Chisholm Homers for His 500th Career Hit

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NEW YORK, U.S.A. – Jazz Chisholm Jr is reaching a new career milestone almost every other night.

Chisholm put on a show in Houston Tuesday night, leading the New York Yankees to a 7-1 win over the Houston Astros.

In one of his most complete games of the season, he went 3-for-4 with two home runs, three RBIs, and a stolen base.

Jazz has a flair of the dramatic so of course his 500th hit of his MLB career had to come on a home-run.

He now sits at 28 homers and 26 steals on the season and also raised his totals to 70 RBIs and 68 runs scored.

WNBA

Tuesday night was an ugly loss for Jonquel Jones and the New York Liberty, but they’re headed back to the playoffs.

The team lost 66-58 to the Golden State Valkyries on the road at Chase Center – but don’t panic, they still clInched a playoff spot, with some help, thanks to the phoenix mercury’s 85-79 win over the indiana fever. 

New York is now the fifth seed, following their worst shooting performance of the season – 31.6 percent from the field, 7-for-27 beyond the arc.

These final three games are the last opportunity to get right and more importantly, get healthy before the playoffs begin on September 14.

NFL

Denzel Daxon is back on an NFL roster.

Daxon signed to the Arizona Cardinals practice squad Tuesday through the international player pathway. 

The 6’2″ defensive lineman claimed the Cardinals’ international exemption spot after the release of offensive lineman Roy Mbaeteka.

The Crooked Island native, the latest  Bahamian to play in the NFL played collegiately at Ohio University before transferring to Illinois, where he started 11 games at nose tackle in 2023.

As an undrafted free agent, he spent his rookie season with the Dallas Cowboys as an international practice-squad player and was released at the end of the preseason.

Daxon will wear no.59 for the Cardinals.

Minor League Baseball

Kristian Robinson continues to make headway in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization

Robinson is on fire with the Reno Aces in triple-a over his last five games.

Tuesday night he went 3-4 in the aces’ 11-1 win over the Tacoma Rainers.

During that stretch he’s hitting an eye-popping nine for eighteen for a .500 average, with two multi-hit games, including two home runs and three doubles, driving in eight runs and coming close to hitting for the cycle. 

He’s become one of the organization’s most exciting prospects to watch as the season draws to a close.