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Bikers compete in a qualifying session of the 81st Bol d'Or 24-hour motorbike endurance race, on September 14, 2017, at the Paul Ricard racetrack in Le Castellet, southern France. (Photo by Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images)

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A man rides a kitesurf in Andernos les Bains, southern France, on September 9, 2017. (Photo by Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images)

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This photo taken on September 10, 2017 shows people jumping over a bonfire during a Spartan Race in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

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Cleveland’s Francisco Lindor and Jay Bruce celebrate after defeating the Baltimore Orioles at Progressive Field on September 10, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland defeated the Orioles 3-2, and their win streak now stands at 18.  (Photo by David Maxwell/Getty Images)

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Sloane Stephens never looked shaken by the setting or the stakes in her first Grand Slam final. Her opponent, Madison Keys, most definitely did. Stephens easily beat her close friend Keys 6-3, 6-0 to win the U.S. Open on Saturday, capping a remarkably rapid rise after sitting out 11 months because of foot surgery. (Photo: Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images)

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Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo (right) fights Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight championship of the world at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on March 29, 1966. Chuvalo, whom Ali declared after the title fight to be “the toughest guy I ever fought,” is being fêted in celebration of his 80th birthday.

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Canada’s Denis Shapovalov salutes the U.S. Open crowd after his fourth-round loss to Pablo Carreno Busta on Sept. 3. “Denis is on fire, no?” Carreno Busta said after the match. “He’s playing with a lot of confidence and he’s very young. In the future, he will be one of the best.” (Photo: Clive Brunskill / Getty Images)

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Playing under the bright lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday night was an intimidating task for Denis Shapovalov. But as he has on several occasions already this year, the 18-year-old Canadian stayed loose under pressure. Shapovalov advanced into the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3) upset victory over eighth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. (Photo: Abbie Parr / Getty Images)

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Worried about a recent back problem, Roger Federer had to overcome an early deficit and a late lapse Tuesday night to edge 19-year-old American Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 in a compelling first-round contest at the U.S. Open. Tiafoe’s take? “He won by the skin of his teeth.” (Photo: Jewel Samad / AFP / Getty Images)

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It was merely a win to get to the second round, but it meant so much more to Maria Sharapova. It meant she was back. Displaying as much emotion on court as she ever did after one of her five major championships, Sharapova beat No. 2-seeded Simona Halep 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at the U.S. Open Monday night. (Photo: Elsa / Getty Images)

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In a city known for circuses and illusions, two men exchanged blows for less than 30 minutes on Saturday. Nothing mattered; nothing was at stake. Here’s how Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor pulled off the fleece of the century. (Photo: Isaac Brekken / Associated Press)

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A man plays a shot as teams play an annual cricket match in the middle of The Solent, on the Brambles sandbank, which appears in the sea for a short period of time at low tide, near Southampton, England, on Aug. 24. (Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas / AFP / Getty Images)

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Kneeling and bowing their heads, the Cleveland Browns bonded over something bigger than football. More than a dozen players formed a circle on the team’s sideline Monday night and prayed in silent protest during the national anthem — the largest demonstration so far in a social-consciousness movement started last season by quarterback Colin Kaepernick. (Photo: Joe Robbins / Getty Images)

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Booster, the Triple-A Nashville Sounds’ mascot, wears eclipse glasses at a viewing party at First Tennessee Park in Nashville on Aug. 21. (Photo: Shelley Mays / The Tennessean via AP)

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Chicago Cubs SS Javier Baez scores in the bottom of the 10th inning on Aug. 20, handing the Toronto Blue Jays a crushing walk-off loss — and a series sweep at Wrigley Field. (Photo: Stacy Revere / Getty Images)

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Donnell Whittenburg releases while working on the high bar at the USA Gymnastics championships, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. (Photo: Mark J. Terrill/The Associated Press)

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Members of the Philippines men's ice hockey team, dubbed the "Mighty Ducks,” during a practice session at a mall skating rink in Manila ahead of their games at the Southeast Asian Games (SEAGames) in Malaysia. The team aims to win a gold medal in next week's Games — a far cry from members' days of only learning of the sport through the Disney movies. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)