Tyler Ulrich died Oct. 15 after a Division II head injury, the first traumatic football death since a 2025 survey year that recorded none.
Milwaukee swept the Dodgers and will host the Rays in a World Series that shrinks baseball’s never-won list to four.
Jake Bauers, released by Milwaukee after 2024, beat Blake Snell on pitch 11 as the Brewers took a 3-0 NLCS lead over the Dodgers.
Houston traded a 2027 second-round pick for Marvin Harrison Jr., a former No. 4 pick whose $22.5 million bonus Arizona already paid.
Tampa Bay's first win was a sloppy 24-16 in Arlington, as Bucky Irving's 165 yards and an undrafted quarterback laid Dallas's defense bare.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s 10-strikeout gem in Atlanta fit an 8-1 postseason record and put the Dodgers one win from a third straight NLCS.
The Rays lead the Yankees 2-0 in the ALDS after a four-error, 5-2 Game 2, the same 0-2 hole New York last climbed in 2017.