Today’s Dodgers–Braves game at Dodger Stadium is expected to be one of the hottest playoff games in MLB history, with temperatures reaching up to 103°F during the game.

118 - Since the WTA rankings were first published in 1975, Alina Charaeva (#118) has become the lowest-ranked player to claim a comeback win against the World No. 1. Wild! #ChinaOpen | @ChinaOpen @WTA

Freddie Freeman hit only 1 home run in his last 66 games this season.

MAJOR UPSET: Alina Charaeva (World No. 118) has ousted newly minted World No. 1 Elena Rybakina! 😱 This is Charaeva’s China Open debut, while Rybakina was playing her first match since winning the US Open over Aryna Sabalenka. Charaeva came into this match with 10 career Top 100 wins, but had never beaten a Top 30 player. Her previous best win came against then-No. 31 Wang Xinyu. And now she’s taken down the World No. 1. What a way to make an entrance. 👀🔥 #ChinaOpen

Defending FCS Champion Montana State was on a 19-game winning streak and 5-0 on the season This literal last second touchdown followed by the successful two-point conversion by 0-4 Idaho, ended that streak One of the craziest endings you’ll see

Tell me the greatest moment in baseball mascot history. I'll start. Here's Tommy Lasorda squaring off with the Phillie Phanatic!

UAE says the co-pilot on a FlyDubai flight that nearly crashed with 182 people on board attacked the captain with the cockpit’s crash axe in a “terrorist attack.” apnews.com/article/flydubai-…

Cornell is probably not an outlier. That’s the thing people really need to wrestle with.

What the hell is happening that one college campus - @Cornell - has 1,200 sexual assault cases in SIX YEARS???? THAT IS 200 SEXUAL ASSAULTS PER YEAR FOR SIX YEARS. THAT IS AN EPIDEMIC.

BREAKING: The Omani co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of FlyDubai Flight 1073 had previously been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he had adopted radical ideological views. He was later hired by FlyDubai and assigned to the UAE-Israel route, the WSJ reports.

#Rams HC Sean McVay said on Wednesday that the NFL admitted it got a late DPI call wrong against the Broncos. Today, the league sent a memo to teams reminding them that all conversations regarding officiating must remain confidential.

#49ers owner Jed York has been suspended 6 regular-season games and fined $500,000 for violating the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy. York was arrested after allegedly using a prostitution website to arrange a $140 sexual encounter in the summer.

BREAKING: CBS and Tony Romo have mutually parted ways.

Ten years ago today, Vin Scully signed off the @Dodgers airwaves for the final time. “You and I have been friends for a long time, but I know in my heart that I’ve always needed you more than you’ve ever needed me.”

The merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery will officially be named “Skydance,” according to chairman and CEO David Ellison: • The deal forming the new Skydance is set to close Oct. 6 • The merger will combine two of Hollywood’s biggest movie studios; the HBO Max and Paramount+ streaming services; and TV businesses including CBS, CNN, MTV, TBS, Comedy Central, Food Network and more • The new company’s entertainment franchises will span Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, “Game of Thrones” and other HBO hits, the DC Universe, “Yellowstone,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Top Gun” and the Nickelodeon kids’ empire. variety.com/2026/film/news/n…

New Name of Paramount-Warner Bros. Unveiled: Skydance variety.com/2026/film/news/n…

IGOR SHESTERKIN SCORES A GOALIE GOAL IN THE RANGERS' HOME OPENER WOW 😱 HE'S THE FIRST GOALIE IN RANGERS HISTORY TO HIT THE BACK OF THE NET 🚨

A Missouri man who spent decades wondering about his biological roots was recently reunited with his birth parents — and discovered his father is Michael McDonald. STORY >>> kctv5.com/2026/09/30/adopted…

The White Sox have won their first postseason series in 21 years — after losing 100+ games in 3 consecutive seasons. What a story. @MLBNetwork

People say the transfer portal and paying players is gonna permanently harm college football, but what will actually do it is creating matchups no one cares about via conference realignment, making the regular season near-worthless and making the postseason less interesting. I’ve never seen a league work so hard to make itself less compelling and interesting.