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September 03, 2025
ā¾ļø Baseball
Padres Player Carted Off Field in Season-Ending Injury
Padres reliever Jason Adam ruptured a tendon in his left quadriceps and was carted off the field Monday, a major blow to San Diego's dominant bullpen.
Adam was injured in the seventh inning of a 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. One of several All-Star relievers on the team, Adam said he still needs to get an MRI for confirmation, "but that sounds like six to nine months, so the season's probably done."
Aaron Judge ties Yogi Berra on Yankees' all-time home run list
Aaron Judge has tied a big name on the Yankees' career home run leaderboard. Judge slugged the 358th home run of his career, tying Yogi Berri for the fifth most in franchise history. It was Judge's 43rd home run of this season.
"When you get a chance to tie one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Yankees in homers, it's pretty special," Judge told reporters after the game. "The way Yogi played the game, what he meant to the pinstripes, you know how much it meant being a New York Yankee to him. I feel the same way. I'm honored to wear this jersey. It's pretty cool to be on that list with him."
Here is Judge's 358th career homer. It was his third home run in his last five games:
š Hockey
NHL, NHLPA expediting CBA playoff cap change
The playoff salary cap rule is one of several changes in the league's new Collective Bargaining Agreement that will be fast-tracked for this season. The current CBA ends on Sept. 15, 2026. The new agreement, which the NHL and NHLPA announced in July, has a four-year term.
NHL general managers will be briefed on the CBA rules for this season at their meetings in Detroit this week, a source told ESPN. The salary cap rules for the playoffs address an ongoing concern for some players and general managers: teams using long-term injured reserve (LTIR) rules to ice rosters that would have been well over the regular-season upper salary cap limit.
Connor McDavid Addresses Oilers Contract Negotiations: 'All Options Are on the Table'
The Edmonton Oilers are hoping to wrap up a contract extension for superstar forward Connor McDavid, but as of yet, no new deal has been reached between the two sides. Ideally, the Oilers will have him locked up before puck drops on the 2025-26 season, and McDavid was asked about how far along those negotiations are during a media address for Team Canada.
McDavid was asked if it was still a possibility for him to enter the upcoming season without a new contract done, to which he admitted that "all options are on the table."
The 2025-26 season will be the last year of McDavid's current contract. He's made $12.5 million per season since 2018-19, and would be due to hit unrestricted free agency if he doesn't re-up with the Oilers.
š Football
Bill Belichickās college coaching debut ends with a blow out
Bill Belichickās first run as a college coach at North Carolina started fast only to end in a blowout loss.
The NFL coaching great took the field Monday night for his college debut with the Tar Heels against TCU, sporting a familiar look from the pro sideline with a gray hoodie ā only this one bearing the name āCarolina Footballā in that distinctive shade of light blue. Yet after scoring on the gameās first drive, the Tar Heels watched as the Horned Frogs took control with 41 unanswered points on the way to a 48-14 win.
By the end, TCU had scored two defensive touchdowns and finished with a 542-222 edge in total offense while driving UNC fans to the exits long before the fourth quarter began.