The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays in seven games to win the World Series. Canada's team lost to a payroll. That's the whole trade relationship in one box score.

The Dodgers won back-to-back titles with a $400 million roster. In baseball, the pennant costs more than the stadium, and the fans pay for both.

Toronto took the World Series to Game 7 and lost. It's the closest Canada has come to winning something in the US since 1812, and they burned the White House that time.

Ben Shelton beat Tiafoe and plays Zverev Sunday for the first American men's major in 23 years. Zverev's quote: "Hopefully I can not make the American dream come true." A German rooting against the American dream in New York. That's the first honest villain the city's had since the Yankees.

Big Brother 28 is on, and one houseguest promised another would "shrink, shiver, and die." Twenty-eight seasons of strangers locked in a house saying that to each other. CBS calls it a game show. The rest of us call it Thanksgiving.

The Mariners edged the Rangers with the Seahawks' quarterback in the hospital across town. Seattle sports in one night: a win, a win, and a CT scan. Three for three.

The Lions open at home Sunday and the whole state is pretending it's calm. Michigan football needed a bad call to beat a MAC team, the Tigers are in a race, and Detroit's collective blood pressure is now a public health category.

The Tigers and Guardians are fighting for the division. Every game matters, and the average viewer is 61 and asleep by the seventh. Baseball's fine. The audience is a hospice with a cable package.

Detroit hosts the Saints Sunday. The Tigers are in a race, Michigan needed a blown call to beat a MAC school, and the Lions are favorites. The state's blood pressure is now a public health category, and the cure is a Coney at 1 a.m.

Big Brother 28: a houseguest told another he'd "shrink, shiver, and die." Twenty-eight seasons of strangers saying that in a house. CBS calls it a game show. The rest of us call it Thanksgiving.

The Tigers are in a September race and the Lions are favorites. The last time Detroit had this much September hope, the auto industry was about to need a bailout. Somebody check on Ford.