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🚨 Headlines
🏀 Finals rematch: The Aces beat the Liberty in last year’s WNBA Finals. Now, they’ll meet in this year’s semifinals after Las Vegas swept Seattle and New York swept Atlanta.
📺 Now streaming: Netflix’s “Mr. McMahon,” a six-part docuseries chronicling the rise and fall of WWE founder Vince McMahon, was released this morning.
🏈 Favre has Parkinson’s: Brett Favre revealed on Tuesday that he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The retired QB made the disclosure while testifying on Capitol Hill at a hearing about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi.
🏀 Sparks cut ties with Miller: Veteran head coach Curt Miller and the Sparks have “mutually agreed to part ways.” Miller went 25-55 in his two seasons with the franchise, which has had 17 coaches in 28 seasons.
🎾 Teen wins title: 19-year-old Shang Juncheng beat Olympic bronze medalist Lorenzo Musetti to win the Chengdu Open and become just the second Chinese player to win an ATP title. He’s also the youngest ATP winner this year.
⚾️ Clinched!
Los Angeles — The Padres clinched a playoff spot by turning a game-ending triple play (just the third in the past 30 years) that left Shohei Ohtani on deck. San Diego (91-66) is now just two games behind Los Angeles (93-64) in the NL West title race with five games left to play.
New York — The Orioles beat the Yankees, 5-3, to lock up a postseason spot and deny New York a chance to clinch the division. This marks the first time the O’s have made the playoffs in consecutive seasons since 1996-97.
Houston — The Astros beat the Mariners, 4-3, to clinch their fourth consecutive AL West title. The last team to do that? The Oakland A’s nearly 50 years ago (five straight from 1971-75).
MLB playoffs tracker: Standings, clinch scenarios, tiebreakers, postseason schedule
🎓 How the Power 4 stacks up academically
U.S. News and World Report’s annual college rankings are out. Here’s how the Power 4 conferences stack up.
ACC
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Average ranking: 51.7
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Schools in top 50: 9 of 18
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Schools in top 100: 17 of 18
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Highest ranking: Stanford (4)
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Lowest ranking: Louisville (179)
Full list: Stanford (4), Duke (6), Cal (17), Notre Dame (18), Virginia (24), North Carolina (27), Georgia Tech (33), Boston…