Daily Sports Bulletin · Thursday, August 27, 2026

Hi, xxxx xxxx for sports in sixty on Thursday, August twenty-seventh, twenty twenty-six. At the U.S. Open, the singles draw is out: number-two Carlos Alcaraz opens his title defense against Roman Safiullin — his first singles match since April after a wrist injury — and Venus Williams draws Sofia Kenin in round one. Main-draw play starts Sunday. In Atlanta, pinch-hitter Ha-Seong Kim singles home Lane Thomas with two outs in the ninth as the Braves beat the Dodgers six-five. In Seattle, Kyle Schwarber hits the majors first forty-homer of the year, a three-run shot, matching Ryan Howard’s Phillies mark, as Philadelphia shuts out the Mariners six-nothing; Jesús Luzardo fans nine. And in the W.N.B.A., Golden State’s bench scores a franchise-record fifty-four points as the Valkyries rout Connecticut eighty-nine to sixty-four. Sports in Sixty dot com your sports on demand anytime, anywhere!