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Drew Rasmussen, in a gray Rays uniform, shouts with his glove in his hand and the crowd behind him.

Baseball

The Rays are one win from the World Series.

Drew Rasmussen allowed one run in seven innings, and Tampa Bay beat Cleveland 3–1 in Game 5. The series is 3–2. Game 6 is Monday night at Tropicana Field.

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Jonathan Aranda shouts after his seventh-inning single as Guardians third baseman José Ramírez stands beside him.

Baseball

The Rays tied the Guardians, 7–3.

Jonathan Aranda, who was 0 for 10 in the series, had three hits and drove in two. His seventh-inning single got past Chase DeLauter. Game 5 is Sunday in Cleveland. The series is 2–2.

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Garrett Mitchell finishes his swing after the home run that put the Brewers ahead in Game 4.

Baseball

The Brewers swept the Dodgers into the World Series.

Milwaukee beat Los Angeles 6–4 on Thursday and finished the NLCS in four games. Garrett Mitchell’s homer in the sixth put the Brewers ahead. It is their first pennant since 1982.

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Jake Bauers finishes a swing in a Brewers road uniform as Milwaukee takes a 3–0 NLCS lead.

Baseball

The Brewers lead the Dodgers 3–0.

Jackson Chourio homered on the first pitch. Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back homers in the seventh. Milwaukee won 6–2 at Dodger Stadium. One more win is the pennant. Game 4 has no score in this note.

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William Contreras finishes a swing in the Brewers’ white jersey as Milwaukee takes a 2–0 NLCS lead.

Baseball

The Brewers lead the Dodgers 2–0. Game 3 is tonight.

William Contreras homered and singled home the go-ahead run, and Milwaukee won Game 2, 7–4. The bullpen retired the last 15 Dodgers in order. The series moves to Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

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Milwaukee Brewers players meet on the field after beating the Dodgers in the NLCS opener.

Baseball

The Brewers beat the Dodgers 2–1 to open the NLCS.

Brice Turang homered off Tarik Skubal. Luis Lara’s single in the fifth was the winner. Milwaukee’s bullpen closed it. Game 2 is Monday night in Milwaukee.

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Milwaukee Brewers players meet after a run in the series that sent them to the NLCS.

Baseball

The Brewers and the Dodgers are in the NLCS.

Milwaukee beat San Diego 3–1 on Wednesday and won the division series in four. Los Angeles beat Atlanta the same night. They meet Sunday in Milwaukee, a rematch of last October.

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Argentina

Messi scored in his last game for Argentina.

Argentina beat Benin, 3–0, at the Monumental. The captain, 39, had a goal and two assists in front of more than 85,000 people. It was his 126th goal for the national team.

Monday Night

The Falcons beat the Saints, 45 to 24.

Bijan Robinson ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns, the first a 59-yard score on Atlanta’s third play. Brian Robinson Jr. added three scores. The Saints are 1 and 3.

London

The Colts beat the Commanders, 30 to 13, in London.

Jonathan Taylor scored twice. Daniel Jones ran one in. Marcus Mariota left hurt, and a rookie threw Washington’s only touchdown.

The Braves beat the Phillies, 6 to 2, hit three home runs, and advanced to play the Dodgers.

Baseball

The Braves beat the Phillies, 6 to 2, and moved on.

Michael Harris II, Ozzie Albies, and Matt Olson homered in Atlanta. Philadelphia is out. The Braves will play the Dodgers.

The Yankees beat the Red Sox 9 to 0 and lead their wild-card series one game to none.

The Bronx

The Yankees shut out the Red Sox.

Nine to nothing in the Bronx, the first game of their wild-card series. New York had 12 hits. Boston had 3. The Yankees lead, one game to none.

Bijan Robinson scored twice and rushed for 194 yards as the Falcons beat the Packers 35 to 14.

Lambeau

Robinson ran through Green Bay.

Atlanta 35, Green Bay 14, Thursday night at Lambeau. Bijan Robinson had 194 yards and two touchdowns. Michael Penix threw for 256.

The Cowboys and the Ravens play at the Maracanã in Rio this weekend, the first NFL game in that city.

NFL

The Cowboys are going to the Maracanã.

Sunday, 4:25 p.m. Eastern, on CBS. The league says the Maracanã grass is fine. The clubs fly in tonight.

Los Angeles

The Dodgers shut out San Diego, 7–0.

Tuesday’s National League board. The Rams took Monday, 28–6. Thursday is Atlanta at Green Bay.

Chargers are 0-2. Buffalo is Sunday. Harbaugh said he is not deterred.

Los Angeles

Chargers are 0-2. Buffalo is Sunday. Harbaugh is not deterred.

Raiders 26-14. Herbert to Orchard Park. Two tight ends on IR.

Chargers are 0-2 after the Raiders. Herbert has Buffalo next.

NFL

Chargers are 0-2. The Raiders did it again. Herbert has Buffalo next.

SoFi. 26-14. McConkey played hurt. The Jets blew a 10-point lead in overtime to Green Bay.

A packed stadium at night, lights and turf in color. News photograph.

College

Ole Miss 32, LSU 24. Kiffin went home. Kentucky took A&M.

Oxford. Lane Kiffin beat his old Tigers. No. 8 Texas A&M fell 31–21. Ohio State 59–3.

Ohio Stadium, the Horseshoe packed in scarlet and gray, field below, in color. Crowd as texture. No identifiable faces.

College

Miami 33, Wake 20. Georgia at Arkansas at noon. The Saturday.

The Hurricanes last night. Ohio State, Penn State, Alabama this afternoon. No. 1 Texas waits until night.

NFL

Chiefs 31, Broncos 10. Walker 173 yards. Mahomes’ legs, first night back.

Arrowhead. First win in 295 days. Nix sat on the turf. Week 1 is over.

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Arch Manning in a Texas jersey after the game, full color, stadium crowd behind him. Wire photograph.

College

Texas 24, Ohio State 23. Down 20 in the fourth. Manning. Smothers at 0:25.

Largest fourth-quarter rally to beat an AP No. 1. 105,044 in Austin.

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NFL

49ers 27, Rams 7. First NFL game in Australia. 100,021 at the MCG.

Purdy three scores. Stafford stuffed at the 1. The Rams flew in Thursday. It showed.

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A packed NFL stadium at night, lights and turf in color. News photograph.

NFL

Lock in, Darnold out. Seattle 13, New England 10.

JSN 45 yards on fourth-and-1. Maye three picks. The banner went up. The hip went out.

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An empty stadium at dusk, floodlights coming on over a vacant field.

Kickoff

Patriots 7–0 early. Darnold is out with a hip. A rookie scored first.

Eli Raridon, two yards from Drake Maye. Drew Lock is in. The Super Bowl rematch is live.

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Kickoff

The NFL opens tonight: Patriots at Seahawks, a Super Bowl rematch, 8:20 p.m. Eastern.

Lumen Field. NBC. Seattle is laying a banner on the same New England team it beat in February.

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Kickoff

The NFL opens with a Super Bowl rematch. Champions League starts tonight.

Patriots at Seahawks, Wednesday, 8:20 p.m. Eastern. Real Madrid and Inter at the Bernabéu this afternoon. Melbourne on Thursday.

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Baseball

Ohtani may DH on Labor Day. He will not pitch this year. The math closed.

Roberts: if the knee and biceps hold, he’s in against Cincinnati. Four starts missed. The throwing program is on ice.

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An empty American football stadium at dusk, floodlights coming on over a vacant field.

Baseball

Ohtani sits. The biceps and the pennant do not.

Shohei Ohtani got a night off as arm and neck trouble lingered. September baseball does not wait.

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Football

The president vs. the halftime show

Donald Trump reacted harshly to Super Bowl LX, starring Bad Bunny. The country watched anyway.

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