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One fan is hoping to cash in on a part of Shohei Ohtani’s incredible performance during Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.

Ohtani launched three home runs in the 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, which propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers to the World Series with the NLCS sweep. Video showed David Flores ended up with the third home run ball, and he said he plans on selling it.

“I have a 12-year-old son and his college is in his future,” Flores said, per Josh Peter of USA Today.

He also said, “It ricocheted to me and I just caught it like a baby and I squeezed it nice and tight, and it just happened that I stayed calm and I remained calm.”

Peter noted Carlo Mendoza said he found Ohtani’s second homer in bushes after it went over the right-center field pavilion roof, although there is no video to confirm as much. Steve Brener, who is in the Dodgers’ public relations department, “expressed skepticism about Mendoza’s claim,” per Peter.

Mendoza said he prefers to give the ball back to Ohtani.

The fate of the first home-run ball is unknown at this time.

Hitting three monster home runs in front of a raucous home crowd to lead the team to a second straight World Series would be an incredible performance on its own. But Ohtani also started the game on the mound as a pitcher.

All he did in that role was strike out 10 and allow two hits in six scoreless innings of work. It was another brilliant starting pitching performance for the Dodgers in the series after Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow impressed in the first three games.

Given what was at stake and the overall showing, it was arguably the most memorable game of Ohtani’s legendary career. It fully highlighted how unique of a player he is across all sports as he single-handedly took over the victory in multiple ways.

A souvenir from that performance could certainly be worth plenty of money, and Flores is hoping to receive the windfall.

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One fan is hoping to cash in on a part of Shohei Ohtani’s incredible performance during Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.

Ohtani launched three home runs in the 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, which propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers to the World Series with the NLCS sweep. Video showed David Flores ended up with the third home run ball, and he said he plans on selling it.

“I have a 12-year-old son and his college is in his future,” Flores said, per Josh Peter of USA Today.

He also said, “It ricocheted to me and I just caught it like a baby and I squeezed it nice and tight, and it just happened that I stayed calm and I remained calm.”

Peter noted Carlo Mendoza said he found Ohtani’s second homer in bushes after it went over the right-center field pavilion roof, although there is no video to confirm as much. Steve Brener, who is in the Dodgers’ public relations department, “expressed skepticism about Mendoza’s claim,” per Peter.

Mendoza said he prefers to give the ball back to Ohtani.

The fate of the first home-run ball is unknown at this time.

Hitting three monster home runs in front of a raucous home crowd to lead the team to a second straight World Series would be an incredible performance on its own. But Ohtani also started the game on the mound as a pitcher.

All he did in that role was strike out 10 and allow two hits in six scoreless innings of work. It was another brilliant starting pitching performance for the Dodgers in the series after Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow impressed in the first three games.

Given what was at stake and the overall showing, it was arguably the most memorable game of Ohtani’s legendary career. It fully highlighted how unique of a player he is across all sports as he single-handedly took over the victory in multiple ways.

A souvenir from that performance could certainly be worth plenty of money, and Flores is hoping to receive the windfall.

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It’s WrestleDream week and a three-plus-hour go-home show was on tap to get fans ready for this Saturday night’s PPV event. There are some intriguing matchups as well as some rematches scheduled for this weekend, so let’s see how they did to get viewers ready.

HITS

MOXLEY-DARBY FACE-TO-FACE

This was a great segment. They just sat two guys down in chairs across from each other and had them talk. They had a conversation that did not come across as scripted. Viewers could hear both wrestlers explain their reasons for doing what they’ve been doing for the past few months. This was well constructed and well delivered by both. This is clearly the most anticipated match of the PPV for many fans and Tony Khan should really think about making it the main event.

The sequel to this later in the show was fine and the images of Darby crawling through all the abuse to get to Moxley was well done, but it wasn’t necessary to add any more anticipation in my mind. Needless to say, this is the match that has the most long-term emotional build and should be wild come Saturday night.

JURASSIC EXPRESS AND KENNY OMEGA

Early in the show, Jack Perry gave us a little more clarity, but he was still too vague in his explanation of his motives. If he is going to be a babyface again, he needs to show remorse over what he did in the past. The six-man tag match an hour later did a better job in that regard. The match was not only fun to watch and a hard-hitting affair, but there was a lot of narrative that made it more clear the role that the new Jurassic Express will play.

Perry sacrificed himself for Omega, which was the clear babyface decision I was hoping for as they eventually came out on top and got a much better fan reaction after the match than they did at the start. Omega coming to their aid when The Young Bucks arrived was another step forward for Omega to build some allies, since most of his friends are no longer available to help.

QUICK HITS

– The Toni Storm-Kris Statlander opening interview and short fight was weird, but strangely, it made me anticipate the match on Saturday a little bit more than I did previously, so I suppose that was the purpose of the segment!

– Jamie Hayter vs. Skye Blue was a very good match. Blue has continued to improve every week. Thekla did a great job in her promo setting up her match with Hayter for WrestleDream and it was nice that they didn’t have another beatdown to lead into the PPV. The match and words were all that was needed. I like Thekla and I think she should be built into a title contender sooner rather than later.

– The Claudio Castagnoli vs. Roderick Strong match was a lot of fun and very hard-hitting. It was a nice reminder what a force Claudio can be.

– The Opps vs. LFI match was more solid wrestling, but what stood out was “Hangman” Adam Page and his interaction with Bryan Danielson on commentary. They had some great insight on the World Title match at WrestleDream and the post-match angle did enough to make this another one I’m looking forward to watching on Saturday. I have really liked the build to this despite how quickly they had to pivot to this storyline.

– Once again, the six-man tag match to end the show was good and gave you more Don Callis and Bryan Danielson on commentary and set up the Mark Briscoe vs. Kyle Fletcher TNT Title match for WrestleDream as well as set up the Tag Title match with Brodido vs. Kazuchika Okada & Konsuke Takeshita. All are intriguing matchups that should deliver at the PPV.

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MISSES

HURT SYNDICATE/DEMAND OUT OF ORDER?

Why are getting a six-man tornado tag match with The Hurt Syndicate and The Demand at WrestleDream when we just got a street fight between them a week ago? This is an example of a match that certainly could have been left off the PPV, especially since we got another tag match between the two teams on Dynamite It’s just too much and makes it hard to get excited about what’s to come this weekend, even if they made it a tornado tag. I like both teams, but they need to move on from each other. The street fight should have been the blowoff.

TOO MANY MULTI-PERSON MATCHES

That sure was a lot of multi-person matches on a three-hour broadcast. While I understand their need to get as many wrestlers on the show and preview WrestleDream this weekend without any of the main participants taking falls, this could have been better executed. Why not have some singles matches to determine opponents for the PPV matches lower on the card? Why not have a tag match that gives the winner a spot in the show or have a match for a stipulation. There were no stakes in 90 percent of the matches on Dynamite this week and that is a problem that should be fixed immediately.

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AJ Styles had made it abundantly clear as of late that he intends to retire from the ring sometime in 2026. Per Fightful Select (h/t SI’s The Takedown), his current contract with WWE is set to expire early on in the year, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he won’t sign another extension to ensure he can wrap up on a major stage such as WrestleMania or SummerSlam.

There’s any number of opponents he can close out his career against, whether it’s familiar faces or new names he has yet to work with. Some make more sense than others, but CM Punk is all but guaranteed to not be among them.

Their only interactions in WWE came during the 2025 men’s Royal Rumble and a Triple Threat Money in the Bank qualifier on Raw in June. They did have the occasional outing in Ring of Honor two decades ago, but both of them have come so far as performers since then to where a match between them today could be epic.

While the matchup wouldn’t be what it could have been when they were still in their physical prime, it’d still be fun to see them mix it up before Styles hangs up his boots for good. Unless something drastically changes leading into WrestleMania season, however, this isn’t a match WWE has on their radar, despite overwhelming interest from fans.

Understandably, the company might want Styles to share the squared circle with a younger prospect who can actually benefit from beating him in his final match.

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Chelsea’s activity in the transfer market during recent seasons has led fans of rival clubs to question how the Blues can afford such a volume of high-profile, expensive signings without contravening the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability rules (PSR).

Under BlueCo ownership, the Blues have been able to sell the Women’s team and hotels on the Stamford Bridge site to sister companies, making sure they, technically, abide by English football’s financial controls.

According to Daily Telegraph journalist Matt Law, the Blues will need to be more business-savvy next summer as the club’s financial position comes under greater scrutiny by European football’s governing body.

Chelsea added big-money signing Joao Pedro to their squad this past summer (Image credit: Getty Images)

“Nicolas Jackson isn’t in their Champions League squad. So even if they sell Nicolas Jackson, he will not count [towards complying with UEFA’s rules],” Law said on the ‘London is Blue’ podcast.

“Because it has to be people who you have to balance against people who were in your squad. So, if [Chelsea] sell [Raheem] Sterling, if they sell Jackson, if they sell [Axel] Disasi, they’re not going to count.

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“So, if they bring players into a squad next summer, they’re going to have to trade again, and it’s going to result in first-team players having to be sold, basically. That makes life very difficult for next summer.”

Chelsea spent approximately £300m in the summer transfer window, recouping around £290m from player sales. Whether Enzo Maresca’s side are able to repeat their strong player trading performance in 12 months’ time is a different matter altogether, but could prove necessary.

Champions League participation is closely tied to stronger financial performance (Image credit: Getty Images)

Based on Chelsea’s most recently available accounts as at June 30, 2024, the club reported a pre-tax profit of £128.4 million, suggesting the organisation is in good financial health. This reflected a major improvement on the £90.1 million loss posted during the previous year.

Although, without the ‘repositioning’ of their Women’s team, which generated a £198.7m profit, Chelsea’s financial footing would not appear as secure.

Clubs competing in UEFA competitions must also adhere to the ‘squad cost rule’, which limits a club’s spending on wages, transfer fees (amortised over the contract length), and agent fees.

This spending is capped at 70 per cent of the club’s annual revenue, which fell to £468.5m during 2023/24, down from just over half a billion the season prior.

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Kirill Kaprizov usually makes headlines with his on-ice performance, but his rejection of a whopping eight-year, $128 million contract offer from the Minnesota Wild dominated the hockey news. It also raised questions about whether the 28-year-old winger’s future remained in “The State of Hockey”.

The Hockey News‘ Michael Traikos wondered if the Kaprizov camp preferred a shorter term. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman musedover whether another team might be willing to offer him more money. Meanwhile, Bleacher Report’s Adam Gretz listed six possible trade landing spots for Kaprizov.

On Sept. 16, TSN’s Pierre LeBrun reported contract discussions between Wild general manager Bill Guerin and Kaprizov’s agent, Paul Theofanous, were not cordial. However, he indicated the Wild haven’t engaged in trade talks, adding they still believe he wants to stay in Minnesota.

During the opening day of training camp, Kaprizov told reporters that he loves Minnesota and wants to stay, but is leaving the contract issues with his agent. Guerin said they’re keeping the talks private, adding that the club’s priority is to re-sign their franchise star.

Kaprizov’s rejection of the Wild’s offer doesn’t mean Guerin will give up and put the high-scoring winger on the trade block. Their recent comments from both sides indicate that a willingness remains to get a deal done. Unless that tone changes, the Wild don’t intend to move him.

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The Portland Trail Blazers franchise will be sold to a group led by Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon. The price of…

Sep 12, 2025, 05:45 PM ETPORTLAND, Ore. — Paul Allen’s estate has formally reached an agreement to sell the Portland…