Sports briefs: Toughman season finale approaching; Police host HI-PAL hoops tourney
Toughman season finale approaching
Napheesa Collier leads Lynx in 88-77 rout of Sun to advance to WNBA Finals
The Connecticut Sun couldn’t overcome a disastrous first-half performance in Game 5 of their WNBA playoff series against the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday in Minneapolis, suffering an 88-77 loss that ended the team’s season in the semifinals for a second consecutive season.
Salvador Perez, Royals use big 4th inning to tie ALDS vs. Yanks
NEW YORK — Hours before becoming the hero in his 35th career postseason game, Salvador Perez discussed how undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2019 helped prolong his career.
Kerry Carpenter’s blast pulls Tigers level with Guardians in ALDS
CLEVELAND — Kerry Carpenter elected not to take some swings in the batting cage before entering Game 2 of the American League Division Series in the eighth inning on Monday.
PHOTOS: Air riflery at Waiakea
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Patrick Mahomes throws for 331 yards as unbeaten Chiefs top Saints
Kareem Hunt and Xavier Worthy rushed for touchdowns, Harrison Butker kicked four field goals, Patrick Mahomes passed for 331 yards and the host Kansas City Chiefs defeated the New Orleans Saints 26-13 on Monday night.
BIIF football: KSH wins seventh straight; Hilo wins nailbiter
KAMUELA — It was business as usual for Kamehameha Schools-Hawai‘i football on Saturday afternoon against Hawaii Preparatory Academy.
Fernando Tatis Jr. hits 2 HRs as Padres crush Dodgers to even NLDS
LOS ANGELES — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit two home runs as the San Diego Padres went deep six times and evened the National League Division Series with a 10-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 on Sunday.
Nick Castellanos helps Phillies beat Mets in wild Game 2
PHILADELPHIA — As is often the case, Bryce Harper showed the Philadelphia Phillies a path to victory Sunday. But it was the oft-criticized Nick Castellanos who took the Phillies over the finish line.
Hawaii football left frustrated with another tough loss at San Diego State
NFL roundup: Ravens need OT to outlast Bengals in shootout
Lamar Jackson threw four touchdown passes and led a comeback from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit on Sunday as the visiting Baltimore Ravens rallied for a 41-38 overtime win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
BIIF volleyball: Kealakehe, Parker win weekend matches
The Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) girls volleyball season continued over the weekend on opposite ends of the isle. With the regular season slate set to end soon, island playoffs begin within the next few weeks.
FIFA limits on player transfers are illegal, Europe’s top court rules
Europe’s top court ruled Friday that some elements of soccer’s multibillion-dollar global player trading market are illegal, a decision that is likely to force changes to the way thousands of athletes move between teams around the world every year.
The Savannah Bananas needed a bigger stage
Getting tickets to Savannah Bananas games over the last few years has been so difficult that the barnstorming baseball team has drawn comparisons to Taylor Swift. And like Swift, the Bananas, who have danced their way to national stardom, will be taking their act from intimate venues to almost exclusively giant stadiums in 2025.
Vanderbilt jumps ahead early, never trails in stunning upset of No. 1 Alabama
Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns as the Commodores shocked top-ranked Alabama, 40-35, at First Bank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday.
Five Warriors observations: Lindy Waters III hits game winner to beat Clippers on Oahu
HONOLULU — Here are five observations from the Warriors’ preseason-opening 91-90 win over the Clippers on Saturday afternoon in Hawaii.
Alex Verdugo, Yankees clip Royals to open ALDS
NEW YORK — The final three-plus months of Alex Verdugo’s first regular season with the New York Yankees were so frustrating that there were some doubts if he would be in the starting lineup for Game 1 of the American League Division Series.
Texas A&M blasts No. 9 Missouri with balanced attack
Le’Veon Moss rushed for 138 yards and three touchdowns and Conner Weigman threw for 276 yards as No. 25 Texas A&M dismantled No. 9 Missouri 41-10 in their Southeastern Conference matchup on Saturday in Bryan-College Station, Texas.
Shohei Ohtani leads Dodgers past Padres in playoff debut
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run home run in the first playoff game of his career and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 7-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday in Game 1 of their National League Division Series.
Week 5 NFL capsules
New York Jets (2-2) vs. Minnesota Vikings (4-0) in London
