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‘Surveillance pricing’ That phrase sounds a little scary, doesn’t it? Americans are channeling their rage over high prices, AI and giant companies gathering their data. Here’s what the evidence shows.

Bird flu Two Americans who caught it from sick animals have died, but as far as anyone can tell, humans can’t spread it. Experts worry that a mutation could spark another pandemic potentially even deadlier than Covid-19.

Judge orders Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11 MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11. https://apnews.com/article/trump-bbc-media-defamation-0a26fa60b265f55a9bcf7ed88cfacab8?

I'm in the same camp as phkrause. I'm also extremely sorry to hear about the severity of your eye condition. Pastor Matthews, you've set a very, very high bar for the next person attempting to fill your shoes.

👋 Good morning! Happy Hump Day to you and yours. Boston buzzer-beater: Jayson Tatum called game on Tuesday night at TD Garden, burying an overtime buzzer-beater to lift the Celtics past the Nets, 125-124 (OT). In today's edition: Rays avoid the sweep, hilariously early NBA awards, Edwards needs surgery, Arsenal stunned by fourth-tier club, the next wave of sports video game monetization, the WNBA's self-inflicted mess, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES 🏀 Ant needs surgery: Anthony Edwards needs an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee and could miss up to two months, bringing his early MVP candidacy to a screeching halt. In other injury news: Utah's Jaren Jackson Jr. (torn MCL) will miss at least six weeks, and Toronto's Kawhi Leonard (swollen knee) is out at least a week. ⚽️ Arsenal stunned: The reigning Premier League champions suffered one of the biggest upsets in EFL Cup history on Tuesday, losing on penalties to fourth-tier club Fleetwood Town, which sits 84 places beneath the Gunners in the English football pyramid. 🏈 Colts fire sale: Indianapolis (2-5) is waving the white flag, trading eight-time Pro Bowl G Quenton Nelson to the Seahawks and three-time Pro Bowl DT DeForest Buckner to the 49ers. Could star RB Jonathan Taylor be the next player moved? Doesn't sound like it, at least not yet. ⛳️ Tiger eyes return: Barring any physical setbacks, Tiger Woods is expected to play with Jupiter Links GC (the team he captains) when the third TGL seasons kicks off on Dec. 27. It would be his first competitive appearance since last March, when a rollover crash and DUI arrest led him to step away from golf and seek treatment. ✍️ Dear fans: Tuesday was a banner day for the time-honored "Dear fans" missive. Atlanta Dream ownership penned an open letter to fans explaining this week's scheduling debacle, while Florida State's president apologized for all the mediocre football lately. "We are not asking you to believe that everything is fine," he wrote. "We know it isn't."   ⚾️ WORLD SERIES RAYS WIN GAME 4, EXTEND SEASON It's a walk-off! (Al Bello/Getty Images) The Rays gave the Brewers a taste of their own medicine on Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, rallying in the 12th inning for a walk-off 4-3 victory to keep their season alive for at least one more day. Not dead yet: Roughly three out of every four MLB teams (76.7%) that have gone down 3-0 in a best-of-seven playoff series wound up getting swept, and that number is even higher (84%) in the World Series. So simply by forcing a Game 5, the Rays have already made it further than most teams in their predicament. If they win again tonight? The Rays would become the first team in World Series history to win two games after losing the first three. Of course, that's easier said than done: The Brewers will be handing the ball to NL Cy Young favorite Jacob Misiorowski, who is virtually unhittable when he has his best stuff. Game 4 notes: 98 years later: 22-year-old Jackson Chourio had a single and a double for the Brewers, giving him 10 hits in the series. That's tied for the most ever through four games of a Fall Classic, matching a record set in 1928 by… Babe Ruth! The boys are back in town: Ex-Rays pitchers Zach Eflin (now with the Orioles), Tyler Glasnow (Dodgers), Pete Fairbanks (Marlins) and Chris Archer (retired) were in attendance to cheer on their former team. Pretty cool to see. Ashby stays perfect: Aaron Ashby entered in the bottom of the ninth and retired seven straight Rays batters (2.1 IP, 3 K). Did you expect anything less? He's now gone 18 consecutive scoreless innings to start the postseason, a new record for a reliever. Good read: Brewers are left to grapple with only their second loss of the playoffs after 12th-inning unraveling   🏀 OPENING WEEK HILARIOUSLY EARLY NBA AWARDS (Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images) We're officially one week into the NBA season, so we decided to hand out some hilariously early awards. Because who among us doesn't enjoy overreacting to a handful of games? MVP Luka Dončic. The Lakers are officially his team, and the 27-year-old Slovenian has answered the bell by averaging an NBA-best 36.0 points (including a 52-point outburst), 6.8 rebounds and 8.3 assists while leading L.A. to a 3-1 start. After six top-eight finishes in MVP voting, could this be the year he finally breaks through? Honorable mention: Anthony Edwards (MIN), Tyrese Maxey (PHI), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC), Cooper Flagg (DAL), Jayson Tatum (BOS), Ty Jerome (MEM), Alperen Şengün (HOU) Most Improved Ty Jerome. The eight-year veteran showed flashes of stardom last year, but injuries limited him to just 15 games. Now, the former UVA standout (2019 national champion!) is fueling the Grizzlies' perfect start by averaging 29.8 points (3rd in NBA) and 6.3 assists per contest. He also ranks third in the league with 15 clutch points. Honorable mention: Naz Reid (CHA), Dylan Harper (SA), Duncan Robinson (DET), Davion Mitchell (MIA), Brandon Miller (CHA) Best Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg. The Warriors don't look great so far, but don't blame their first-round pick out of Michigan. The reigning Big Ten Player of the Year is averaging 21.8 points, 9.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists as the second option behind Stephen Curry, and turned heads this week when he exploded for 31-12-6 (and kind of looked like LeBron?!) in a win over the Nuggets.* Honorable mention: Cameron Boozer (MEM), Caleb Wilson (CHI), Darius Acuff Jr. (SAC), Keaton Wagler (LAC) Plus: Super Sophomore: Reigning ROY Cooper Flagg looks ready to explode, averaging 30.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 7.6 assists, 4.4 steals and 2.0 blocks as the leader of the Mavericks… at just 19 years old. Honorable mention: Dylan Harper (SAS) Best Offseason Addition: This is a loaded category, but give us LaMelo Ball, who just became even more important to the Timberwolves now that Anthony Edwards is out for the foreseeable future. Honorable mention: Walker Kessler (LAL) Most Fun Team: The Trail Blazers are off to a 3-0 start thanks to a high-powered offense (NBA-best 129.3 ppg) co-captained by franchise icon Damian Lillard, rising star Deni Avdija and a rejuvenated Ja Morant. Honorable mention: Rockets *Rave review: "Yaxel might have single-handedly saved the Steph era, like for real," said The Ringer's Bill Simmons on Tuesday. "He looked like mid-2010s LeBron in this game, and I don't say that lightly. … It was unbelievable. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe how good he was."   🎮 EA SPORTS IT'S IN THE GAME (Electronic Arts) "If it's in the game, it's in the game." EA Sports has made that promise to gamers since the early '90s. It's still taking the slogan to heart in 2026: Corporate sponsorships are indisputably a part of modern sports, and now they're coming to the console, too. IRL goes virtual: EA and the NFL announced the Madden NFL Virtual Stadium Sponsorship Program on Tuesday, allowing official league and team sponsors to bring their real-world stadium signage into the game. First up is Eagles partner and injury law firm Pond Lehocky, whose real-life Lincoln Financial Field signage will now appear in Madden. Every day is gameday: The program offers partners significant reach that extends well beyond traditional Sunday visibility. Fans play more than 2 billion Madden games annually, which is the equivalent of roughly 23,000 NFL seasons every day. Why settle for eight or nine home dates when your brand can take the field year-round? Burger King was one of the first companies to embrace this strategy, sponsoring the shirts of fourth-tier English club Stevenage in 2019 primarily because it would appear in EA's popular FIFA (now FC) video game franchise. The "Stevenage Challenge" encouraged gamers to upload their Stevenage highlights to social media for food prizes. The result? 1.2 billion impressions. Pretty remarkable for a club with average crowds of less than 3,000. Madden now, more later? EA built technology that maps real-world signage onto digital stadiums. Developed to suit the NFL and its teams, the system could eventually extend across its other video game franchises (College Football, FC, NHL, etc), while creating more sponsorship inventory for its licensing partners. This is an excerpt from Wednesday’s edition of Yahoo Sports Biz. Interested in learning more about the business of sports? Sign up for free.   🏀 GAME 6 THE WNBA'S SELF-INFLICTED MESS "Let's Go Dream" shirts are seen on seats before Game 4 of the WNBA Finals at State Farm Arena. (Colin Hubbard/Getty Images) Dan Wolken, Yahoo Sports: There is a chance the WNBA season will end in the middle of the afternoon in Atlanta on Thursday, with the Golden State Valkyries being rushed off the floor at Atlanta's State Farm Arena to celebrate in a practice gym so that workers have enough time to get the venue ready for an NBA game later that night. For a league that has broken through into the mainstream and proven the product can unapologetically stand on its own in terms of TV ratings and sold-out buildings, it's pretty much a disaster scenario. For many WNBA fans who endured years of disrespect, only to see the league's social currency explode over the last few years, starting a potential Finals-clinching game at 12:30pm ET on a weekday no doubt feels like a return to second-class citizenry. But fans who are crying foul over how the WNBA and the Atlanta Dream decided to navigate an impossible scheduling conflict also need to understand this: The WNBA has long since become a viable basketball business that should be talked about as such, not a social and moral cause that needs the NBA to come clean up its mess. So when we assign the well-deserved blame for this Game 6 embarrassment, let's at least get it right. It's not happening because of misogyny. Or because the NBA is failing to support a league of which it owns 42%. Or because the Hawks are being inflexible. It's happening because the WNBA and the Dream messed up, waited until the last minute for a fix and settled for what they believed to be the best of several bad options. They might not be right about that, by the way. If the only viable choices were to play Game 6 in the early afternoon at State Farm Arena, or to play in prime time at the 3,500-seat arena where the Dream normally play, the WNBA as a whole would probably be better served by the more favorable TV window. Fans of the Valkyries, who lead the series 3-2, will have to watch basketball with a side of morning coffee. Keep reading: Let's put the blame for the Game 6 scheduling debacle where it belongs   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28 One game left at The Trop. (Julio Aguilar/MLB Photos via Getty Images) ⚾️ World Series, Game 5 The Rays staved off elimination for one night. Can they do it again this evening (8pm ET, Fox) and send the series back to Milwaukee? Pitching matchup: The Brewers will hand the ball to Cy Young favorite Jacob Misiorowski, while the Rays have yet to announce their starter. If they don't go with ace Drew Rasmussen on just three days rest (unlikely), they'll have to cobble together a bullpen game. 🏀 NBA on ESPN The Pacers welcome the new-look 76ers in the first leg of tonight's doubleheader (7pm), then it's Thunder at Mavericks in the nightcap (9:30pm). OKC does it again: The Thunder join the 1966-68 Celtics as the only teams in NBA history to start 4-0 in three consecutive seasons. Any time you match a feat last accomplished by Bill Russell and Red Auerbach, you're in rare air. More to watch: 🏒 Women's Hockey: USA vs. Canada (7pm, NHL) … The rivals meet in Ontario for their first of two friendlies this week ahead of the World Championships. ⚽️ MLS: Nashville vs. Philadelphia (8:30pm, Apple) … Nashville (21-3-7), fresh off clinching the Supporters' Shield (best record), headlines the midweek action. ⚽️ EFL Cup: Liverpool vs. Chelsea (4pm, Paramount+) … A pair of heavyweights take the pitch in a fourth-round clash. ⚽️ Women's Champions League: Bayern vs. Real Madrid (1:45pm, Paramount+) … One of five games to kick off Matchday 3. Got plans tonight? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🏀 LET'S PLAY OVER/UNDER 7-foot-7 Manute Bol and 5-foot-3 Muggsy Bogues pose for a portrait in 1987. The average NBA player stands somewhere between them. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images) Question: Is the average height of current NBA players over or under 6-foot-6? Over: Taller than 6-foot-6 Under: Shorter than 6-foot-6 No push: The answer is not exactly 6-foot-6. For context: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Cade Cunningham, Devin Booker and Zion Williamson are all listed at 6-foot-6. Answer at the bottom.   ⚽️ YAHOO SPORTS x APPLE TV TUNE IN: MLS ALTCAST Lionel Messi and Inter Miami host FC Cincinnati tonight in an Eastern Conference showdown, and Yahoo Sports is teaming up with Apple TV for a special alternate broadcast. Join the fun: The Cooligans hosts Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco will kick things off with a short pregame show (7:30pm ET) before calling the full match, which features two of the highest-scoring teams in MLS. Watch for free on the Yahoo Sports website and app.   Over/Under answer: Over. The average NBA player is 6-foot-7, according to Opening Night rosters.

Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of ‘McMillan & Wife’ and ‘Kate & Allie,’ dies at 80 https://apnews.com/article/susan-saint-james-dies-044d164e0cafe751d5eb55c97d664e30?

Alexander brothers each get 30 years in prison after women speak of being drugged and raped by them NEW YORK (AP) — Three brothers convicted of leveraging their wealthy lifestyle to drug and rape dozens of women were each sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison after one victim described her attack as an “eternity of terror” and the judge slammed their behavior as shameful, degenerate and monstrous. https://apnews.com/article/alexander-brothers-sex-trafficking-sentencing-7bb4833c8b049f8f35228c30ba605452? Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager’s 1974 killing through DNA testing DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of another Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by a hunter. https://apnews.com/article/ted-bundy-serial-killer-utah-murder-35e9ec578158e9025c027e5a89023332? New Mexico attorney general accuses Epstein attorney, accountant of abuse cover-up at ranch ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation at a sprawling Santa Fe-area ranch where the disgraced financier entertained guests. https://apnews.com/article/epstein-new-mexico-ranch-lawsuit-7b00ad7f809c585a82c4cd9eb4c81467?

High-speed train collision kills at least 68 in Spain’s 2nd deadly rail crash this year URDA, Spain (AP) — A high-speed train slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks in Spain Wednesday, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens in the second deadly rail collision this year. https://apnews.com/article/train-accident-spain-4f65471a0e36f448d7ee9efe0768cd77?

Serbia’s victorious student movement faces tough challenges as it prepares to take power Serbia's youth movement scored a stunning election victory against the country's longtime strongman Aleksandar Vucic on Sunday. But turning its promises of sweeping democratic reforms into reality could prove far more difficult. Read more. What to know: The diverse, leaderless movement, whose candidates have little political experience, has promised to root out corruption, free the media and restore the rule of law after Vucic's 14 years in power. Though armed with a strong mandate for change stemming from a convincing election victory, a new government will still encounter a myriad of hurdles along the way. Expectations are running high and so is impatience after public discontent built up over the years. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Photos of Serbia’s election and celebrations WATCH: Serbs celebrate after Students’ List win In Serbia and Hungary, groundswells of youthful energy topple entrenched governments

Grand jury refuses to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, AP sources say The Justice Department on Tuesday failed to secure a grand jury indictment against Cassidy Hutchinson who provided dramatic but disputed testimony against President Donald Trump before a House committee investigating Jan. 6, according to two people familiar with the matter. Read more. Why this matters: It’s the latest setback in the Justice Department’s efforts to persuade grand jurors in the nation's capital to bring politically sensitive cases, that have surged in the run-up to the midterms. They include a new attempt to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and a search by federal agents of the home of outspoken Trump critic and Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Hutchinson declined to comment through her lawyer on Tuesday. It's highly unusual for grand juries to decline to return indictments, but the Justice Department under Trump has been rebuked by citizens in the nation's capital in a number of high-profile cases. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Federal judge rules top US prosecutor in Los Angeles isn’t legally serving US military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific Trump says he’s ending restrictions on climate-warming methane from oil drilling Supreme Court won’t intervene to allow judges to pause some deportation proceedings FACT FOCUS: Kennedy’s claim that Arabs ‘don’t produce science’ meets a Nobel Prize reality check Prominent Georgia Republican gets 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in Ponzi scheme

Israelis await final election results as Netanyahu remains far from defeated Anxious Israelis watched election results take shape Wednesday after the highest turnout in over a quarter-century, as no clear winner emerged and weeks of negotiating could lie ahead for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an array of opposition parties trying to unseat him. Read more. What to know: Voting reflected unease over Netanyahu's alliance with the far right and anger over military draft exemptions for the significant ultra-Orthodox Jewish population. Exit polls by major Israeli TV stations suggested Netanyahu’s governing coalition shrank but that his Likud party would remain the largest in the Knesset. Arab-led parties appear to have made a historic showing, but it’s not clear if other opponents of Netanyahu’s government would form a coalition with them for a majority in the next parliament.

👋 Good morning! GeoSports is ready for you. Are you ready for GeoSports? Tap in to play today's round and see how high you can score. In today's edition: Recapping the 33rd Sports Equinox, WNBA scheduling disaster, wideouts crash the Heisman party, football's king and queen, Jock Stocks, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES 🎤 Jay-Z to headline Super Bowl: Jay-Z will headline the Super Bowl LXI halftime show this February at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The rapper was chosen, technically, by himself, as the entertainment company he founded, Roc Nation, has a say in selecting the performer. 🏀 WNBA scheduling disaster: Game 6 of the WNBA Finals will be played at 12:30pm ET on Thursday at State Farm Arena, which will host a Hawks game later that night. Are we really about to potentially crown a champion on a Thursday afternoon? And possibly not even have an on-court celebration due to time constraints? Not a good look for the league. 🏀 Thunder lose two starters: Jalen Williams (fractured fibula, dislocated ankle) and Cason Wallace (torn labrum) will both miss most, if not all, of the season after suffering severe injuries on Sunday. A brutal blow for one of the NBA's title favorites. 🏈 Moore won't play in 2026: After leading Oregon to the CFP semifinals last season, QB Dante Moore passed on a chance to be a potential top-five NFL draft pick and returned to school. That decision is looking like a disaster now that he's been shut down for the season a month after suffering a concussion, while the Ducks have stumbled to 4-3. ⚾️ Banning outfield shifts? In an effort to increase extra-base hits, MLB is testing a new rule in the Arizona Fall League that requires outfielders to play their position "straight up," rather than shifting to defend against opposing batters' tendencies.     🪐 THE STARS ALIGNED MONDAY REWIND: THE 33RD SPORTS EQUINOX There was a lot of this last night for the visiting Brewers. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) ⚾️ St. Petersburg, Florida — Well, that didn't look like much fun for the home crowd. The Brewers trounced the Rays, 10-1, on Monday to move within a win of sweeping their second straight series and winning the franchise's first World Series title. 5th-inning fireworks: The game turned in the top of the fifth when Milwaukee scored eight runs with two outs, the most two-out runs ever scored in a World Series inning. And they did it by playing their patented small-ball: Line out, single, fly out, steal, walk, single, single, single, double, double, single, double, fly out. Beautiful. Gabby Williams and the Valkyries are one win away from glory. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) 🏀 San Francisco, California — The Valkyries beat the Dream, 64-55, in another defensive slugfest to take a 3-2 lead in the WNBA Finals. Golden State, in just its second year in the league, is now on the precipice of a championship. What they're saying: "Call in sick. I recommend it." That was guard Veronica Burton's message to Valkyries fans ahead of Thursday's Game 6 matinee in Atlanta. Tip-off is at 12:30pm ET, which means West Coasters will need to lock in at 9:30am on a workday if they want to watch Golden State potentially clinch the title. CeeDee Lamb makes one of his two touchdown catches. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) 🏈 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — The Cowboys (3-4) got back on track with a 38-21 win on "Monday Night Football," securing what Dak Prescott called an urgent victory while handing the spiraling Eagles (2-5) their fifth straight loss. Ground and pound: Javonte Williams (25 carries, 155 yards, TD) became the first Cowboy since Ezekiel Elliott to rush for 150 yards in a game — and the first opposing back to reach that mark against the Eagles since Nick Sirianni became head coach (2021-present). Coop can hoop. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images) 🏀 Miami, Florida — The Mavericks came into South Beach and beat the winless Heat, 113-109, behind an MVP-type performance from Cooper Flagg (29 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 steals, 3 blocks). Giannis Antetokounmpo had a triple-double (29 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists), but that wasn't enough to avoid falling to 0-4 for the first time in his career. More NBA: The Thunder (125-114 over the Suns), Grizzlies (110-105 over the Jazz) and Rockets (120-110 over the Hawks) all improved to 4-0; The Cavaliers outlasted the Timberwolves, 127-125 (OT), despite 47 points from Anthony Edwards; Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg (31-12-6) powered the Warriors to their first win. Full scoreboard. For the first time all season, the Rangers lost at home. (Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images) 🏒 New York, New York: The Kings snapped the Rangers' six-game winning streak at MSG with a 6-3 victory that doubled as a revenge game for winger Artemi Panarin and head coach Peter Laviolette, both back in the Big Apple after being traded away (or fired) by New York. More NHL: The Flames extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-2 victory over the Maple Leafs; The Oilers beat the Red Wings, 4-3 (SO), as rookie netminder Michal Postava posted a shootout shutout in his first NHL start.   🏈 THE BIG THREE HEISMAN WATCH: A TRIO OF ELITE WRs In the 91-year history of the Heisman Trophy, only four wide receivers* have won the award. This year, three pass-catching dynamos — one junior, one sophomore and one out-of-nowhere freshman — are making undeniable cases to become the fifth. Easy as 1, 2, 3: Oregon State freshman Jesse Legree (1,040 yards, 14 TD), Ohio State junior Jeremiah Smith (984 yards, 12 TD) and Miami sophomore Malachi Toney (952 yards, 11 TD) rank first, second and third nationally in both receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. Their dominance goes beyond just this season's leaderboard, though. Among the Top 10 wideouts in single-season power-conference receiving yards since 1995, only four (Michael Crabtree, Terrance Williams, Brandin Cooks, Justin Blackmon) had more yards through seven games than this year's trio. In other words: If Legree, Smith and Toney maintain their pace, we'll see three of the 10 most prolific receiving seasons of the last 30 years, all in the same season. Heisman frontrunners: Smith, the Heisman favorite for weeks now (+110), was one of the most hyped recruits in recent memory and has a real shot at going No. 1 overall in next year's draft following a record-breaking college career. Toney already has the third-most receptions in Hurricanes history following an excellent freshman campaign that included a tour de force in the CFP title game (10-122-1). He has the third-best Heisman odds (+350), trailing only Smith and the guy throwing him passes, Miami QB Darian Mensah (+300). Then there's Legree: The 5-foot-10 speedster has taken the college football world by storm during a freshman campaign nobody saw coming. He was the 1,631st-ranked recruit and only became a full-time receiver 14 months ago. Now, he's tied for the fourth-best Heisman odds (+2000) and rarely goes a week without making history. Meet the breakout star: Legree was generating FBS interest as a high school defensive back before transferring and spending his senior year at Baltimore's renowned Saint Frances Academy, where he went from a part-time receiver to a true two-way player because "scoring a touchdown is a great feeling." No arguments here. Despite a standout senior season (6 pass breakups, 4 INTs, 721 all-purpose yards, 6 TDs), the closest thing to a power-conference offer came from Oregon State in the rebuilt Pac-12. Safe to say the Beavers are glad they called. Legree has recorded at least 100 receiving yards and a TD in all seven games this season, and his 1,040 yards put him well ahead of the seven-game pace set by some of college football's best recent wideouts, as charted above. His play has electrified the Beavers (5-2, 3-0), who are on the fringe of the AP Top 25, in early contention for a playoff spot and currently the best team in the state of Oregon. Not bad for a program that finished 2-10 last season. Staying put: It would have been easy for Legree to use this season as a stepping-stone to a monster NIL payday at the program of his choosing. Instead, he has already committed to return to Corvallis next season — a big win for the "little guy" in this transfer-crazed era of college sports. *Heisman-winning wideouts: Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers (1972), Notre Dame's Tim Brown (1987), Michigan's Desmond Howard (1991) and Alabama's DeVonta Smith (2020) are the only wide receivers to win the Heisman Trophy. Colorado's Travis Hunter also won in 2024, but he played as both a receiver and cornerback.   ⚽️ BALLON D'OR FOOTBALL'S KING AND QUEEN (Kin Cheung/AP Photo) Ballon d'Or: Harry Kane beat out Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé to become the first Englishman in 25 years (Michael Owen) to claim the Ballon d'Or, football's most prestigious individual award. The 33-year-old starred for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and Champions League and led England to the World Cup semifinals in 2026, scoring 73 goals in the process. "Being in London is extra special, it felt like a good omen," an emotional Kane said onstage. "My journey …. wasn't straightforward. I didn't go straight to the top, I had to experience a lot of loan moves and fight my way to get to where I am now. I hope that can give you inspiration, and thank you very much." Ballon d'Or Féminin: Alexia Putellas of Spain returned to the podium for a record-tying third time after captaining Barcelona to a rare "quadruple" in 2026. The 32-year-old, who left Barça this past summer to join the London City Lionesses, was a back-to-back Ballon d'Or recipient in 2021 and 2022 before an ACL tear sidelined her for the better part of two years. "I had a tough time, and had to learn to walk again on my knee, and you were all there for me, helping me to enjoy the sport again and make me the player I am today," said Putellas, shouting out her family and friends. "All the boys and girls around the world — if you love football and you want to play football, play football."   📈 JOCK STOCKS SPORTS ON THE STREET The familiar cadence of earnings season has returned, with more than 1,000 companies reporting quarterly results each week. Here are the sports and sports-adjacent tidbits that caught our eye last week. 📺 Comcast (CMCSA😞 The World Cup was a success for Telemundo and Peacock, generating an incremental $224 million in advertising revenue in Q3, which equates to 12.6% of Comcast's domestic advertising revenue from media. 🇨🇦 Rogers Communications (RCI😞 Rogers recently completed its acquisition of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and now owns the Blue Jays, Maple Leafs, Raptors and Toronto FC. Management plans to sell a minority stake in that portfolio by mid-2027. 👟 Deckers (DECK😞 Hoka sales grew just 6.8% in Q3, which — for the second consecutive quarter — is the lowest growth on record for the brand. Sales are expected to grow in the high single digits for the year. 📺 Netflix (NFLX😞 Netflix fell to its lowest stock price in two years after reporting results that stoked continued growth concerns. Could live sports be part of the solution? Analysts have speculated about integrating Fox One or even buying NBCUniversal. On deck: This week, we're watching reports from Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Adidas (ADDYY), Puma (PUMSY) and more. This story first appeared in Monday's edition of Yahoo Sports Biz, our 3x weekly sports business newsletter authored by Dylan Dittrich.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: TUESDAY, OCT. 27 Fans received rally towels prior to Game 3. Maybe the rally starts tonight. (Elsa/Getty Images) ⚾️ World Series, Game 4 Do the AL champs have some fight left in them? Or is today the day the NL champs win the whole damn thing? We'll find out this evening at Tropicana Field (8pm ET, Fox), where the visiting Brewers will look to sweep the Rays. Pitching matchup: Tampa Bay is going with Griffin Jax, who last pitched almost two weeks ago in a loss to the Guardians. The Brewers are expected to deploy a bullpen game, which sounds wise given their relievers have pitched to a 1.34 ERA across 53.2 innings this postseason. 🏀 NBA on NBC The 0-3 Knicks host the 3-0 Pistons (8pm) in the first leg of tonight's doubleheader. Then it's off to Los Angeles, where the Lakers host the Trail Blazers in a battle of unbeatens (11pm). Championship hangover: The Knicks are just the third defending NBA champion to begin the ensuing season with three straight losses, joining the 1969-70 Celtics and 2011-12 Mavericks. Is New York's honeymoon phase over already? More to watch: 🏒 NHL: Bruins at Hurricanes (8pm, ESPN); Sabres at Sharks (10:30pm, ESPN) … Carolina (9-2-2) leads the Metro; Boston (9-2-1) leads the Atlantic. ⛳️ College Golf: East Lake Cup (3pm, Golf) … Eight of the top men's and women's programs are in Atlanta for the final event of the fall season. Got plans tonight? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🌎 LET'S PLAY GEOSPORTS On Tuesdays, we play GeoSports. All questions are written by me. How it works: You'll be asked five questions that combine sports and geography. Tap the spot on the globe where you think the answer is. The closer you are, the more points you get.   📸 THROUGH THE LENS PHOTO FINISH Horses are seen at sunrise during a recovery session at Altona Beach near Melbourne, Australia. (Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images) May your Tuesday be as golden as this sunrise.

Milwaukee leads the World Series 3-0 Garrett Mitchell #5 of the Milwaukee Brewers celebrates with William Contreras #24 after scoring in the fifth inning during game three of the World Series on Monday. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images) The Milwaukee Brewers last appeared in the World Series in 1982 and have never won a championship. They’re now one win away from making franchise history — unless the Tampa Bay Rays have a miraculous comeback in store. Game 4 of the best-of-seven series is tonight at 8 p.m. ET. + Read more: Brewers’ historic rally puts first World Series title within reach + Looking back: Twenty-five years later, baseball’s most emotional World Series still resonates

The economy grows, but paychecks lag The US economy continues to grow, but American workers aren’t fully reaping the financial rewards. Data shows that the US labor share — the amount of income that goes to workers rather than to business profits — hit an all-time low this year. “It’s really telling you that workers have less and less power in this technology age and certainly in the AI age,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. “The rewards, the financial gains, are mainly going to shareholders, to the owners of the capital and less and less to your typical W-2 worker.” + Read more: Workers are getting a shrinking slice of America’s economic pie + The bigger picture: AI could force 11 million US workers into new careers by 2035

Israel is holding its most important election in years (Reuters) Voting is underway in Israel’s first election since the October 7 Hamas attack three years ago. The election is widely considered a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership and a defining moment in his political career. Former military chief and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as Netanyahu’s main challenger. Most polls put Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud-led bloc at 49 to 55 seats, short of the 61-seat majority needed in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. + Read more: Polls open in Israel + Who is Gadi Eisenkot? + Background: What happened on October 7, 2023?

What Democrats have pledged to do if they win If Democrats win control of either chamber of Congress this November, they will reclaim a measure of power in Washington and gain new leverage over President Donald Trump’s agenda. Their most immediate tool would be congressional oversight, allowing them to hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and investigate everything from the president’s immigration policies and the Iran war to his business dealings. Democrats could also wield greater influence over federal spending, potentially challenging Trump’s tariffs, proposed projects in Washington and cuts to government agencies. But even a sweeping victory would leave the party facing significant limits. Trump could veto their legislation as long as he remains in office, and passing major reforms would likely require Republican support. + For subscribers: What exactly Democrats have pledged to do if they win in the midterms + Live updates: More than 30 million votes already cast + Streaming now: If Texas turns blue, everything changes

Localized Ukraine ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump starts as Nordic leaders speak to Putin KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine began observing a localized ceasefire in a devastated southern Ukrainian city on Tuesday, ahead of a planned humanitarian mission that the White House said was brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump. Moscow kept up its deadly missile attacks on other cities in the meantime. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-trump-f26143c32e4673686381d0ff87225720? ps:So we can get a localized ceasefire, but not for the whole war? That's really interesting! Could it be because the town is occupied by Russian citizens?????

How the US organ transplant system works and what to ask to improve your chances There are about 100,000 people on the U.S. transplant list at any given time, the vast majority of whom need a kidney. It can be difficult to learn how to navigate that search, but there's publicly available information that can help. Read more. What to know: The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, or SRTR, database has new patient-friendly tools developed in the hopes that more would-be transplant recipients will use it. Search for a particular organ and a list of the highest-to-lowest-volume centers pops up, with dials showing how they perform on measures such as getting a transplant faster, survival on the waiting list, and the new organ’s survival. Typically, a doctor or other health worker points patients to the nearest hospital offering the kind of transplant they need. But the SRTR database allows people to compare transplant centers around the country in multiple ways. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Arizona woman’s 3-year wait for an intestine shows the US organ transplant system’s complexity A novel mRNA cancer vaccine helps reduce the chances of melanoma patients’ tumors returning Sign up for AP Live Well, a weekly guide to navigating news that directly impacts your life

Voters in Israel are deciding whether to oust Netanyahu after 3 years of war Israelis are voting in a pivotal election Tuesday as their country is embroiled in unresolved wars, still reeling from Hamas’ 2023 attack and deeply divided over the character of the state and the right person to lead it. Read more. What to know: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing off against an array of parties seeking to oust the longtime leader from power. Opinion polls have suggested a tight race with his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot. Over 7 million people are eligible to vote. In Israel’s fragmented parliamentary politics, no single party has ever won an outright parliamentary majority, so political leaders must forge coalitions. There is a chance that neither Netanyahu’s religious and ultranationalist coalition nor the group of parties looking to remove him has enough support to win a parliamentary majority. That could set off weeks of negotiations before a leader is declared. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Live updates: Israelis head to the polls in first elections since Oct. 7 attack Polls suggest a tight race between Netanyahu and his main rival. Here’s what to know as Israel votes A look at the main issues in Israeli elections seen as a referendum on Netanyahu Opponents accuse Netanyahu of stoking tensions with Iran before Israel’s election UN-commissioned experts say Gaza ceasefire has not stopped Israel from committing genocide PHOTOS: Israel prepares to vote as Netanyahu faces a tight fight to stay in power

🎤 1 fun thing: Hov's halftime show Image: NFL Jay-Z — one of the music industry's most powerful performers — will headline the Super Bowl halftime show at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles next February. The rapper's entertainment company, Roc Nation, helps produce the halftime show — meaning he effectively picked himself to perform. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he had one request when the league first reached an agreement with Roc Nation in 2019: "That Jay-Z take the stage himself one day, whenever the moment felt right to him." Go deeper ...

📊 Young voters shift to Dems Chart: Rachel Buigas-Lopez/The New York Times 70% of young voters identified as Democrats or leaned that way — a 15-point jump from just two years ago, a New York Times/Siena poll found. 53% said they fear the U.S. is in danger of failing as a nation, up from 38% two years ago. NYT gift link.

🔎 DOJ charges Comey again Screenshot: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia The Trump administration is attempting to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey for the third time in 13 months, Axios' Rebecca Falconer writes. Court documents unsealed yesterday allege that Comey — long a subject of President Trump's ire — directed the disclosure of national defense information to a reporter in October 2016. Comey's attorney said in a statement that the former FBI director "steadfastly maintains his innocence" and will fight the latest charges. He said the case concerns an Oct. 5, 2016, New York Times article that two separate teams of prosecutors investigated during Trump's first administration. Both teams decided not to bring charges. The Justice Department filed the charges through what's known as a "criminal information" — a charging document that doesn't require a grand jury — ahead of the statute of limitations. ⚖️ Flashback: Last year, Comey was indicted on charges of lying to Congress and obstruction. The case was dismissed by a judge who concluded that the prosecutor who brought the charges was illegally appointed. In April, a grand jury in North Carolina indicted him on two counts over a 2025 Instagram post of seashells spelling "86 47," which prosecutors called a threat against Trump. Go deeper.

🇻🇪 Rubio warns Venezuela A supporter of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves a Venezuelan flag on top of a truck after her arrival in Caracas on Sunday. Photo: Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images A day after Venezuela's exiled opposition leader returned to Caracas with great fanfare, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a veiled warning against interfering with the country's fragile democratic transition pushed by the Trump administration, Axios' Marc Caputo writes. "You're not going to street-protest your way into a democracy," Rubio told reporters without explicitly mentioning Maria Corina Machado. Why it matters: Machado's demands for elections next year — and her criticism of a massive U.S. oil deal struck with the current Caracas regime — have put administration officials on edge after her surprise return. "Rubio is on a political edge," said a White House source familiar with his thinking. "Venezuela is the top foreign policy achievement of this administration, and if the progress we made gets undone and Machado is a spoiler, nobody wins." Keep reading.

🏈 Scoop: Trump enlists Texas football stars Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Trump will campaign with three football stars in Texas on Tuesday, leaning into America's favorite sport as Republicans scramble to turn out voters in the final week before the midterms, Axios' Alex Isenstadt has learned. Former college football stars Johnny Manziel and Colt McCoy, along with two-time Super Bowl champion Danny Amendola, will join Trump for campaign appearances in Lubbock and Corpus Christi. Amendola starred at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Manziel won the Heisman Trophy at Texas A&M, and McCoy was a standout quarterback at the University of Texas. 🎨 The big picture: Trump has made football a recurring feature of his campaign stops in recent weeks. Trump attended the Texas-Tennessee game in September and planned to attend the Georgia-Alabama showdown earlier this month before canceling because of a hurricane. Former NFL coach Jon Gruden joined Trump at an Ohio rally this month, while former Georgia and NFL star Todd Gurley accompanied the president on a stop in Georgia. Marc Caputo contributed reporting.