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SportsXplain StaffThe 2026 Presidents Cup begins Thursday, September 24, at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, with Team USA facing the International Team in four days of match-play golf. The competition runs through Sunday, September 27, and includes 30 matches across four-ball, foursomes and singles. The first team to reach 15.5 points wins the Presidents Cup. If … Read more
Baseball’s Triple Crown is one of the sport’s rarest statistical accomplishments. A hitter wins the traditional Triple Crown by leading his league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in during the same season. There is also a pitching Triple Crown, which requires a pitcher to lead his league in wins, ERA and strikeouts. … Read more
Losing 100 games once is a disastrous Major League Baseball season. Doing it in consecutive years puts a franchise into a much smaller and more infamous group. The Colorado Rockies became the newest member of that group on September 22, 2026 — and reached an even rarer level of futility. Colorado’s 7-2 loss to the … Read more
Kelsey Mitchell has turned the 2026 WNBA season into the most prolific scoring season in league history. The Indiana Fever guard has broken the WNBA single-season scoring record, established a new league record for consecutive 20-point games and surpassed the previous WNBA single-season three-point record. Those achievements add to an already extensive collection of Indiana … Read more
WNBA playoff seeding is relatively simple: the eight teams with the best regular-season records qualify for the postseason, regardless of whether they play in the Eastern or Western Conference. Those eight teams are ranked from No. 1 through No. 8 based primarily on their regular-season records. The seeds determine first-round matchups, which teams receive home-court … Read more
Minnesota Lynx star Olivia Miles missed the team’s September 22 game against the Indiana Fever because of a left calf injury, creating an immediate concern with the WNBA playoffs only days away. The good news for Minnesota is that Miles has not been ruled out for the postseason. The Lynx are currently treating the injury … Read more
Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve made one of the more unusual decisions of the closing days of the 2026 WNBA regular season when she effectively shut down most of her starting lineup during a game that could have clinched the No. 1 playoff seed. With the Indiana Fever dominating Minnesota early, Reeve left Napheesa Collier, … Read more
Carolina Panthers running back Jonathon Brooks is dealing with another significant injury setback just two games into his return to the NFL. Brooks is expected to undergo surgery to repair a core muscle injury after leaving Carolina’s Week 2 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. The Panthers are also expected to place Brooks on injured reserve, … Read more
Kawhi Leonard’s second stint with the Toronto Raptors is no longer expected to be another one-year stay. The two-time NBA Finals MVP has agreed to a two-year, $115 million contract extension that can keep him in Toronto through the 2028-29 season. The extension does not replace Leonard’s existing salary for 2026-27. He was already owed … Read more
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders kicked several unnamed players off the Buffaloes after the team’s 41-7 loss to Northwestern, saying their dismissals resulted from a pattern of “conduct detrimental to the team” rather than one isolated incident. The move came after Sanders publicly criticized players he saw laughing and joking as Colorado left the field … Read more