CHICAGO (AP) — The second game of a scheduled doubleheader between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs was postponed Monday night due to thunderstorms in the area.

It will be made up Tuesday afternoon as part of a day-night twinbill at Wrigley Field.

Milwaukee opened the five-game series with a 7-0 victory Monday afternoon, thanks to six innings of one-hit ball from All-Star pitcher Freddy Peralta. Brice Turang and Caleb Durbin each hit a solo home run to lead the Brewers to their 23rd victory in 28 games.

At 79-45, the Brewers have the best record in the majors. Milwaukee leads the second-place Cubs, who have lost six of 10, by nine games in the NL Central.

Matthew Boyd (11-6, 2.46 ERA) is set to pitch the first game Tuesday for the Cubs, and Jameson Taillon (7-6, 4.44) is probable to start the nightcap after returning from the 15-day injured list Monday.

Milwaukee right-hander Chad Patrick (3-7, 3.52 ERA) is scheduled to start the opener, with Brandon Woodruff (4-0, 2.06) slated to go in Game 2.

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Frankie Edgar is picking back up his gloves — but only metaphorically.

The UFC Hall of Famer and former UFC lightweight champion has inked a deal with bare-knuckling boxing leader BKFC, Uncrowned’s Ariel Helwani confirmed Monday.

Edgar’s promotional debut is tentatively scheduled to arrive on Oct. 4 against fellow UFC veteran Jimmie Rivera, per sources, pending approval from the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board.

BKFC’s Oct. 4 show is expected to be one of the promotion’s biggest of 2025, headlined by a marquee fight for BKFC’s King of Violence title between reigning King of Violence champion Mike Perry and longtime UFC knockout artist Jeremy Stephens.

More on this story in a moment.

Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left Monday’s matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates early with an apparent hamstring injury. 

Guerrero was pulled late from the game after the sixth inning with what the team called left hamstring tightness. Further specifics are not yet known, though Guerrero had been openly complaining about his hamstring throughout the night at PNC Park. 

After a base hit in the bottom of the first inning, Guerrero was spotted pointing at his hamstring and saying, “malo” toward someone in the dugout. That translates to “bad” in English.

Guerrero remained in the game after that, and made a wild play at first where he did the splits to make a catch and complete the play, which couldn’t have helped any. He popped right back up after that play and jogged off the field.

Guerrero had an RBI in his two at-bats of the night before he was pulled from the game. The severity of his injury is not yet known.

The Blue Jays entered Monday’s contest with a 73-52 record, which has them in first in the American League standings just barely ahead of the Detroit Tigers. They’ve got a five-game lead over the Boston Red Sox in the AL East standings, too. Monday’s game was the first of a three-game series with the Pirates in Pennsylvania.

This post will be updated with more information shortly.

Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left Monday’s matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates early with an apparent hamstring injury. 

Guerrero was pulled late from the game after the sixth inning with what the team called left hamstring tightness. Further specifics are not yet known, though Guerrero had been openly complaining about his hamstring throughout the night at PNC Park. 

After a base hit in the bottom of the first inning, Guerrero was spotted pointing at his hamstring and saying, “malo” toward someone in the dugout. That translates to “bad” in English.

Guerrero remained in the game after that, and made a wild play at first where he did the splits to make a catch and complete the play, which couldn’t have helped any. He popped right back up after that play and jogged off the field.

Guerrero had an RBI in his two at-bats of the night before he was pulled from the game. The severity of his injury is not yet known.

The Blue Jays entered Monday’s contest with a 73-52 record, which has them in first in the American League standings just barely ahead of the Detroit Tigers. They’ve got a five-game lead over the Boston Red Sox in the AL East standings, too. Monday’s game was the first of a three-game series with the Pirates in Pennsylvania.

This post will be updated with more information shortly.

Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left Monday’s matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates early with an apparent hamstring injury. 

Guerrero was pulled late from the game after the sixth inning with what the team called left hamstring tightness. Further specifics are not yet known, though Guerrero had been openly complaining about his hamstring throughout the night at PNC Park. 

After a base hit in the bottom of the first inning, Guerrero was spotted pointing at his hamstring and saying, “malo” toward someone in the dugout. That translates to “bad” in English.

Guerrero remained in the game after that, and made a wild play at first where he did the splits to make a catch and complete the play, which couldn’t have helped any. He popped right back up after that play and jogged off the field.

Guerrero had an RBI in his two at-bats of the night before he was pulled from the game. The severity of his injury is not yet known.

The Blue Jays entered Monday’s contest with a 73-52 record, which has them in first in the American League standings just barely ahead of the Detroit Tigers. They’ve got a five-game lead over the Boston Red Sox in the AL East standings, too. Monday’s game was the first of a three-game series with the Pirates in Pennsylvania.

This post will be updated with more information shortly.

The Oklahoma City Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics before them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by the players who have suited up for the franchise since its founding at the start of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Thunder Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.

And while those Supersonics jerseys may not remain part of the franchise history should a new team be established in Seattle as was the case with the return of the Charlotte Hornets, they are part of the Thunder’s history today.

For this article, we continue with the 38th jersey number in the series, jersey No. 40, with 11 players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.

The seventh of those players who did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, big man alum Tim McCormick. After ending his college career at Michigan, McCormick was picked up with the 12th overall selection of the 1984 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Detroit, Michigan native would play the first two seasons of his pro career with Seattle after a draft night deal. That came to an end when he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in 1986.

During his time suiting up for the Sonics, McCormick wore only jersey No. 40 and put up 9.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game.

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 40 – Tim McCormick (1984-86)

The Brooklyn Nets have 52 jersey numbers worn by over 600 different players over the course of their history since the franchise was founded in 1967 as a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA), when the team was known as the “New Jersey Americans”.

Since then, that league has been absorbed by the NBA with the team that would later become the New York Nets and New Jersey Nets before settling on the name by which they are known today, bringing their rich player and jersey history with them to the league of today.

To commemorate the players who played for the Nets over the decades wearing those 52 different jersey numbers, Nets Wire is covering the entire history of the franchise’s jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team. The 23rd of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 22, which has has had a total of 31 players wear the number in the history of the team.

The 11th of those players wearing No. 22 played in the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets in two stints, Hall of Fame forward alum Bernard King. After ending his college career at Tennessee, King was picked up with the seventh overall selection of the 1977 NBA Draft by the Nets.

The Brooklyn, New York native would play the first two seasons of his pro career with New Jersey, his first stint ending with a trade to the Utah Jazz in 1979. Before his second stint, he also played for Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, and (then) Washington Bullets (now, Wizards) before signing with the Nets for the final season of his career in 1993.

During his time suiting up for the Nets, King wore only jersey Nos. 22 and 30 and put up 20.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.3 steals per game.

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Celtics jersey history No. 22 – Bernard King (1977-79)

No one is quite sure what to expect out of Jasper Johnson‘s freshman season at Kentucky, but if there’s one thing we do know, it’s that he can put the ball in the net.

The 6-foot-4 lefty has been well-regarded as one of the best scoring prospects from the 2025 recruiting class. His ability to put up points from all over the floor, particularly from well beyond the three-point line, is what helped make him a top 25 recruit in high school for multiple years. Johnson averaged 20.3 points per game in his final season at Overtime Elite. Suiting up for Team USA earlier this summer, he posted eight points per game on over 40 percent shooting from distance. The Lexington native has learned how to fill an efficient scoring role.

That scoring prowess has shown up during Kentucky’s summer practices, too. In his intel article from last week, KSR’s Jack Pilgrim reported that he’s hearing Johnson is likely the best pure scorer on the roster. Kentucky head coach Mark Pope might just agree with that idea.

“Jasper Johnson, one of the best kids ever,” Pope said last week on the Eye on College Basketball with Matt Norlander. “Soft spoken, but on the court, he takes on a totally different persona. He is a dangerous, dangerous, dangerous scorer. He could easily put up 12 or 15 points in two and a half minutes. He’s going to be really fun to coach, and he’s hungry to grow.”

Johnson’s microwave scoring tendencies might unearth memories for the Big Blue Nation of Rob Dillingham‘s lone season at Kentucky. The two share similarities as skinny, slithering guards who can get to their spots and hit tough shots both inside and outside the perimeter. Dillingham was labeled “shifty” for a reason — Johnson has some of that shift to his game, as well.

As a true freshman in 2025-26, Johnson is expected to come off the bench for the Wildcats. How soon he comes off the pine will be the storyline we follow once the season-opener hits. His scoring skills will earn him opportunities, but it’s excelling at other areas of the game that will keep him on the floor for extended periods.