World Sports in 60 Seconds
Daily bulletin for Friday, August 7, 2026
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- NFL: Jahmyr Gibbs signs a 3-year, $67.5M Lions extension ($51.5M guaranteed) — highest-paid RB in NFL history (ESPN / Lions).
- WNBA: Chelsea Gray’s buzzer-beating 3s lift Aces past Fever 86-84 in OT; Clark 20 points, 8 turnovers (AP).
- MLB: Red Sox win 12-11 in 13 innings vs White Sox for 8th straight; 31-5 since late June (AP / CBS).
- Soccer: Portland Timbers open Leagues Cup with a 5-2 rout of Club Puebla (MLS).
- Golf: Ben James leads Wyndham Championship at 11-under midway; FedExCup bubble week (PGA Tour coverage).
Sources
- Lions' Gibbs relieved with deal done, moves focus to fieldESPN · Aug 7, 2026
- Lions sign RB Jahmyr Gibbs to contract extension through the 2030 seasonDetroit Lions · Aug 7, 2026
- Gray hits buzzer-beating 3s after Clark's mistakes to lift Aces past Fever 86-84 in OTAssociated Press · Aug 7, 2026
- Durbin’s RBI single in the 13th inning caps Red Sox's 12-11 win over the White SoxAssociated Press · Aug 7, 2026
- The Red Sox can't lose, and they're looking more and more like serious World Series contendersCBS Sports · Aug 7, 2026
- Portland Timbers make Leagues Cup statement with Puebla routMLS · Aug 7, 2026
- Connecticut's Ben James atop the leaderboard at Wyndham ChampionshipEurope Says / Golf wires · Aug 7, 2026
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Hi, xxxx xxxx for sports in sixty on Friday, August seventh, twenty twenty-six. In the N.F.L., Jahmyr Gibbs signs a three-year, sixty-seven-point-five million dollar Lions extension — about fifty-one-point-five million guaranteed — becoming the highest-paid running back in league history after a week that also reset the market for Bijan Robinson and Jonathan Taylor. In the W.N.B.A., Chelsea Gray hits buzzer-beating threes to force overtime and then win it, as the defending-champion Aces edge Caitlin Clark's Fever eighty-six to eighty-four. In baseball, the Red Sox survive a thirteen-inning, twelve-eleven marathon over the White Sox for their eighth straight win — thirty-one of thirty-six since late June. In soccer, the Portland Timbers make a Leagues Cup statement, routing Club Puebla five-two at Providence Park. And on the PGA Tour, Virginia product Ben James sits atop the Wyndham Championship at eleven-under as FedExCup playoff spots hang in the balance. Your sports on demand anytime, anywhere!

