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Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd have agreed to return to Seattle, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press, under the condition of anonymity because no official announcement has been made.

Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 in the AL wild-card game.

TORONTO (AP) — Bichette Homers Twice, Bichette Homers Twice, Blue Jays Top Yanks 6-5, Tighten Race Blue Jays Top Yanks 6-5, Tighten Race, tightened the AL wild-card race and ended New York’s seven-game winning streak. Marcus Semien hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the first off Gerrit Cole, setting a big league record for second basemen with his 44th home run of the season. George Spr...

Mark Canha hit an RBI single with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Oakland Athletics again beat Houston with their final swing, edging the AL West-leading Astros 4-3.

Connecticut and Las Vegas earned double byes in the WNBA playoffs and won't begin postseason play until next week.

Matt Olson hit a two-run homer, Josh Harrison drove in three runs and Elvis Andrus had four hits as the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 12-10.

Marcus Semien homered again, Alejandro Kirk went deep twice and the surging Toronto Blue Jays beat the skidding Yankees 5-1.

The Los Angeles Angels beat the Yankees 6-4 and sent New York to its fourth consecutive loss. Shohei Ohtani stole home and Jared Walsh hit a three-run homer.

Aaron Judge capped New York’s early offensive outburst against Seattle All-Star Yusei Kikuchi with his 20th home run of the season, and the Yankees held on for a 5-4 win over the Mariners.

Brock Nelson scored twice in another big second period by New York, Semyon Varlamov stopped 23 shots and the Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 advancing to the semi-finals