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Tuesday, September 29

Updated 8:03am PT

Brian Sugar

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Caitlin Clark forced Game 3 against Las Vegas while the White Sox beat Houston for their first playoff win in three years. The Yankees and Braves closed theirs the same night, which compressed the season's first real sorting into hours, and that's when you find out which teams prepared for chaos and which ones didn't.

If you only have 2 minutesTop 5

Caitlin Clark, Fever swing back to force Game 3 vs. Aces

Clark kept the rookie arc alive and prevented the Aces from closing early, proof that individual will still shapes playoff momentum in a league now built for primetime.

Yahoo Sports2026-09-30
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    White Sox show playoff poise vs. Astros, win wild-card opener

    Houston was the higher seed and the favorites. The White Sox executed anyway, ending a three-year drought by showing up when it mattered and nowhere else.

    ESPN2026-09-30
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    Wild Card Series Game 1 winners, losers: Cam Schlittler shows ace stuff for Yankees; Austin Riley plays hero

    The Yankees, Braves, and Padres compressed the season's first real sorting into a single Tuesday night, transforming baseball back into the one sport that owns October.

    CBS Sports2026-09-30
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    WNBA playoffs: Liberty take down Lynx in Game 2

    New York's two-star roster moved to the semifinals, finally matching regular-season hype to a stage that can hold it, and the league got the marquee matchup infrastructure demands.

    ESPN2026-09-30
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    2026 WNBA playoffs: Schedule, scores for every game

    The WNBA playoffs landed on ESPN's homepage and stayed there, the schedule itself now content, not novelty, a league that learned how to own the calendar.

    ESPN2026-09-30
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