[sumo] Fwd: ⚾️ Y! Sports AM: Vintage Mad Max
Robert Brown
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Fri Oct 17 19:00:44 EDT 2025
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From: Kendall Baker <sports-am at newsletters.yahoo.net>
Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Subject: ⚾️ Y! Sports AM: Vintage Mad Max
To: <brownro214 at yahoo.com>
The Blue Jays tied up the ALCS behind a vintage performance from Max
Scherzer.
🎉 *Yahoo! It's Friday!* You made it.
*On this day: 21 years ago today, David Ortiz hit a walk-off homer
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in Game 4 of the ALCS to kickstart Boston's historic comeback from down 3-0
against the Yankees. It ain't over yet, Brewers fans.*
*In today's edition:* Blue Jays and Dodgers win, Flacco outduels Rodgers in
Cincy, college football midseason predictions, sumo wrestling in London,
America's most unlikely golf course, and more.
*Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker <kendall.baker at yahooinc.com>
and Jeff Tracy <jeffrey.tracy at yahooinc.com>. For the web version, click
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*Let's sports...*
🚨 *ICYMI*
HEADLINES
*🏈 Thursday night thriller:* The Bengals beat the Steelers, 33-31
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as Joe Flacco (342 yards, 3 TD) outdueled Aaron Rodgers (249 yards, 4 TD, 2
INT) in a battle of 40-year-old QBs and Evan McPherson hit a game-winning
field goal
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in the waning seconds.
🏈 *Cignetti gets paid:* Indiana signed Curt Cignetti to an eight-year, $93
million extension
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that will make him one of the highest-paid coaches in FBS. Cignetti, who's
gone 17-2 since arriving in Bloomington, said he plans to retire as
Indiana's head coach.
🎾 *Alcaraz vs. Sinner, again:* Carlos Alcaraz beat Taylor Fritz and Jannik
Sinner beat Novak Djokovic in the Six Kings Slam semifinals to book yet
another championship showdown
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This one's on Saturday in Riyadh, with the winner taking home a cool $6
million
🏀 *Pearl's new gig:* Bruce Pearl will join TNT's new college basketball
show
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as an analyst just a month after retiring as Auburn's head coach.
🏒 *Vegas signs Hart:* The Golden Knights signed Carter Hart
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to a two-year deal, making him the first of the five players who were
accused — and then acquitted — of sexual assault in the Hockey Canada case
to rejoin an NHL team.
*See what else is trending on Yahoo Sports
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*⚾️ MLB PLAYOFFS*
BLUE JAYS TIE IT UP, BREWERS ON THE BRINK
(Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
*ALCS:* Max Scherzer hasn't really looked like *Max Scherzer* all that much
in recent years. But on Thursday in Seattle, in his 500th career start, the
future Hall of Famer reminded anyone watching that Mad Max is still here.
And with an 8-2 series-tying win
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so are the Blue Jays.
- Scherzer (5.2 IP, 5 K, 3H, 2R) was in vintage form as he collected his
first postseason victory since 2019 and generally looked like the Mad Max
of old, stalking the mound and yelling his way into staying in the game
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.
- He also did something that even prime Scherzer didn't do much, picking
off
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his first baserunner since 2016, and first ever in the postseason, to
squash a potential third-inning rally.
*From Yahoo Sports' Jordan Shusterman:*
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*The pinnacle of Scherzer's performance came in the fifth inning, when
Arozarena came to the plate with two outs and a runner on first.
Hard-throwing reliever Louis Varland was warming up. Even with a 5-1 lead
and Scherzer at only 70 pitches, it felt like a sensible time for a manager
to make a pitching change, especially with the top of Seattle's lineup
preparing to face Scherzer a third time. But as Schneider departed the
dugout and headed toward the mound, it became clear that Scherzer had no
interest in exiting the game.*
*"It was awesome," Schneider said afterward. "I thought he was going to
kill me. It was great. He locked eyes with me, both colors, as I walked
out."*
*Once Schneider arrived on the hill, Scherzer began to state his case with
ferocity.*
*"I understood where the game state was, knew how I wanted to attack, and
then all of a sudden, I saw Schneids coming out, and I kind of went, 'Woah,
woah, woah, I'm not coming out of this ball game. I feel too good,'"
Scherzer said postgame. "So we had a little conversation that basically I
wanted to stay in the ball game, but just with some other words involved. I
just knew I was strong. I knew I wanted the ball. I knew I could get outs
in this situation. I just wanted to stay in. I wanted it."*
*What's next:* Game 5 is tonight in Seattle, where the seven-game series
has turned into a race to two wins.
(Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
*NLCS:* The defending champs are a win away from returning to the Fall
Classic after shutting down the Brewers, 3-1
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behind yet another standout performance from the starting rotation.
*Historic dominance:* Thanks to Tyler Glasnow (5.2 IP, 8 K, 3 H, 1 R) and a
bullpen that threw 3.1 near-perfect innings, the Dodgers have become the first
team in postseason history
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to allow fewer than two runs and fewer than five hits in four consecutive
games.
*From Yahoo Sports' Russell Dorsey:*
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*If the NLCS is a relay for the Dodgers, Blake Snell was the first **leg,
getting L.A. out to an early lead in Game 1 and setting the tone for the
series Yoshinobu Yamamoto took the second leg for the Dodgers in Game 2,
not only extending the lead but also injecting confidence into the team as
the series moved to Dodger Stadium.*
*Right-hander Tyler Glasnow was handed the baton for Game 3 on Thursday,
with the goal of continuing the momentum and putting the Dodgers on the
doorstep of another World Series appearance.*
*For Glasnow, who missed the Dodgers' 2024 World Series run due to injury,
successfully passing the baton to the next starter represented a personal
victory.*
*What's next:* The Dodgers will hand the baton to Shohei Ohtani tonight in
Los Angeles with a chance to clinch the sweep.
🏈 LOOKING AHEAD
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: MIDSEASON PREDICTIONS
(Taylor Wilhelm/Yahoo Sports)
We've arrived at the midway point of the college football season, and our
preseason predictions
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aren't looking so hot. Here's how our experts think the rest of the season
will unfold
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.
*Plus: *Midseason awards
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📸 CULTURAL EXCHANGE
IN PHOTOS: GRAND SUMO TOURNAMENT
(Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
The Grand Sumo Tournament is being contested this week
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at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall, just the second time in the sport's
1,500-year history it's been held outside Japan.
*Back in London: The first instance was also at the Royal Albert Hall in
1991 as part of the UK's Japan Festival. They hoped to host again in 2021
for the venue's 150th anniversary, but got delayed due to the pandemic.*
Wrestlers line the ring during Wednesday's opening ceremony. (Jordan
Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images)
The five-day tournament, ending on Sunday, features more than 40 sumo
wrestlers — or *rikishi* — fighting in 100 bouts. A majority of rikishi
hail from Japan, but Mongolians have dominated the 21st century and two
Ukrainians are also competing in London this week.
*Sumo ranks: There are no weight classes in sumo, just rankings, with none
higher than yokozuna — an elite level that only 75 rikishi have ever
reached
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The only two active yokozuna, Mongolia's Hōshōryū Tomokatsu and Japan's
Ōnosato Daiki, are both competing this week.*
(Frank Augstein/AP Photo)
A sumo match, or *basho*, ends either when one rikishi gets pushed out of
the ring or has any body part other than the soles of their feet touch the
ground. Victories come either via penalty or as a result of one of the 82
officially-recognized winning techniques, called *kimarite*
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.
*The dohyō: The ring, or dohyō, is a 15-foot circle of packed clay covered
in sand. To build the one in London, 11 tons of clay were shipped by sea,
and a team of ring attendants (yobidashi) also made the trip to ensure its
construction adhered to sumo's rigid traditional standards
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Ōnosato enjoys a hot dog near the Houses of Parliament ahead of the
tournament. (Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
Rikishi live a regimented lifestyle centered around intense training
and a strict
diet
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(pictured above: a cheat day!). They don't eat breakfast, and lunch
comprises about 10,000 calories worth of a protein-rich stew called
chankonabe, followed by a three-hour nap for maximal weight gain.
*Big boys: Rikishi weigh about 330 pounds on average, with some tipping the
scales at 550. In order to accommodate athletes of that stature, Royal
Albert Hall had to source new chairs and reinforce their toilets.*
(Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
Don't let their size (and shape) fool you — these are *athletes*. You can
watch the final three days of the tournament on DAZN
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*Day 1 highlights.*
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🏈 BIG BLUE
THE BROS OF NEW YORK
(Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)
Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo are injecting the Giants with a welcome dose
of rookie chaos. And so far, it's translating to wins.
*From Yahoo Sports' Jay Busbee:*
*There's a clip from last week's dramatic Giants win over the Super Bowl
champion Eagles that perfectly sums up the new mentality taking root in New
York's locker room. Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart spots rookie running
back Cam Skattebo, and bellows like a delirious grizzly bear. Skattebo
bellows back, and the two butt heads live on camera. It's ridiculous, it's
absurd, it's glorious.*
*Dart is a longhaired SEC-by-way-of-Utah first-round slinger who leaped
into the starting job when it became clear in September that Russell Wilson
wasn't a fit. He's treating NFL football like it's a Friday night and he's
the God of the Gridiron, right up to and including high-fiving a ref after
a touchdown.*
*Skattebo, meanwhile, seems to live his life by the simple mantra of "what
would be the most kick-ass thing to do right this moment?" The Giants' own
scouting report called Skattebo a "carnage creator," which is pretty much
the best assessment you could hope for.*
*And their names, man. Their names! If you wrote a screenplay with a blonde
QB named "Jaxson Dart" and a swerving bowling ball named "Skattebo," you'd
get it thrown back in your face for being too on-the-nose.*
*Statistically, Dart and Skattebo are still building their foundations.
Skattebo's 56.3 yards per game average ranks 19th in the league, though he
is tied for fifth with 24 first-down runs, and third with five rushing
touchdowns. Dart's progress has been slower, since the quarterback position
is a scalpel to the running back's sledgehammer. But they're bringing a
spark that can't be measured, not even by Next Gen Stats.*
*Keep reading.*
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*📺 VIEWING GUIDE*
WEEKEND WATCHLIST
(Bruno Rouby/Yahoo Sports)
*🏈 NCAA Football, Week 8*
We've got a season-high five matchups between ranked teams coming our way on
Saturday
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with Nashville, Athens, Tuscaloosa, South Bend and Provo playing host.
- No. 10 LSU at No 17 Vanderbilt *(12pm ET, ABC)*
- No. 5 Ole Miss at No. 9 Georgia *(3:30pm, ABC)*
- No. 11 Tennessee at No. 6 Alabama *(7:30pm, ABC)*
- No. 20 USC at No. 13 Notre Dame *(7:30pm, NBC)*
- No. 23 Utah at No. 15 BYU *(8pm, Fox)*
*Best of the rest:* Louisville at No. 2 Miami *(Fri. 7pm, ESPN)*; No. 1
Ohio State at Wisconsin *(Sat. 3:30pm, CBS);* Michigan State at No. 3
Indiana *(Sat. 3:30pm, Peacock)*; No. 7 Texas Tech at Arizona State *(Sat.
4pm, Fox)*; No. 21 Texas at Kentucky *(Sat. 7pm, ESPN)*.
*⚾️ MLB Playoffs*
The League Championship Series continues tonight with what could be the
final day of the season to feature multiple baseball games. First up is
Blue Jays at Mariners *(6pm, FS1)*, where Seattle hopes to stem the
bleeding in a critical Game 5 after dropping two straight. Then it's
Brewers at Dodgers *(8:30pm, TBS)*, where the defending champs will look to
return to the Fall Classic for the fifth time in nine years. If necessary,
Game 5 of the NLCS is tomorrow in L.A. *(8pm, TBS)* and Game 6 of the ALCS
is on Sunday in Toronto *(8pm, FS1)*.
*🏈 NFL, Week 7*
Sunday's slate kicks off at Wembley Stadium, which hosts the final London
game of the season, and ends with an intriguing NFC matchup on "Sunday
Night Football."
- Rams at Jaguars *(9:30am, NFL)*
- Eagles at Vikings *(1pm, Fox)*
- Colts at Chargers *(4:05pm, CBS)*
- Commanders at Cowboys *(4:25pm, Fox)*
- Falcons at 49ers *(8:20pm, NBC)*
*The Vra-Bowl:* Mike Vrabel and the first-place Patriots return to
Tennessee *(1pm, CBS)*, which has gone an abysmal 4-19 since firing Vrabel
two years ago. If this game goes as expected (the Pats are seven-point
favorites), it's safe to say he'll relish the victory over his former
employer.
*⚽️ MLS Decision Day*
The regular season comes to an end on Saturday, with all 30 teams in action
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either at 6pm or 9pm. The Eastern Conference playoff field is set, but four
teams are fighting for the last two spots in the West: Dallas (at
Vancouver), Real Salt Lake (at St. Louis), Colorado (vs. LAFC) and San Jose
(vs. Austin).
*🏎️ United States Grand Prix*
Formula 1 heads to Austin's Circuit of the Americas *(Sun. 3pm, ESPN)* for
the second of three stateside races this season. But unlike Miami and
Vegas, which both debuted in the last few years, the U.S. Grand Prix
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dates all the way back to 1908, and has been held at COTA since 2012.
*🎾 Six Kings Slam*
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will square off in yet another final
tomorrow in Riyadh, where they'll compete for a $6 million grand prize —
the largest in tennis. The final streams on Netflix at the conclusion of
the third-place match between Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz *(12:30pm)*.
*More to watch:*
- 🏀 *NBA:* Nuggets at Thunder *(Fri. 8pm, NBA)*; Kings at Lakers *(Fri.
10:30pm, NBA)* … Final day of preseason action before the season tips
off on Tuesday.
- 🏁 *NASCAR Playoffs:* Talladega *(Sun. 2pm, NBC)* … The second of
three races in the Round of 8 could bring chaos, as seven of the last 11
races at the Alabama track have been won with a last-lap pass.
- 🏒 *NHL:* Kraken at Maple Leafs *(Sat. 7pm, NHL)*; Bruins at
Mammoth *(Sun.
7pm, NHL)*
- ⚽️ *NWSL:* Bay FC vs. North Carolina *(Fri. 10pm, Prime)*; Washington
vs. Orlando *(Sat. 12:30pm, CBS)*; Angel City vs. Portland *(Sun. 5pm,
ESPN)* … The penultimate weekend of the regular season.
- ⚽️ *Premier League:* Fulham vs. Arsenal *(Sat. 12:30pm, NBC)*;
Liverpool vs. Manchester United (*Sun. 11:30am, USA)* … The Gunners (16
points) hold a slim lead over the Reds (15)
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