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Benjamin Satterley, pro wrestling star known as Pac, dead at 40
Benjamin Satterley, the pro wrestling star known as Pac, has died, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced on Sunday night. He was 40.
AEW made the tragic announcement on its social media.
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"All Elite Wrestling is saddened to announce the passing of Benjamin Satterley, aka Pac," the company said. "A native of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Satterley began his wrestling career in 2004 and went on to perform for wrestling organizations all over the world, captivating fans with innovative high-flying moves and incredible in-ring ability.
"Pac signed with All Elite Wrestling in 2019 and held multiple AEW Championships and competed in some of the most memorable matches in AEW history. Our condolences go out to Satterley’s family, friends and fans."
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The circumstances behind Pac’s death were unclear. He challenged Andrade El Idolo for the AEW National Championship at All Out, which occurred on Saturday in Chicago.
OutKick reached out to Chicago police, Hoffman Estates police, the Cook County Sheriff's Office and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office for comment.
Pac was one of the first wrestlers to sign with All Elite Wrestling in 2019. He was a two-time trios champion and the inaugural all-Atlantic champion.
Before wrestling in AEW, he was with WWE and known as Adrian Neville.
Satterley was a two-time cruiserweight champion, an NXT champion and two-time NXT tag team champion.
Attorney for lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy mistrial pushes back on claims of refusing the law
The attorney for the lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is pushing back on a claim that his client refused to follow the law, telling Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany that the juror had no doubt about his decision.
In a preview of an interview airing Monday on "Fox & Friends," McEnany asks attorney Edward Paltzik whether juror Michael P. Desronvil ever had reasonable doubt after the jury foreperson sent the judge a note accusing him of refusing to follow the law on reasonable doubt.
"Michael had zero doubt," Paltzik says.
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"Zero doubt. No doubt. And he had evidence to back up his position?" McEnany responds.
"A lot of evidence. A mountain of evidence," Paltzik says.
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Desronvil was the lone holdout after seven days of deliberations in Clancy’s trial. Eleven jurors were prepared to find the former labor and delivery nurse not criminally responsible for killing her three children, while Desronvil held out for a conviction. Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial Sept. 4.
Clancy admitted killing 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan at the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023. Her defense argued that postpartum psychosis left her not criminally responsible. Prosecutors argued she understood what she was doing and planned the killings.
Desronvil later said he believed the physical evidence and witness testimony showed Clancy knew what she was doing. Prosecutors have not announced whether they will retry her. She is due back in court Sept. 29.
Watch McEnany’s full interview with Paltzik Monday on "Fox & Friends."
Houston Astros secure the most embarrassing kind of Major League Baseball history with AL West win
When Major League Baseball changed the schedule to ensure that the final day of the regular season featured all 15 games starting within a few minutes of each other, Sunday is what they envisioned. Mostly.
While most postseason spots and seeds were decided either within the last week or the last few days, there were two races that came down to the final day of the year. The American League West race featured the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers entering the day tied at 80-81, remarkably, and the third wild card spot in the National League between the Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Phillies, who as recently as last week had a 99.1% chance of reaching the postseason, per FanGraphs, avoided a historic collapse and clinched a wild card series appearance with a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
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But the Astros, even with a win, did in fact make an embarrassing type of history: they are officially the worst division-winning team in baseball history.
The previous low-water mark was the 2005 San Diego Padres, who won the NL West with an 82-80 record. And while the Astros won 9-0 over the long-eliminated Athletics to avoid the 80-82 record, 81–81 marks a new low winning percentage for a division winner over a full season.
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Even crazier? The Astros were extremely fortunate to finish the season at .500.
While wins and losses are what decide the standings and outcomes, run differential has proven over time to be a significantly better predictor of future win and loss records than the previous standings. Essentially, the better you are at outscoring the opposition, the more likely it is that you'll win more games moving forward. One-run outcomes are not sustainable, but blowouts are illustrative of team quality.
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Run differentials are also used to build "expected" records. Meaning that in the history of baseball, a specific run differential is expected to result in a given number of wins and losses. The Miami Marlins, for example, outscored the opposition by just three runs over the course of the season, which is an "expected" record of 81-81. Makes sense, they were even with the other teams in the league, they should finish at an even .500.
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By contrast, the Milwaukee Brewers finished with a league-best +214 run differential, good for an "expected" record of 103-59. They finished 103-59.
But teams frequently over perform or underperform against their expected win-loss record, for any number of reasons. A bad bullpen could mean a team wins blowouts, but loses more than their fair share of close games. Bad luck. Poorly timed injuries. Poor defense. Inconsistent hitting with runners in scoring position. The randomness of baseball. Or a dominant closer who shuts the door consistently in close games.
This year's 81-81 division winning Astros team was so bad they were outscored 32 runs over the course of the season, good for just an 78-84 expected win-loss record. While the Rangers and their fans are sure to be disappointed with the outcome, missing out on the final day, they were even worse. Texas had a -46 run differential, and a 76-86 expected record.
These are not good baseball teams.
So it's a near-certainty that Houston will make a quick postseason exit, right?
Yeah, no, not at all. Houston plays the Chicago White Sox in the best-of-three wild card series, which the Astros now host as division winners. Chicago's a better team, but the randomness inherent in the small sample size of a playoff series makes the result effectively a toss up. In fact, FanGraphs gives the Astros a 55% chance of advancing to the ALDS.
Should Houston win that series, they'd play the extremely mediocre Cleveland Guardians, who finished with a +11 run differential and 85-77 record. Cleveland may be slight favorites in that series, maybe 57-43, but hardly a foregone conclusion. Which means we could be staring down the barrel of an 81-81 team reaching the ALCS.
MLB always hoped for last-minute drama by starting every game around the same time on the final day of the regular season. They got it.
They also got the worst-ever division winning team because the league's financial incentives and playoff structure encourage owners to do the bare minimum and spend as little as possible to win 85 games and hope for the best. Or in Houston's case, 81. The Astros benefited, and fans were forced to watch the AL West "battle" lost.
Foiled terror plot at bomber base signals wider threat to US military installations: expert
Five men arrested near a key U.S. bomber base in the U.K. on Sunday may have planned a "complex," coordinated attack with potentially far-reaching security implications for American military installations globally, a former U.S. intelligence official warned.
As counterterrorism police investigated after officers detained the suspects near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, a former Pentagon official also said President Donald Trump will ultimately be the one to decide the consequences if indeed the "trail leads to Tehran."
The men were initially held on suspicion of offenses under Britain’s Explosives Act before being arrested on terrorism charges in connection with the airfield, a key U.S. Air Force hub and the primary European base for American strategic bombers.
On Sunday, Trump said U.S. authorities had been monitoring the suspects prior to their capture.
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"We had them under investigation," Trump told reporters in Chicago. "They were looking to do big damage to our fort."
"It may have been Scotland Yard. I don't know. We worked with a lot of them. We had them under view for a long time, and we got them," Trump added.
According to Sky News, counterterrorism police were investigating whether Iran is linked to the suspected bomb plot.
Former Trump White House official Morgan Murphy told Fox News Digital that British authorities are leading the investigation alongside U.S. law enforcement and intelligence.
"Every phone, bank record and rental receipt will be run through British and American intelligence, and if the trail leads to Tehran, it will be found," Murphy clarified.
"But as American airmen and bombers seem to have been the target, Air Force investigators on the base, the FBI in London, and American intelligence will likely all work the case."
"If conclusive evidence proves Iran is behind an attempted attack on U.S. forces, the American President will ultimately decide how Tehran pays," Murphy added.
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Former Defense Intelligence Agency official Andrew Badger told Fox News Digital the number of suspects and vehicles involved raised the possibility of a sophisticated operation.
"We are going to see elevated security protocols across Europe, across the U.K., and across the entire world for any U.S. installation," he said.
"This is a very significant threat, and again, seeing that we had five individuals involved and three different reported vans at the scene, this could have been a very complex, highly orchestrated operation," Badger added.
"This isn't just some type of amateur lone wolf operation," he said, noting Fairford’s strategic importance to the U.S. military. "Fairford is also where the U.S. houses its strategic bombers for Europe as well as the rest of the world."
He said a potential attack posed broader risks beyond the airfield itself which he said "could have had significant security implications. It could have damaged the nearby area."
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"They could have tried to use a VBIED or a vehicle-borne explosive device where the first van could have gone off at the front gate, and then the other vans would have gone in and tried to go for the strategic bombers," Badger said.
British authorities have not publicly identified who they believe was behind the suspected plot or announced a motive, but RAF Fairford had taken on greater strategic importance during the war with Iran.
The U.K. government previously authorized U.S. forces to use the Royal Air Force bases Fairford and Diego Garcia for limited defensive operations, including destroying Iranian missiles and launchers at their source.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) later warned that any base used to attack Iranian territory would be considered a legitimate target.
"Any base used to launch attacks on Iranian territory is a legitimate target for our forces," the IRGC said, according to reports.
"Tehran warned London in July to keep American bombers off Fairford, and if this plot traces back to Iran, the answer must be more bombers, not fewer," Morgan said.
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A local councilor told Reuters there had been a recent security alert at Fairford and surveillance had been stepped up.
"So there was a specific threat about six weeks ago from the Iranians on this base. At the time, there was increased surveillance around the area," he told the outlet.
Badger, however, cautioned against assuming Iran was responsible while pointing to other potential threats.
"This could be Iran trying to gain strategic leverage in negotiations, but there are other actors as well," Badger added.
"But there's Russia, who's been launching a campaign of gray zone or hybrid warfare attacks across Europe, as well as Islamic extremists, which are still a significant threat here in the U.K."
"Was this some type of retaliation by Iran to perhaps try to gain leverage or to try to inflict a cost for the U.S. withdrawing from these negotiations? Again, we don't know for sure, but it is a possibility," Badger said.
Badger also pointed to RAF Welford, a major U.S. ammunition storage facility that primarily supports operations at RAF Fairford.
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"RAF Welford is actually the second-largest weapons and ammunition depot in all of Europe," Badger said, noting that the facility where the U.S. stores ammunition "could have been a target as well."
"Other bases across Europe, including European and U.S. partners, have already been on a heightened state of alert," Badger continued.
"But of course, after this attack, I think they're going to be in an even more heightened state. You're going to have more frequent security patrols."
"There are reports that RAF Fairford was put onto what's called the Delta alert, which is the highest state of security alert within the military base system," Badger said.
"So this is basically that 'an imminent terrorist attack is inbound,'" he concluded.
Angels reach historic 100-loss low with season-closing defeat against Mariners as new era looms
A season worth forgetting in Anaheim ended with a mark that will linger in baseball history forever.
With a 7-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on Sunday, the Los Angeles Angels (62-100) officially crossed a threshold they had evaded for 65 years: their first 100-loss season.
The defeat stripped the Halos of their standing as the last MLB franchise to avoid triple-digit losses, putting all 30 clubs on the century-mark ledger.
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For first-year manager Kurt Suzuki, Game 162 was the grim culmination of a grueling campaign, one that ultimately eclipsed the 63-99 mark set by Ron Washington’s 2024 squad.
The finale carried an unmistakable layer of drama. Franchise star Mike Trout watched from the dugout on a scheduled day off as his young teammates fought to avert history.
Shortstop Zach Neto had insisted earlier in the week that organizational pride would propel them past the brink, and a 5-4 stretch in their final nine games gave Anaheim a flicker of hope. But Sunday proved unforgiving.
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Former Mariner Yusei Kikuchi (1-7) was tagged early by his old club, surrendering three runs over five innings. After Angels' Bryce Teodosio trimmed the deficit to 3-1 with a sixth-inning sacrifice fly, Seattle quickly slammed the door. A costly throwing error and a two-run double by Randy Arozarena pushed the margin out of reach. A late solo shot by Jose Siri provided a brief spark, but the season expired when Dominic Canzone squeezed a fly ball off the bat of Christian Moore for the final out.
Following the June 26 firing of GM Perry Minasian, interim GM John Mozeliak tore down the roster, shipping out fan favorites Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Logan O'Hoppe and Chase Silseth (and more) for prospects and leaving Suzuki with a stripped-down, youthful core down the stretch.
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Yet, hitting rock bottom arrives with a sudden shift in momentum.
The end of Arte Moreno's era is officially underway following an agreement to sell the controlling interest of the franchise to Stan Kroenke’s group for a record $4 billion.
For a fanbase enduring its lowest historical point, Kroenke’s proven track record of constructing championship rosters across professional sports offers what Anaheim has lacked for decades: a real vision forward.
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Trevor Lawrence fantasy owners are beside themselves after inexplicable decision in fourth quarter blowout
Life is pretty sweet if you're a Jacksonville Jaguars fan as of late.
Last year, the Jags went 13-4, their best season since 1999, and sit atop the AFC South three games into this season with one of the best coach-quarterback combos in the NFL.
Duval's finest absolutely crushed last year's AFC Champions, the New England Patriots, thanks in large part to the play of that aforementioned quarterback.
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Trevor Lawrence tossed three touchdowns in a blowout 35-6 victory on Sunday, but he could have added a rushing touchdown midway through the fourth quarter as well.
With the Jaguars leading 28-6 with just under nine minutes left in the game, Lawrence took a designed quarterback keeper on third and three and broke into the clear.
Then the flaxen-maned signal caller did something pretty inexplicable by all accounts: he slid at the one-yard line.
Okay, analytics nerds, I'm ready for any and all explanations on this one.
I get that you want to burn as much time as possible when you're holding a lead, but a touchdown there gives you a four-score lead with just over half a quarter left in the game.
The Patriots looked downright anemic on offense, mustering two field goals the entire game, and even if they somehow miraculously found the end zone four times in the next eight minutes, they still would've needed at least one two-point conversion just to tie the ballgame.
So again, I ask, what's the thought process here.
I've never been one to get too up in arms when it comes to things like this, but luckily the internet did it for me, as a bunch of angry fantasy football owners and amateur gamblers were ready to throw their phones through a wall after this one.
I don't get the move, but I certainly don't think there's anything nefarious going on here.
Lawrence likely wanted to burn as much time as possible, and although I think it was ultimately a pointless endeavor, I can understand the logic.
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I would say to put your tinfoil hats away, folks, but Lawrence actually gave a tongue-in-cheek answer about it when speaking during his postgame interview
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Stand up and take a bow, conspiracy theorists. You were right this time.
Kathy Griffin says Ed Sheeran should have told Robert Kraft to 'go f--- yourself' over Macklemore
Comedian Kathy Griffin said on Wednesday that singer Ed Sheeran should have told Gillette Stadium owner and billionaire Robert Kraft to "go f--- yourself" after barring Macklemore from performing as his opening act over his "Free Palestine" stunt.
In an interview with Queerty, Griffin commented on Macklemore being pulled from the rest of Sheeran's tour earlier this month after he repeatedly pushed for a "Free Palestine" during his act and performed his anti-Israel song "Hind's Hall." The decision came after Kraft barred Macklemore from performing at Gillette Stadium.
Though Sheeran has said that the decision ultimately came from the concert promoter and venues rather than him, Griffin argued that Sheeran could have, and should have, defended Macklemore at the time.
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"I wish that Ed Sheeran had not taken the advice of the ones who told him to fire Macklemore," Griffin said. "Let’s not be listening to f------ Robert Kraft. When Robert Kraft says I’ve called all the other stadium owners and they’re not gonna let you do the show with Macklemore either, Ed Sheeran should’ve said go f--- yourself, I can go to Brazil and perform for 250,000 people. He had more options."
Griffin added that Macklemore's comments were protected under the First Amendment and professed her own support for a "Free Palestine."
"I don't think 'Free Palestine' is such a controversial thing to say because that's a genuine genocide that is happening there, in my opinion. I don't want Israel to be eradicated. I love the Israeli people as I hope the rest of the world likes the American people but hates [President Donald] Trump and his cabinet and our current SCOTUS. So I can't stand [Israeli Prime Minister] Bibi Netanyahu. I think he's ruined the Knesset which is their Congress. But I certainly don't have a beef with the Jewish people or the Palestinian people. They're both trying to survive. I personally think that Palestine should be its own country," Griffin said.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Sheeran's and Kraft's representatives for comment.
In response to being removed from Sheeran's tour, Macklemore announced on Thursday that he would be launching his own "Free Palestine Tour." As of now, he has three shows scheduled: in Dublin on Oct. 26, in Paris on Oct. 29 and in London on Oct. 30.
Though Macklemore has received support from progressive figures for his political actions, the singer has also faced criticism from pro-Israel organizations who accused him of supporting antisemitism.
The Israeli-American Council (IAC) released a statement to Fox News Digital supporting Kraft's actions pushing back against Macklemore.
"The Israeli-American Council (IAC) applauds Robert Kraft and his fellow stadium owners for their moral leadership in expelling rapper Macklemore from the concert stage rather than allow him to promote antisemitism," the statement read.
It added, "Robert Kraft's moral leadership establishes what should be an obvious principle: a performer who traffics in antisemitism should not be given a stage. As a result, Macklemore will no longer be allowed to subject audiences to his hateful rants. The IAC salutes and thanks Mr. Kraft for setting an example for all to follow."
Baker Mayfield leaves game after writhing in pain on turf in Tampa Bay when thumb on throwing hand injured
Baker Mayfield was trying to lead a fourth-quarterback comeback against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday when he found himself heaving a desperation fourth-down pass which got intercepted. And then something really bad happened.
As Vikings linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel was cradling the interception, back up field Mayfield was on the ground literally screaming in pain.
He clearly injured the thumb on his throwing hand.
His THROWING hand, folks.
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The finger bent in a manner it should not.
After the game, Bucs head coach Todd Bowles announced Mayfield suffered a dislocated thumb.
"He'll get an MRI tomorrow just to see exactly what inside is wrong," Bowles said. "We'll know more tomorrow."
The "know more" part will determine how much rather than if Mayfield suffered ligament damage. The tests will also determine if Mayfield will need surgery.
If Mayfield needs surgery, he's probably looking at a stint on the injured reserve list, which would require him to miss four games.
His return to play will be determined by how long it eventually takes him to regain his grip.
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Mayfield left the game after the injury. He walked to the Buccaneers' locker room to have the digit examined.
That included an X-Ray within the Raymond James Stadium medical facility.
The Bucs turned to backup quarterback Jalon Daniels to play the final two minutes of the game, down 23-16.
Daniels, an undrafted rookie who made the club as something of a surprise, could not author the comeback win. He threw an interception on the game's final play.
The Buccaneers are 0-3 and in trouble, especially if their starting quarterback's condition means he'll miss the next month of games.
Team USA captain thanks Trump after massive Presidents Cup comeback: ‘He gets all the credit’
U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker credited President Donald Trump after the Americans rallied for a 17-13 victory over the International team at the Presidents Cup on Sunday.
"One last shoutout: Donald Trump. President Trump. He told me, 'I [am] going to bring energy today for you. You guys need it,'" Snedeker said.
"I told him if we did this, he gets all the credit. So, thank you, President Trump."
With Trump in attendance, the United States team found itself in uncharted territory heading into Sunday singles at Medinah Country Club. For the first time in the event's history, Team USA trailed on home soil entering the final session.
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Trump, the event's honorary chairman, briefly addressed the crowd from the first tee before play began.
"You know, the fake news media will say I get a very bad reception," Trump said as the crowd laughed. "But we get a good reception."
"[PGA Tour CEO] Brian [Rolapp] said, 'Could you make a short speech?' I said, 'No, I don't have the courage to make a speech. These people wanna see golf. They don't wanna hear speeches.' I'll only say this: Our country is doing great, better than ever before."
The Americans entered the week having won all eight Presidents Cups played on home soil and 10 straight overall. But Team USA was also coming off a 15-13 loss to Europe at last year's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. The last thing American golf needed was another visiting team celebrating a victory on U.S. soil.
Instead, the Americans erased a 10½-7½ deficit by winning nine of the 12 singles matches and outscoring the Internationals 9½-2½. Presidents Cup rookie Jacob Bridgeman delivered the winning point with a par putt on the 18th green.
Snedeker sent out some of his best players in the first few matches, hoping to swing the event and put pressure on the Internationals. Cameron Young led off, with Justin Thomas and Scottie Scheffler going out third and fourth.
The plan worked.
Young did his job as the leadoff man, despite falling 2 down to Ryo Hisatsune after four holes. He won five of the next 12 holes to close out a 3&2 victory.
Match play specialist Justin Thomas, who entered Sunday with a 20-10-5 career record in Ryder Cups and Presidents Cups, won five of the first six holes against Corey Conners before coasting to a 5&3 win.
Nico Echavarria gave Scheffler a little more trouble than many might have expected, but the world's No. 1 player ultimately closed out the 32-year-old Colombian, 2&1.
However, the International team wasn't going down easily. Tom Kim capped an incredible week by beating world No. 5 Wyndham Clark, finishing as the tournament's leading scorer with four points. Sungjae Im also took down world No. 8 Sam Burns.
Chris Gotterup was a major bright spot for the Americans all tournament. The 27-year-old Presidents Cup rookie defeated Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1 up and finished 3-1 for the week. He made a strong case for a spot on the 2027 Ryder Cup team in the process.
Arguably the best match of the day featured Collin Morikawa and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama. Matsuyama jumped out to a 2-up lead through six holes, but Morikawa battled back and took the lead by winning the 10th.
Matsuyama won two straight holes to move back in front, only for Morikawa to square the match again at 15. The pair tied 16 and 17, sending them to the 18th all square.
On 18, Matsuyama drove into the rough and could only advance his second shot short of the green. His pitch ran 15 feet past the hole, while Morikawa cozied a long birdie putt to within 2½ feet.
Matsuyama missed his par putt, giving Morikawa a 1-up win and the Americans a much-needed full point.
Patrick Cantlay delivered one of the afternoon's biggest moments in his match against Adam Scott, burying a 57-foot birdie putt from just off the 16th green.
The usually reserved Cantlay pumped his fist hard and yelled, "YES! YES!" to the crowd, which was going wild, sensing the gravity of the moment.
Cantlay closed out Scott on 17, 2&1. His victory and Morikawa's came moments apart, putting the U.S. ahead 13½-12½ with four matches still on the course.
With Xander Schauffele holding a commanding lead, the Americans looked set for another point. That put the pressure on rookies Jackson Koivun and Bridgeman, along with the steady veteran Russell Henley, to finish the comeback.
Koivun, a 21-year-old Presidents Cup rookie, was 2 down at the turn against Si Woo Kim, who entered Sunday tied for the tournament lead with three points. But Koivun completely flipped the match on the back nine, winning holes 11, 12, 13 and 15.
Koivun took a 1-up lead to 18, where Kim hit his approach to 15 feet. But the rookie wasn't intimidated. After driving it down the middle of the fairway, the Auburn product stuck his approach to eight feet.
Kim lipped out his birdie putt, and Koivun secured another crucial point to push the U.S. total to 14½.
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Bridgeman delivered another clutch moment from an American rookie, burying an eight-foot par putt on 16. Min Woo Lee missed his four-footer for par, squaring their match with two holes to play.
With Schauffele guaranteed at least a half-point, the Americans could do no worse than a tie and needed just another half-point beyond that to win the Cup outright.
Schauffele had been 4 up with four holes to play, but lost 15 and 16, keeping the Americans waiting a little longer. Apparently, the afternoon hadn't been dramatic enough.
Schauffele's delay left the honor to Bridgeman. Fittingly, the rookie delivered, sinking his par putt on 18 to beat Lee 1 up and give the Americans the 15½ points they needed.
A "U-S-A!" chant broke out from the crowd as Bridgeman's putt dropped, and the Americans celebrated on the 18th green.
Schauffele eventually closed out Ryan Fox, 2&1, while Henley halved his match with Nick Taylor to complete the 17-13 victory.
The win was the Americans' 11th straight in the Presidents Cup and ninth in nine tries at home, improving their overall record to 14-1-1.
Of course, the Americans never should have put themselves in this position.
Eight U.S. players entered the week ranked higher than Si Woo Kim, the International team's highest-ranked player at No. 14. Seven Americans were inside the world's top 10. The visitors didn't have one.
At home, against that roster, this should have been a blowout. It certainly shouldn't have required a three-point comeback on Sunday.
Instead, the International team swept Friday's foursomes 5-0, just as it did at Royal Montreal in 2024. That turned a 3-2 U.S. lead after Thursday into a 7-3 deficit heading into Saturday.
Saturday offered opportunities to regain control. The Americans led all four matches at one point in each of the day's two sessions, but finished with just a 4½-3½ edge. That still left them down three entering Sunday.
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Clark finished 1-4 for the week, while Henley went winless in three matches, earning just a half-point.
American men won just one major in 2026, courtesy of Clark at the U.S. Open. That followed last year's embarrassing Ryder Cup loss at Bethpage Black.
And the next Ryder Cup sends Team USA to Adare Manor in Ireland in 2027, tasked with doing something the Americans haven't done since 1993: winning on European soil.
Sunday singles should give the Americans some confidence heading to Ireland. They won that session 7½-4½ at the 2024 Presidents Cup and 8½-3½ at last year's Ryder Cup before hammering the Internationals 9½-2½ at Medinah.
But Bethpage already showed that even a great Sunday might not be enough. Team USA needs to clean up its play in the team formats, particularly foursomes, and stop leaving itself so much work to do on the final day.
Police hunt sexually violent predator who vanished after GPS 'tamper mode' alert
A convicted child sex offender was still missing Sunday, two days after his GPS monitor sounded a tamper alert at a San Diego worksite and supervisors arrived to find him gone, authorities said.
Merle Wakefield, 69, was working in Rancho Bernardo when his device alerted to "Tamper Mode" at about 3:30 a.m. Friday, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office.
Liberty Healthcare, the state contractor supervising him, responded to the location and found the device removed and Wakefield gone. The company notified the sheriff’s office and San Diego police.
The sheriff’s office said Sunday it "shares the community’s concerns over Merle Wakefield’s disappearance" and was still actively looking for him.
"We have been working diligently to locate him," the agency said. It asked the public to report any sightings or information that could help find Wakefield.
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"It’s been more than 48 hours since Merle Wakefield took off his GPS monitor and walked away. He’s still out there," San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond wrote Sunday on Facebook. He called Wakefield "a convicted child molester and violent rapist" and accused the state of saying nothing publicly about his disappearance.
Wakefield is wanted for violating the terms of his conditional release, the sheriff’s office said. He was convicted in 1980 and 1991 of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 and rape by force, according to the agency. He has been on conditional release since November 2024.
Desmond said Wakefield was gone by the time Liberty Healthcare arrived after the GPS alert.
"That’s how easy it was," he wrote in an earlier post. "The state released him into our community in November 2024 and promised he’d be monitored and supervised. Less than two years later, he’s missing and wanted."
Local officials had warned about Wakefield’s release before it happened. A San Diego judge granted him a transient release in October 2024 rather than placing him in a designated home, Fox 5/KUSI reported at the time. It was the third attempt to place him in San Diego County.
An earlier proposal would have placed Wakefield in a Poway home near a school and park, prompting residents to rally against it, according to the outlet. Poway Mayor Steve Vaus opposed that location and argued that allowing Wakefield to live without a fixed address would make it harder for the public to know where he was.
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"It’s a shell game that puts a community at risk," Vaus told Fox 5/KUSI about the transient release.
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office also opposed releasing Wakefield without a fixed residence, citing concerns about limited monitoring and supervision. Spokesperson Tanya Sierra told the outlet that the Department of State Hospitals and Liberty Healthcare needed to find suitable housing where people granted conditional release could be closely monitored.
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State Sen. Brian Jones raised his own concerns about where Wakefield would stay. He told Fox 5/KUSI that Wakefield might end up on the streets or in a hotel at taxpayer expense.
"Supposedly, he’s going to have a tracking device," Jones said at the time.
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Jones had also called for an audit of California’s sexually violent predator program, the outlet reported. The audit found that about 36% of participants had violated the terms of their release. Jones criticized the program’s cost and argued that the state should keep sexually violent predators in hospitals rather than place them in communities.
The California Department of State Hospitals pushed back on criticism of the release process, telling Fox 5/KUSI that the court ultimately decides whether someone designated a sexually violent predator can be conditionally released.
The department said its supervision program used GPS monitoring, unannounced home visits and surveillance, and that breaking the rules could send someone back to a state hospital. The outlet also reported that Wakefield’s court order called for 24-hour in-person supervision wherever he stayed. That report was published before the hearing to finalize his release.
Desmond renewed his objection after Wakefield disappeared.
"I’ve fought these placements from day one," he wrote. "These people do not belong back out in the community. They belong in a state hospital or in jail. As long as Sacramento’s law keeps putting them in our neighborhoods, families are going to keep paying the price."
Wakefield is 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs 230 pounds and has brown eyes, according to the sheriff’s office. Authorities warned anyone who sees him not to approach or contact him and to call 911 or local law enforcement.
Fox News Digital reached out to Senator Jones' office and the San Diego County Sheriff's Office for comment.