Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge both homer to lead Yankees to win over Guardians in Game 5 of AL Division Series  —  They always knew they would end up there.  Tuesday night, Nestor Cortes, Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge punched that ticket back to Houston.

Ohtani had ‘good’ season; less glowing about Angels results  —  Japanese two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani arrived home on Tuesday and was critical of his Los Angeles Angels team missing the Major League Baseball playoffs again.  In an interview at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, he said it was “a good season for me personally.”

488 feet!  Schwarber drops jaws with upper-deck Petco HR  —  Phillies slugger smashes 2nd-longest postseason homer tracked by Statcast  —  SAN DIEGO — For a brief moment on Tuesday night, we were all two-time National League MVP Bryce Harper: speechless.

Mitch Trubisky has a chance to force Steelers into difficult decision  —  Mike Tomlin doesn't have a quarterback debate on his hands — not yet.  But he might in another week, and it all depends on the player who was abruptly benched two weeks ago after a halftime locker room incident.

Cubs lowering season-ticket prices by 5.1 percent: Dollars and sense  —  The Cubs drew 2,616,780 fans to Wrigley Field this past season.  Or to be more accurate, they sold 2,616,780 tickets.  As you might've noticed on TV, there were some no-shows.  That figure alone represents a decline …

Press-Telegram Boys Athlete of the Week: Ryan Pellum, Millikan  —  Pellum had three touchdowns in Millikan's 50-20 win vs. Compton last week  —  PRESS-TELEGRAM BOYS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK  —  Noteworthy: Pellum had a big game that included a 79-yard touchdown catch in Millikan's 50-20 win at home against Compton on Friday, Oct. 14.

Lots of intrigue as Knicks start Year 3 under Tom Thibodeau  —  MEMPHIS — Year 1 of the Tom Thibodeau experience was rainbows and unicorns.  —  Year 2 was like the Saturday Night Fever sequel.  —  Year 3 is the inflection point of this particular Knicks chapter.

San Pedro man found guilty in 1996 murder of Kristin Smart; his father acquitted  —  The last man seen with Kristin Smart was convicted Tuesday, Oct. 18, of killing the college freshman who vanished from a California campus more than 25 years ago, while his father was acquitted of helping him conceal the crime.