The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Cincinnati Reds 20-0 on September 12, 2026, clinching a playoff spot for Major League Baseball. Garrett Mitchell hit a grand slam—the Brewers' first of the season—as part of four home runs for Milwaukee in the shutout victory.
Between August 16 and August 21, 2026, federal authorities sentenced or charged multiple defendants across the United States for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) crimes: Mitchell Best, 43, of Cabot received 60 years; additional convictions included cases in Lowell, Lake Worth, and Farmington. On August 21, federal agents boarded two cruise ships in Boston and arrested 11 people for receiving, distributing, and exploiting CSAM.
Basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo, recently signed to the Miami Heat, is adjusting to life in South Florida where iguanas have become an unexpected challenge. The report on September 28, 2026, humorously notes iguanas as his first opponent in his Heat era.
A'ja Wilson won the AP's WNBA Player of the Year award for the third consecutive year as of September 27, 2026. Angel Reese was named AP Defensive Player of the Year and made the All-AP Second Team.
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy benched rookie Cooper Pratt on August 26 during a 10-inning loss to the Mets. The benching conveyed a message to the young player during the game.
Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist and NEA Jazz Master, died on September 2, 2026, in her native Jackson, Mississippi, at age 70. Wilson was one of the most influential American jazz singers of the last four decades, known for her deep contralto and genre-bending style.
Sway Dasafo, the British rapper who made history as the first unsigned artist to win a MOBO Award and whose hits included "Still Speedin'" and "Level Up", died on September 17 at age 44 while living in Ghana. His career influenced a generation of UK artists including KSI.
An Arizona group home provider implicated in a pay-to-play scandal on September 4, 2026 escaped penalties for a 2022 incident in which a 9-year-old boy died after missing required insulin doses at the facility.