National Sports

(Reuters) — Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White found an anecdotal comparison for guard Caitlin Clark’s transcendent impact on the WNBA in another superstar that needs no introduction.

TORONTO (Reuters) — The Toronto Blue Jays have crashed baseball’s biggest party and will have the support of an entire nation when they face the star-studded and deep-pocketed Los Angeles Dodgers in a World Series played amid ongoing Canada-U.S. political tension.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Los Angeles Lakers fans voiced strong confidence that their team will capture the NBA championship as they gathered outside Crypto.com Arena ahead of Tuesday’s season opener against the visiting Golden State Warriors.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Although Luka Doncic has always loved the ocean, he had never lived in a coastal city until this year. Ljubljana, Slovenia; Madrid; and Dallas are all fine stopovers on the journey of a transcendent basketball player, but they’re not exactly near the beach.

(Reuters) — Zach Charbonnet scored on a pair of short runs as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the visiting Houston Texans 27-19 on Monday night. Jaxon Smith-Njigba recorded his third straight 100-yard receiving game (eight catches, 123 yards) and scored on a pass from Sam Darnold as the Seahawks (5-2…

(Reuters) — Jahmyr Gibbs piled up 218 total yards and two touchdowns, including a 78-yard scoring run, as the host Detroit Lions downed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 24-9, on Monday night.

TORONTO (Reuters) — The Toronto Blue Jays not only got the big hits, but they also made the key fielding plays Sunday night to force Game 7 in the American League Championship Series.

(Reuters) — Fifteen-time All-Star forward Kevin Durant agreed to a two-year, $90 million contract extension with the Houston Rockets, his business partner Rich Kleiman told ESPN on Sunday morning.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — No. 9 Georgia has made second-half comebacks so normal that coach Kirby Smart characterized the latest example as “another day in the SEC.”

(Reuters) — Shohei Ohtani’s otherworldly performance that propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the World Series has left the sporting world in awe, with players and legends alike marveling at what may have been the greatest single-game display in MLB history.