MLB  – Major League Baseball
Last Night

  Chicago  Cubs 4, Cincinnati Reds 2                        (Field of Dreams game Dyersville, IA)

  Cleveland  Guardians 4, Detroit Tigers 3 – 10 Innings

Kansas  City Royals 5, Chicago White Sox 3

Cubs 4, Reds 2 – Smyly stars as Cubs beat Reds in 2nd  ‘Field of Dreams’ game 

  After the Griffeys played catch in Iowa, Drew Smyly  took over. Smyly struck out nine in five scoreless innings, and the Chicago  Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 in Major League Baseball’s second “Field of  Dreams” game. Seiya Suzuki reached three times and Nick Madrigal had three hits  for Chicago in a throwback ballpark a short walk away from the main field for  the 1989 movie. The night began with Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. and his  father emerging from the iconic cornstalks to play catch in the outfield,  delighting the sellout crowd of 7,823.

Guardians 4, Tigers 3 – F/10 – Guardians top Tigers in  10 innings, extend win streak to 5

  Rookie Oscar Gonzalez knocked in the go-ahead run with  a two-out single in the 10th inning and the Cleveland Guardians extended their  winning streak to five games, beating the Detroit Tigers 4-3. Gonzalez’s hit  off Gregory Soto allowed the Guardians to escape after they squandered a  two-run lead in the ninth. Cleveland reliever Trevor Stephan opened the ninth  by allowing a walk, a single and Jonathan Schoop’s RBI double that got Detroit  within 3-2. Enyel De Los Santos came in with one out and gave up Eric Haase’s  tying fielder’s-choice grounder. Bryan Shaw worked the 10th for his first save  of the season.

Royals 5, White Sox 3 – Greinke helps Royals beat  Cease, White Sox 5-3 

  Zack Greinke worked out of trouble to hold Chicago  scoreless into the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat Dylan Cease  and the White Sox 5-3. Greinke allowed nine hits but didn’t walk a batter,  striking out five while throwing 95 pitches in 6 1/3 innings. Vinnie  Pasquantino homered and Nicky Lopez had a two-run single for the Royals, who  won back-to-back four-game series for the first time since Aug. 11-18, 2014.  Kansas City took three of four from visiting Boston before doing the same to  Chicago. Cease allowed three hits and one run in six innings as his ERA dropped  to 1.96.

Tonight

  Detroit  (Norris 0-4) at Chicago White Sox (Kopech 4-8), 7:10 p.m.                 WSJM/WCSY  6:50

  Cubs  are off (The Cubs  resume their three game series with the Reds Saturday at 6:40 p.m. in  Cincinnati)

MLB  – No Latino GMs in MLB after Avila firing, only 3 managers

  There  are no Latino general managers left in Major League Baseball after the Detroit  Tigers fired Al Avila. It’s a fact even St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver  Marmol didn’t realize until Thursday. Marmol himself is one of only three Latino  on-field managers. The others are Boston’s Alex Cora and Washington’s Dave  Martinez. There were four when the season started, but the Toronto Blue Jays  fired Charlie Montoyo last month. About 29% of the players on big league  rosters to start this season were Latino or Hispanic, with the percentage of  coaches just a tick higher. But that hasn’t translated to similar numbers in  management positions on and off the field

WNBA  – Women’s National Basketball Association
Last Night

  Las Vegas  Aces 89, Chicago Sky 78

Aces  89, Sky 78 – Aces move atop WNBA standings with one game remaining

  Kelsey  Plum had 25 points and four 3-pointers, Jackie Young scored 16 of her 22 points  in the third quarter and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Chicago Sky 89-78 to move  atop the WNBA standings with one game remaining. Las Vegas (25-10) and Chicago  (25-10) are tied for the top spot, with the Aces holding a tiebreaker in the  race for home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. The Aces close the  regular season on Sunday against Seattle, while the Sky play the Phoenix  Mercury. A’ja Wilson and Riquna Williams each scored 12 points for Las Vegas.  Kahleah Copper tied a career-high with 28 points for Chicago, which was undone  by 17 turnovers.

Tonight

  Washington  Mystics at Indiana Fever, 7:00 p.m.

NFL  – National Football League – Preseason week 1
Last Night

  New  York Giants 23, New England Patriots 21

  Baltimore  Ravens 23, Tennessee Titans 10



Tonight

  Atlanta  Falcons at Detroit Lions, 6:00 p.m.

Saturday

  Kansas  City Chiefs at Chicago Bears, 1:00 p.m.

NFL  – Contract standoff between Bears, star LB Smith continues

  The  contract standoff between the Chicago Bears and Roquan Smith continued Thursday  with the star linebacker watching practice from the sideline and new coach Matt  Eberflus saying he expects healthy players participating on the field. The  Bears removed Smith from the physically unable to perform list on Wednesday a  day after he went public with a trade request. The move by the team opened up  the possibility of fines for missing practices. Eberflus declined to discuss  what actions the team might take. But he made it clear he expects healthy  players to practice. Smith has accused the Bears of using bad-faith tactics  during negotiations for a contract extension.

NFL  – Chiefs’ Mahomes to buck NFL trend, play preseason opener

  Patrick  Mahomes will start the Kansas City Chiefs’ preseason opener in Chicago on  Saturday. That bucks a trend across the NFL of coaches sitting their starting  quarterbacks for the first of their three exhibition games. Chiefs coach Andy  Reid said Thursday he would stick to his usual routine of having each of the  four quarterbacks in camp play for a quarter of the preseason opener. And while  he acknowledged the number of snaps could change based on the way the game is  going, Reid thinks it’s important for everybody to get onto the field in some  capacity.

NFL  – Police: Marshawn Lynch was asleep, car damaged before arrest

  Police  in Las Vegas say former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch was asleep and smelled  of alcohol when he was found in his damaged sports car this week and arrested  on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Lynch’s attorneys responded Thursday  with a statement saying Lynch was in a parked car, not driving, and a DUI  charge won’t stick. The arresting officer says police found markings suggesting  Lynch’s black Shelby GT500 hit sidewalks before stopping in an industrial part  of downtown Las Vegas. The 7:30 a.m. Tuesday arrest came after the Seattle  Seahawks announced Monday that Lynch had been hired as a team broadcast special  correspondent. In 12 NFL seasons, Lynch also played for the Buffalo Bills and  Oakland Raiders.

NCAAMBKB  – Michigan State gives Tom Izzo new deal worth $6.2M per year

  Michigan  State has signed basketball coach Tom Izzo to a new deal valued at $6.2 million  per season. The school announced the deal Thursday, saying that the five-year  rollover contract will need to be approved by its board next month. The  67-year-old Izzo was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. He won  a national championship in 2000 and leads all active coaches with eight Final  Four appearances. He led Michigan State to a 24th straight NCAA Tournament last  season. He has won the Big Ten title 10 times in the regular season and six  conference tournament championships.

NBA  – Russell’s No. 6 being retired across NBA, a 1st for league

  Bill  Russell’s No. 6 jersey is being retired across the NBA, a first for the league.  The league and the National Basketball Players Association announced Thursday  that the number worn by the 11-time champion, civil rights activist and person  good enough to be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and  a coach was being permanently retired by all 30 teams. Major League Baseball  permanently retired No. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, who broke the big  league’s color barrier. And the NHL retired Wayne Gretzky’s No. 99 in honor of  that sport’s all-time scoring leader. NBA players who currently wear No. 6 —  including the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James — may continue doing so. But the  number cannot be issued again.

NHL  – Vegas goalie Robin Lehner to miss upcoming season

  Vegas  Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner will require hip surgery and is expected to  miss the upcoming season. The 31-year-old Lehner will likely spend the entire  2022-23 season on long-term injured reserve. The team said no timeline for his  recovery has been determined yet. Lehner started 44 games for the Golden  Knights last season and finished 23-17-2. He has three years remaining on a  contract that carries a $5 million annual cap hit.

FIFA  – FIFA moves World Cup start in Qatar up 1 day to Nov. 20

  FIFA  has formally moved the World Cup start up by one day to Nov. 20. It gives host  nation Qatar an exclusive Sunday evening slot with a global audience. Qatar  will now play Ecuador in Doha on Nov. 20 just 101 days after FIFA’s decision  Thursday. It stretches the World Cup to 29 days from the 28 agreed seven years  ago. The surprise late switch was signed off by a FIFA committee including  president Gianni Infantino and leaders of the six continental soccer bodies.  The plan was revealed Wednesday after several rounds of global ticket sales to  fans since last year.

USA  Soccer – Equal pay deal for US women’s soccer approved by judge

  The  proposed $24 million settlement between U.S. women soccer players and the  sport’s American governing body was given preliminary approval by a federal  judge. U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner granted the motion for approval  filed by the players. He scheduled a Dec. 5 hearing for final approval.  Players, including Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Alex Morgan, sued in  2016. The U.S. Soccer Federation agreed in April to pay $22 million to the  players plus establish a $2 million fund to benefit the players in their  post-soccer careers and charitable efforts.

IIHF  – US beats Swiss 7-1 to improve to 2-0 in world junior hockey

  Carter  Mazur scored twice in the United States’ five-goal second period and the  defending champion Americans beat Switzerland 7-1 on Thursday night to improve  to 2-0 in the world junior hockey championship. Brock Faber, Landon Slaggert,  Matthew Corondato, Thomas Bordeleau and Riley Duran also scored for the United  States. Kaidan Mbereko made 23 saves, allowing only Joel Henry’s goal that tied  it at 1 midway through the second. The United States will face Austria on  Saturday and close Group B round-robin play against Sweden on Sunday. Earlier,  Canada improved to 2-0 in Group A, with captain Mason McTavish scoring four  goals and adding two assists in an 11-1 victory over Slovakia.

Golf  – PGA – Fowler, Day make early bid in Memphis to keep season going

  Rickie  Fowler and Jason Day have reason to feel lucky to be even in the PGA Tour’s  postseason. And now they want to keep going. Each shot a 65 in the opening  round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. That’s not enough for the lead, only  to give them hope. The co-leaders are Si Woo Kim and J.J. Spaun at 62. But the  opening event of the FedEx Cup playoffs is all about being in position to move  on to the next round. Fowler and Day needed some of their best golf. They got  off on the right foot.

MILB  – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night

  Great  Lakes Loons 2, Peoria Chiefs 0

  Lansing  Lugnuts 5, Dayton Dragons 4

  Beloit  Sky Carp 4, West Michigan Whitecaps 2

  Wisconsin  Timber Rattlers 5, South Bend Cubs 2

Tonight

  Peoria  Chiefs at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m.

  Lansing  Lugnuts at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m.

  West  Michigan Whitecaps at Beloit Sky Carp, 7:35 p.m.

  South  Bend Cubs at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati Reds 2                        (Field of Dreams game Dyersville, IA) 
 Cleveland Guardians 4, Detroit Tigers 3 – 10 Innings 
Kansas City Royals 5, Chicago White Sox 3
Cubs 4, Reds 2 – Smyly stars as Cubs beat Reds in 2nd &#8216;Field of Dreams&#8217; game 
 After the Griffeys played catch in Iowa, Drew Smyly took over. Smyly struck out nine in five scoreless innings, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 in Major League Baseball&rsquo;s second &ldquo;Field of Dreams&rdquo; game. Seiya Suzuki reached three times and Nick Madrigal had three hits for Chicago in a throwback ballpark a short walk away from the main field for the 1989 movie. The night began with Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. and his father emerging from the iconic cornstalks to play catch in the outfield, delighting the sellout crowd of 7,823.
Guardians 4, Tigers 3 – F/10 – Guardians top Tigers in 10 innings, extend win streak to 5 
 Rookie Oscar Gonzalez knocked in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the 10th inning and the Cleveland Guardians extended their winning streak to five games, beating the Detroit Tigers 4-3. Gonzalez&rsquo;s hit off Gregory Soto allowed the Guardians to escape after they squandered a two-run lead in the ninth. Cleveland reliever Trevor Stephan opened the ninth by allowing a walk, a single and Jonathan Schoop&rsquo;s RBI double that got Detroit within 3-2. Enyel De Los Santos came in with one out and gave up Eric Haase&rsquo;s tying fielder&rsquo;s-choice grounder. Bryan Shaw worked the 10th for his first save of the season.
Royals 5, White Sox 3 – Greinke helps Royals beat Cease, White Sox 5-3 
 Zack Greinke worked out of trouble to hold Chicago scoreless into the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat Dylan Cease and the White Sox 5-3. Greinke allowed nine hits but didn&rsquo;t walk a batter, striking out five while throwing 95 pitches in 6 1/3 innings. Vinnie Pasquantino homered and Nicky Lopez had a two-run single for the Royals, who won back-to-back four-game series for the first time since Aug. 11-18, 2014. Kansas City took three of four from visiting Boston before doing the same to Chicago. Cease allowed three hits and one run in six innings as his ERA dropped to 1.96.
Tonight 
 Detroit (Norris 0-4) at Chicago White Sox (Kopech 4-8), 7:10 p.m.                 WSJM/WCSY 6:50 
 Cubs are off (The Cubs resume their three game series with the Reds Saturday at 6:40 p.m. in Cincinnati)
MLB – No Latino GMs in MLB after Avila firing, only 3 managers 
 There are no Latino general managers left in Major League Baseball after the Detroit Tigers fired Al Avila. It&#8217;s a fact even St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol didn&rsquo;t realize until Thursday. Marmol himself is one of only three Latino on-field managers. The others are Boston&rsquo;s Alex Cora and Washington&rsquo;s Dave Martinez. There were four when the season started, but the Toronto Blue Jays fired Charlie Montoyo last month. About 29% of the players on big league rosters to start this season were Latino or Hispanic, with the percentage of coaches just a tick higher. But that hasn&rsquo;t translated to similar numbers in management positions on and off the field
WNBA – Women&rsquo;s National Basketball Association 
 Last Night 
 Las Vegas Aces 89, Chicago Sky 78
Aces 89, Sky 78 – Aces move atop WNBA standings with one game remaining 
 Kelsey Plum had 25 points and four 3-pointers, Jackie Young scored 16 of her 22 points in the third quarter and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Chicago Sky 89-78 to move atop the WNBA standings with one game remaining. Las Vegas (25-10) and Chicago (25-10) are tied for the top spot, with the Aces holding a tiebreaker in the race for home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. The Aces close the regular season on Sunday against Seattle, while the Sky play the Phoenix Mercury. A&rsquo;ja Wilson and Riquna Williams each scored 12 points for Las Vegas. Kahleah Copper tied a career-high with 28 points for Chicago, which was undone by 17 turnovers.
Tonight 
 Washington Mystics at Indiana Fever, 7:00 p.m.
NFL – National Football League – Preseason week 1 
 Last Night 
 New York Giants 23, New England Patriots 21 
 Baltimore Ravens 23, Tennessee Titans 10 
 
Tonight 
 Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 
 Kansas City Chiefs at Chicago Bears, 1:00 p.m. 
NFL – Contract standoff between Bears, star LB Smith continues 
 The contract standoff between the Chicago Bears and Roquan Smith continued Thursday with the star linebacker watching practice from the sideline and new coach Matt Eberflus saying he expects healthy players participating on the field. The Bears removed Smith from the physically unable to perform list on Wednesday a day after he went public with a trade request. The move by the team opened up the possibility of fines for missing practices. Eberflus declined to discuss what actions the team might take. But he made it clear he expects healthy players to practice. Smith has accused the Bears of using bad-faith tactics during negotiations for a contract extension.
NFL – Chiefs&#8217; Mahomes to buck NFL trend, play preseason opener 
 Patrick Mahomes will start the Kansas City Chiefs&rsquo; preseason opener in Chicago on Saturday. That bucks a trend across the NFL of coaches sitting their starting quarterbacks for the first of their three exhibition games. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Thursday he would stick to his usual routine of having each of the four quarterbacks in camp play for a quarter of the preseason opener. And while he acknowledged the number of snaps could change based on the way the game is going, Reid thinks it&rsquo;s important for everybody to get onto the field in some capacity.
NFL – Police: Marshawn Lynch was asleep, car damaged before arrest 
 Police in Las Vegas say former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch was asleep and smelled of alcohol when he was found in his damaged sports car this week and arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Lynch&rsquo;s attorneys responded Thursday with a statement saying Lynch was in a parked car, not driving, and a DUI charge won&#8217;t stick. The arresting officer says police found markings suggesting Lynch&rsquo;s black Shelby GT500 hit sidewalks before stopping in an industrial part of downtown Las Vegas. The 7:30 a.m. Tuesday arrest came after the Seattle Seahawks announced Monday that Lynch had been hired as a team broadcast special correspondent. In 12 NFL seasons, Lynch also played for the Buffalo Bills and Oakland Raiders.
NCAAMBKB – Michigan State gives Tom Izzo new deal worth $6.2M per year 
 Michigan State has signed basketball coach Tom Izzo to a new deal valued at $6.2 million per season. The school announced the deal Thursday, saying that the five-year rollover contract will need to be approved by its board next month. The 67-year-old Izzo was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. He won a national championship in 2000 and leads all active coaches with eight Final Four appearances. He led Michigan State to a 24th straight NCAA Tournament last season. He has won the Big Ten title 10 times in the regular season and six conference tournament championships.
NBA – Russell&rsquo;s No. 6 being retired across NBA, a 1st for league 
 Bill Russell&rsquo;s No. 6 jersey is being retired across the NBA, a first for the league. The league and the National Basketball Players Association announced Thursday that the number worn by the 11-time champion, civil rights activist and person good enough to be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach was being permanently retired by all 30 teams. Major League Baseball permanently retired No. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, who broke the big league&rsquo;s color barrier. And the NHL retired Wayne Gretzky&rsquo;s No. 99 in honor of that sport&rsquo;s all-time scoring leader. NBA players who currently wear No. 6 — including the Los Angeles Lakers&rsquo; LeBron James — may continue doing so. But the number cannot be issued again.
NHL – Vegas goalie Robin Lehner to miss upcoming season 
 Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner will require hip surgery and is expected to miss the upcoming season. The 31-year-old Lehner will likely spend the entire 2022-23 season on long-term injured reserve. The team said no timeline for his recovery has been determined yet. Lehner started 44 games for the Golden Knights last season and finished 23-17-2. He has three years remaining on a contract that carries a $5 million annual cap hit.
FIFA – FIFA moves World Cup start in Qatar up 1 day to Nov. 20 
 FIFA has formally moved the World Cup start up by one day to Nov. 20. It gives host nation Qatar an exclusive Sunday evening slot with a global audience. Qatar will now play Ecuador in Doha on Nov. 20 just 101 days after FIFA&rsquo;s decision Thursday. It stretches the World Cup to 29 days from the 28 agreed seven years ago. The surprise late switch was signed off by a FIFA committee including president Gianni Infantino and leaders of the six continental soccer bodies. The plan was revealed Wednesday after several rounds of global ticket sales to fans since last year.
USA Soccer – Equal pay deal for US women&#8217;s soccer approved by judge 
 The proposed $24 million settlement between U.S. women soccer players and the sport&rsquo;s American governing body was given preliminary approval by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner granted the motion for approval filed by the players. He scheduled a Dec. 5 hearing for final approval. Players, including Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Alex Morgan, sued in 2016. The U.S. Soccer Federation agreed in April to pay $22 million to the players plus establish a $2 million fund to benefit the players in their post-soccer careers and charitable efforts.
IIHF – US beats Swiss 7-1 to improve to 2-0 in world junior hockey 
 Carter Mazur scored twice in the United States&rsquo; five-goal second period and the defending champion Americans beat Switzerland 7-1 on Thursday night to improve to 2-0 in the world junior hockey championship. Brock Faber, Landon Slaggert, Matthew Corondato, Thomas Bordeleau and Riley Duran also scored for the United States. Kaidan Mbereko made 23 saves, allowing only Joel Henry&rsquo;s goal that tied it at 1 midway through the second. The United States will face Austria on Saturday and close Group B round-robin play against Sweden on Sunday. Earlier, Canada improved to 2-0 in Group A, with captain Mason McTavish scoring four goals and adding two assists in an 11-1 victory over Slovakia.
Golf – PGA – Fowler, Day make early bid in Memphis to keep season going 
 Rickie Fowler and Jason Day have reason to feel lucky to be even in the PGA Tour&#8217;s postseason. And now they want to keep going. Each shot a 65 in the opening round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. That&#8217;s not enough for the lead, only to give them hope. The co-leaders are Si Woo Kim and J.J. Spaun at 62. But the opening event of the FedEx Cup playoffs is all about being in position to move on to the next round. Fowler and Day needed some of their best golf. They got off on the right foot.
MILB – Midwest League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 Great Lakes Loons 2, Peoria Chiefs 0 
 Lansing Lugnuts 5, Dayton Dragons 4 
 Beloit Sky Carp 4, West Michigan Whitecaps 2 
 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 5, South Bend Cubs 2
Tonight 
 Peoria Chiefs at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m. 
 Lansing Lugnuts at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m. 
 West Michigan Whitecaps at Beloit Sky Carp, 7:35 p.m. 
 South Bend Cubs at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.

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MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati Reds 2                        (Field of Dreams game Dyersville, IA) Cleveland Guardians 4, Detroit Tigers 3 – 10 Innings Kansas City Royals 5, Chicago White Sox 3