losing streak after losing 49-20 to No. 3 Ohio State. It is the longest winless streak for MSU since 2019 when they lost five straight games. Golf – LIV/PGA – Mickelson says LIV on rise and PGA Tour trending downward Phil Mickelson is back in Saudi Arabia for the first time since his disparaging remarks about the Saudis were published. And he’s doubling down on his support of Saudi-funded LIV Golf and his criticism of the PGA Tour. Mickelson says he’s glad he’s on the winning side of the divide in golf. He says LIV Golf with its 48-man fields is trending. And he says the PGA Tour is on a downward trend. Mickelson also says he never had an interview with Alan Shipnuck. He had said in February his comments to Shipnuck about the Saudis were off the record. NCAAMBB – Bates reinstated at Eastern Michigan after charges dropped Emoni Bates has been reinstated to the Eastern Michigan basketball team and as a student after prosecutors agreed to drop felony charges against him. The 18-year-old Bates was a top prospect out of high school who transferred to Eastern Michigan in August after playing his freshman season at Memphis. He was charged after police found a gun in a car he was driving last month. Defense attorney Steve Haney said the vehicle and the gun didn’t belong to Bates. The school says Bates was “immediately reinstated to all athletic and campus activities” because of the agreement between prosecutors and his attorneys. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Last Night Women’s Volleyball Lansing Community College 3, Lake Michigan College 1 Southwestern Michigan College 3, Marian Ancilla 2 AHL – American Hockey League Tonight San Diego Gulls at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. ECHL – ECHL Hockey League Tonight Toledo Walleye at Kalamazoo Wings, 7:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer – Districts – 1st Round Division 4 at Our Lady of the Lake (first round at local sites) Howardsville Christian 2, Michigan Lutheran 1 Cassopolis 3, New Buffalo 2 – Shootout Bridgman 9, Our Lady of the Lake 1 Brandywine 2, Covert 1 – Shootout Division 4 at Hartford (first round at local sites) Bangor 6, Saugatuck 1 Division 4 at Kalamazoo Christian (first round at local sites) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Kalamazoo Christian 0 BC Calhoun Christian 4, Comstock 0 Division 2 at Hamilton (first round at local sites) Holland 3, Plainwell 2 – OT   Volleyball Berrien Springs 3, Benton Harbor 0 Buchanan 3, Dowagiac 0 Niles 3, Otsego 0 Three Rivers 3, Plainwell 1 Girls Swimming and Diving St. Joseph 97, Plainwell 89 Cross Country Dowagiac Rock N Run, at Dowagiac Middle School Friday Football – All games start at 7:00 SMAC Mattawan (3-4) at St. Joseph (6-1)                                      News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:35 Lakeshore (3-4) at Portage Northern (4-3)                          97.5 Y-Country WYTZ 6:45 Kalamazoo Central (0-7) at Portage Central (2-5) Battle Creek Lakeview (1-5) at Battle Creek Central (6-1) Lakeland Buchanan (6-1) at Benton Harbor (4-3) Brandywine (4-3) at Berrien Springs (5-1) Wolverine Niles (3-4) at Otsego (0-7) Vicksburg (4-3) at Paw Paw (3-4) Plainwell (3-4) at Three Rivers (4-3) SAC Watervliet (4-3) at Parchment (4-3) South Haven (2-5) at Constantine (6-1) Allegan (3-4) at Kalamazoo United (3-4) Schoolcraft (4-3) at Delton-Kellogg (4-3) Galesburg-Augusta (2-5) (bye) Non-Conference Chelsea (5-2) at Edwardsburg (6-1) Sturgis (5-2) at Adrian (3-4) Cassopolis (0-7) at Dowagiac (1-6) Muskegon Catholic (5-2) at Centreville (6-1) Lake Odessa Lakewood (5-2) at Decatur (5-2) White Pigeon (4-3) at Kent City (6-1)     8-Man Bridgman (7-0) at Twin Cities (1-6) Red Arrow (4-3) at Lawrence (3-4) Bloomingdale (0-7) at Bangor (2-5) Gobles (5-2) at Eau Claire (5-2) Mendon (5-2) at Marcellus (5-2) Fennville (3-4) at Martin (6-1) Wyoming Tri-Unity (3-4) at Wyoming Lee (0-7) Boys Soccer – Districts – 1st Round Division 2 at St. Joseph (first round at local sites) Vicksburg at Coldwater, 6:00 p.m.                   *Winner plays St. Joe on Tuesday Saturday Football Lawton (6-1) at Traverse City St. Francis (7-0), 1:00 p.m. Volleyball St. Joseph Invitational, 8:30 a.m. St. Joseph, Lakeshore, Bridgman, Watervliet, Brandywine, Dowagiac, Kalamazoo Central Coloma, Delton-Kellogg, Galesburg-Augusta at Constantine, 9:00 a.m.Boys Team Results Boys Individual Top 10 Girls Team Results Girls Individual Top 10 St. Joseph              55 Berrien Springs      56 Paw Paw                 69 Buchanan               100 Edwardsburg          116 Lakeshore              176 Our Lady                212 Niles                     220 White Pigeon          233 Eau Claire           257 St. Joseph             18 Lakeshore             68 Edwardsburg          121 Paw Paw              123 Buchanan             133 Niles                  142 Our Lady             150 Berrien Springs      202 White Pigeon         273 1Luke MorrisonBSPR16:30.82Aiden KrugerNIL16:54.73Will VanderborPAW16:59.44Austin WillifordPAW17:02.65Dane BaileyEDW17:08.76Noah JarvisBSPR17:18.97Will FiesbeckSTJ17:23.18Owen SaylorDOW17:28.29Shay WhiteSTJ17:32.810Sam MarkleBSPR17:42.81Gail VaikutisSTJ19:08.92Elena FigueroaSTJ19:11.73Olivia IppelSTJ19:31.14Allison GlendeningOLL20:06.55Cecilia RuchtiSTJ20:07.46Madison JohnsonPAW20:07.87Jade MurdochSTJ20:26.98Preslee PerkinsLKSH20:44.49Claire RitcheyEDW20:58.510Kaylee SpragueLKSH21:02.3See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NFL – National Football League – Week 6 Last Night Washington Commanders 12, Chicago Bears 7 Commanders 12, Bears 7 – Muffed punt, Robinson TD lift Commanders over Bears 12-7 Christian Holmes recovered a muffed punt by Velus Jones deep in Chicago territory to set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Brian Robinson midway through the fourth quarter, and the Washington Commanders stopped a four-game losing streak, hanging on to beat the Chicago Bears 12-7. The Commanders did just enough to come away with their first win since beating Jacksonville in the opener and handed the Bears (2-4) their third straight loss. Washington caught a huge break when it punted on fourth down at its 36. Jones had trouble tracking the ball, then let it hit off his arms. Holmes recovered it in a big pile at the 6, and Robinson scored two plays later.  Chicago came up empty on three drives inside the Washington 10 during an ugly 12-7 loss. Led by Fields and Khalil Herbert, the Bears rushed for 238 yards and outgained the Commanders 392-214 overall. But Chicago still dropped its third straight game. Two more turnovers were costly for the Bears. Sunday Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts, 1:00 p.m. Detroit Lions (bye week) NHL – National Hockey League – Regular Season Start Last Night Vegas Golden Knights 1, Chicago Blackhawks 0 Golden Knights 1, Blackhawks 0 – Paul Cotter scores, Golden Knights beat Blackhawks 1-0 Paul Cotter scored and Logan Thompson stopped 27 shots as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 1-0. The victory marked the fourth time in Vegas’ first six seasons in the NHL it opened 2-0-0, while Chicago (0-2-0) has now lost its first two games in four straight seasons. Thompson, making just his 22nd NHL appearance, got his second career shutout. It was his third time facing the Blackhawks and he improved to 2-0-1 against them. Alex Stalock was excellent in net for Chicago, finishing with 36 saves in his first start of the season. Tonight Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings, 7:00 p.m. MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs – Divisional Series – Best of Five Yesterday Houston Astros 4, Seattle Mariners 2                                             (HOU leads 2-0) Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees, PPD Rain to 10/14               (NYY leads 1-0) Astros 4, Mariners 2 – Alvarez homers again, Astros top Mariners 4-2, lead ALDS 2-0 Yordan Alvarez and his mighty bat did it yet again, launching a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning off Seattle ace Luis Castillo that lifted the Houston Astros over the Mariners 4-2 for a 2-0 lead in the AL Division Series. Alvarez was the Game 1 hero with his gut-punch, three-run shot off reigning AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray with two outs in the ninth inning that gave the Astros an 8-7 win. This time, Alvarez sent a drive into the short porch in left field to put the Astros on top 3-2. Game 3 in the best-of-five matchup will be Saturday in Seattle. Guardians at Yankees – PPD, Rain – Guardians-Yankees ALDS Game 2 rained out, makeup Friday The second game of the American League Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees has been postponed because of steady rain in the forecast. It was rescheduled for Friday afternoon. New York won Tuesday’s opener of the best-of-five series 4-1. The rainout followed an unusual scheduled off day between Games 1 and 2. The teams could end up playing four days in a row. Game 3 and a potential Game 4 are scheduled in Cleveland this weekend. If Game 5 is needed, it would be held at Yankee Stadium on Monday night. Today Cleveland (Bieber 13-8) at New York (Cortes 12-4), 1:07 p.m.               (NYY Leads 1-0) Atlanta (TBA) at Philadelphia (Nola 11-13), 4:37 p.m.                          (Series tied 1-1) Los Angeles (Gonsolin 16-1) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 8:37 p.m.         (Series tied 1-1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Preseason Last Night Memphis Grizzlies 126, Detroit Pistons 111 Grizzlies 126, Pistons 111 – Morant nets 31, leads Grizzlies to win in preseason finale Ja Morant had 31 points and eight rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies closed out their preseason with a 126-111 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Desmond Bane went 1 for 7 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points for Memphis. Brandon Clarke also scored 16 points while playing extended minutes after starting center Stephen Adams left with a sore neck. Saddiq Bey led the Pistons with 17 points and eight rebounds. Isaiah Stewart had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Cade Cunningham had 15 points and six assists. Kevin Knox II finished with 13 points as Detroit went winless in four preseason games. Tonight Houston Rockets at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m.       End NBA Preseason, Regular Season starts Tuesday 10/18 NCAAFB – College Football – Week 7 Saturday (10) Penn State at (5) Michigan, 12:00 p.m.                   News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 11:00 Central Michigan at Akron, 12:00 p.m. Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Ohio at Western Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Michigan State, 4:00 p.m.                         Superhits 103.7 Cosy-FM 2:30 Stanford at Notre Dame, 7:00 p.m. Saturday – NCAA Division II (2) Grand Valley State at (1) Ferris State, 1:00 p.m. NCAAFB – No. 5 Michigan, No. 10 Penn St meet with Big Ten, CFP stakes No. 5 Michigan hosts No. 10 Penn State with Big Ten championship race and College Football Playoff stakes. The winner Saturday at the Big House will be in a position to compete for championships and the loser will need some help to reach its goals. How Michigan running back Blake Corum fares against Penn State’s run defense may prove to be pivotal. Corum has run for 500 yards and four TDs over three Big Ten games. The Nittany Lions are giving up just 79.6 yards rushing per game, ranking fifth in the country. NCAAFB – Struggling Michigan State desperate for win vs. Wisconsin Wisconsin’s interim coach Jim Leonhard will be going for his second straight win following the firing of Paul Chryst. The Badgers, who had lost two straight, were solid on offense and defense in a 42-7 rout of Northwestern. It was Wisconsin’s first road win against the Wildcats since 2016. Michigan State is looking to snap a four-game losing streak after losing 49-20 to No. 3 Ohio State. It is the longest winless streak for MSU since 2019 when they lost five straight games. Golf – LIV/PGA – Mickelson says LIV on rise and PGA Tour trending downward Phil Mickelson is back in Saudi Arabia for the first time since his disparaging remarks about the Saudis were published. And he’s doubling down on his support of Saudi-funded LIV Golf and his criticism of the PGA Tour. Mickelson says he’s glad he’s on the winning side of the divide in golf. He says LIV Golf with its 48-man fields is trending. And he says the PGA Tour is on a downward trend. Mickelson also says he never had an interview with Alan Shipnuck. He had said in February his comments to Shipnuck about the Saudis were off the record. NCAAMBB – Bates reinstated at Eastern Michigan after charges dropped Emoni Bates has been reinstated to the Eastern Michigan basketball team and as a student after prosecutors agreed to drop felony charges against him. The 18-year-old Bates was a top prospect out of high school who transferred to Eastern Michigan in August after playing his freshman season at Memphis. He was charged after police found a gun in a car he was driving last month. Defense attorney Steve Haney said the vehicle and the gun didn’t belong to Bates. The school says Bates was “immediately reinstated to all athletic and campus activities” because of the agreement between prosecutors and his attorneys. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Last Night Women’s Volleyball Lansing Community College 3, Lake Michigan College 1 Southwestern Michigan College 3, Marian Ancilla 2 AHL – American Hockey League Tonight San Diego Gulls at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. ECHL – ECHL Hockey League Tonight Toledo Walleye at Kalamazoo Wings, 7:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer – Districts – 1st Round Division 4 at Our Lady of the Lake (first round at local sites) Howardsville Christian 2, Michigan Lutheran 1 Cassopolis 3, New Buffalo 2 – Shootout Bridgman 9, Our Lady of the Lake 1 Brandywine 2, Covert 1 – Shootout Division 4 at Hartford (first round at local sites) Bangor 6, Saugatuck 1 Division 4 at Kalamazoo Christian (first round at local sites) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Kalamazoo Christian 0 BC Calhoun Christian 4, Comstock 0 Division 2 at Hamilton (first round at local sites) Holland 3, Plainwell 2 – OT   Volleyball Berrien Springs 3, Benton Harbor 0 Buchanan 3, Dowagiac 0 Niles 3, Otsego 0 Three Rivers 3, Plainwell 1 Girls Swimming and Diving St. Joseph 97, Plainwell 89 Cross Country Dowagiac Rock N Run, at Dowagiac Middle School Friday Football – All games start at 7:00 SMAC Mattawan (3-4) at St. Joseph (6-1)                                      News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:35 Lakeshore (3-4) at Portage Northern (4-3)                          97.5 Y-Country WYTZ 6:45 Kalamazoo Central (0-7) at Portage Central (2-5) Battle Creek Lakeview (1-5) at Battle Creek Central (6-1) Lakeland Buchanan (6-1) at Benton Harbor (4-3) Brandywine (4-3) at Berrien Springs (5-1) Wolverine Niles (3-4) at Otsego (0-7) Vicksburg (4-3) at Paw Paw (3-4) Plainwell (3-4) at Three Rivers (4-3) SAC Watervliet (4-3) at Parchment (4-3) South Haven (2-5) at Constantine (6-1) Allegan (3-4) at Kalamazoo United (3-4) Schoolcraft (4-3) at Delton-Kellogg (4-3) Galesburg-Augusta (2-5) (bye) Non-Conference Chelsea (5-2) at Edwardsburg (6-1) Sturgis (5-2) at Adrian (3-4) Cassopolis (0-7) at Dowagiac (1-6) Muskegon Catholic (5-2) at Centreville (6-1) Lake Odessa Lakewood (5-2) at Decatur (5-2) White Pigeon (4-3) at Kent City (6-1)     8-Man Bridgman (7-0) at Twin Cities (1-6) Red Arrow (4-3) at Lawrence (3-4) Bloomingdale (0-7) at Bangor (2-5) Gobles (5-2) at Eau Claire (5-2) Mendon (5-2) at Marcellus (5-2) Fennville (3-4) at Martin (6-1) Wyoming Tri-Unity (3-4) at Wyoming Lee (0-7) Boys Soccer – Districts – 1st Round Division 2 at St. Joseph (first round at local sites) Vicksburg at Coldwater, 6:00 p.m.                   *Winner plays St. Joe on Tuesday Saturday Football Lawton (6-1) at Traverse City St. Francis (7-0), 1:00 p.m. Volleyball St. Joseph Invitational, 8:30 a.m. St. Joseph, Lakeshore, Bridgman, Watervliet, Brandywine, Dowagiac, Kalamazoo Central Coloma, Delton-Kellogg, Galesburg-Augusta at Constantine, 9:00 a.m.Boys Team Results Boys Individual Top 10 Girls Team Results Girls Individual Top 10 St. Joseph              55 Berrien Springs      56 Paw Paw                 69 Buchanan               100 Edwardsburg          116 Lakeshore              176 Our Lady                212 Niles                     220 White Pigeon          233 Eau Claire           257 St. Joseph             18 Lakeshore             68 Edwardsburg          121 Paw Paw              123 Buchanan             133 Niles                  142 Our Lady             150 Berrien Springs      202 White Pigeon         273 1Luke MorrisonBSPR16:30.82Aiden KrugerNIL16:54.73Will VanderborPAW16:59.44Austin WillifordPAW17:02.65Dane BaileyEDW17:08.76Noah JarvisBSPR17:18.97Will FiesbeckSTJ17:23.18Owen SaylorDOW17:28.29Shay WhiteSTJ17:32.810Sam MarkleBSPR17:42.81Gail VaikutisSTJ19:08.92Elena FigueroaSTJ19:11.73Olivia IppelSTJ19:31.14Allison GlendeningOLL20:06.55Cecilia RuchtiSTJ20:07.46Madison JohnsonPAW20:07.87Jade MurdochSTJ20:26.98Preslee PerkinsLKSH20:44.49Claire RitcheyEDW20:58.510Kaylee SpragueLKSH21:02.3See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NFL – National Football League – Week 6 Last Night Washington Commanders 12, Chicago Bears 7 Commanders 12, Bears 7 – Muffed punt, Robinson TD lift Commanders over Bears 12-7 Christian Holmes recovered a muffed punt by Velus Jones deep in Chicago territory to set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Brian Robinson midway through the fourth quarter, and the Washington Commanders stopped a four-game losing streak, hanging on to beat the Chicago Bears 12-7. The Commanders did just enough to come away with their first win since beating Jacksonville in the opener and handed the Bears (2-4) their third straight loss. Washington caught a huge break when it punted on fourth down at its 36. Jones had trouble tracking the ball, then let it hit off his arms. Holmes recovered it in a big pile at the 6, and Robinson scored two plays later.  Chicago came up empty on three drives inside the Washington 10 during an ugly 12-7 loss. Led by Fields and Khalil Herbert, the Bears rushed for 238 yards and outgained the Commanders 392-214 overall. But Chicago still dropped its third straight game. Two more turnovers were costly for the Bears. Sunday Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts, 1:00 p.m. Detroit Lions (bye week) NHL – National Hockey League – Regular Season Start Last Night Vegas Golden Knights 1, Chicago Blackhawks 0 Golden Knights 1, Blackhawks 0 – Paul Cotter scores, Golden Knights beat Blackhawks 1-0 Paul Cotter scored and Logan Thompson stopped 27 shots as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 1-0. The victory marked the fourth time in Vegas’ first six seasons in the NHL it opened 2-0-0, while Chicago (0-2-0) has now lost its first two games in four straight seasons. Thompson, making just his 22nd NHL appearance, got his second career shutout. It was his third time facing the Blackhawks and he improved to 2-0-1 against them. Alex Stalock was excellent in net for Chicago, finishing with 36 saves in his first start of the season. Tonight Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings, 7:00 p.m. MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs – Divisional Series – Best of Five Yesterday Houston Astros 4, Seattle Mariners 2                                             (HOU leads 2-0) Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees, PPD Rain to 10/14               (NYY leads 1-0) Astros 4, Mariners 2 – Alvarez homers again, Astros top Mariners 4-2, lead ALDS 2-0 Yordan Alvarez and his mighty bat did it yet again, launching a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning off Seattle ace Luis Castillo that lifted the Houston Astros over the Mariners 4-2 for a 2-0 lead in the AL Division Series. Alvarez was the Game 1 hero with his gut-punch, three-run shot off reigning AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray with two outs in the ninth inning that gave the Astros an 8-7 win. This time, Alvarez sent a drive into the short porch in left field to put the Astros on top 3-2. Game 3 in the best-of-five matchup will be Saturday in Seattle. Guardians at Yankees – PPD, Rain – Guardians-Yankees ALDS Game 2 rained out, makeup Friday The second game of the American League Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees has been postponed because of steady rain in the forecast. It was rescheduled for Friday afternoon. New York won Tuesday’s opener of the best-of-five series 4-1. The rainout followed an unusual scheduled off day between Games 1 and 2. The teams could end up playing four days in a row. Game 3 and a potential Game 4 are scheduled in Cleveland this weekend. If Game 5 is needed, it would be held at Yankee Stadium on Monday night. Today Cleveland (Bieber 13-8) at New York (Cortes 12-4), 1:07 p.m.               (NYY Leads 1-0) Atlanta (TBA) at Philadelphia (Nola 11-13), 4:37 p.m.                          (Series tied 1-1) Los Angeles (Gonsolin 16-1) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 8:37 p.m.         (Series tied 1-1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Preseason Last Night Memphis Grizzlies 126, Detroit Pistons 111 Grizzlies 126, Pistons 111 – Morant nets 31, leads Grizzlies to win in preseason finale Ja Morant had 31 points and eight rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies closed out their preseason with a 126-111 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Desmond Bane went 1 for 7 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points for Memphis. Brandon Clarke also scored 16 points while playing extended minutes after starting center Stephen Adams left with a sore neck. Saddiq Bey led the Pistons with 17 points and eight rebounds. Isaiah Stewart had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Cade Cunningham had 15 points and six assists. Kevin Knox II finished with 13 points as Detroit went winless in four preseason games. Tonight Houston Rockets at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m.       End NBA Preseason, Regular Season starts Tuesday 10/18 NCAAFB – College Football – Week 7 Saturday (10) Penn State at (5) Michigan, 12:00 p.m.                   News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 11:00 Central Michigan at Akron, 12:00 p.m. Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Ohio at Western Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Michigan State, 4:00 p.m.                         Superhits 103.7 Cosy-FM 2:30 Stanford at Notre Dame, 7:00 p.m. Saturday – NCAA Division II (2) Grand Valley State at (1) Ferris State, 1:00 p.m. NCAAFB – No. 5 Michigan, No. 10 Penn St meet with Big Ten, CFP stakes No. 5 Michigan hosts No. 10 Penn State with Big Ten championship race and College Football Playoff stakes. The winner Saturday at the Big House will be in a position to compete for championships and the loser will need some help to reach its goals. How Michigan running back Blake Corum fares against Penn State’s run defense may prove to be pivotal. Corum has run for 500 yards and four TDs over three Big Ten games. The Nittany Lions are giving up just 79.6 yards rushing per game, ranking fifth in the country. NCAAFB – Struggling Michigan State desperate for win vs. Wisconsin Wisconsin’s interim coach Jim Leonhard will be going for his second straight win following the firing of Paul Chryst. The Badgers, who had lost two straight, were solid on offense and defense in a 42-7 rout of Northwestern. It was Wisconsin’s first road win against the Wildcats since 2016. Michigan State is looking to snap a four-game losing streak after losing 49-20 to No. 3 Ohio State. It is the longest winless streak for MSU since 2019 when they lost five straight games. Golf – LIV/PGA – Mickelson says LIV on rise and PGA Tour trending downward Phil Mickelson is back in Saudi Arabia for the first time since his disparaging remarks about the Saudis were published. And he’s doubling down on his support of Saudi-funded LIV Golf and his criticism of the PGA Tour. Mickelson says he’s glad he’s on the winning side of the divide in golf. He says LIV Golf with its 48-man fields is trending. And he says the PGA Tour is on a downward trend. Mickelson also says he never had an interview with Alan Shipnuck. He had said in February his comments to Shipnuck about the Saudis were off the record. NCAAMBB – Bates reinstated at Eastern Michigan after charges dropped Emoni Bates has been reinstated to the Eastern Michigan basketball team and as a student after prosecutors agreed to drop felony charges against him. The 18-year-old Bates was a top prospect out of high school who transferred to Eastern Michigan in August after playing his freshman season at Memphis. He was charged after police found a gun in a car he was driving last month. Defense attorney Steve Haney said the vehicle and the gun didn’t belong to Bates. The school says Bates was “immediately reinstated to all athletic and campus activities” because of the agreement between prosecutors and his attorneys. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Last Night Women’s Volleyball Lansing Community College 3, Lake Michigan College 1 Southwestern Michigan College 3, Marian Ancilla 2 AHL – American Hockey League Tonight San Diego Gulls at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. ECHL – ECHL Hockey League Tonight Toledo Walleye at Kalamazoo Wings, 7:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer – Districts – 1st Round Division 4 at Our Lady of the Lake (first round at local sites) Howardsville Christian 2, Michigan Lutheran 1 Cassopolis 3, New Buffalo 2 – Shootout Bridgman 9, Our Lady of the Lake 1 Brandywine 2, Covert 1 – Shootout Division 4 at Hartford (first round at local sites) Bangor 6, Saugatuck 1 Division 4 at Kalamazoo Christian (first round at local sites) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Kalamazoo Christian 0 BC Calhoun Christian 4, Comstock 0 Division 2 at Hamilton (first round at local sites) Holland 3, Plainwell 2 – OT   Volleyball Berrien Springs 3, Benton Harbor 0 Buchanan 3, Dowagiac 0 Niles 3, Otsego 0 Three Rivers 3, Plainwell 1 Girls Swimming and Diving St. Joseph 97, Plainwell 89 Cross Country Dowagiac Rock N Run, at Dowagiac Middle School Friday Football – All games start at 7:00 SMAC Mattawan (3-4) at St. Joseph (6-1)                                      News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:35 Lakeshore (3-4) at Portage Northern (4-3)                          97.5 Y-Country WYTZ 6:45 Kalamazoo Central (0-7) at Portage Central (2-5) Battle Creek Lakeview (1-5) at Battle Creek Central (6-1) Lakeland Buchanan (6-1) at Benton Harbor (4-3) Brandywine (4-3) at Berrien Springs (5-1) Wolverine Niles (3-4) at Otsego (0-7) Vicksburg (4-3) at Paw Paw (3-4) Plainwell (3-4) at Three Rivers (4-3) SAC Watervliet (4-3) at Parchment (4-3) South Haven (2-5) at Constantine (6-1) Allegan (3-4) at Kalamazoo United (3-4) Schoolcraft (4-3) at Delton-Kellogg (4-3) Galesburg-Augusta (2-5) (bye) Non-Conference Chelsea (5-2) at Edwardsburg (6-1) Sturgis (5-2) at Adrian (3-4) Cassopolis (0-7) at Dowagiac (1-6) Muskegon Catholic (5-2) at Centreville (6-1) Lake Odessa Lakewood (5-2) at Decatur (5-2) White Pigeon (4-3) at Kent City (6-1)     8-Man Bridgman (7-0) at Twin Cities (1-6) Red Arrow (4-3) at Lawrence (3-4) Bloomingdale (0-7) at Bangor (2-5) Gobles (5-2) at Eau Claire (5-2) Mendon (5-2) at Marcellus (5-2) Fennville (3-4) at Martin (6-1) Wyoming Tri-Unity (3-4) at Wyoming Lee (0-7) Boys Soccer – Districts – 1st Round Division 2 at St. Joseph (first round at local sites) Vicksburg at Coldwater, 6:00 p.m.                   *Winner plays St. Joe on Tuesday Saturday Football Lawton (6-1) at Traverse City St. Francis (7-0), 1:00 p.m. Volleyball St. Joseph Invitational, 8:30 a.m. St. Joseph, Lakeshore, Bridgman, Watervliet, Brandywine, Dowagiac, Kalamazoo Central Coloma, Delton-Kellogg, Galesburg-Augusta at Constantine, 9:00 a.m.Boys Team Results Boys Individual Top 10 Girls Team Results Girls Individual Top 10 St. Joseph              55 Berrien Springs      56 Paw Paw                 69 Buchanan               100 Edwardsburg          116 Lakeshore              176 Our Lady                212 Niles                     220 White Pigeon          233 Eau Claire           257 St. Joseph             18 Lakeshore             68 Edwardsburg          121 Paw Paw              123 Buchanan             133 Niles                  142 Our Lady             150 Berrien Springs      202 White Pigeon         273 1Luke MorrisonBSPR16:30.82Aiden KrugerNIL16:54.73Will VanderborPAW16:59.44Austin WillifordPAW17:02.65Dane BaileyEDW17:08.76Noah JarvisBSPR17:18.97Will FiesbeckSTJ17:23.18Owen SaylorDOW17:28.29Shay WhiteSTJ17:32.810Sam MarkleBSPR17:42.81Gail VaikutisSTJ19:08.92Elena FigueroaSTJ19:11.73Olivia IppelSTJ19:31.14Allison GlendeningOLL20:06.55Cecilia RuchtiSTJ20:07.46Madison JohnsonPAW20:07.87Jade MurdochSTJ20:26.98Preslee PerkinsLKSH20:44.49Claire RitcheyEDW20:58.510Kaylee SpragueLKSH21:02.3See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NFL – National Football League – Week 6 Last Night Washington Commanders 12, Chicago Bears 7 Commanders 12, Bears 7 – Muffed punt, Robinson TD lift Commanders over Bears 12-7 Christian Holmes recovered a muffed punt by Velus Jones deep in Chicago territory to set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Brian Robinson midway through the fourth quarter, and the Washington Commanders stopped a four-game losing streak, hanging on to beat the Chicago Bears 12-7. The Commanders did just enough to come away with their first win since beating Jacksonville in the opener and handed the Bears (2-4) their third straight loss. Washington caught a huge break when it punted on fourth down at its 36. Jones had trouble tracking the ball, then let it hit off his arms. Holmes recovered it in a big pile at the 6, and Robinson scored two plays later.  Chicago came up empty on three drives inside the Washington 10 during an ugly 12-7 loss. Led by Fields and Khalil Herbert, the Bears rushed for 238 yards and outgained the Commanders 392-214 overall. But Chicago still dropped its third straight game. Two more turnovers were costly for the Bears. Sunday Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts, 1:00 p.m. Detroit Lions (bye week) NHL – National Hockey League – Regular Season Start Last Night Vegas Golden Knights 1, Chicago Blackhawks 0 Golden Knights 1, Blackhawks 0 – Paul Cotter scores, Golden Knights beat Blackhawks 1-0 Paul Cotter scored and Logan Thompson stopped 27 shots as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 1-0. The victory marked the fourth time in Vegas’ first six seasons in the NHL it opened 2-0-0, while Chicago (0-2-0) has now lost its first two games in four straight seasons. Thompson, making just his 22nd NHL appearance, got his second career shutout. It was his third time facing the Blackhawks and he improved to 2-0-1 against them. Alex Stalock was excellent in net for Chicago, finishing with 36 saves in his first start of the season. Tonight Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings, 7:00 p.m. MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs – Divisional Series – Best of Five Yesterday Houston Astros 4, Seattle Mariners 2                                             (HOU leads 2-0) Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees, PPD Rain to 10/14               (NYY leads 1-0) Astros 4, Mariners 2 – Alvarez homers again, Astros top Mariners 4-2, lead ALDS 2-0 Yordan Alvarez and his mighty bat did it yet again, launching a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning off Seattle ace Luis Castillo that lifted the Houston Astros over the Mariners 4-2 for a 2-0 lead in the AL Division Series. Alvarez was the Game 1 hero with his gut-punch, three-run shot off reigning AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray with two outs in the ninth inning that gave the Astros an 8-7 win. This time, Alvarez sent a drive into the short porch in left field to put the Astros on top 3-2. Game 3 in the best-of-five matchup will be Saturday in Seattle. Guardians at Yankees – PPD, Rain – Guardians-Yankees ALDS Game 2 rained out, makeup Friday The second game of the American League Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees has been postponed because of steady rain in the forecast. It was rescheduled for Friday afternoon. New York won Tuesday’s opener of the best-of-five series 4-1. The rainout followed an unusual scheduled off day between Games 1 and 2. The teams could end up playing four days in a row. Game 3 and a potential Game 4 are scheduled in Cleveland this weekend. If Game 5 is needed, it would be held at Yankee Stadium on Monday night. Today Cleveland (Bieber 13-8) at New York (Cortes 12-4), 1:07 p.m.               (NYY Leads 1-0) Atlanta (TBA) at Philadelphia (Nola 11-13), 4:37 p.m.                          (Series tied 1-1) Los Angeles (Gonsolin 16-1) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 8:37 p.m.         (Series tied 1-1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Preseason Last Night Memphis Grizzlies 126, Detroit Pistons 111 Grizzlies 126, Pistons 111 – Morant nets 31, leads Grizzlies to win in preseason finale Ja Morant had 31 points and eight rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies closed out their preseason with a 126-111 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Desmond Bane went 1 for 7 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points for Memphis. Brandon Clarke also scored 16 points while playing extended minutes after starting center Stephen Adams left with a sore neck. Saddiq Bey led the Pistons with 17 points and eight rebounds. Isaiah Stewart had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Cade Cunningham had 15 points and six assists. Kevin Knox II finished with 13 points as Detroit went winless in four preseason games. Tonight Houston Rockets at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m.       End NBA Preseason, Regular Season starts Tuesday 10/18 NCAAFB – College Football – Week 7 Saturday (10) Penn State at (5) Michigan, 12:00 p.m.                   News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 11:00 Central Michigan at Akron, 12:00 p.m. Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Ohio at Western Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Michigan State, 4:00 p.m.                         Superhits 103.7 Cosy-FM 2:30 Stanford at Notre Dame, 7:00 p.m. Saturday – NCAA Division II (2) Grand Valley State at (1) Ferris State, 1:00 p.m. NCAAFB – No. 5 Michigan, No. 10 Penn St meet with Big Ten, CFP stakes No. 5 Michigan hosts No. 10 Penn State with Big Ten championship race and College Football Playoff stakes. The winner Saturday at the Big House will be in a position to compete for championships and the loser will need some help to reach its goals. How Michigan running back Blake Corum fares against Penn State’s run defense may prove to be pivotal. Corum has run for 500 yards and four TDs over three Big Ten games. The Nittany Lions are giving up just 79.6 yards rushing per game, ranking fifth in the country. NCAAFB – Struggling Michigan State desperate for win vs. Wisconsin Wisconsin’s interim coach Jim Leonhard will be going for his second straight win following the firing of Paul Chryst. The Badgers, who had lost two straight, were solid on offense and defense in a 42-7 rout of Northwestern. It was Wisconsin’s first road win against the Wildcats since 2016. Michigan State is looking to snap a four-game losing streak after losing 49-20 to No. 3 Ohio State. It is the longest winless streak for MSU since 2019 when they lost five straight games. Golf – LIV/PGA – Mickelson says LIV on rise and PGA Tour trending downward Phil Mickelson is back in Saudi Arabia for the first time since his disparaging remarks about the Saudis were published. And he’s doubling down on his support of Saudi-funded LIV Golf and his criticism of the PGA Tour. Mickelson says he’s glad he’s on the winning side of the divide in golf. He says LIV Golf with its 48-man fields is trending. And he says the PGA Tour is on a downward trend. Mickelson also says he never had an interview with Alan Shipnuck. He had said in February his comments to Shipnuck about the Saudis were off the record. NCAAMBB – Bates reinstated at Eastern Michigan after charges dropped Emoni Bates has been reinstated to the Eastern Michigan basketball team and as a student after prosecutors agreed to drop felony charges against him. The 18-year-old Bates was a top prospect out of high school who transferred to Eastern Michigan in August after playing his freshman season at Memphis. He was charged after police found a gun in a car he was driving last month. Defense attorney Steve Haney said the vehicle and the gun didn’t belong to Bates. The school says Bates was “immediately reinstated to all athletic and campus activities” because of the agreement between prosecutors and his attorneys. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Last Night Women’s Volleyball Lansing Community College 3, Lake Michigan College 1 Southwestern Michigan College 3, Marian Ancilla 2 AHL – American Hockey League Tonight San Diego Gulls at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. ECHL – ECHL Hockey League Tonight Toledo Walleye at Kalamazoo Wings, 7:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer – Districts – 1st Round Division 4 at Our Lady of the Lake (first round at local sites) Howardsville Christian 2, Michigan Lutheran 1 Cassopolis 3, New Buffalo 2 – Shootout Bridgman 9, Our Lady of the Lake 1 Brandywine 2, Covert 1 – Shootout Division 4 at Hartford (first round at local sites) Bangor 6, Saugatuck 1 Division 4 at Kalamazoo Christian (first round at local sites) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Kalamazoo Christian 0 BC Calhoun Christian 4, Comstock 0 Division 2 at Hamilton (first round at local sites) Holland 3, Plainwell 2 – OT   Volleyball Berrien Springs 3, Benton Harbor 0 Buchanan 3, Dowagiac 0 Niles 3, Otsego 0 Three Rivers 3, Plainwell 1 Girls Swimming and Diving St. Joseph 97, Plainwell 89 Cross Country Dowagiac Rock N Run, at Dowagiac Middle School Friday Football – All games start at 7:00 SMAC Mattawan (3-4) at St. Joseph (6-1)                                      News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:35 Lakeshore (3-4) at Portage Northern (4-3)                          97.5 Y-Country WYTZ 6:45 Kalamazoo Central (0-7) at Portage Central (2-5) Battle Creek Lakeview (1-5) at Battle Creek Central (6-1) Lakeland Buchanan (6-1) at Benton Harbor (4-3) Brandywine (4-3) at Berrien Springs (5-1) Wolverine Niles (3-4) at Otsego (0-7) Vicksburg (4-3) at Paw Paw (3-4) Plainwell (3-4) at Three Rivers (4-3) SAC Watervliet (4-3) at Parchment (4-3) South Haven (2-5) at Constantine (6-1) Allegan (3-4) at Kalamazoo United (3-4) Schoolcraft (4-3) at Delton-Kellogg (4-3) Galesburg-Augusta (2-5) (bye) Non-Conference Chelsea (5-2) at Edwardsburg (6-1) Sturgis (5-2) at Adrian (3-4) Cassopolis (0-7) at Dowagiac (1-6) Muskegon Catholic (5-2) at Centreville (6-1) Lake Odessa Lakewood (5-2) at Decatur (5-2) White Pigeon (4-3) at Kent City (6-1)     8-Man Bridgman (7-0) at Twin Cities (1-6) Red Arrow (4-3) at Lawrence (3-4) Bloomingdale (0-7) at Bangor (2-5) Gobles (5-2) at Eau Claire (5-2) Mendon (5-2) at Marcellus (5-2) Fennville (3-4) at Martin (6-1) Wyoming Tri-Unity (3-4) at Wyoming Lee (0-7) Boys Soccer – Districts – 1st Round Division 2 at St. Joseph (first round at local sites) Vicksburg at Coldwater, 6:00 p.m.                   *Winner plays St. Joe on Tuesday Saturday Football Lawton (6-1) at Traverse City St. Francis (7-0), 1:00 p.m. Volleyball St. Joseph Invitational, 8:30 a.m. St. Joseph, Lakeshore, Bridgman, Watervliet, Brandywine, Dowagiac, Kalamazoo Central Coloma, Delton-Kellogg, Galesburg-Augusta at Constantine, 9:00 a.m.Boys Team Results Boys Individual Top 10 Girls Team Results Girls Individual Top 10 St. Joseph              55 Berrien Springs      56 Paw Paw                 69 Buchanan               100 Edwardsburg          116 Lakeshore              176 Our Lady                212 Niles                     220 White Pigeon          233 Eau Claire           257 St. Joseph             18 Lakeshore             68 Edwardsburg          121 Paw Paw              123 Buchanan             133 Niles                  142 Our Lady             150 Berrien Springs      202 White Pigeon         273 1Luke MorrisonBSPR16:30.82Aiden KrugerNIL16:54.73Will VanderborPAW16:59.44Austin WillifordPAW17:02.65Dane BaileyEDW17:08.76Noah JarvisBSPR17:18.97Will FiesbeckSTJ17:23.18Owen SaylorDOW17:28.29Shay WhiteSTJ17:32.810Sam MarkleBSPR17:42.81Gail VaikutisSTJ19:08.92Elena FigueroaSTJ19:11.73Olivia IppelSTJ19:31.14Allison GlendeningOLL20:06.55Cecilia RuchtiSTJ20:07.46Madison JohnsonPAW20:07.87Jade MurdochSTJ20:26.98Preslee PerkinsLKSH20:44.49Claire RitcheyEDW20:58.510Kaylee SpragueLKSH21:02.3See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs – Divisional Series – Best of Five Yesterday Philadelphia Phillies 7, Atlanta Braves 6                                    (PHI Leads 1-0) Houston Astros 8, Seattle Mariners 7                                       (HOU Leads 1-0) New York Yankees 4, Cleveland Guardians 1                               (NYY Leads 1-0) Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Diego Padres 3                                (LAD Leads 1-0) Phillies 7, Braves 6 – Castellanos’ bat, glove help Phillies top Braves 7-6 in NLDS Nick Castellanos drove in three runs and made a potentially game-saving catch in the ninth inning, lifting the Philadelphia Phillies over the reigning World Series champion Atlanta Braves 7-6 in the opener of their NL Division Series. The Phillies have won three straight games to begin these playoffs, hardly looking like a team making its first postseason appearance since 2011. They followed up their wild-card sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a victory over the team that finished 14 games ahead of them in the NL East. It wasn’t easy. Matt Olson hit a three-run homer in the ninth off Zach Eflin to bring the Braves within a run. Astros 8, Mariners 7 – Alvarez hits 3-run HR vs Ray in 9th, Astros jolt M’s in ALDS Yordan Alvarez smashed a game-ending, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning off Robbie Ray, wrecking Seattle’s strategy of using a Cy Young Award winner in a rare relief role and vaulting the Houston Astros over the Mariners 8-7 in their playoff opener. Trailing all game after a poor start by Justin Verlander, the AL West champion Astros overtook rookie star Julio Rodríguez and the wild-card Mariners at the end to begin their best-of-five Division Series. Houston was down 7-5 when rookie pinch-hitter David Hensley was hit by a pitch from Seattle closer Paul Sewald and Jeremy Peña singled with two outs. Mariners manager Scott Servais then made the bold move to bring in Ray. Alvarez homered on Ray’s second pitch. Yankees 4, Guardians 1 – Cole cruises, Bader, Rizzo bash, Yanks beat Guardians 4-1 Gerrit Cole cruised for most of the night, Harrison Bader and Anthony Rizzo homered and the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 in their AL Division Series opener. Not even another Josh Donaldson baserunning blunder could slow the Yankees, who have won six straight postseason games against Cleveland dating to a comeback from a two games to none deficit in the 2017 Division Series Dodgers 5, Padres 3 – Turner, Dodgers start fast, hold off Padres in NLDS opener Trea Turner homered and doubled as the Los Angeles Dodgers started fast and held off the San Diego Padres 5-3 in their NL Division Series opener. The Dodgers raced to an early 5-0 lead and appeared to be on their way to another blowout of the Padres. Los Angeles dominated in the regular season, owning a 14-5 advantage and outscoring San Diego 109-47. The 111-win Dodgers claimed the NL West and the Padres finished second, 22 games back. With Sandy Koufax watching from the owners’ box, 17-game winner Julio Urías retired the first eight batters. Chris Martin, who had two saves this season, pitched a perfect ninth. Struggling closer Craig Kimbrel was left off the Dodgers’ roster for this best-of-five matchup. Game 2 is Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Today Philadelphia (Wheeler 12-7) at Atlanta (Wright 21-5), 4:37 p.m.                    (PHI Leads 1-0) San Diego (Darvish 16-8) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 12-3), 8:37 p.m.               (LAD Leads 1-0) NHL – National Hockey League – Regular Season Start Last Night New York Rangers 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Vegas Golden Knights 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 Tonight Chicago Blackhawks at Colorado Avalanche, 9:30 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association – Preseason Last Night Oklahoma City Thunder 115, Detroit Pistons 99 Chicago Bulls 127, Milwaukee Bucks 104 Tonight New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. NBA – Draymond Green fined but not suspended, set to rejoin team Draymond Green has been fined but won’t be suspended by the Golden State Warriors for a violent punch to the face of teammate Jordan Poole last week. Coach Steve Kerr said after a preseason win against Portland that Green would return to practice Thursday then play for the defending NBA champions against the Nuggets on Friday night and again in the season opener Tuesday against the Lakers. Kerr, general manager Bob Myers and players have met to decide how to best proceed, including Green and Poole talking to each other. NFL – Raiders’ Adams could be suspended for shove Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams could face a possible suspension or fine for shoving a photographer to the ground as he ran off the field following a loss at Kansas City. A person familiar with the process tells The Associated Press that the NFL is reviewing Adams’ actions. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league hadn’t made the review public. Detectives from the Kansas City Police Department’s assault unit are investigating the incident. NFL Network was the first to report that Adams could face discipline. NFL – NFL to discuss roughing calls, no change imminent A person with directly knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press that the NFL did not give officials a directive to emphasize roughing-the-passer penalties following Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s concussion, but the topic will be discussed next week when NFL owners meet in New York. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the conversations are internal. The person said the league isn’t planning to make any rule changes amid outrage over two disputed calls in Week 5. Roughing-the-passer penalties are down 45% from this point last year. Through Week 5 in 2021, 51 were called. Only 28 have been called this season, according to league stats. NCAAFB – Penn St QB Clifford healthy, content ahead of Michigan game Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford is feeling good ahead of tenth-ranked Penn State’s game against No. 4 Michigan this weekend. The Nittany Lions are coming off of a bye week, and Clifford was able to relax and prepared. The Wolverines currently have the country’s fifth-best scoring defense and are fueled by their pass rush. Penn State coach James Franklin says the sixth-year quarterback has been building up to moments and opportunities like Saturday’s Big Ten East showdown. Hockey – Hockey Canada CEO Smith out, board of directors resigns Hockey Canada has ousted CEO Scott Smith. Its board of directors has also resigned over a series of scandals that have rocked the sport’s national federation to its core. Smith spent nearly three decades climbing the ladder at Hockey Canada and lasted just three months at the top. The organization is dealing with fallout related to how it handled sexual assault allegations and how the organization paid out settlements. Former board chair Michael Brind’Amour resigned in August and interim chair Andrea Skinner stepped down Saturday. Golf – PGA – Nicklaus worried big purses will minimize other tournaments Jack Nicklaus is curious to see how the rich, new PGA Tour schedule goes next year. Nicklaus has The Memorial. That’s one of the elevated events that will offer a $20 million purse. He also is involved as a charitable beneficiary at the Honda Classic. That is not one of the big-money events. Worst yet, it’s squeezed between two $20 million events — Riviera the week before, Bay Hill the week after. Nicklaus says he’s worried it will create a two-tier PGA Tour. He says he’s met with the PGA Tour to try to find a solution for the Honda. NASCAR – NASCAR fines Stewart-Haas Racing $200K for race manipulation NASCAR hit Stewart-Haas Racing with an additional $200,000 in fines after ruling Cole Custer and the No. 41 team manipulated the final lap of the playoff elimination race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. That brings SHR’s monetary fines to $300,000 over the last week. Kevin Harvick was penalized along with his crew chief when his Ford failed a post-Talladega inspection. Custer appeared to deliberately hold up a line of traffic as teammate Chase Briscoe stormed past in a desperate effort to avoid playoff elimination. Briscoe bumped reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Larson from the playoffs as the field was trimmed to eight drivers. USA Soccer – Spain blanks US; Americans hadn’t lost 2 straight since ’17 Spain has beaten the U.S. women’s national team 2-0. It was the first time since March 2017 that the U.S. lost two games in a row. Laia Codina had the first goal for Spain in the 39th minute. Esther González added a goal in the 72nd. Both teams are preparing for next summer’s World Cup, and the United States has won the last two World Cups. Both teams also have been rocked by scandals, with Spain missing some of their best players because of it. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Last Night Women’s Volleyball Lake Michigan College 3, Glen Oaks Community College 2 Tonight Women’s Soccer Lake Michigan College at Muskegon Community College, 4:00 p.m.         at Orchard View HS Men’s Soccer Lake Michigan College at Muskegon Community College, 4:00 p.m.         at Muskegon Catholic Central HS MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Volleyball Watervliet 3, Coloma 0 – Watervliet wins SAC-Lakeshore division championship Centreville 3, Hartford 0 Paw Paw 3, Comstock 1 Allegan 3, Fennville 0 Today Boys Soccer – Districts – 1st Round Division 2 at St. Joseph (first round at local sites) Lakeshore at Edwardsburg, 4:30 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 5:00 p.m. Division 3 at South Haven (first round at local sites) Hopkins at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Parchment at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m. Division 3 at Paw Paw (first round at local sites) Three Rivers at Berrien Springs, 6:00 p.m. Constantine at Watervliet, 7:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 at Hartford (first round at local sites) Coloma at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. Lawton at Bloomingdale, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 at Kalamazoo Christian (first round at local sites) Battle Creek Academy at Bellevue, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Heritage at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake at Michigan Lutheran, 6:00 p.m. Benton Harbor at New Buffalo, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m. Gull Lake at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Battle Creek Central at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jimmy Ott is joined by WagerTalk's Dave Cokin to preview Thursday's MLB postseason betting card, which includes Mariners at Astros and Guardians at Yankees

MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs – Divisional Series – Best of Five Yesterday Philadelphia Phillies 7, Atlanta Braves 6                                    (PHI Leads 1-0) Houston Astros 8, Seattle Mariners 7                                       (HOU Leads 1-0) New York Yankees 4, Cleveland Guardians 1                               (NYY Leads 1-0) Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Diego Padres 3                                (LAD Leads 1-0) Phillies 7, Braves 6 – Castellanos’ bat, glove help Phillies top Braves 7-6 in NLDS Nick Castellanos drove in three runs and made a potentially game-saving catch in the ninth inning, lifting the Philadelphia Phillies over the reigning World Series champion Atlanta Braves 7-6 in the opener of their NL Division Series. The Phillies have won three straight games to begin these playoffs, hardly looking like a team making its first postseason appearance since 2011. They followed up their wild-card sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a victory over the team that finished 14 games ahead of them in the NL East. It wasn’t easy. Matt Olson hit a three-run homer in the ninth off Zach Eflin to bring the Braves within a run. Astros 8, Mariners 7 – Alvarez hits 3-run HR vs Ray in 9th, Astros jolt M’s in ALDS Yordan Alvarez smashed a game-ending, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning off Robbie Ray, wrecking Seattle’s strategy of using a Cy Young Award winner in a rare relief role and vaulting the Houston Astros over the Mariners 8-7 in their playoff opener. Trailing all game after a poor start by Justin Verlander, the AL West champion Astros overtook rookie star Julio Rodríguez and the wild-card Mariners at the end to begin their best-of-five Division Series. Houston was down 7-5 when rookie pinch-hitter David Hensley was hit by a pitch from Seattle closer Paul Sewald and Jeremy Peña singled with two outs. Mariners manager Scott Servais then made the bold move to bring in Ray. Alvarez homered on Ray’s second pitch. Yankees 4, Guardians 1 – Cole cruises, Bader, Rizzo bash, Yanks beat Guardians 4-1 Gerrit Cole cruised for most of the night, Harrison Bader and Anthony Rizzo homered and the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 in their AL Division Series opener. Not even another Josh Donaldson baserunning blunder could slow the Yankees, who have won six straight postseason games against Cleveland dating to a comeback from a two games to none deficit in the 2017 Division Series Dodgers 5, Padres 3 – Turner, Dodgers start fast, hold off Padres in NLDS opener Trea Turner homered and doubled as the Los Angeles Dodgers started fast and held off the San Diego Padres 5-3 in their NL Division Series opener. The Dodgers raced to an early 5-0 lead and appeared to be on their way to another blowout of the Padres. Los Angeles dominated in the regular season, owning a 14-5 advantage and outscoring San Diego 109-47. The 111-win Dodgers claimed the NL West and the Padres finished second, 22 games back. With Sandy Koufax watching from the owners’ box, 17-game winner Julio Urías retired the first eight batters. Chris Martin, who had two saves this season, pitched a perfect ninth. Struggling closer Craig Kimbrel was left off the Dodgers’ roster for this best-of-five matchup. Game 2 is Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Today Philadelphia (Wheeler 12-7) at Atlanta (Wright 21-5), 4:37 p.m.                    (PHI Leads 1-0) San Diego (Darvish 16-8) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 12-3), 8:37 p.m.               (LAD Leads 1-0) NHL – National Hockey League – Regular Season Start Last Night New York Rangers 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Vegas Golden Knights 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 Tonight Chicago Blackhawks at Colorado Avalanche, 9:30 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association – Preseason Last Night Oklahoma City Thunder 115, Detroit Pistons 99 Chicago Bulls 127, Milwaukee Bucks 104 Tonight New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. NBA – Draymond Green fined but not suspended, set to rejoin team Draymond Green has been fined but won’t be suspended by the Golden State Warriors for a violent punch to the face of teammate Jordan Poole last week. Coach Steve Kerr said after a preseason win against Portland that Green would return to practice Thursday then play for the defending NBA champions against the Nuggets on Friday night and again in the season opener Tuesday against the Lakers. Kerr, general manager Bob Myers and players have met to decide how to best proceed, including Green and Poole talking to each other. NFL – Raiders’ Adams could be suspended for shove Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams could face a possible suspension or fine for shoving a photographer to the ground as he ran off the field following a loss at Kansas City. A person familiar with the process tells The Associated Press that the NFL is reviewing Adams’ actions. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league hadn’t made the review public. Detectives from the Kansas City Police Department’s assault unit are investigating the incident. NFL Network was the first to report that Adams could face discipline. NFL – NFL to discuss roughing calls, no change imminent A person with directly knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press that the NFL did not give officials a directive to emphasize roughing-the-passer penalties following Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s concussion, but the topic will be discussed next week when NFL owners meet in New York. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the conversations are internal. The person said the league isn’t planning to make any rule changes amid outrage over two disputed calls in Week 5. Roughing-the-passer penalties are down 45% from this point last year. Through Week 5 in 2021, 51 were called. Only 28 have been called this season, according to league stats. NCAAFB – Penn St QB Clifford healthy, content ahead of Michigan game Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford is feeling good ahead of tenth-ranked Penn State’s game against No. 4 Michigan this weekend. The Nittany Lions are coming off of a bye week, and Clifford was able to relax and prepared. The Wolverines currently have the country’s fifth-best scoring defense and are fueled by their pass rush. Penn State coach James Franklin says the sixth-year quarterback has been building up to moments and opportunities like Saturday’s Big Ten East showdown. Hockey – Hockey Canada CEO Smith out, board of directors resigns Hockey Canada has ousted CEO Scott Smith. Its board of directors has also resigned over a series of scandals that have rocked the sport’s national federation to its core. Smith spent nearly three decades climbing the ladder at Hockey Canada and lasted just three months at the top. The organization is dealing with fallout related to how it handled sexual assault allegations and how the organization paid out settlements. Former board chair Michael Brind’Amour resigned in August and interim chair Andrea Skinner stepped down Saturday. Golf – PGA – Nicklaus worried big purses will minimize other tournaments Jack Nicklaus is curious to see how the rich, new PGA Tour schedule goes next year. Nicklaus has The Memorial. That’s one of the elevated events that will offer a $20 million purse. He also is involved as a charitable beneficiary at the Honda Classic. That is not one of the big-money events. Worst yet, it’s squeezed between two $20 million events — Riviera the week before, Bay Hill the week after. Nicklaus says he’s worried it will create a two-tier PGA Tour. He says he’s met with the PGA Tour to try to find a solution for the Honda. NASCAR – NASCAR fines Stewart-Haas Racing $200K for race manipulation NASCAR hit Stewart-Haas Racing with an additional $200,000 in fines after ruling Cole Custer and the No. 41 team manipulated the final lap of the playoff elimination race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. That brings SHR’s monetary fines to $300,000 over the last week. Kevin Harvick was penalized along with his crew chief when his Ford failed a post-Talladega inspection. Custer appeared to deliberately hold up a line of traffic as teammate Chase Briscoe stormed past in a desperate effort to avoid playoff elimination. Briscoe bumped reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Larson from the playoffs as the field was trimmed to eight drivers. USA Soccer – Spain blanks US; Americans hadn’t lost 2 straight since ’17 Spain has beaten the U.S. women’s national team 2-0. It was the first time since March 2017 that the U.S. lost two games in a row. Laia Codina had the first goal for Spain in the 39th minute. Esther González added a goal in the 72nd. Both teams are preparing for next summer’s World Cup, and the United States has won the last two World Cups. Both teams also have been rocked by scandals, with Spain missing some of their best players because of it. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Last Night Women’s Volleyball Lake Michigan College 3, Glen Oaks Community College 2 Tonight Women’s Soccer Lake Michigan College at Muskegon Community College, 4:00 p.m.         at Orchard View HS Men’s Soccer Lake Michigan College at Muskegon Community College, 4:00 p.m.         at Muskegon Catholic Central HS MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Volleyball Watervliet 3, Coloma 0 – Watervliet wins SAC-Lakeshore division championship Centreville 3, Hartford 0 Paw Paw 3, Comstock 1 Allegan 3, Fennville 0 Today Boys Soccer – Districts – 1st Round Division 2 at St. Joseph (first round at local sites) Lakeshore at Edwardsburg, 4:30 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 5:00 p.m. Division 3 at South Haven (first round at local sites) Hopkins at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Parchment at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m. Division 3 at Paw Paw (first round at local sites) Three Rivers at Berrien Springs, 6:00 p.m. Constantine at Watervliet, 7:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 at Hartford (first round at local sites) Coloma at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. Lawton at Bloomingdale, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 at Kalamazoo Christian (first round at local sites) Battle Creek Academy at Bellevue, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Heritage at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake at Michigan Lutheran, 6:00 p.m. Benton Harbor at New Buffalo, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m. Gull Lake at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Battle Creek Central at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.