Caitlin Clark added yet another major career milestone when she was named rookie-of-the-year in the WNBA — gaining all but one of 66 first-place votes just a few days after drawing an average U.S. TV audience of 2.
54 million in a losing cause to the Connecticut Sun. In one of the best starts to an NFL regular season in terms of TV ratings and social-media engagement, Kirk Cousins picked the right time to bring his A-game to Thursday Night Football, with his Atlanta Falcons downing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36-30 in an overtime that would have been happy times for the programmers and accountants at Amazon Prime. Pete Alonso of the New York Mets has made headlines before on the strength of his penchant for hitting home runs, including his two wins (2019 and 2021) in five appearances at the Home Run Derby at Major League Baseball All-Star Week.
Yet never has the Polar Bear come through in the clutch in as huge a fashion as he did Thursday night at American Family Field in Milwaukee. His three-run blast with one out in the top of the ninth inning keyed a 4-2 come-from-behind win for the Mets and extended the recent run of post-season disappointment for the National League Central-winning Brewers. It came in the Mets’ fifth game in four days and established the NL East wild-card team as one of the big talking points — at least so far — in the baseball playoffs.
It also set up a pair of big matchups in the NL Divisional Series this weekend, with the Mets travelling to Citize.