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Chasing history

The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays are each looking for their first World Series title. Our sports team breaks down four reasons to watch as the action begins tonight.

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Doctor Doom in "Avengers: Doomsday," out Dec. 18. Photo: Marvel via AP All kinds of films, from big-budget spectacles to art house dramas, are getting longer. After analyzing 36,431 movies released theatrically from 1980 to 2025, researcher Stephen Follows found that the average length of a wide-release movie has grown from 106 to 114 minutes. 🍿 But there's little evidence that long runtimes are dissuading moviegoers, AP reports. "The Odyssey," with a running time of 173 minutes, is the year's second-highest-grossing movie, with $1.8 billion in ticket sales, and the front-runner for best picture at the Oscars. Two other top Oscar contenders — "La Bola Negra" (159 minutes) and "You Can See Everything" (174 minutes) — also run more than 2.5 hours. "The moviegoing experience is evolving," Joe Russo, who is directing the upcoming "Avengers: Doomsday" with his brother Anthony, said in a recent interview. "Eventized cinema seems to be the draw to get people out of their homes. ... Length can certainly contribute to the feeling of an experience. In a lot of ways, it's the feeling of getting your money's worth." The Russos expect "Doomsday," out Dec. 18, to run close to 2.5 hours. Explore the data ... Keep reading.

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👋 Good morning! Nothing cures a case of the Mondays like a Sports Equinox. In today's edition: Loaded slate, the Brewers are halfway home, 49ers and Chiefs both lose, college football parity, Mbappé powers Madrid, Monet-ball, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...

🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES 🏀 NBA rundown: Luka Dončić dropped 52 points for the undefeated Lakers … The defending champs have yet to win a game … Jalen Williams' gruesome leg injury left his OKC teammates in tears … Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum are beefing (kind of) … The Warriors are 0-3 for the first time in Steph Curry's career. 🏎️ Kimi wins in Austin: Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) won the United States Grand Prix from pole position, finishing ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) as he inched closer to clinching the Formula 1 world title. 🏀 All-WNBA First Team: A'ja Wilson (Aces), Caitlin Clark (Fever), Kelsey Mitchell (Fever), Olivia Miles (Lynx) and Breanna Stewart (Liberty) earned 2026 All-WNBA First Team selections. The Second Team was headlined by Angel Reese (Dream) and Paige Bueckers (Wings). 🏒 Hellebuyck gets his wish: The Jets shipped star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to the Devils in exchange for four players and two draft picks, ending a saga that began in August when the three-time Vezina Trophy winner (best NHL goalie) went public with a trade request. 🏈 Aranda, Doeren fired: Baylor fired Dave Aranda after seven seasons at the helm (40-40 record), while NC State decided to move on from Dave Doeren after 14 years (98-74 record). One notable name the Wolfpack could reportedly target? Philip Rivers.

🪐 BIG FOUR THE 33RD SPORTS EQUINOX (Henry Russell/Yahoo Sports) The "Big Four" North American sports leagues are all in action today. We call it a "Sports Equinox," and this is just the 33rd time it's ever happened. Tonight's slate: ⚾️ World Series, Game 3: The Rays host the Brewers (8pm ET, Fox) following an 0-2 trip to Milwaukee. Former Brewers ace Freddy Peralta takes the mound for Tampa Bay. 🏈 Monday Night Football: The Eagles host the Cowboys (8:15pm, ESPN/ABC) in an NFC East showdown. Both teams are 2-4 but still very much alive in their weak division. 🏀 NBA (9 games): Timberwolves at Cavaliers, Wizards at Hornets, Bulls at Celtics, Mavericks at Heat, Pacers at Bucks, Suns at Thunder, Hawks at Rockets, Grizzlies at Jazz, Warriors at Nuggets (10pm, Peacock). 🏒 NHL (3 games): Kings at Rangers (7pm, NHL), Maple Leafs at Flames, Red Wings at Oilers. But wait, there's more: Tonight's slate also includes Game 5 of the WNBA Finals in San Francisco (8pm, USA), where the Valkyries will look to go up 3-2 on the Dream after evening the series on Saturday in Atlanta. This is only the second time that the WNBA has joined the Sports Equinox party, but the league's expanding schedule will make women's hoops a mainstay moving forward. Origin story: The first Sports Equinox took place on Sunday, Oct. 17, 1971. Roberto Clemente and the Pirates beat the Orioles in Game 7 of the World Series on a day that also featured 12 NFL games, six NHL games and three NBA games. Nine more Sports Equinoxes occurred between 1972-85, all on Sundays, before they nearly disappeared for two decades. From 1986-2008, only one Equinox took place: Nov. 4, 2001. Nowadays, it's an annual tradition. With the World Series starting later, the NBA and NHL tipping off earlier and "Thursday Night Football" airing weekly, there's been at least one Sports Equinox every year since 2015. The 2020s: There was a brief Sports Equinox boom during the pandemic, when COVID-era scheduling resulted in eight occurrences between 2020-22. Since then, there's been exactly one each year, including this one. With the World Series off on Thursday and set to end no later than Saturday, today will be the only Sports Equinox of 2026.

⚾️ WORLD SERIES HALFWAY HOME: BREWERS TAKE 2-0 LEAD In a World Series between two clubs that thrive on mastering the little things, it's only fitting that the first two games were determined by the slimmest of margins. Milwaukee held serve at home with a pair of one-run victories, putting the NL champions firmly in the driver's seat. Game 1: The Brewers beat the Rays, 3-2, in a game defined by near-misses and coin-flip plays. It was also the first World Series opener since 2000 to feature zero home runs. The most impactful hit, as shown in the chart above, was Christian Yelich's first-inning triple. But no player left a bigger mark than Milwaukee catcher William Contreras, who shined with his bat (2-3, RBI), his arm (two caught stealing) and his ABS challenges (2-for-2). Game 2: The Brewers won 5-4 on Saturday in a rollercoaster game that saw Tampa Bay take a 4-0 lead five batters in and featured a whopping 11 plays that swung Milwaukee's win probability by at least 10 percentage points. The night's biggest moment came in the sixth inning when Sal Frelick hit his first home run off a lefty since Opening Day. Milwaukee is now 4-1 this postseason in games they trailed by 2+ runs. All other teams in such games? 4-29. Milwaukee's not-so-secret weapon: The Brewers' bullpen has been lights out this month, posting a sterling 1.24 ERA across 50.2 innings and notching a playoff-record eight saves. They continued to dominate this weekend, with relievers Aaron Ashby* (+9.6%) and Abner Uribe (+8.3%) leading all players in Championship Win Probability Added (cWPA). Looking ahead: Game 3 is tonight in St. Petersburg, where the Rays will look to begin their comeback. History says that won't be easy: MLB teams trailing 0-2 in a best-of-seven series have gone on to win that series just 16 of 96 times (17%). Good read: The Rays are learning the hard way what the Padres and Dodgers already know — these Brewers are relentless (Jake Mintz, Yahoo Sports) *The hottest pitcher on the planet: Ashby has thrown 15.2 scoreless innings during these playoffs, putting him two outs away from breaking Andrew Miller's record for the longest streak of consecutive scoreless innings by a reliever to open a postseason. Not bad for a guy who entered October with a dismal 7.71 career postseason ERA.

🏈 SUNDAY FUNDAY NFL SCOREBOARD Minnesota is the last unbeaten standing. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Sunday's Week 7 slate featured 12 games spread across three broadcast windows — and two continents. Early window: The Steelers beat the Saints in Paris … Minnesota stayed unbeaten while San Francisco suffered its first loss … The Dolphins got their first win … The Browns and Giants won nail-biters … The Bucs and Bengals romped to blowout victories. Steelers 16, Saints 10: Aaron Rodgers notched his 540th passing TD in France, moving him past Peyton Manning for third on the all-time list. Vikings 16, Colts 10: Minnesota's 125 points are tied for the second-fewest by a 6-0 team since 1940. The team they're tied with? The 1973… Vikings! Falcons 29, 49ers 20: Atlanta in two games without Michael Penix Jr. at QB: 0-2, 8 ppg. Atlanta in five games since he made his debut: 3-2, 31 ppg. Dolphins 28, Jets 25: Miami hadn't held the lead for a single play all season entering Sunday's game… where they didn't trail for a single play. Browns 27, Titans 24: This is the first time since 2014 that Cleveland (5-2) sits atop the AFC North in Week 7 or later. Five wins, five game-winning drives. Giants 27, Texans 21 (OT): For the first time since 1950, four different Giants scored a rushing TD in the same game. Bengals 35, Ravens 13: Baltimore is +65 in the first half of games this season… and -70 in the second half. Lamar Jackson is sorely missed. Buccaneers 43, Panthers 13: Tampa Bay scored 43 points despite tallying just 64 passing yards. Whatever works! Jaxon Smith-Njigba and the Seahawks took down the Chiefs in the nightcap. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images) Late window: The Rams got back on track with a dominant win in Las Vegas … The Lions beat the Packers on a last-second chip shot field goal … Denver's offense finally came to play against Arizona. Rams 35, Raiders 21: With 155 TDs for the Rams and 282 for the Lions, Matthew Stafford is now the only player in NFL history to hold the passing TD record for multiple franchises. Lions 20, Packers 17: Detroit turned in its best performance of the season, while Jared Goff added his 13th and 14th passing TDs and took care of the ball per usual (0 INTs on the year). Broncos 30, Cardinals 16: Bo Nix's 62-yard TD run was the longest by a QB since 2022. For the first time all season, Denver won by more than one score. Sunday Night Football: The Seahawks handed the Chiefs their first loss of the season in a 20-3 defensive masterclass as Kansas City failed to reach the red zone for the first time ever with Patrick Mahomes at QB. And just like that, the Vikings are the only undefeated team left in the NFL.

📸 SNAPSHOTS THROUGH THE LENS (Sean Gardner/Getty Images) 🇺🇸 Talladega, Alabama — Kyle Larson delivered one of the most dramatic finishes of the NASCAR season on Sunday, rallying from 11th to first on the final lap to extend his lead atop the Chase standings and all but clinch his second straight title. (David Ramos/Getty Images) 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain — Real Madrid beat Barcelona, 2-1, on Sunday in the 265th edition of El Clásico, moving Los Blancos ahead in the all-time series, 107-106 (52 draws). Kylian Mbappé scored twice, giving him 100 goals in 116 matches with Madrid.   More European Soccer: Aston Villa ended Man City's perfect season … Spurs scored a rare win at Stamford Bridge … Man United fell to 16th … Inter Milan struck twice in stoppage time to stay in first. (Minas Panagiotakis/NHLI via Getty Images) 🇨🇦 Winnipeg, Manitoba — The Canadiens beat the Jets, 2-1, in Sunday's NHL Heritage Classic as hockey fans from near and far gathered to celebrate the game in all of its outdoor glory. (Adam Pretty/Getty Images) 🇳🇱 Rotterdam, Netherlands — Skye Blakely, 21, won four medals (gold, silver, two bronze) at the World Gymnastics Championships, a feat only four other Americans have accomplished. The Texas native could be one of the faces of Team USA heading into LA 2028.   Elite company: Blakely joins Kurt Thomas (1979), Nastia Liukin (2005), Rebecca Bross (2010) and Simone Biles (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2023) as the only American gymnasts to earn at least four medals at a single Worlds.

🏈 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAY REWIND: PARITY REIGNS UCF players celebrate after breaking up a pass on the final play of the second overtime in their upset victory over then-No. 2 BYU. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Photo) After another upset-filled Saturday in college football, one thing is clear: No team is safe this season. No. 1 Miami, No. 6 Utah and No. 7 UCLA are the only undefeated FBS teams still standing after BYU, Texas Tech and JMU all stumbled this week. The last time there were three or fewer unbeaten FBS teams by Oct. 24? Way back in 1977. BYU's shocking loss to UCF was the fifth loss by an AP Top-2 team already this season, the most such losses before November since 1990. The 11 losses by AP Top-10 teams over the last three weeks are the most in any three-week span in AP Poll history. Guess who's in first? Kentucky (a basketball school!) sits atop the SEC, while UCLA (another basketball school!) sits atop the Big Ten. Both teams are led by first-year head coaches, Will Stein and Bob Chesney. Good read: Texas Tech's big money and bigger talk can't save it from embarrassing loss

🌎 LET'S PLAY GLOBAL TRIVIA (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images) With the NFL making its Paris debut on Sunday, the French capital became the fifth city outside the U.S. to host regular-season games in both the NFL and NBA. Question: Can you name the other four cities? Hint: Two North America, two Europe.

⚾️ FRIENDLY WAGER MONET-BALL A Monet is officially riding on the World Series. The stakes: If the Brewers bring home the championship, St. Petersburg's Museum of Fine Arts will loan Houses of Parliament: Effect of Fog, London (1904) to the Milwaukee Art Museum. If the Rays prevail, Milwaukee will lend its Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect (1903) to its Florida counterpart.

Trivia answer: Mexico City, Toronto, London, Berlin

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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

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👋 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.

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👋 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.

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A series to remember

Just a few weeks after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the 2001 World Series was one of the greatest ever played. Now 25 years later, the emotions still resonate.

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Brewers beat the Rays 4-1 in Game 5 to win the first World Series title in franchise history

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time.

https://apnews.com/article/brewers-rays-world-series-game-5-971f9fb8cad75042fc7f9919dd91c159?

ps:Congrats to the Milwaukee Brewers!!