The Lead

Americans Complete Historic Comeback To Win Presidents Cup

The United States turned a three-point deficit entering Sunday's singles into a 17-13 victory at Medinah, winning nine of the 12 matches and halving the other for a 17-13 victory, their 11th in a row against the hard-luck Internationals. It is the most lopsided singles session in Presidents Cup history, and the Americans have now won the event for the 11th straight time. Canadians Corey Conners and Nick Taylor spent the week on the International side that had led 10.5-7.5 entering the 12 concluding singles matches.

The result cuts against the story the week had been telling. Team formats reward depth built over two days of pairs matches, but singles exposes exactly where a roster is thin, and the International side ran out of answers at the bottom of its lineup precisely when it needed them most.

Brandt Snedeker went from blaming himself for a three-point deficit to watching the Americans deliver the biggest Sunday rout in tournament history to win for the 11th straight time. The format keeps producing this pattern, and it will keep being underestimated until someone finally breaks the American streak.

The Rest of the Slate

Blue Jays

Max Scherzer struck out seven over seven-plus innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over Cincinnati, closing a season that finished 79-83 after last year's World Series run. Brandon Valenzuela and Charles McAdoo both homered, a reminder that depth pieces outproduced the underperforming core in the one game that no longer mattered.

Maple Leafs

The Maple Leafs signed defenceman Nick Blankenburg to a one-year contract Sunday, adding blue-line depth two days before the season opener against Montreal. Blankenburg posted career highs of eight goals and 16 assists across 61 games split between Nashville and Colorado last season, the profile of a depth insurance piece rather than a top-four addition.

Tennis

Leylah Fernandez won the Singapore Open Sunday, closing with a 7-5, 6-0 win over Talia Gibson after taking the last nine games. It is her sixth career title and second at the WTA 500 level, continuing a run that included a quarterfinal win over top seed Mirra Andreeva.

The Number

Seconds on Baltimore's game-winning drive against Dallas A 27-yard completion and a well-timed timeout turned seven seconds into a 56-yard field goal and a 34-31 win, the kind of execution that separates good quarterback play from clock management on command. Games decided in single-digit seconds are rare enough to be memorable, but the process behind it, a clean read and a decisive timeout call, is repeatable, and that is what makes it worth watching for the rest of the season.

What's On Today

            8:15 PM ET · Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears
Denis Shapovalov vs. Hubert Hurkacz
          

Top Dog — Betting Angle

The pick: Philadelphia Eagles to win outright. A veteran-led offense controlling tempo against a defense still settling into its identity is the matchup profile that favors experience under Monday night lights.

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