Yahoo Sports AM: Olympic athletes in peril

Baseball's Jose Altuve and Dodgers UTIL Mookie Betts win their seventh Silver Slugger awards.

The Kansas Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce's houses were reportedly burglarized last month .

The Jets are off to the best start in NHL history with 15 wins in 16 games.

The 2024 Emirates NBA Cup (in-season tournament) tipped off on Tuesday , with 16 teams playing their first of four Group Stage games.

Klay Thompson matched his season-high with 22 points and was honored in his return to Golden State , but Steph Curry ( 37 points) got the best of him in a 120 -117 win over the Mavericks .

The Knicks beat the 76ers, 111 -99, behind a triple-double from Josh Hart ( 14-12-10 ) and Joel Embiid looked sluggish in his season debut, going 2 -for-11 and grabbing just three rebounds.

Georgia drops out of the provisional playoff field in the second edition of the CFP rankings.

The Cowboys are down bad, writes Yahoo Sports' Jay Busbee .

The NFL could flex them out of some prime time windows in the coming weeks , he says.

The Cowboys have lost four straight games, six of nine on the season , and basically the last shreds of dignity will do to you.