ICYMI – WNBA Playoffs have begun!

Fall sports are picking up and we have a hand full of sports about to enter their playoffs. The WNBA, despite having 8 teams make it, does a fun atypical format where the top four seeds get byes 1-2 rounds in.

NFL (Preseason)

· NHB has some excellent Fantasy preseason reports on each team

· What Pete was looking for in Week 2

· RB week has passed, check out a number of pieces on it below, now it’s Wide Receiver Week!

MLB (77% of the way into the season)

· Colorado Rockies have 4 straight wins while Atlanta, Toronto & San Francisco have lost at least 4 straight.

· Oakland Athletics fought from 15 games back to take the first overall spot in the American League West for a few days before Houston retained the title.

· Ronald Acuna living up to the hype with 17 runs, 15 RBIs, 4 stolen bases batting .382 over the last 2 weeks, Justin Turner is right behind him with 12 runs, 8 RBIs one stolen base and a .469 avg.

· Jacob DeGrom got 3 wins over the last 2 weeks! This goes along with his 0.83 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and 10.33 K/BB.

WNBA (Playoffs!)

· Regular season is over, first round of the playoffs: Dallas Wings vs. Phoenix Mercury; Minnesota Lynx vs. LA Sparks;

o Single Elimination games will be on Tuesday.

· Second round winners will end up like this: TBD vs. Washington Mystics; TBD vs. Connecticut Sun (both got first round byes as the 3^rd and 4^th seeds

Winners from Second Round will face Seattle Storm and Atlanta Dream (both got first two round byes as 1^st and 2^nd seeds)

Soccer

· EPL Week 2

o Chelsea beat Arsenal 3-2, Manchester City scored 6 on Huddersfield Town and Manchester United lost to Brighton and Hove Albion. Sergio Aguero (Man City) and Richarlison (Everton) lead the league with 3 goals apiece.

o Clean sheets from Cardiff City, Newcastle United and Leicester City

· NWSL – the season is about 95% done.

o North Carolina Courage win yet again with a 3-0 win over the Orlando Pride. 3 spots open in the Playoff battles still occuring for Seattle Reign, Portland Thorns FC, Chicago Red Stars, Orlando Pride and Utah Royals FC

· MLS – the season is about 74% done.

o Atlanta United beat the Columbus Crew 3-1, Jose Martinez scores yet again. DC United beat New England Revoluion 2-0 and Philadelphia Union beat New York FC 2-0. Atlanta now holds a 3 points lead.

o FC Dallas holds a 3 points lead in the west over Sporting Kansas City and LAFC.

PGA – (Brendt Snedeker gets his first PGA win of the year)

· Brendt joins the sub 60 club which includes: Al Geiberger, Chip Beck, David Duval, Paul Goydos, Stuart Appleby, Jim Furyk (x2), Justin Thomas and Adam Hadwin

· He hit a 59 on Friday to jump out to an immediate lead and then had to fight hard down the final 9 holes to pass CT Pan and hold on to the win over Webb Simpson

· Sergio Garcia just misses the playoff cut at 128^th. Harris English slippe din at 124 and Seamus Power at 125.

NASCAR – (Kurt Busch)

· He led the final 24 laps to earn his first win in 58 races. Rumors are Kurt has been shopping a new team at the end of this season.

MMA – (MMA 204: Caldwell vs. Lahat)

· Darrion Caldwell won by TKO over Noad Lahat in the 2^nd round.

Boxing

· Tyson Fury beat Francesco Pianeta by unanimous decision.

· Bryant Jennings holds the heavyweight title after a night round win over Alexander Dimitrenko.

College

· Ultimate Guide to Opening Weekend NCAAF

· I joked last week that I should just highlight a college football legal issue each week so…LSU receiver Drake Davis had his allegation retracteD

Little League World Series

· Down to the final 8 US Teams: Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores LL, Mid Island LL, Grandview LL, Coventry LL, Coeur d’Alene LL, Peachtree City American LL, Post Oak LL and Honolulu LL & the final 8 International Teams: South Soeul LL, Gold Coast Baseball Assoc LL, Whalley LL, Radames Lopez LL, Catalunya LL, Kawaguchi LL, Vacamonte LL, and Matamoros LL.