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⚾️ Mets, Rangers swap players: The Mets and Rangers are reportedly finalizing a trade that would send 2B Marcus Semien to New York in exchange for OF Brandon Nimmo. Both players are represented by Scott Boras and both are currently in the middle of long-term contracts.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement🏀 CP3's "Last Dance": Future Hall of Fame point guard Chris Paul plans to retire at the end of the season, his 21st in the NBA. Paul, 40, was selected to 12 All-Star teams during his illustrious career and ranks second all-time in assists and steals.
🏈 Coaching carousel: LSU is finalizing a massive offer to lure Lane Kiffin away from Ole Miss; Cal fired Justin Wilcox, who went 48-55 in nine seasons; Mike Norvell will return to Florida State next season, sources tell Yahoo Sports; Eastern New Mexico is set to hire Art Briles, the ex-Baylor coach who was fired amid a sexual assault scandal.
🎾 Italy three-peats: Top-seeded Italy defeated Spain to win their third straight Davis Cup title, becoming the first nation to three-peat at the "World Cup of Tennis" since the U.S. won five straight titles half a century ago (1968-72).
🏀 Wings win the lottery: The Dallas Wings won the 2026 WNBA Draft Lottery on Sunday night to earn the No. 1 pick for the second straight year. While Paige Bueckers was the obvious choice last year, there's no clear-cut candidate to go first overall in 2026 (not yet, at least).
💯 Big numbers
This is a new section I'm trying out called "Big Numbers," where I recap the weekend using… BIG NUMBERS! "Big" as in they are literally written in a larger font. But also "big" in the sense of being noteworthy and important, or at the very least, interesting and/or absurd. In a sea full of digits and statistics, these are the numbers worth knowing about.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement🏈 18.0 sacks
Are we witnessing the greatest individual defensive season in NFL history? Browns defensive end Myles Garrett had three sacks in Sunday's win over the Raiders, giving him 18 on the year. He needs five more sacks in Cleveland's final six games to break the NFL single-season record of 22.5, jointly held by Michael Strahan (2001) and T.J. Watt (2021).
Blowing up the backfield: Garrett is also on pace to set the single-season NFL record for most tackles for loss. He has 26 TFLs in 11 games, which is already tied for the seventh-most ever. The only players with more? DeMarcus Ware in 2008 (27), Von Miller in 2012 (28), Chandler Jones in 2017 (28), J.J. Watt in 2014 (29), J.J. Watt in 2015 (29) and J.J. Watt in 2012 (39).
⚽️ 12 goal contributions
Lionel Messi produced a vintage performance in Sunday's Eastern Conference semifinal, recording a goal and three assists to fuel Inter Miami's 4-0 victory over FC Cincinnati. That gave Messi 12 goal contributions this postseason (6 goals, 6 assists), which is a new league record… and he still has at least one match (and potentially two) left to play.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMLS Cup Playoffs: NYC FC will face Miami in the Eastern Conference Final after knocking off top-seeded Philadelphia; Vancouver beat LAFC in a penalty shootout to advance to their first Western Conference Final, where they'll play the winner of San Diego vs. Minnesota.
⛳️ 68.681 scoring average
Jeeno Thitikul won the LPGA Tour Championship on Sunday to cap a historic, record-setting campaign. The world No. 1 tallied one last birdie on the final hole to end the season with a 68.681 scoring average, breaking Annika Sorenstam's record of 68.697 set in 2002.
Money list: Despite being just 22 years old, Thitikul is already seventh on the LPGA's all-time money list with $17.4 million in earnings. Nearly half of that has come from her winning the past two season-ending Tour Championships ($4 million each).
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement🏀 95 wins, 0 losses
Ranked men's college basketball teams are 95-0 against unranked teams so far this season. That's the longest such winning streak at any point in a season in the history of the AP poll.
Will the streak end tonight? The Players Era Festival kicks off in Las Vegas with plenty of intriguing ranked vs. unranked matchups. Three teams on upset alert: No. 20 Tennessee vs. Rutgers, No. 24 Kansas vs. Notre Dame and No. 25 NC State vs. Seton Hall.
🏈 6 teams, 2 spots
Pittsburgh's 42-28 upset win over Georgia Tech on Saturday blew up the ACC championship race. Entering the final weekend, no team is ensured a spot in the conference title game, and six teams are still mathematically alive: Virginia (6-1 in the ACC), Pittsburgh (6-1), SMU (6-1), Georgia Tech (6-2), Miami (5-2) and Duke (5-2).
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMore from Saturday: Oregon beat USC to solidify its playoff case; Oklahoma eked out a win over Missouri; Arch Manning had 6 TDs in a rout of the Razorbacks; Duke used a trick play to stun UNC; Michigan kept its playoff hopes alive with a win at Maryland; and more.
🏀 55 points
James Harden set the Clippers single-game scoring record on Saturday with his 25th career 50-point game, tying Kobe Bryant for the third-most such games in NBA history. The only players with more? Wilt Chamberlain (118) and Michael Jordan (31).
Scoring machine: Harden has more 50-point games (25) than Steph Curry (15) and Kevin Durant (9) combined, which is pretty remarkable. He also owns the single-game scoring record for the Rockets (61 points), making him the only player to hold that record for two franchises.
⚾️ 35,000 pounds
Rawlings installed a 35,000-pound, 30-foot tall Gold Glove atop their golden headquarters in St. Louis, which absolutely rules. The shiny, possibly record-breaking sculpture will serve as the centerpiece of the "Rawlings Experience," a new two-story retail store and museum.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhat they're saying: "We've suffered a little bit of an identity crisis in that a lot of people don't necessarily know Rawlings is here in St. Louis," said CMO Mike Thompson earlier this month. "But that's going to change pretty quick. Everybody's going to know."
🏈 70-7
Notre Dame demolished Syracuse by 63 points on Saturday, handing the Orange their worst loss in over a century. To sum this game up: The Irish had 21 points… before their offense took the field. They led 35-0… in the first quarter. Jeremiyah Love had 171 rushing yards… on eight carries.
Flashback: While this was one of Notre Dame's most lopsided wins ever, it's not even close to their largest margin of victory. That came back in 1905, when they beat the American College of Medicine & Surgery, 142-0. The star of the game that day? Bill Downs, who left Notre Dame months later for a railroad job that paid him $100 a month. Good money back then!
🏈 Scoreboard: NFL Sunday
Cowboys 24, Eagles 21 … Dallas came back from 21-0 down to stun Philadelphia and tie the record for the largest comeback in franchise history. Dak Prescott passed Tony Romo for most passing yards with the team.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementChiefs 23, Colts 20 (OT) … Kansas City overcame a late 20-9 deficit to topple Indianapolis and avoid a home loss that would have knocked them below .500 and been a massive blow to their postseason hopes.
Bears 31, Steelers 28 … The vibes are high in Chicago! The first-place Bears and first-place Eagles will have the same record (8-3) when they meet four days from now in the third annual Black Friday game.
Patriots 26, Bengals 20 … Drake Maye and the Pats (10-2) have won nine straight games for the first time since 2015 and are currently the No. 1 seed in the AFC.
Lions 34, Giants 27 (OT) … Jahmyr Gibbs was unstoppable at home, putting up numbers not seen since Barry Sanders. His final line: 15 carries, 219 yards, 2 TD; 11 receptions, 45 yards, TD.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJaguars 27, Cardinals 24 (OT) … NFL teams had won their past 50 games with a +4 turnover margin. Arizona managed to break that streak.
Seahawks 30, Titans 24 … Jaxon Smith-Njigba broke Seattle's single-season receiving yards record (1,313 yards)… and it's only Week 12.
Rams 34, Buccaneers 7 … Matthew Stafford has 27 TD passes since his last INT (tied for the longest regular-season streak in NFL history); Baker Mayfield exited with a left shoulder injury.
Browns 24, Raiders 10 … Shedeur Sanders got the win in his first career start; the Raiders fired Chip Kelly (NFL's highest-paid OC) after the game.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRavens 23, Jets 10 … After starting the season 1-5, Baltimore (6-5) now sits atop the AFC North and controls its own destiny. Quite the turnaround in Charm City.
Packers 23, Vikings 6 … How bad has J.J. McCarthy been for Minnesota? We're talking JaMarcus Russell-level bad.
Falcons 24, Saints 10 … Atlanta and New Orleans have played 113 times dating back to 1967. The Falcons now lead the all-time series, 57-56.
⚽️ Gotham completes epic run to NWSL title
We're in the thick of playoff soccer in North America, which is a foreign concept across the pond where they call it football. European leagues (and many others around the world) crown their regular season champions and end things there. On this continent, we tack on a postseason and embrace the unpredictable, illogical mayhem that tends to follow. Upsets. Cinderellas. Survive and Advance.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementExhibit A: Gotham FC beat the Washington Spirit, 1-0, on Saturday night in San Jose to win their second NWSL title in three years and complete the unlikeliest of playoff runs — going from the eighth seed (in an eight-team field) to champions, dispatching three of the league's four best teams (Kansas City, Orlando, Washington) along the way.
Highlight: Rose Lavelle's left-footed strike from the top of the box in the 80th minute proved to be the game-winner.
Déjà vu: The Spirit lost 1-0 to Orlando in last year's final. New opponent, same exact result this time around.
The looming question: Was this Trinity Rodman's final game in the NWSL? Her contract with the Spirit is set to expire and the star forward is drawing interest from clubs in competing leagues, where she could potentially earn a lot more money than what NWSL teams can realistically offer her due to salary cap constraints.
More playoffs:
MLS: Miami, Vancouver and NYC FC have advanced to the Final Four, which will be finalized tonight when top-seeded San Diego hosts fourth-seeded Minnesota (10pm ET, Apple).
USL Championship: The Pittsburgh Riverhounds beat FC Tulsa in a penalty shootout to win the club's first league title (one tier below MLS).
NCAA Tournament: 16 teams are still alive in the men's tournament* (bracket), while 11 teams are still alive in the women's tournament (bracket).
🎙️ Podcast: NWSL Finals, Rodman's Future, Awards Recap (The Cooligans)
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement*Cinderella in the snow! Hofstra upset defending national champion and No. 1 seed Vermont with a 3-2 overtime victory on a snowy field in Burlington.
📸 Through the lens
🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada — Max Verstappen came away from the Las Vegas Grand Prix with the best possible outcome for his once-slim title chances: he won the race while McLaren's duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were both disqualified for unintentional rules violations.
Where it stands: With two races (and one sprint) left, Red Bull's four-time defending champion is now tied with Piastri and 24 points behind Norris. If Verstappen wins all three, he'll earn 58 points and force Norris to at least finish third in all three to maintain his lead.
🇨🇦 Vancouver, Canada — The Vancouver Goldeneyes beat the Seattle Torrent, 4-3, in Friday's overtime thriller between the PWHL's two new expansion teams. The sellout crowd of 14,958 was the largest in league history at a team's primary home venue (i.e. not a neutral site).
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhat they're saying: "I've played a lot of really big hockey games, and I've never felt the emotion like I have in that first 20 minutes of the game," said Goldeneyes star Sarah Nurse. "It felt like something different was in the air, like I've never experienced it."
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Cristiano Ronaldo scored on a gravity-defying bicycle kick in Al-Nassr's 4-1 win on Sunday. And this is where I remind you that he's 40 years old.
Elsewhere: Christian Pulisic scored the lone goal in AC Milan's 1-0 victory over Inter Milan in the 245th Derby della Madonnina; First-place Arsenal crushed Tottenham, 4-1, in a top-five Premier League clash behind a hat trick from Eberechi Eze.
🇦🇹 Gurgl, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin won her second straight World Cup slalom on Sunday and record-extending 103rd overall. Next up: Two races this weekend at Copper Mountain in Colorado, just 20 miles from her hometown of Vail.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementQueen of the Slalom: For as good as Shiffrin is in every discipline, she truly has no match in the slalom, which has accounted for 66 of her 103 career wins. No one else has more than 35, so it's no surprise she's the gold medal favorite at the upcoming Milan Cortina Olympics.
📺 Watchlist: Monday, Nov. 24
🏈 Panthers at 49ers
Three years after being traded in the middle of the season, Christian McCaffrey finally gets a chance to take on his former team as the 49ers (7-4) host the Panthers (6-5) in a matchup of NFC playoff hopefuls (8:15pm ET, ESPN).
Surprise of the season? With a victory tonight, Carolina would match its win total from the past two seasons combined (7) and take over first place in the NFC South.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement⚽️ San Diego FC vs. Minnesota United
Top-seeded San Diego, which already completed the best regular season by a first-year expansion team in MLS history, hosts No. 4 Minnesota (10pm, Apple) for a spot in the Western Conference Finals.
The Final Four: Tonight's winner will join No. 2 Vancouver, No. 3 Miami and No. 5 NYC FC in the MLS Conference Finals.
🏀 Players Era Festival
A stacked field of 18 men's college basketball teams descends on Las Vegas for the second edition of this unique tournament that pays $1 million in NIL money to each participating program.
Today's headliners: No. 14 St. John's vs. No. 16 Iowa State (4:30pm, truTV); No. 2 Houston vs. Syracuse (6pm, TNT); No. 11 Alabama vs. No. 13 Gonzaga (9:30pm, TNT); No. 7 Michigan vs. San Diego State (10:30pm, truTV).
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMore to watch:
🏀 NBA: Cavaliers at Raptors (7pm, Peacock); Rockets at Suns (9:30pm, Peacock) … Toronto (12-5) has won seven straight to surge into second in the East, just ahead of Cleveland (12-6).
⚽️ Premier League: Manchester United vs. Everton (3pm, USA) … United (5-3-3) are unbeaten in their last five league matches.
⚽️ NCAA Women's Soccer: No. 2 TCU vs. UNC (2pm, ESPN+); No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 4 LSU (3pm, ESPN+); No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 5 BYU (4pm, ESPN+) … The quarterfinals will be set after today.
🏒 NHL: Red Wings at Devils (7pm, ESPN+) … The only Eastern Conference teams with a better record than Detroit and New Jersey are the Hurricanes and Islanders.
Today's full slate.
🏀 NBA trivia
Chris Paul has played for seven different NBA franchises during his 21-season career, which will come to an end in a matter of months.
Question: Can you name all seven teams?
Answer at the bottom.
🍿 Baker's Dozen: Top plays of the weekend
In one of the most dramatic finishes of the year, Benedict College (D-II) erased a 24-0 deficit and executed a miraculous 86-yard backward pass play as time expired to beat Wingate University, 25-24, and win the first playoff game in school history.
Top 13 Plays:
🏈 "Benedict has scored!"
⚽️ Cristiano Ronaldo!!!
🏀 No-look buzzer beater?!
🏀 Double-pump buzzer beater
⚽️ Bend it like Sonny
🏀 Absurd Jokić pass
🏈 Famous Jameis
🏐 Never give up on the play
🏈 George Pickens!
🏈 One-handed INT
🏒 The filthiest of goals
🏑 Northwestern for the Natty!
🏀 Luka nutmegs Love
Watch all 13.
Trivia answer: New Orleans Hornets (2005-11); Clippers (2011-17, 2025-26); Rockets (2017-19), Thunder (2019-20); Suns (2020-23); Warriors (2023-24); Spurs (2024-25)
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