The New York Jets know a thing or two about single-elimination games: after all, the NFL adhering to the series formats on display in other major sports leagues wouldn’t be good for anyone’s health.
Perhaps the Jets could bestow a word of advice to their baseball brothers in pinstripes.
The New York Yankees are set to battle the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night at Fenway Park in the 2021 American League Wild Card Game (8:08 p.m. ET, ESPN). Should the Yankees win, they will move to St. Petersburg to face the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Thursday (8:07 p.