Victory at last for Tommy Fleetwood

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🏀 MJ/Kobe card sets record: A 2007-08 Upper Deck card featuring game-worn jersey patches and autographs of both Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant sold at auction on Saturday for $12.9 million, making it the most expensive sports card ever sold.

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🏈 That’s a wrap on preseason: The Ravens, Browns, Broncos and Giants went a perfect 3-0 during NFL preseason, which came to a close on Sunday. Teams have until tomorrow afternoon to cut their rosters down to 53 players.

⚾️ Phillies lose ace: NL Cy Young candidate Zack Wheeler will miss the rest of the season with venous thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), which occurs when a vein under the collarbone is compressed and damaged. He’s expected to undergo surgery and miss 6-8 months.

🏈 Underwood wins QB1 job: Five-star recruit Bryce Underwood is expected to be named Michigan’s starting QB, per multiple reports. The Michigan native would be just the fourth true freshman to start a Wolverines season opener, joining Tate Forcier (2009), Chad Henne (2004) and Rick Leach (1975).

🌽 “Field of Dreams” is back: MLB will return to Dyersville, Iowa, next season for the third “Field of Dreams Game” on the site made famous by the 1989 film. The Phillies will play the Twins in the showcase event, which follows White Sox vs. Yankees in 2021 and Cubs vs. Reds in 2022.

⛳️ Fleetwood, finally

164 starts later, Tommy Fleetwood is finally — finally — a PGA Tour champion.

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Victory at last: The 34-year-old Englishman, famously among the Tour’s best players without a win, finished three strokes clear of the field on Sunday at East Lake to claim the season-ending Tour Championship and its massive $10 million prize. “In a year where golf delivered so many feel good finishes,” writes Yahoo Sports’ Jay Busbee, “this was one of the best.”

By the numbers: Fleetwood has enjoyed quite the career on Tour, despite this being his first time hoisting a trophy. He’d earned $33.4 million entering Sunday, the most of any player without a victory, and he’d made the cut in 139 of his first 163 starts (85%), including 44 top-10 finishes and six runners-up.

• He was equally dominant these last few weeks, shooting in the 60s for all 12 rounds of the playoffs and becoming the first golfer to be in the top six on the leaderboard after every single round of the playoffs.

• Fleetwood’s payday vaulted him all the way to second on the 2025 money list behind Scottie Scheffler, who didn’t have his best stuff this weekend but still carded his 14th straight top-eight finish. Ridiculous.

What he’s saying: “When you’ve lost it so many times, three strokes on the last doesn’t seem like that many,” said Fleetwood, painfully aware of how many close calls he’s had. “This is just, hopefully, one win — the first of many to come. You can’t win plenty if you don’t win the first one.”

Coming up: Fleetwood will be on Team Europe for next month’s Ryder Cup, with rosters set to be finalized in the coming days. Keegan Bradley, who finished T7 at East Lake, will announce his captain’s picks for the U.S. team on Wednesday; will he pick himself?

⚾️ Raleigh sets new HR mark

Cal Raleigh hit his 48th and 49th home runs of the year on Sunday to break Salvador Perez’s single-season record for the most homers by a primary catcher (min. 75% of games caught). And it’s not even September!

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HR record by position:

• LF: Barry Bonds, 73 (2001)

• 1B: Mark McGwire, 70 (1998)

• RF: Sammy Sosa, 66 (1998)

• CF: Aaron Judge, 58 (2024)

• SS: Alex Rodriguez, 57 (2002)

• 3B: Alex Rodriguez, 54 (2007)

• DH: David Ortiz/Shohei Ohtani, 54 (2006, 2024)

• C: Cal Raleigh, 49 and counting (2025)

• 2B: Marcus Semien, 45 (2021)

• P: Wes Ferrell, 9 (1931)

Chasing Judge: Raleigh is on pace for 62 long balls, which would tie the AL record set by Aaron Judge three years ago. “Big Dumper” is also chasing Judge in the AL MVP race, with the Yankees’ captain currently favored (-155 at BetMGM) over the Mariners’ backstop (+105).

🇺🇸 Photos across America

San Francisco — A sold-out crowd of 40,091 descended on Oracle Park (home of the Giants) on Saturday to watch Bay FC host the Washington Spirit, making it the most-attended women’s professional sporting event in U.S. history.

The bar has been raised: “Maybe next we can play at NFL stadiums,” said Spirit midfielder Croix Bethune after the game. “I feel like this is just the beginning.”

South Williamsport, Pennsylvania — Chinese Taipei blanked Nevada, 7-0, on Sunday to win its first Little League World Series title since 1996 and 18th overall, the most of any country besides the U.S. Japan has the next most titles, with 11.

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Streak snapped: American teams had won the past six LLWS titles, with Hawaii claiming two championships (2018, 2022) and Louisiana (2019), Michigan (2021), California (2023) and Florida (2024) each claiming one.

Daytona Beach, Florida — The NASCAR Cup Series regular season concluded on Sunday at Daytona, where Ryan Blaney won in a photo finish to set the stage for the playoffs.

Playoff field: Kyle Larson, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Blaney, Christopher Bell, Shane van Gisbergen, Chase Elliott and Chase Briscoe are the top eight seeds in the 16-driver field.

Newport, Rhode Island — Maria Sharapova was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday, and Serena Williams made a surprise appearance to present her longtime rival with the ultimate career honor.

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From rivals to friends: “We had our differences. To the world, we looked miles apart, but the truth is we weren’t,” said Williams during her speech. “What started as a rivalry turned into an enormous amount of respect, and what grew from respect has turned to friendship.”

🌎 Photos around the world

🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland — No. 22 Iowa State opened the season with a narrow 24-21 victory over No. 17 Kansas State in the 109th edition of their Farmageddon rivalry series, sealing the game with a clutch fourth-down conversion in the waning minutes.

More from Week 0: Hawaii beat Stanford, 23-20, on a walk-off field goal from Japan’s Kansei Matsuzawa, who taught himself how to kick by watching YouTube; Kansas debuted its upgraded $450 million stadium with a 31-7 win over Fresno State.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, England — Arsenal midfielder Max Dowman made his first team debut during Saturday’s win over Leeds United at the tender age of 15 years and 235 days, making him the second-youngest player in Premier League history.

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High praise: “There is a kid here that has zero hesitation and is so convinced that at 15 he can go and deliver, which I have never witnessed in my life,” said Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.

🇮🇹 Limone Piemonte, Italy — Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard overcame a scary crash on Sunday to win the second stage of the Vuelta a España and take the overall lead in the season’s third and final Grand Tour.

Sprint to the finish: Vingegaard narrowly beat Italy’s Giulio Ciccone in a scintillating finish. It doesn’t get much closer than this.

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina — Argentina stunned New Zealand at the Rugby Championship for their first-ever home victory against the All Blacks. It was also just their fourth win against New Zealand in 41 official Tests dating back to 1985 — though all four have come since 2020.

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Meanwhile, in England… The Women’s Rugby World Cup kicked off on Friday, and it’s been nothing but blowouts so far. That includes England’s 69-7 thrashing of the U.S., which came in front of a record-sized crowd of 42,723.

📺 Watchlist: Monday, Aug. 25

🎾 U.S. Open, First Round | 11am ET, ESPN

Venus Williams’ comeback continues tonight (7pm), when the two-time U.S. Open champ faces No. 11 Karolína Muchová in her first Grand Slam in two years. At 45, she’s the oldest singles player to compete at the U.S. Open since 1981. Rising star No. 22 Victoria Mboko (11am), No. 6 Madison Keys (11:30am) and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz (8:10pm) also take the court today.

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🏀 Aces at Sky | 8pm, NBA

The Aces have completely turned their season around this month, rattling off 10 straight wins to climb to just half a game back of the second seed at 24-14. Three-time MVP A’ja Wilson has led the way for Vegas during this stretch, putting her in the conversation to win a fourth.

More to watch:

• ⚾️ MLB: Rays at Guardians (6:40pm, FS1) … Cleveland (64-65) and Tampa (63-67) need to string together some wins if they want to climb into the race for the final AL wild card spot.

• ⚽️ EPL: Newcastle vs. Liverpool (3pm, USA) … Some off-field drama surrounding this one: Newcastle’s Alexander Isak is refusing to play after his club rejected a $94.5 million transfer to Liverpool.

Today’s full slate.

🏀 NBA trivia

Move aside, Mickey Mantle. A one-of-a-kind Upper Deck card featuring Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant is now the most expensive sports card ever sold.

Question: Kobe and MJ are fourth and fifth, respectively, on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Which three players are ahead of them?

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Answer at the bottom.

🍿 Baker’s Dozen: Top plays of the weekend

Watch all 13.

Trivia answer: LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone

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