(The Storm is all about what’s storming in sports today.)
***Caitlin Clark scored 27 points and added 15 assists along with seven rebounds to lead the Indiana Fever to a 99-89 victory over the Las Vegas Aces to knot their WNBA playoff series at 1-1.
***“Monday night didn’t prove that Caleb Williams is a bust. It proved that Williams needs the teacher more than the teacher needs him.”—Jason Whitlock
***The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees face off in Game Two of their A.L. Wilcard series at Yankee Stadium—5:PM PST. The cheapest ticket will run you $167.
***San Diego Padres starting pitcher Michael King was hitless through six and left Tuesday’s National League Wildcard opener after seven innings with just one hit allowed in his team’s 8-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
***No. 8 Liberty complete historic upset of No. 1 Lynx—New York swept the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx, becoming the first No. 8 seed to knock out a No. 1 in the WNBA playoffs. They advance to the semifinals.
***On this date in 1927: Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season (off Tom Zachary) as the New York Yankees beat Washington Senators 4-2. The record stood until 1961.
***Las Vegas Aces perennial MVP (4 times) A’ja Wilson went off the court to confront an Indiana Fever fan in the fourth quarter in last night’s playoff game. The fan was removed, but allowed to return after questioning and witnesses confirmed nothing more than him pointing at Wilson.
“You don’t step towards me. You never should—and point at me. I’m not for that s—. At all.”—Wilson in the postgame presser.
***NHL season opens with drama—Florida Panthers beat defending champion Carolina 1-0 in OT on Gustav Forsling’s blast with 4.3 seconds left (Hurricanes raised their banner first).
***Strange Coincidence: NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo (58, brain cancer) and baseball legend Pete Rose (83) both passed away on this day in 2024.
***“That’s new to me. I’m not familiar with that report. What I do know is that he’s making good progress. We knew he was going to be out a minimum of four weeks. Want to be able to allow him to start his clock whenever that is able to get started and see how he feels and make sure that when we put him back out there, it’s return to performance, not just return to play. So could be the minimum time required, could be six (weeks). We haven’t really tried to put a hard deadline on it, so I’m not familiar with that.”—Sean McVay responding a media report that Myles Garrett will be out six weeks after after having arthroscopic surgery.
