What happened. Why it matters. Plainly.
Games and the stories around them, taken from the box score and the official record rather than from social media.
On Tuesday night, August 25, 2026, a pre-recorded video message from Tiger Woods aired during the Golf Channel broadcast of the PGA Tour’s Payne Stewart Award
The Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Tuesday night at Truist Park, snapping Los Angeles’ six-game winning streak in the opening game of a marquee
The Houston Astros beat the New York Yankees 9-7 at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, erasing a deficit with a three-run eighth inning that turned
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase suffered a left-knee injury at practice on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, after landing awkwardly while going up
Serena Williams, playing her first match at the US Open since 2022, teamed with Carlos Alcaraz to beat qualifiers Erin Routliffe and Lloyd Glasspool 5-3, 4-1
The Golden State Valkyries beat the Minnesota Lynx 80-66 at Target Center on Aug. 24, 2026 — their first win over Minnesota since the Valkyries entered the league
The New England Patriots and Houston Texans completed a trade on Aug. 24, 2026: New England sent wide receiver Kayshon Boutte to Houston, and the Texans sent safety
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker booted a 69-yard field goal on the final play of the second quarter in Kansas City’s preseason game at the Tampa Bay
Simone Biles, gymnastics’ most decorated Olympian, is on the roster for the Pacers Foundation Charity Softball Classic at Victory Field in Indianapolis on Monday
Allen Iverson’s signature basketball shoe is coming back as a fully 3D-printed reinterpretation of the original.
Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty left Sunday’s training camp practice after diving for a low pass from quarterback Kirk Cousins during a team drill
Quévin Castro, a 25-year-old Portuguese-English footballer who spent two years on West Bromwich Albion’s books, died on Saturday, August 22, 2026, after collapsing
Bryce Harper is in the news for several overlapping reasons in late August 2026: news reports say the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is reviewing a 2024 paid
The Chicago White Sox erased a four-run deficit and beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Friday, August 21, 2026, at Rate Field, capped by a two-run, walk-off home run
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 in 10 innings at Dodger Stadium on August 21, 2026.
Jannik Sinner, the world No. 1, has withdrawn from the 2026 US Open. He pulled out of the tournament on Aug.
Aliyah Boston is having the best scoring season of her four-year WNBA career, averaging a career-high mark near 17 points a game for the Indiana Fever.
The “civil papers” a Boulder County deputy tried to hand Deion Sanders at a Colorado practice on Aug. 11, 2026, are not a lawsuit against him.
Kyle Kirkwood won IndyCar’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix, the first NTT INDYCAR SERIES race ever run on the streets of Washington, D.C., leading 128 of 147 laps
Max Verstappen has signed a contract extension that keeps him at Red Bull Racing through the end of the 2030 Formula 1 season.