Emmanuel Clase gave up two runs in the ninth inning and the Yankees moved closer to another World Series, beating the Guardians 8-6 on Friday night to take a 3-1 lead in the ALCS.
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The Dodgers failed to clinch the pennant, while the Guardians and Yankees battle in Cleveland.
The Lynx beat the Liberty 82-80 on Friday night to force a decisive Game 5 of the WNBA Finals, the first since 2019.
Alonso’s three-run homer in the first inning got New York started, and the Mets went on to beat the Dodgers and force another game in Los Angeles.
The WNBA Finals moved to game four on Friday night, with the New York Liberty hoping to clinch their first ever championship over the Minnesota Lynx. New York Governor Kathy Hochul though, got the game started on a sour note by posting an extremely difficult-to-watch video in support of the hometown Liberty.
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Game four, though, was anything but tough to watch. A tough, hard-fought game that went back-and-forth for the vast majority of regulation.
Pete Alonso golfed an early three-run homer and the Mets hammered an ineffective Jack Flaherty, extending the NLCS with a 12-6 victory over the Dodgers in Game 5 on Friday.
The Giants rookie is set to make his return from the concussion protocol on Sunday.
Nick Saban has the need for speed.
Austin, Texas will be at the center of the sports world this weekend with two massive events happening over the course of three days. The Texas Longhorns host the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday. Meanwhile, all weekend long, not too far away at Circuit of the Americas, Formula 1 is in town for the United States Grand Prix.
After the first two batters of game five of the National League Championship Series, it seemed like the Los Angeles Dodgers would once again dominate the New York Mets. Shohei Ohtani laced a leadoff single, and Starling Marte misplayed a Mookie Betts liner into a double. Second and third nobody out for the Dodgers again. Those few minutes were just about the last time the Dodgers felt good about their chances to clinch a World Series berth on Friday.
Teoscar Hernandez ripped a hard grounder to short for the first out, with Ohtani confusingly not scoring on the play.
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Both Nico Hülkenberg and Kevin Magnussen will start inside the points in the F1 Sprint Race
AUSTIN — On Thursday at the Circuit of the Americans Nico Hülkenberg met with the assembled media, including SB Nation, in Haas’ hospitality space. During that discussion, the German driver noted his optimism for the weekend, given an upgrade package the team brought to Austin. As Hülkenberg noted, in contrast to the 2023 season, upgrades seemed to be working much better for the team during this campaign.
It seems that optimism was warranted.