Kyrie loves to play basketball, wants to be out there, wants to be participating with his teammates. But again, this is a choice that Kyrie had, and he was aware of that.

The GIST: After the public discovery of racist, sexist and homophobic emails, Jon Gruden has resigned as the Las Vegas Raiders head coach. Can we just get one week without a coaching scandal please?

The no-background: Last week, emails spanning from 2011 to 2018 between then-ESPN analyst Gruden and then-Washington Football Team (WFT) president Bruce Allen surfaced, in which Gruden used racist language to disparage NFL Players Association (NFLPA) executive director DeMaurice Smith.

• The emails had been found earlier this year during the investigation into the WFT’s sexual misconduct and toxic working culture and were made public just hours before player representatives voted to extend Smith’s contract.

The latest: The New York Times found and detailed additional emails on Monday, in which Gruden made misogynistic comments about the WFT’s cheerleaders and the NFL’s female referees, and frequently used homophobic slurs in reference to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

The fallout: Gruden announced his resignation from the Las Vegas Raiders — the same team that Carl Nassib, the NFL’s first openly gay player, suits up for — on Monday evening.

• Since then, he’s lost an endorsement deal with Skechers, many star players have condemned his words and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (who he coached to a Super Bowl in 2003) will remove his name from their Ring of Honor. Good riddance.

The GIST: Forget spooky season, nothing gives us goosebumps quite like win-or-go-home October baseball.

American League (AL): The AL Championship Series (CS) is set. The Boston Red Sox eliminated the defending AL champion Tampa Bay Rays on Monday behind not one, but two walk-off wins. Now walk it out.

• Elsewhere, amidst another round of cheating allegations, the Houston Astros eliminated the Chicago White Sox with yesterday’s 10–1 Game 4 win.

• Beginning on Friday, the ’stros will face manager Alex Cora’s Red Sox in the ALCS. Reminder: Cora was heavily involved in the sign-stealing scandal that still looms over the Astros today. We live for the drama.

National League (NL): One team has advanced to the NLCS, but it’ll come down to a winner-take-all Game 5 to decide the final spot. Thanks to a clutch solo home run from 2020 NL MVP Freddie Freeman, the Atlanta Braves eliminated the Milwaukee Brewers with yesterday’s 5–4 win. While we’re eliminating things, let’s get rid of the chop next, ’kay?

• Meanwhile, the defending champion LA Dodgers won at home to force a decisive Game 5 in the Bay vs. the San Francisco Giants tomorrow at 9:07 p.m. ET. Getcha popcorn ready.

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The GIST: There is so much happening in the world of women’s basketball...or as we like to call it, basketball.

Game 2: The WNBA Finals continue tonight at 9 p.m. ET, with the Game 1–winning Chicago Sky back in Phoenix to play the Mercury. The Sky’s Kahleah Copper will look to match her 21-point performance, while the Mercury are expected to welcome back Sophie Cunningham from injury in hopes of a better result.

WNBA: Elsewhere in the league, the Atlanta Dream have hired former player and 14-year vet Tanisha Wright as their new head coach (HC). The Dream (who had their fair share of turmoil this season) had two coaching changes this past year, and rookie HC Wright should give the Dream the necessary stability and fresh outlook to end their three-year postseason drought.

Athletes Unlimited: And while W commissioner Cathy Engelbert talks expansion plans, the great minds over at Athletes Unlimited have started a new basketball league (for women!). It’ll run during the W’s offseason, and Washington Mystics star Natasha Cloud has already signed on to join the inaugural five-week season, which starts January 29th. Can’t freaking wait.

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Some kickass women. Yesterday, Amanda Vandervort was named the inaugural president of the United Soccer League (USL) Super League, a Division II pro soccer league that will double the number of women’s pro teams in the U.S. when it debuts in 2023.

• And in the world of hockey, a record 10 women are on the roster to officiate American Hockey League (the NHL’s farm league) games this year. Let’s hear it for the girls.

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