UMass Upset, Zverev Marathon and Smriti Mandhana
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The episode recaps significant events in college football, the U.S. Open, MLS, MLB, and international cricket, highlighting major upsets and performances.
Yesterday in Sports recaps a wild Thursday across college football, the U.S. Open, MLS, Major League Baseball and international cricket , beginning with UMass stunning Rutgers as a 29-point underdog to end a 16-game losing streak. Chris Horwedel also covers Colorado-Georgia Tech, Wake Forest-Akron, Illinois-UAB and the early college football storylines emerging from a weekend already producing major surprises. At the U.S. Open , top seed Alexander Zverev survives another five-set battle, while Coco Gauff, Iga Świątek, Naomi Osaka, Taylor Fritz and others continue their runs. The tournament also brings the final Grand Slam appearance of Gaël Monfils . Soccer coverage includes MLS moves for Cédric Bakambu, Matías Galarza and Lyle Foster , along with FIFA’s report that global summer transfer spending reached a record $9.89 billion . In MLB, the Dodgers rally past St. Louis while monitoring Shohei Ohtani’s health, and the American League wild-card race tightens with Texas and Toronto separated by only half a game. The Cubs, Astros, Red Sox, Royals, Pirates and Athletics also feature in Thursday’s results. Finally, Smriti Mandhana makes cricket history by becoming the leading run…
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