Latest / The Sports Reset: Daily Sports News / Clark wins the star duel, Cubs shut out Cardinals, Scheffler leads FedEx St. Jude Championship ... and more for August 15th
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- Clark wins the star duel! This is The Sports Reset for Saturday August 15th In the WNBA, the Indiana Fever beat the Dallas Wings 98 to 87. Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers each scored 29, but Indiana closed with a 35-to-21 fourth quarter. Clark added 10 assists, posting her record seventh game this season with at least 25 points and 10 assists, while Kelsey Mitchell extended her league-record run to 18 straight 20-point games. The Portland Fire edged the Seattle Storm 84 to 82. In NFL preseason action, the Denver Broncos beat the Atlanta Falcons 27 to 7, giving Tua Tagovailoa a difficult first audition in Atlanta’s quarterback competition. In MLB, the Chicago Cubs shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 3 to 0. Seiya Suzuki supplied every run with a sixth-inning homer, while Clay Holmes allowed one hit over six and two-thirds innings as the Cubs won for the ninth time in 11 games. Looking ahead, the PGA Tour’s FedEx St. Jude Championship enters the third round with Scottie Scheffler at 11 under, three shots ahead of Viktor Hovland and Sungjae Im. Scheffler tied the TPC Southwind record with a 61 on Friday, making 11 birdies in the playoff opener, where the top 50 advance to Thursday’s BMW Championship. In the WNBA, the league-leading Minnesota Lynx visit the Las Vegas Aces in a meeting of the first two teams to secure playoff spots; Jackie Young enters after scoring a season-high 32 in Las Vegas’ clincher. In MLB, the New York Yankees send Cam Schlittler, carrying a 2.21 ERA, against Braydon Fisher and the Toronto Blue Jays. The NFL preseason offers the Los Angeles Rams at the Kansas City Chiefs, plus the Philadelphia Eagles at the Baltimore Ravens. Beyond the scoreboard, 2026 will be Seattle Seahawks pass rusher DeMarcus Lawrence’s final season, one year after his six sacks and three forced fumbles helped Seattle win Super Bowl LX.