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MLB Playoffs 2024: Schedule, Postseason Spherical, Standings

MLB Playoffs 2024: Schedule, Postseason Round, Standings

The 2024 MLB Playoffs are finally here after the season ended with a playoff-relevant baseball doubleheader on Monday.

For the third time, the 12-team postseason begins with an action-packed Wild Card Round beginning Tuesday on ESPN, where eight teams will compete for four spots to advance to the eight-team division series.

The American League's playoff picture was over when the regular season was scheduled to end Sunday with the Yankees and Guardians finishing in the top two spots. But the playoff picture in the National League – where the Phillies and Dodgers secured the top seeds – wasn't set until the Mets and Braves finished their two games on Monday. New York and Atlanta split their doubleheader to each clinch a playoff spot (officially eliminating Arizona), and they will face their respective wild-card opponents in a quick-round game before Tuesday. What a start to postseason baseball!

From the first pitch of the Wild Card games to the final game of the World Series, we've got you covered with the postseason, schedules, results and how to watch every game in October.

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American League Wild Card Series

Watch: MLB Wild Card Series

Eight teams will enter the field, but only four will move on. Watch all of the Wild Card Series matchups on ESPN and ABC through Thursday.

The schedule for Tuesday:

DET @ HOU: 2:30 p.m. ET on ABC
KC @ BAL: 4:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2
NYM @ MIL: 5:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
ATL @ SD: 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN

Best-of-three series

Always east

Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros

Detroit leads the series 1-0

  • Game 1: Tigers 3, Astros 1

  • Game 2: Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. (ABC)

  • Game 3*: Thursday at 2:30 p.m. (ABC)

*if required

Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles

Kansas City leads the series 1-0

  • Game 1: Royals 1, Orioles 0

  • Game 2: Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

  • Game 3*: Thursday at 4 p.m. (ESPN)

*if required

National League Wild Card Series

Best-of-three series

New York Mets at Milwaukee Brewers

  • Game 1: Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

  • Game 2: Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

  • Game 3*: Thursday at 7 p.m. (ESPN)

*if required

Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres

  • Game 1: Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

  • Game 2: Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

  • Game 3*: Thursday at 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

*if required

American League Division Series

Best-of-five series

Cleveland Guardians vs Tigers-Astros winner

  • Game 1: TBD at Guardians, Saturday, October 5 (TBS)

  • Game 2: TBD at the Guardians, Monday, October 7 (TBS)

  • Game 3: Guardians at TBD, Wednesday, October 9 (TBS)

  • Game 4*: Guardians at TBD, Thursday, October 10 (TBS)

  • Game 5*: TBD at Guardians, Saturday October 12th (TBS)

*if required

New York Yankees versus Royals-Orioles winner

  • Game 1: TBD at Yankees, Saturday, October 5 (TBS)

  • Game 2: TBD at Yankees, Monday, October 7 (TBS)

  • Game 3: Yankees at TBD, Wednesday, October 9 (TBS)

  • Game 4*: Yankees at TBD, Thursday, October 10 (TBS)

  • Game 5*: TBD at Yankees, Saturday, October 12 (TBS)

*if required

National League Division Series

Best-of-five series

Philadelphia Phillies against the winner of the Mets-Brewers

Editor's Tips

2 relatives

  • Game 1: TBD at Phillies, Saturday, October 5 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 2: TBD at Phillies, Sunday, October 6 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 3: Phillies at TBD, Tuesday, October 8 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 4*: Phillies at TBD, Wednesday, October 9 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 5*: TBD at Phillies, Friday, October 11 (FOX/FS1)

*if required

Los Angeles Dodgers vs Braves-Padres winner

  • Game 1: TBD at Dodgers, Saturday, October 5 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 2: TBD at Dodgers, Sunday, October 6 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 3: Dodgers at TBD, Tuesday, October 8 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 4*: Dodgers at TBD, Wednesday, October 9 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 5*: TBD at Dodgers, Friday, October 11 (FOX/FS1)

*if required

American League Championship Series

Best-of-seven series

  • Game 1: Monday, October 14th (TBS)

  • Game 2: Tuesday, October 15 (TBS)

  • Game 3: Thursday, October 17 (TBS)

  • Game 4: Friday, October 18 (TBS)

  • Game 5*: Saturday, October 19th (TBS)

  • Game 6*: Monday, October 21st (TBS)

  • Game 7*: Tuesday, October 22nd (TBS)

*if required

National League Championship Series

Best-of-seven series

  • Game 1: Sunday, October 13th (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 2: Monday, October 14th (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 3: Wednesday, October 16 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 4: Thursday, October 17th (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 5*: Friday, October 18th (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 6*: Sunday, October 20th (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 7*: Monday, October 21st (FOX/FS1)

*if required

World Series

Best-of-seven series

  • Game 1: Friday, October 25 (FOX)

  • Game 2: Saturday, October 26 (FOX)

  • Game 3: Monday, October 28 (FOX)

  • Game 4: Tuesday, October 29 (FOX)

  • Game 5*: Wednesday, October 30 (FOX)

  • Game 6*: Friday, November 1st (FOX)

  • Game 7*: Saturday, November 2nd (FOX)

*if required

Note: If both league championship series conclude by October 19th – meaning neither series lasts longer than five games – the World Series begins on Tuesday, October 22nd

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Science

CBS is misrepresenting the information about Hurricane Helene and hurricane developments – do you agree?

CBS is misrepresenting the facts about Hurricane Helene and hurricane trends - do you agree?

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By Linnea Lueken

In a recent weather segment on CBS News in Los Angeles titled “Helene Gains Strength as Climate Change Impacts,” a staff meteorologist claims that Hurricane Helene has been strengthened by climate change and that hurricanes in general are increasing in intensity and strength. That's wrong. It's actually shocking how wrong CBS is about the actual hurricane data, namely that hurricanes aren't getting more intense, more frequent or stronger.

The CBS video's description states: “…Helene gains strength from warmer waters in the Gulf of Mexico, an effect linked to climate change that appears to make hurricanes and storms more powerful.”

The CBS host turns the segment over to meteorologist Marina Jurica, who claims that “the increasing intensity of hurricanes is largely due to physics…Hurricanes draw their energy from warm ocean water, and as climate change causes sea surface temperatures to rise, available energy increases.” These storms are increasing.”

It's true that warm sea surface temperatures contribute to the formation of hurricanes. However, they are far from the only element, and in fact, for most of this hurricane season, storms have struggled to form at all despite warmer than average sea surface temperatures.

Jurica makes the common claim that warmer water causes stronger winds and more moisture, leading to heavier precipitation: “One of the most significant impacts of climate change is its impact on the intensity of hurricanes…which is why we are seeing more catastrophic flooding associated with all hurricanes. “these recent storms.” The host went on to claim that hurricanes have been more intense in recent years and “the magnitude of storms is increasing,” and Jurica added that “storms have been slower moving in recent decades,” with Harvey being cited as Example of this effect was used. Most of these claims are complete nonsense.

Starting with the anecdote about Hurricane Harvey: When the storm hit Texas in 2017, it was the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2005, following a 12-year severe hurricane drought in one of the most active tropical storm regions in the world. The longest such major hurricane drought on record in the United States.

Jurica claims in the CBS clip that Harvey was blocked because of global warming, which caused more moisture in the air and dumped more water on Texas, and while it's true that the rainfall in the area was unprecedented, shows the reality that it was cooler than normal low that stalled the storm over Houston. Stalled storms are nothing new, as professional meteorologist and hurricane historian Joe Bastardi points out here. As a meteorologist, it was Jurica's job to look this up before appearing on live television.

No measured hurricane data supports the claim that hurricanes have become stronger. Only incorrect computer model outputs are found.

Publicly available data show no trend in the increasing frequency or intensity of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic or elsewhere in the world. Accumulated cyclone energy is a measure used to track the overall strength of tropical cyclones over time. This one from Dr. Data presented by Ryan Maue suggests that they have lost strength since the 1990s. (See image below)

Even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) agrees, noting that there is “low confidence that detectable changes in tropical cyclone activity are due to anthropogenic influences.”

The CBS broadcast occurred before Helene made landfall, and while Hurricane Helene proved to be very destructive, this is not unprecedented. Previous hurricanes have also caused significant flooding, wind and tornado damage far inland in the Appalachian Mountains and surrounding regions, such as Hurricane Gracie in 1959, which made landfall in South Carolina as a Category 4 and killed 13 people in Virginia died as a result of tornadoes. There are many other examples, the most devastating of which was the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a Category 4 storm that claimed between 6,000 and 12,000 lives, most of them due to storm surge and flooding.

Any major storm that causes loss of life and property is a tragedy and must be taken seriously. That's why it's so appalling when the mainstream media exploits people's fear of dangerous storms and their loss and misery in their wake. to make false claims about climate change. The CBS meteorologist is either woefully uninformed about hurricane data or simply doesn't care about the facts despite her training as a meteorologist.

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Health

CVS is working with consultants on the strategic assessment, sources stated

CVS is working with consultants on the strategic review, sources said

The CVS Pharmacy logo is seen in Washington DC, USA on July 9, 2024.

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CVS HealthThe board has hired consultants to conduct a strategic review of its business, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company grapples with potential activist pressure and a sharply depressed stock price.

The review has been underway for some time, the people said, but there is no certainty about what action, if any, the company will take.

CVS management, including CEO Karen Lynch, met with major shareholder Glenview Capital on Monday to discuss the company's declining outlook and Glenview's plans to revive the stock, CNBC previously reported.

But Lynch must contend with an insurance business that is suffering from increased medical costs.

In a statement, CVS spokesman David Whitrap told CNBC: “CVS Health's management team and Board of Directors continually seek opportunities to create shareholder value. We remain focused on driving performance and delivering high-quality healthcare products and services enabled by our unmatched scale and integrated model.”

The company also struggled with executive turnover. Lynch took direct control of CVS's insurance division earlier this year, replacing then-president Brian Kane.

CVS shares rose about 2.5% in after-hours trading on Monday on the news first reported by Reuters.

— CNBC's Bertha Coombs contributed to this story

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Technology

Kylian Mbappe joins the rising group of footballers investing in know-how

Kylian Mbappe joins the growing group of footballers investing in technology

Gone are the days when top footballers bought pubs. Today's star players prefer to put their money into technology.

Kylian Mbappe is one of the leaders of the new generation. The French captain has his own investment company Coalition Capital, which has just acquired a stake in German electronics giant Loewe Technology.

The luxury brand has an ambitious business plan. In the next few years, the company aims to increase annual sales from 60 million euros to 300 million euros.

Mbappe's investment is intended to accelerate these ambitions. Its 10% stake could also support a planned initial public offering, Bloomberg reports.

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Loewe has not disclosed the value of the deal, but Mbappe could afford a sizeable chunk of the deal.

In May, Forbes put his net worth at $110 million (€98 million) – and that was before he moved to Real Madrid. His new contract pays him 15 million euros per season and an incredible 150 million euros as a signing bonus.

Mbappe also reportedly retains 80% of his image rights – an unusually high number. Clubs and players usually split the image rights 50/50.

The deal puts Mbappe on the path to even greater wealth. The striker, who is only 25 years old, is considered the richest footballer of all time. But he is far from the only one with money for the technology.

A new team for Mbappe

A growing group of footballers is investing their money in start-ups. There are now enough of them to make a fantastic five-on-five team.

In goal we have Iker Casillas, who captained Spain to the World Cup. Casillas has a growing portfolio of Spanish technology investments, including cardiology startup Idoven and nutrition tracking app Indiya. But he's not just a big spender – he's one too founded a Sports Tech Accelerator Program.

At the heart of our defense is Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand. The elegant centre-back has a penchant for fintech and supports British rivals Yonder and Sokin. He has also put his money into the French NFT soccer game Sorare, which was valued at a whopping $4.3 billion in 2021.

We lead the midfield World Cup winner Blaise Matuidi. In 2022, the Frenchman launched a VC fund aimed at consumer startups in Europe and the USA.

We paired him with Cesc Fabregas – another world champion. The Spaniard is an experienced investor and financed the British cloud video platform Grabyo in 2014. Most recently he supported the Spanish protein startup Heüra.

In attack there is no one better than Mbappé. Not only is the Frenchman a prolific investor – and incredibly rich – he is also incredibly marketable. He has 122 million followers on Instagram alone.

Such fan bases are difficult to create. They are one of the main reasons why footballers are valuable investors.

Loewe took advantage of this appeal. Before attracting Mbappe's investment, the company employed him as a brand ambassador. He later launched a signature speaker, Loewe.

As footballers become brands in their own right – amassing generational wealth in the process – they can look forward to a lucrative future as start-up investors. It could certainly be far more profitable than drinking pints.

Footballers aren't the only investors reshaping startup funding. At At next year's TNW conference, a star-studded panel of tech luminaries will explore all the ways Europe's investment landscape is changing. Early birds can now purchase 2-for-1 tickets for the June event.