We start a new month with a wild, American League Wild Card playoff game, a sports arrest and a new NFL coach in our Wednesday Sports Update…
** The Kansas City Royals advance in the Major League Baseball playoffs after winning a wild 9-8 AL Wild Card game last night at home against Oakland. The Royals will now face the LA Angels in a divisional series.
** Tonight the NL Wild Card game has Pittsburgh facing the San Francisco Giants.
** The Oakland Raiders have promoted offensive line coach and former Miami Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano to be their new head coach after Dennis Allen was fired Monday.
** Swimmer Michael Phelps is arrested and charged with a DUI in his hometown of Baltimore; it is the second DUI arrest for Phelps.
** College football has some games tomorrow night of interest, including Oregon facing Arizona. Also, FAU plays FIU and Houston takes on UCF.
** NBA training camps are opening up all around the league as the Orlando Magic and the Miami Heat try to rebuild their teams from a year ago.