UMass Upset, Zverev Marathon and Smriti Mandhana

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 scorer in women’s international cricket. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.