Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Saturday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:
– WASHINGTON – With a 1-0 lead in the NLDS, the Los Angeles Dodgers send Rich Hill to the mound against the Washington Nationals’ Tanner Roark. Game starts 4:08 p.m.
– CHICAGO – Kyle Hendricks, baseball’s ERA leader, starts for Chicago in Game 2 of the NLDS. Former Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija goes for the San Francisco Giants, who lost the opener 1-0. Game starts 8:08 p.m.
– Stories on Sunday’s two ALDS games: Rangers (down 2-0) at Blue Jays; Indians (up 2-0) at Red Sox.
– Key Top 25 college football games: No. 1 Alabama-No. 16 Arkansas (7 p.m.); No. 8 Texas A&M-No. 9 Tennessee (3:30 p.m.); No. 10 Miami-No. 23 Florida State (8 p.m.); No. 17 North Carolina-No. 25 Virginia Tech (3:30).
– Three unbeaten NFL teams – Broncos, Vikings and Eagles – play this weekend. But the spotlight falls on Cleveland and, no, the winless Browns aren’t the attraction. Tom Brady returns.
– CONCORD, N.C. – Hurricane Matthew washes out Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The race will now be run Sunday, along with the Xfinity Series.
– LOS ANGELES – Derrick Rose is ordered to return to the witness stand Tuesday even if it means missing a preseason game the night before. A woman has accused the NBA star and two of his friends of rape.
– NEW YORK – Hoppertunity, trained by Bob Baffert, highlights the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. The winner gets a spot in the Breeders’ Cup. Post time 5:23 p.m.
– MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Lynx and Los Angeles Sparks open the best-of-five WNBA Finals on Sunday.
– England, in its first match since the sudden ouster of manager Sam Allardyce, plays Malta in a World Cup qualifier Saturday. Defending champion Germany hosts the Czech Republic.
– LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Olympic leaders ask the World Anti-Doping Agency to oversee a ”more robust” global system to combat drug cheats. WADA says a new testing authority could operate in time for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
