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Daniel Fernandez, along with his daughters, Isabelle, 11, and Daniella, 2, and wife Jackie Ayala, were among the first fans in line outside of Wintrust arena before the start of Game 4 of the WNBA Finals on Oct. 17, 2021. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
Photos from the Week 6 game at Soldier Field between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers on Oct. 17, 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez, Chris Sweda) A “Green Bay Sucks” bear sign sits on a table while fans tailgate before the Bears play the Packers at Soldier Field on Oct. 17 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune) Sean Farmer (left) and Brandon Manchak grill while tailgating before the Bears play the Packers at Soldier Field on Oct. 17 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune) Danielle Watson, Charlene Tomazin, Madison Gabouer and her father Kurt Gabouer take a shot while tailgating before the Bears play the Packers at Soldier Field on Oct. 17 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune) Danielle Watson, Charlene Tomazin, Madison Gabouer and her father Kurt Gabouer take a shot while tailgating before the Bears play the Packers at Soldier Field on Oct. 17 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune) Scott Subeck smokes a cigar while tailgating before the Bears play the Packers at Soldier Field on Oct. 17 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune) Fans tailgate before the Bears play the Packers at Soldier Field on Oct. 17 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune) David Gervase (left) cuts a hole in his neighbor’s bar outfit while tailgating before the Bears play the Packers at Soldier Field on Oct. 17 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune) David Pantoja wears a bear head while tailgating before the Bears play the Packers at Soldier Field on Oct. 17 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune) Fans tailgate before the Bears play the Packers at Soldier Field on Oct. 17 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
“I am not sure if it gives us momentum but I’m 100% sure it doesn’t give (the Mercury) any,” Wade said. “You don’t want to give someone a false confidence where they can say, ‘OK, this is what we did at the end.’ When the bench first came in, they were trying to get to a place where they could get some chemistry, and once they did we were able to distance ourselves more.”
“You see it on tape (with Fields). You can see it on TV. And then to be able to see it live and have it firsthand, and to see how he handles situations, there’s a calm for all of us,” Nagy said. “The fact that he’s that way, that’s a strength that not everybody has. When you play in front of over 100,000 people for all your (Ohio State) home games, it certainly helps you. And when you’re in these moments in the NFL, you’re able to use that to your advantage.”
In this June 15, 2012, file photo, Casey Martin drives to the fifth green during the second round of the U.S. Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. Martin, the Oregon golf coach who successfully sued the PGA Tour for the right to use a cart because of a rare circulatory disease, recently had his right leg amputated in what he told Golf Digest was always going to be “my destiny.” (Eric Risberg/AP)
Scherzer has pitched 12⅓ innings over three appearances in the playoffs, allowing two runs and six hits with 16 strikeouts. Scherzer, who pitched for the Washington Nationals for six-plus seasons in the NL East before he was traded to the Dodgers this season, is very familiar with the Braves lineup, which he said “first and foremost starts with Freddie Freeman.”
“That’s like, that’s a tough schedule to open the season,” Kane said. “You’re playing three home openers starting against one of the best teams in the league that’s been training at altitude for their whole training camp, you get a day off, that’s a travel day, you lose two hours. I’m not trying to make excuses. We obviously have to be better.”
“Irrelevant Week” generated so much publicity that in 1979 the Los Angeles Rams, who owned the next-to-last pick, intentionally passed to let the Pittsburgh Steelers, with the last pick, choose first. The Steelers also wanted the publicity and passed as well. Both teams refused to choose a player until Commissioner Pete Rozelle forced them to pick, with the Steelers winning. That led to the so-called Salata Rule, which bars teams from passing to get the final selection.
The Hawkeyes defense, which came in leading the nation with 20 takeaways and a plus-15 turnover margin, only had one takeaway. That came in the third quarter when Sheffield, trying to dive for the end zone, had the ball slip out of his hand, hit the pylon and go out of bounds for a touchback.
The Red Sox’s Rafael Devers, left, celebrates with J.D. Martinez after hitting a grand slam against the Astros during the second inning in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday in Houston. Martinez hit a slam in the first inning. (David J. Phillip/AP)