World Sports in 60 Seconds
Daily bulletin for Tuesday, August 18, 2026
AI-presented video · Captions unavailable. Full transcript.
Show notes
- MLB: Pete Crow-Armstrong hits a leadoff homer and a two-run walk-off in the 10th as the Cubs beat the White Sox 7-5; first leadoff-and-walk-off game since 2010, and consecutive 30-30 seasons (ESPN / MLB.com).
- MLB: Shohei Ohtani goes 4-for-5 with two home runs as the Dodgers beat the Rockies 11-5 at Coors Field (AP / ESPN).
- Tennis: Serena and Venus Williams lose 2-6, 6-1, 10-8 to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns in their first doubles match together since the 2022 U.S. Open (AP / BBC).
- WNBA: Gabby Williams scores 23 as Golden State beats Dallas 78-70, a sixth straight win that clinches a playoff berth for a second straight year (AP / ESPN).
Sources
- Pete Crow-Armstrong's two homers fuel Chicago Cubs' victoryESPN · Aug 18, 2026
- Pete Crow-Armstrong records second straight 30-30 seasonMLB.com · Aug 18, 2026
- Ohtani’s 2 homers ignite a Dodgers breakout at Coors Field as Snell shines in 11-5 win over RockiesAssociated Press · Aug 18, 2026
- Dodgers 11-5 Rockies (Aug 17, 2026) Game RecapESPN · Aug 18, 2026
- Serena and Venus Williams fall just short in return to doublesAssociated Press · Aug 18, 2026
- Cincinnati Open: Serena and Venus Williams beaten on doubles returnBBC Sport · Aug 18, 2026
- Valkyries clinch playoff berth for 2nd straight year, beating Wings 78-70Associated Press · Aug 18, 2026
- Valkyries top Wings to clinch playoff spot for 2nd straight seasonESPN · Aug 18, 2026
Sports in 60 summarizes and comments on reporting from the linked publishers. Source links are provided for attribution and verification; article text is not reproduced.
Read transcript
Hi, xxxx xxxx for sports in sixty on Tuesday, August eighteenth, twenty twenty-six. In baseball, Pete Crow-Armstrong leads off with a homer and walks it off in the tenth — a two-run shot that lifts the Cubs past the White Sox seven-five; four hits, first leadoff-and-walk-off game since twenty ten, and back-to-back thirty-thirty seasons. Also Monday, Shohei Ohtani goes four-for-five with two homers as the Dodgers break out eleven-five at Coors Field. In Cincinnati, Serena and Venus Williams play their first doubles together since the twenty twenty-two U.S. Open and lose two-six, six-one, ten-eight to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns. And in the W.N.B.A., Gabby Williams scores twenty-three as Golden State beats Dallas seventy-eight seventy, a sixth straight win that clinches a playoff berth for a second straight year. Sports in Sixty dot com your sports on demand anytime, anywhere!