LAS VEGAS ― The WNBA has been in the headlines for reasons other than its first best-of-seven Finals this week after Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier torched commissioner Cathy Engelbert. But when the WNBA Finals teams showed up in Las Vegas on Thursday, the temperature at team practices and at press conferences was much cooler as the hometown Aces and ...

NFC West rivals Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers needed extra time to decide who would win ‘Thursday Night Football’ from SoFi Stadium. In a night defined by prolific offense, it was the 49ers’ defense and its rookies that made the difference. Rookie safety Marques Sigle stonewalled Rams running back Kyren Williams on fourth-and-1 in overtime to seal a ...

The Chicago Cubs will face the National League Central rival Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS after dispatching the San Diego Padres in the wild card series’ winner-take-all Game 3 at Wrigley Field on Thursday, Oct. 2. Chicago notched a 3-1 win in the decider, chasing San Diego starter Yu Darvish in the second inning. The Cubs loaded the bases with ...

The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Diego Padres 3-1 in the winner-take-all Game 3 of their wild card series on Thursday. Things got dicey in the ninth inning for the home team, however – and the Cubs might have had to sweat even more if they hadn’t benefitted from what appeared to be a bad strike call by home plate ...

Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., revealed to Fox News Digital that he is one of three Republicans in Congress who was surveilled by the Biden administration’s ‘Quiet Skies’ program, a program that has been shut down due to overreach concerns. Earlier this week, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Rand Paul, R-Ky., convened a hearing examining alleged Biden administration abuse ...

The federal government entered its third day of a shutdown without a clear off-ramp in sight as the Senate gears up to once again vote on a short-term funding extension Friday. Lawmakers will again vote on the GOP’s continuing resolution (CR) and congressional Democrats’ counter-proposal on Friday. There’s been little movement on Capitol Hill since the last failed vote, given ...

A judge is set to sentence Nicholas Roske on Friday for attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the weeks leading up to the high court’s landmark Dobbs decision. The Department of Justice has asked for 30 years in prison, while Roske’s attorneys have asked for eight years. In a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors said Roske showed up at ...

All-Star guard Kelsey Mitchell was asked about her future with the Indiana Fever at the team’s exit interviews on Thursday, Oct. 2 in Indianapolis. Her answer was a dire warning. ‘I hope we got a league,’ Mitchell said. ‘I hope that when it’s all said and done … we can have a season, period. For all the girls, every person, ...

NEW YORK — The play of the night belonged to Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon, who tracked Jarren Duran’s foul pop-up with one out in the top of the eighth inning to the Red Sox dugout … and caught the ball while his whole body flipped over the railing. McMahon was not hurt on the play and received a standing ...

Longtime MLB scout Dick Groch died Wednesday, according to his family. He was 84 years old. A cause of death was not disclosed. Groch worked in the scouting department throughout his MLB career with the New York Yankees, Montreal Expos and Milwaukee Brewers. The Yankees held a moment of silence for Groch before Game 3 of their American League Wild ...