At the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake, Florida:
Anthony Davis scored 34 points (while grabbing nine rebounds) while LeBron James added 25 (to go with his 13 boards and nine assists) as the Los Angeles Lakers manhandled the Miami Heat 116-98 in Wednesday's opening game of the NBA Finals.
Jimmy Butler paced the Heat with 23 points.
All four series in the American League Playoffs' opening round are set to continue on Wednesday.
At Minneapolis:
Carlos Correa hit a two-out, tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning as the Houston Astros completed a two-game sweep of their series with the Minnesota Twins (who now have lost an MLB-record 18 straight postseason games) by taking game two 3-1.
At Oakland, California:
Marcus Semien and Khris Davis each hit a home run as the Oakland Athletics leveled their series with the Chicago White Sox at a game apiece following their 5-3 game-two victory.
The series will be decided on Thursday (12:10 PM Pacific Time, ESPN).
At St. Petersburg, Florida:
The Tampa Bay Rays, with Hunter Renfroe hitting the franchise's first-ever postseason grand-slam home run, defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-2 to complete a two-game sweep of their opening-round series.
At Cleveland, Ohio:
D.J. Matthieu hit the tie-breaking single in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees completed their two-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians with their 10-9 game-two triumph.
The National League's four opening-round best-of-three playoff series opened on Wednesday as the Major League Baseball Playoffs continued.
As with the American League, the higher-seeded team will host all games.
At Atlanta:
Freddie Freeman delivered the game-winning hit in the 13th inning as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 in the opening game of their series.
At Chicago:
Corey Dickerson produced a seventh-inning three-run homer as the Miami Marlins, playing their first postseason game since 2003, knocked off the Chicago Cubs 5-1 in their series opener.
At San Diego:
Paul Goldscmidt hit a two run homer during a four-run first inning as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres 7-4 in game one of their series.
At Los Angeles:
Corey Seager produced a home run while Mookie Betts had two hits and a run batted in as the Los Angeles Dodgers opened their series with the Milwaukee Brewers with a 4-2 victory.
The expanded Major League Baseball Playoffs opened on Tuesday with the opening game of each of the American League's opening-round series.
All these series are best-of-three with the higher-seeded clubs hosting all games.
Game #1:
At Minneapolis:
Jose Altuve drew in a walk that forced in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning as the Houston Astros handed the Minnesota Twins their MLB record 17th straight post-season defeat with a 4-1 game-one victory.
Game #2:
At Oakland, California:
Lucas Giolito pitched six perfect innings in his postseason debut while Yasmani Grandal, Jose Abreu, and Adam Engel each smacked a home run as the Chicago White Sox upended the Oakland Athletics 4-1 in their series opener.
Game #3:
At St. Petersburg, Florida:
Blake Snell struck out nine batters in 5 and 2/3 innings while Manuel Margot delivered a two-run homer as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 in game one.
Game #4:
At Cleveland:
Aaron Judge hit two-run home on Shane Bieber's fourth pitch of the game while Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torres, and Brett Gardner all followed with round-trippers of their own as the New York Yankees ambushed the home-standing Cleveland Indians 12-3 in their series-opening contest.
After the Pac-12's vote last week to play football this fall, the Oregon Ducks returned to the Associated Press college football poll at #14 on Sunday.
No Pac-12 clubs were eligible for inclusion in the USA Today/Amway Coaches poll.
At Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta:
Brayden Point (power play) and Blake Coleman each scored once on Monday while Andrei Vasilevksiy stopped all 22 shots for the shutout as the Tampa Bay Lightning blanked the Dallas Stars 2-0 in game six of the Stanley Cup Final and won the series four games to two as the Lightning won their second Cup title (the other was in 2004).
Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Stanley Cup Playoffs' Most Valuable Player.
At the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake, Florida:
Bam Adebayo scored 34 points and grabbed 14 rebounds on Sunday as the Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics 125-113 in game six of the NBA's Eastern Conference and won the series four games to two.
Jimmy Butler added 22 points to the Heat's coffers while dishing out eight assists.
Jaylen Brown scored 26 points (while pulling in eight boards) while Jayson Tatum added 24 (while dishing out eleven assists) and Kemba Walker and Marcus Smart 20 apiece.
Miami will take on the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals, which open at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex on Wednesday (6:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC).
It will be the Heat's first Finals appearance since 2014; they'll be gunning for their first NBA crown since 2013.
At East Rutherford, New Jersey:
Quarterback Nick Mullins (playing in place of the injured Jimmy Garoppolo) completed 25 of 36 passes for 343 yards and a touchdown while Jerick McKinnon ran for another score and Robbie Gould kicked three field goals on Sunday as the San Francisco 49ers (2-1) manhandled the New York Giants (0-3) 36-9 on the road.
At Tacoma, Washington:
Ethan Dobbelaere (28') and Azreil Gonzalez (85') each scored once on Sunday as the Tacoma Defiance held off visiting Portland Timbers 2 in USL Championship action by a 2-1 count.
T2 will visit the Sacramento Republic this coming Saturday at 7:30 PM Pacific Time (ESPN+).
At Portland, Oregon:
Felipe Mora scored the only goal of the match in the fifth minute on Sunday as the Portland Timbers upended the Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 in Major League Soccer action.
This game, even though it was played in Portland, counted as a Whitecaps home match due to COVID 19-related travel and quarantine restrictions between the United States and Canada.
The Timbers have now won three straight games and four of their five as they now have stretched their unbeaten streak to five games and are still level on points with Seattle atop the Western Conference standings (the Sounders have the goal differential advantage, though).
Portland's next match is at home this coming Saturday night against the Colorado Rapids at 8:00 PM Pacific Time (Timbers TV Network via KPDX-TV, Portland/ESPN+).
At the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake, Florida:
LeBron James scored 38 points, grabbed 16 points, and dished out 10 rebounds on Saturday as the Los Angeles Lakers closed out the NBA's Western Conference Finals with their 117-107 game-six victory over the Denver Nuggets.
Anthony Davis added 27 points to the Lakers' coffers.
Jerami Grant (who grabbed nine rebounds) and Nikola Jokic each scored 20 points to pace the Nuggets, who have never reached the NBA Finals in their 44 years since coming over from the late American Basketball Association.
The Lakers will play in their first NBA Finals since winning their most recent league crown in 2010. Los Angeles will face the winner of the Boston-Miami Eastern Conference Finals (Miami leads the series three games to two).
At Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta:
Corey Perry scored a pair of goals, one of them being the game winner at 9:23 of the second overtime period, as the Dallas Stars kept the Stanley Cup Final in progress as they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in game five.
The Lightning, still up three games to two, can close out the series with a game-six victory on Monday (5:00 PM Pacific Time, NBC).
At Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta:
Kevin Shattenkirk scored the game-winning goal at 6:34 of overtime on Friday as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars 5-4 in game four of the Stanley Cup Final.
The Lightning can wrap up their first Stanley Cup championship since 2004 with a game-five victory on Saturday night (5:00 PM Pacific Time, NBC)
At the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake, Florida:
Jayson Tatum scored 31 points (while pulling in ten rebounds) while Jaylen Brown added 30 (to go with his eight boards) as the Boston Celtics overcame the Miami Heat 121-108 in Friday's fifth game of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals.
Six Celtics, including all five starters, scored in double figures.
Miami had six players scoring in double figures as well, led by Goran Dragic's 23 points and Duncan Robinson's 20.
The Heat, up three games to two, can close out the series with a game-six victory on Sunday (4:30 PM Pacific Time, ESPN).
At Portland, Oregon:
Jorge Gonzalez scored twice (12', PK-75') as Portland Timbers 2 knocked off the visiting Tacoma Defiance 3-1 in Thursday USL Championship action.
T2, winners of three of their last four starts, look to knock off the Defiance again at Cheney, Washington on Sunday at 1:30 PM Pacific Time (ESPN+).
At the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake, Florida:
Anthony Davis scored 34 points while LeBron James added 26 (to go with his nine rebounds and eight assists) on Thursday as the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Denver Nuggets 114-108 in game four of the NBA's Western Conference Finals, which the Lakers now lead three games to one.
Jamal Murray scored 32 points to pace the Nuggets.
Los Angeles can advance to the NBA Finals with a game-five victory in this series on Saturday (6:00 PM Pacific Time, TNT).
