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The Atlanta Braves enter September 20 with a magic number of two, meaning a single win against Houston combined with a Philadelphia loss to the Mets would secure the NL East division title. Clinching the division guarantees Atlanta a postseason berth as a division winner but does not secure a first-round bye, as Milwaukee and Los Angeles currently hold the top two NL seeds and the bye positions that come with them. As the No. 3 seed, Atlanta would face the No. 6 seed in the Wild Card Series regardless of division title status.

The Atlanta Dream enter their final two regular-season games half a game behind third-place Las Vegas and half a game ahead of fifth-place Indiana, with a top-four finish guaranteeing first-round home-court advantage when the best-of-three playoffs open September 27. Both remaining games are road contests at New York, while Indiana plays three games and Las Vegas plays three, meaning Atlanta's seeding depends on results across multiple teams through September 24. In a separate milestone from the September 19 win over Chicago, Angel Reese extended her own WNBA single-season double-double record to 31, surpassing the previous mark of 28 set by Alyssa Thomas.

Major Série A clubs and two state federations published a joint manifesto on 17 September 2026 defending Brazil's regulated betting market, citing an estimated R$1 billion in annual sponsorship revenue at stake. A Senate bill that would ban betting operators from sponsoring clubs, competitions, and broadcasts is advancing through committees but has no scheduled plenary vote, while a separate government provisional measure remains an unconfirmed proposal with unsettled scope. Betting companies currently hold at least 12 of 20 Série A master shirt sponsorships and the naming rights to Brazil's top football competition.