Daily bulletin for Sunday, August 30, 2026
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- Golf: Scottie Scheffler shoots 4-under 66 to win the Tour Championship at 16-under, three clear of Viktor Hovland; second FedEx Cup and $10 million, passing Tiger Woods on the PGA Tour career money list (PGA Tour / Sportsnet).
- NFL: Tennessee waives former starter Will Levis, the 2023 second-round pick, as all 32 clubs trim to 53-man rosters by 6 p.m. ET (NFL.com / ESPN via TSN).
- MLB: Austin Wells homers twice in a nine-run eighth; Heliot Ramos hits a three-run shot in the fifth as the Yankees rout the Red Sox 16-1 and clinch the season series (AP / ESPN).
- Tennis: Jessica Pegula beats Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 6-2 to open Arthur Ashe; Daniil Medvedev beats Hugo Gaston 6-4, 6-2, 6-4; Barbora Krejcikova (27) loses 7-6 (4), 6-2 to Kamilla Rakhimova, first seed out (AP / Reuters).
- WNBA: Angel Reese’s 29th double-double (15 points, 11 rebounds) sets the single-season record as Atlanta beats league-leading Minnesota 89-81 before the FIBA World Cup break (AP / ESPN).
Sources
- TOUR Championship 2026 Golf LeaderboardPGA Tour · Aug 30, 2026
- Scheffler claims second FedEx Cup, moves past Woods in career earningsSportsnet / Associated Press · Aug 30, 2026
- NFL Network: QB Will Levis, 2023 second-round pick, being waived by TitansNFL.com · Aug 30, 2026
- Sources: Titans waive former starting QB Will LevisESPN / TSN · Aug 30, 2026
- Yankees 16-1 Red Sox (Aug 30, 2026) Game RecapAssociated Press / ESPN · Aug 30, 2026
- Yankees rout Red Sox 16-1 behind Austin Wells' two-homer inningAssociated Press / CBS Sports · Aug 30, 2026
- Pegula, Medvedev, Kostyuk among early winners at US OpenAssociated Press · Aug 30, 2026
- Pegula shakes off nerves, Ruse in US Open first-round winAFP / Yahoo Sports · Aug 30, 2026
- Angel Reese sets WNBA double-double record as Dream top LynxAssociated Press / CBS Sports · Aug 30, 2026
- Angel Reese breaks WNBA record with 29th double-doubleESPN · Aug 30, 2026
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Hi, xxxx xxxx for sports in sixty on Sunday, August thirtieth, twenty twenty-six. Scottie Scheffler charges from three back at East Lake: a four-under sixty-six wins the Tour Championship at sixteen-under, three clear of Viktor Hovland, a second FedEx Cup, and ten million that moves him past Tiger Woods on the P.G.A. Tour money list. On cutdown Sunday, the Titans waive former starter Will Levis as N.F.L. clubs trim to fifty-three. In the Bronx, Austin Wells homers twice in a nine-run eighth as the Yankees rout the Red Sox sixteen-one. At the U.S. Open, Jessica Pegula opens Arthur Ashe six-three, six-two, Daniil Medvedev beats Hugo Gaston in three, and two-time Slam champion Barbora Krejcikova is the first seed out. In the W.N.B.A., Angel Reese’s twenty-ninth double-double — fifteen and eleven — sets the single-season record as Atlanta beats league-leading Minnesota eighty-nine–eighty-one. Sports in Sixty dot com your sports on demand anytime, anywhere!