Breanna Stewart, Betnijah Laney-Hamilton guide Liberty past Lynx in Game 2
For the first time since July 6, Betnijah Laney-Hamilton scored 20 points, and she did so in a game where the New York Liberty desperately needed it.
Steelers end 2-game skid with comfortable win vs. Raiders
Justin Fields passed for 145 yards and rushed for 59 yards and two touchdowns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers pulled away for a 32-13 win over the host Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday afternoon.
Dodgers pound Mets to open NLCS
LOS ANGELES — A makeshift pitching staff that was supposed to spell doom for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series hopes has instead made playoff history.
Boise State’s rush just too much for Hawaii
Lions crush Cowboys, but lose Aidan Hutchinson to injury
Jared Goff passed for 315 yards and three touchdowns but Detroit lost top defensive player Aidan Hutchinson in a 47-9 thumping of Dallas in Arlington, Texas on Sunday.
BIIF volleyball: Vikings and Canefire win nailbiters; Wildcats, Ka Makani and Cowgirls sweep
The Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) girls volleyball season concluded its final weekend of the regular season slate across the island. Matches will wrap up this week before playoffs begin Friday night. See the paper later this week for finalized standings and the playoff matchups. The playoffs will open with an east vs. west format.
Late FG sends No. 3 Oregon past No. 2 Ohio State
A 19-yard field goal by Atticus Sappington with 1:47 to play gave No. 3 Oregon a 32-31 win over No. 2 Ohio State in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday night.
USC’s playoff hopes suffer heartbreaking blow in overtime loss to No. 4 Penn State
LOS ANGELES — The chances had been there all afternoon for USC as it tried to put No. 4 Penn State away. But once again Lincoln Riley’s Trojans tiptoed along the brink, playing fast and loose with their College Football Playoff hopes hanging in the balance, driving late in search of one last opportunity after a painstaking succession of missed ones.
Guardians tag Tigers ace in Game 5, will face Yanks in ALCS
Lane Thomas provided the signature swings of the American League Division Series to send the Guardians back to the AL Championship Series for the first time since 2016.
BIIF football: Aipia ending BIIF career on a high note
WAIMEA — Every team wants a player who leads by example — someone who puts their head down and gets to work, no matter the circumstances. Someone who inspires his teammates to work just as hard as them.
Local kickboxing: Two-day Toughman season finale this weekend
HILO — Two nights of non-stop kickboxing action begins Friday with the Next Generation Toughman Hawaii Season Finale at Hilo Civic Auditorium. Doors open at 5 p.m. with the show beginning at 6 p.m. and 2 p.m./3 p.m. on Saturday. Fighters from around the globe have made their way to Hilo to compete in what is becoming one of the largest junior international division martial arts competitions in the world.
Missouri’s high school athletes can make money. It’s paying off for Mizzou.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — In his four-year career as Missouri’s starting quarterback, Brady Cook has thrown for 7,603 yards and 43 touchdowns. He led the Tigers to a victory in last year’s Cotton Bowl. And even after an upset loss to Texas A&M last weekend, his team is in a position to compete for a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Week 6 Sunday NFL Capsules
Jacksonville Jaguars (1-4) at Chicago Bears (3-2) in London, 3:30 a.m. HST
How Roger Goodell became the NFL’s $20 billion man
As they met in the lobby of the Omni Viking Lakes Hotel in Minnesota in late August, Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, and Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, greeted each other warmly, sharing fist bumps as a small entourage that included their oldest sons surrounded them. The two men, who have nine Super Bowl wins between them (six for Kraft, 83, and three for Jones, who turns 82 on Sunday), were upbeat and refreshed after their summer vacations in the South of France and the Hamptons.
Hawaii QB Schager takes the hits and keeps on playing
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dodgers blank Padres, advance to NLCS
LOS ANGELES — Known for a top of the order filled with MVP performers, the Los Angeles Dodgers threw a curveball and advanced to the National League Championship Series on the back of their pitching staff.
BIIF sports: Warriors rout Daggers
KEA‘AU — Business was booming for Kamehameha Schools-Hawai‘i football on Thursday night against Pahoa. The Warriors routed the Daggers 59-0 in Kea‘au. It was the second time KSH shut out Pahoa.
Guardians eke out win over Tigers, force Game 5
DETROIT — David Fry blasted a two-run homer in the seventh inning and added a run-scoring sacrifice bunt in the ninth Thursday to help the Cleveland Guardians keep their season alive with a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.
Brock Purdy fires 3 TD passes as 49ers dump Seahawks
Brock Purdy threw three touchdown passes, two to George Kittle, and the San Francisco 49ers — after building a 20-point lead — held on to defeat the host Seattle Seahawks 36-24 on Thursday.
Lynx rally for wild OT win over Liberty in Finals opener
Napheesa Collier connected on a turnaround, mid-range fadeaway with 8.8 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Minnesota Lynx to a 95-93 win over the host New York Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday.
