(The Storm is about what’s storming in sports today.)
***Yoshi Yamamoto went seven innings, struck out ten, and allowed one run on 98 pitches in leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS. Both Freddie Freeman and Kiki Hernandez homered for the Dodgers as they took a 2-1 series lead.
***Philadelphia Eagles RT Lane Johnson announced his retirement on Tuesday. He ends a 14-season career spent entirely with the Eagles (drafted fourth overall in 2013), with six Pro Bowl selections, multiple All-Pro honors, and two Super Bowl wins (LII and LIX). He played in the first three games of 2026 before stepping away.
***Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop/outfielder Mookie Betts turns 35 today. Betts has six years left on his contract, which expires at the end of the 2032 season.
***The Minnesota Vikings sign WR Odell Beckham Jr.
***The Tomahawk Chop.
***The Los Angeles Rams have signed 2019 All-Pro linebacker Eric Kendricks to the practice squad, the team announced Tuesday. Kendricks was voted to the Pro Bowl in 2019. Kendricks was originally a second-pick of the Minnesota Vikings out of UCLA in 2015.
***Jake Cronenwoth’s home run in the bottom of the fifth broke a 2-2 tie, and the San Diego Padres defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Tuesday night. The victory kept the Padres alive in their NLDS matchup. The Brewers lead the series 2-1.
***”Left-wing sports media are trying to cancel Sophie Cunningham because she said men don’t belong in women’s sports. It’s common sense, like saying steroids don’t belong in men’s sports. She’s advocating for competitive fairness!”—Clay Travis’ X/Twitter response to The Athletic piece on Cunningham.
*** Women’s Tennis star, Coco Gauff, #4 in the world, cites racist abuse. Gauff lost in Beijing, in the China Open, to Sun Xinran—
a player she’d beaten in their previous five meetings—after describing an “insane” volume of racist comments on social media following a controversial point in her prior match.
*** Tonight’s MLB slate includes White Sox–Guardians (Game 3), Dodgers–Braves (Game 4), Rays–Yankees (Game 3), and Brewers–Padres (Game 4).
