Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge homer as New York wins do-or-die Game 5 versus the Guardians at Yankee Stadium 5 to 1. The Bronx Bombers now head to Houston to face the Astros for the American League pennant, while Cleveland heads home. The best-of-five ALDS went the distance and also featured two rainouts across eight days.
Cardinal infielders Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt are among eight nominees in the National League for the 2022 Hank Aaron Award, Major League Baseball announced on Monday. The award recognizes the most outstanding offensive performance from each league from the regular season.
The winner will be selected by a combination of fan votes and the votes of a committee of former MLB stars, including Ken Griffey Jr., Chipper Jones, Pedro Martínez, John Smoltz, Johnny Bench, Craig Biggio, Eddie Murray and Robin Yount.
Joining Arenado and Goldschmidt are Dodgers Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts, Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres, Austin Riley of the Atlanta Braves, Pete Alonso of the New York Mets, and Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies.
The 2022-23 NBA season begins this week, and at least 20 players from IHSAA high schools and/or Indiana colleges will dot NBA rosters.
Indiana University leads the way with six players, and Notre Dame has two. Butler, Evansville, Reitz’s Dru Smith IUPUI, Indiana State, Purdue and Purdue Fort Wayne each have one.
Four IndyStar Mr. Basketball winners start the season on rosters: Eric Gordon (2007), Gary Harris (’12), Trey Lyles (’14) and Romeo Langford (’18).
Bubba Wallace received a one race suspension from NASCAR after an investigation determined he deliberately spun reigning Cup champion Kyle Larson at Las Vegas in a “dangerous act” of retaliation before confronting him afterward. Wallace had a shoving match with Larson after Sunday’s incident at Las Vegas and also pushed away a NASCAR official. The suspension handed down Tuesday falls under NASCAR’s behavioral policy, and technically could cover most of Wallace’s actions at Las Vegas. Wallace’s suspension for this Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is a rare step: Wallace is the first Cup Series driver to be suspended for an on-track incident since Matt Kenseth was parked for two races in 2015 for an incident at Martinsville.
For the first time, an NFL owner publicly has called for serious consideration to remove Washington’s Dan Snyder from NFL ownership.
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay held an explosive interview scrum at the fall meetings Tuesday and called Snyder’s missteps as owner, particularly with workplace misconduct, “gravely concerning.” The league requires 24 of 32 owners to approve such a vote, which never has been done at the NFL level.
