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The Kansas City Chiefs host the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday Night Football with Patrick Mahomes cleared after a limited Wednesday practice on his sprained ankle, in an AFC West early tiebreaker that could reshape division tiebreaker math before October’s Mexico City international game.
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 4–3 in 11 innings at Oracle Park, trimming the NL West gap to three games and exposing San Francisco’s late-inning bullpen fatigue as both teams head toward a season-ending series in Los Angeles.
NFL Week 3 injury reports listed four Baltimore starters questionable and a Buffalo edge rusher doubtful before Thursday night’s kickoff, forcing short-week roster moves under the new game-day inactive rule that limits practice-window elevations.
New York Yankees relievers crossed internal pitch-count thresholds in four of six September games, prompting the club to skip a scheduled bullpen day as American League Wild Card seeding tightens.
U.S. Open bookmakers shifted semifinal odds after tournament officials added mandatory midday heat breaks for men’s matches, extending rest periods when the heat stress index crosses thresholds at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Friday injury designations moved spreads and totals across several Week 2 matchups as sportsbooks reacted faster than broadcast graphics.
