The Washington Commanders will be without their top running back for Sunday's big matchup vs. the Baltimore Ravens. Running back Brian Robinson was ruled out Saturday afternoon, after missing practice all week because of a right knee injury.

The Commanders (4-1) play at Baltimore (3-2) at 1 p.m. Sunday in a matchup of the NFL's two highest-scoring offenses. Washington leads the NFL averaging 31.0 points per game.

Robinson only played the first half of last week's 34-13 win over Cleveland, rushing seven times for 18 yards and one touchdown.

Robinson leads Washington in both rushing (325 yards) and touchdowns (five). On Friday, Commanders coach Dan Quinn said Robinson's injury felt more short-term, but "anytime you're dealing with an injury you want to make sure, is there any longevity to that? We wouldn't put him out there if that was the case."

The Commanders still have third-down back Austin Ekeler and backup Jeremy McNichols. Those two have combined for 263 yards rushing and four touchdowns - three by McNichols. The Commanders elevated Chris Rodriguez Jr., off the practice squad. He gives Washington a bigger back to pair with Ekeler and McNichols.

Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels has rushed for 300 yards and four touchdowns, proving a valuable weapon in the red zone.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama was able to hold off South Carolina 27-25 on Saturday with an interception after allowing the Gamecocks a chance at handing the Tide their second straight SEC loss by botching an onside kick recovery before the game's final drive.

LaNorris Sellers hit Nyck Harbor for a 31-yard touchdown with 43 seconds left, but the Gamecocks (3-2, 1-3) failed to convert on their 2-point attempt. They recovered the ensuing onside kick, but Sellers' desperation heave toward the end zone with 13 seconds remaining was intercepted at the goal line by Domani Jackson.

Jalen Milroe rushed for a 7-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter and then hit Germie Bernard for a late 34-yard score to help No. 7 Alabama (5-1, 2-1) survive the scare.

The Crimson Tide narrowly avoided another upset after losing to Vanderbilt last week, ending a short stint as the top-ranked team in the country.

Milroe delivered when he had to in a game where he was intercepted twice and flagged for intentional grounding on a sack in the end zone for a safety. Facing third-and-10, he found Bernard downfield without a defender anywhere in the vicinity with 1:54 left to cap a 10-play drive.

Milroe was 16-of-23, passing for 209 yards with a touchdown and two rushing scores. Sellers was 23-of-31 for 238 yards with two TDs and the final pick.

The Gamecocks entered the fourth quarter with a lead and had a chance to retake it. But Alex Herrera's 51-yard field goal attempt, which would have been a career long, was short.

Milroe had taken advantage of a Sellers fumble with his 7-yard touchdown run with 10:42 left, but the 2-point pass failed, leaving it 20-19.

Alabama's 14-0 lead was whittled down to two over the final 1:37 before halftime amid a series of South Carolina's big plays and Tide snafus. It included the safety, turnovers from each team and Sellers' fourth-and-9 pass to a wide-open Mazeo Bennett Jr. for a 36-yard score.

Vince Carter played 22 years in the NBA, becoming the only player to appear in the league across four different decades. He scored over 25,000 points, made eight All-Star teams, won the 1999 Rookie of the Year award and was named to a pair of All-NBA teams.

But his most celebrated accomplishment was winning the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest -- widely considered the greatest showing in the event's history. And, during the news conference for this year's Naismith Hall of Fame class -- of which Carter is a leading member -- he admitted the routine he did that day was one he came up with on the fly after deciding the one he'd prepared wasn't good enough to win.

"I looked in the stands, and I was on another level as far as excitement and hype for the moment," Carter said. "I felt the routine I had the night before wasn't gonna win. And, I took a chance. We're here talking about the good, because there could have been a lot of bad ... I just wanted to show the world my athleticism. I put some things together, had some safe landings.

"I just felt good about the night. After the first dunk, a lot of excitement and confidence came out of me, and the sky was the limit from there."

That first dunk -- a reverse windmill -- left the crowd in stunned silence for a moment as it tried to wrap its collective mind around what had taken place. Carter, though, admitted it was one he'd barely been able to do in practice leading up to the contest -- which he'd religiously watched for years as a kid -- but with the adrenaline flowing through him he decided, in the moment, it was one he could pull off.

"I tried that, worked on it so many times and could barely make that dunk in practice," Carter said. "But my adrenaline was so, so high to where I said, 'You know what? I think I can pull it off.' That's just what it was.

"[Kevin Garnett] probably hyped me up from afar because I remember walking out on the court, got the ball, nervous, hands, a little sweaty. I had just had surgery on my middle finger, so if you go back, you see my finger is taped up. I see all the guys I either played college ball with or against or in the pros and the excitement on these professional superstars' face for what I was gonna do.

"So I'm like, 'Let's give him a show baby.'"

The rest was history. Carter went on to win the contest and put himself into the history books en route to the Hall of Fame, becoming one of the league's most popular players during his time with the Toronto Raptors and New Jersey Nets before becoming a steady veteran and role player over the second half of his career.

The other headlining player in this year's class, Chauncey Billups, took a far different path. The third overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, Billups was traded three times in his first three NBA seasons before rebuilding his career as a backup with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

He then got his big break in 2002, when he signed a five-year deal to join the Detroit Pistons and became a key cog in one of the defining teams of this century -- a group that won the 2004 NBA title and was led by Billups and fellow Hall of Famer Ben Wallace, plus Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown. And while his path wasn't as simple as Carter's to stardom, Billups said he was happy with the way his career played out.

"It's my journey," Billups said. "Everybody's is totally different. And I say this all the time, from the time that I was drafted to today, me getting on this stage and being [here] this weekend, it was a tough road for me. There was not a lot of traffic on that road, to be honest with you. Not a lot of people, third pick in the draft, five teams my first five years ... I wasn't playing poorly, it was just circumstances. Obviously I wasn't playing good enough, but it is what it is, and I learned so much about me along that way in that process that just made me."

And then there's Doug Collins, who went into the Hall as a contributor and has endured all sorts of highs and lows across his basketball life. He famously made what appeared to be the two game-winning free throws in the gold medal game in the 1972 Olympics, only for Team USA to lose in extraordinarily controversial fashion to the Soviet Union. He then was the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft in 1973 by the Philadelphia 76ers and went on to make four All-Star teams, but injuries cut short his career before he could win a title with the 76ers.

He then went on to coach in the NBA -- most notably coaching Michael Jordan before he was replaced by Phil Jackson just before the Bulls became a championship juggernaut. And all of that, he said, left him feeling like this induction made his basketball career feel complete.

"I think that this has sort of put a bow on on my career, and the fact that standing here ... I feel like I belong here," said Collins, who was inducted as a contributor. "And for the longest time I didn't. I beat myself up a lot. I never gave myself the grace that I gave others, and I'm trying to be better at that."

The other contributors in this year's class are Herb Simon, the longtime owner of the Indiana Pacers, and the late Jerry West, who had a brilliant career as an executive with the Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors and LA Clippers on top of his legendary exploits as a player.

One of the players who was intimately involved with West's second act in basketball was Michael Cooper, the 1987 Defensive Player of the Year and an 8-time All-Defense selection who was the sixth man and defensive ace on the great "Showtime" Lakers teams of the 1980s and who is also being inducted this weekend.

Cooper said West's influence extended far beyond the basketball court.

"Jerry was always kind of there, being that guy that would help you through things," Cooper said, holding back tears as he spoke. "The day that I found out he had passed away was probably the hardest day of my life. He's truly missed. But you know what? How we carry on his legacy is by the things he taught us, and in the way that we live."

Leading the way on the women's side was Seimone Augustus, one of the greatest players in WNBA history who won four championships during her illustrious career with the Minnesota Lynx -- the only team she played for across her 14 seasons in the league.

Not surprisingly, the six-time All-WNBA selection was thrilled with the Lynx's comeback victory in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals Thursday night against the New York Liberty, and both she and Michele Timms -- another WNBA inductee -- said how happy they were to see the continued growth of the women's game, and in particular how much it's grown in the past year or two.

"I'm so proud," Augustus said. "It's a lot of generations that came before us, trailblazers that didn't, didn't get a chance to see the increase in visibility, the increase in brand coverage, the financial means that the girls have today. And I was able to see that. I just retired in '21. My knees are still crackling when I get up, but to be able to see the young ladies get everything that they deserve and then some is amazing. And I'm glad I'm able to see it."

Those honorees, plus the rest of the class -- New York Knicks legend Dick Barnett; the late Walter Davis, a six-time All-Star; college basketball coaches Bo Ryan and Harley Redin; and high school coach Charles Smith -- will all officially be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame Sunday in Springfield, Mass.

CLEVELAND -- Lane Thomas hit a grand slam off Tarik Skubal and Cleveland beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3 on Saturday in Game 5 of their AL Division Series, moving the Guardians into another postseason matchup against the Yankees.

Cleveland will meet New York in the ALCS, setting up a series between two teams that have crossed paths six previous times in October. They last met in 2022, with the Yankees taking their ALDS in five games.

Game 1 is Monday in the Bronx.

Thomas had five RBIs for the Guardians, who weren't expected to contend this season. But they won the tough AL Central under first-year manager Stephen Vogt, and Cleveland is still alive with a chance to end a World Series title drought stretching to 1948.

The Guardians had to take down Skubal, the front-runner for the AL Cy Young Award, to keep it going. The left-hander had not given up a run in 24 consecutive innings -- 17 in this postseason -- before the Guardians tagged him in the fifth for five runs, tying the most he allowed in 2024.

And Cleveland did it with its familiar, scrappy style dubbed "Guards Ball," getting three singles -- one an infield roller -- to load the bases before Skubal hit All-Star José Ramírez on the left hand to force in a run.

That brought up Thomas, who hit a three-run homer in Cleveland's 7-0 win in Game 1.

The center fielder, who struggled in his first month with the Guardians after coming over in a July trade from Washington, connected on Skubal's first pitch, sending it just over the 19-foot-high wall in left-center field.

When the ball touched down, the Guardians' dugout emptied and the screaming, red-clad Progressive Field crowd erupted in celebration.

"He just threw me a pitch to hit," Thomas told TBS after the game. "To his credit, he threw me a lot of pitches that were tough to hit [in my previous at bats].

"It just takes one."

Thomas became the fourth player in postseason history -- and first on Cleveland -- to hit a go-ahead grand slam in a winner-take-all game. It was the sixth grand slam hit by a Guardians player in the postseason and first since Francisco Lindor in 2017 against the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS.

As has been the case all season, Vogt leaned on his MLB-best bullpen, which showed some wear and tear.

After Thomas hit his homer, the Tigers threatened in the sixth, scoring a run on a single by Jake Rogers and loading the bases with two outs. But Hunter Gaddis struck out Kerry Carpenter, who won Game 2 with a three-run homer in the ninth.

The Tigers, though, kept clawing and closed to 5-3 on Colt Keith's one-out RBI double in the seventh. Eli Morgan came in for Cleveland and struck out both batters he faced.

Thomas hit an RBI single in the eighth to put the Guardians up by three, and that's when Vogt turned to All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase, the AL's saves leader, to put the Tigers away.

Throwing one 100 mph fastball after another, Clase got the final six outs. When he retired Keith on a routine grounder to first, the Guardians could finally exhale and plan for their first ALCS visit since 2016.

Skubal lost for the first time since Aug. 2, and the Tigers, who missed a chance to eliminate the Guardians at Comerica Park on Thursday, had their unimaginable late-season push end in disappointment.

Out of contention in August, Detroit regrouped and rerouted its season. Energized by some young players they brought up from the minors, the Tigers took off and went 31-13 after Aug. 11 to earn a postseason berth -- one of three AL Central teams to make it.

They then swept Houston in the wild-card round before meeting Cleveland in the postseason for the first time after more than 2,300 games between the franchises.

The Guardians took hold of first place in April and never let go. Cleveland became one of the season's biggest surprises, winning 92 games under Vogt, a former journeyman catcher who had no previous managerial experience.

Before the game, Vogt was confident his team wasn't done.

"It feels like we're going to New York," Vogt said.

The Guardians are on their way.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Cardiff: Cam Winnett; Mason Grady, Rey Lee-Lo, Ben Thomas (capt), Harri Millard; Tinus de Beer, Ellis Bevan; Ed Byrne, Efan Daniel, Keiron Assiratti, Josh McNally, Teddy Williams, Ben Donnell, Dan Thomas, Alun Lawrence.

Replacements: Daf Hughes, Danny Southworth, Rhys Litterick, Mackenzie Martin, James Botham, Aled Davies, Callum Sheedy, Gabriel Hamer-Webb.

Scarlets: Ioan Nicholas; Tom Rogers, Johnny Williams, Eddie James, Blair Murray; Ioan Lloyd, Gareth Davies; Kemsley Mathias, Marnus van der Merwe, Henry Thomas, Sam Lousi, Alex Craig, Josh Macleod (capt), Dan Davis, Taine Plumtree.

Replacements: Ryan Elias, Alec Hepburn, Sam Wainwright, Jac Price, Carwyn Tuipulotu, Efan Jones, Sam Costelow, Macs Page.

Sin-bin: Lousi (12), Rogers (65), Macleod (66)

Referee: Craig Evans (WRU)

Assistant referees: Mike English & Amber Stamp-Dunstan (WRU)

TMO: Keith David (WRU).

Gloucester: Carreras; Hathaway, Llewellyn Atkinson, Thorley; Anscombe, Williams; Knight, Singleton, Fasogbon, Clarke, Thomas, Clement, Ludlow (c), Mercer.

Replacements: Blake, Rapava-Ruskin, Gotovtsev, Alemanno, Ackermann, Englefield, Atkinson, Barton.

Sin bin: Charlie Atkinson (47)

Bath: De Glanville; Butt, Lawrence, Redpath, Emens; Russell, Spencer (c); Obano, Dunn, Du Toit, Hill, Molony, Bayliss, Reid, Barbeary.

Replacements: Annett, Van Wyk, Stuart, Ewels, Underhill, Schreuder, Bailey, Coetzee.

Sin bin: Redpath (74)

Referee: Adam Leal

Exeter: Hodge; Feyi-Waboso, Woodburn, Hawkins, Brown-Bampoe; Skinner, Maunder; Sio, Yeandle (c), Street, Tuima, Molina, Vermeulen, Capstick, Vintcent.

Replacements: Frost, Goodrick-Clarke, Iosefa-Scott, Dunne, Roots, Fisilau, Cairns, Hammersley.

Sin-bin: Frost (65).

Bristol: Lane; Bates, Jenkins, Janse van Rensburg, Ibitoye; MacGinty, Marmion; Woolmore, Oghre, Lahiff, Caulfield, Batley, Luatua, S Grondona, Harding (c).

Replacements: Capon, Genge, Kloska, Dun, B Grondona, Randall, Worsley, Elizalde.

Sin-bin: Caulfield (15).

Referee: M Carley.

Confident following four successive wins, Scotland started brightly in Cape Town, seemingly unburdened by the pressure of such a high-stakes contest.

They made several early visits to the Australia 22 and dominated possession and territory, but handling errors stopped them in their tracks and Australia punished those wasted chances in clinical style.

First, some lovely hands released Miller down the left and the winger showed Francesca McGhie a clean pair of heels, and just minutes later, Stewart fended off Rollie's attempted tackle to cross for try number two.

When Smith got on the end of Moleka's deft grubber kick to score Australia's third try inside 23 minutes, it looked as though the game was over as a contest.

However, Bartlett forced her way over from close range to get Scotland on the board, and a wonderful team try sent Bryan Easson's side into the half-time break with hope.

Rollie put Evie Gallagher - who was immense for Scotland - through a hole, and the number eight showed great awareness to spin and pass back to Rollie, allowing her to go over in the corner.

Scotland continued to ask questions of the Wallaroos after the interval, but lineout failings saw chances go begging in a frustrating start to the second half.

However, Young's try ensured the pressure did not go to waste and from there, Scotland looked the likely winners.

However, Orr's mistimed tackle and McGhie's deliberate knock-on - either side of McGhie's try - handed the initiative back to Australia.

Moleka's kicking was a crucial difference between the sides, with Helen Nelson wayward off the tee, and with Scotland pinned in their own half, Marsters went over to ensure an Australian victory on the day, and in the tournament as a whole.

Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov is expected to be sidelined two to three weeks with a lower-body injury, coach Paul Maurice announced Saturday.

Barkov was injured while attempting to prevent an empty-net goal in the waning moments of Florida's 3-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday. The forward crashed feetfirst into the end boards.

The timeline set by Maurice would put Barkov on target to play in his native Finland when the Panthers face the Dallas Stars in the NHL Global Series on Nov. 1-2.

"We think two to three weeks. We think that's probably the right window on him," Maurice said. "He's a strong healer. He's just a big powerful man, puts a lot of torque on his joints. We're optimistic, I think very optimistic, that he'll play in Finland."

Barkov, 29, was voted the Selke Trophy winner as the best defensive forward last season. He also received the honor for the 2020-21 season.

Barkov has one point -- an assist -- in two games this season.

He is the franchise leader in several categories, including goals (266), assists (446), points (712) and game-winning goals (48). He was selected by the Panthers with the second overall pick of the 2013 NHL draft.

Bukayo Saka has returned to Arsenal for further assessment on the injury he picked up in England's loss to Greece on Thursday, the national side confirmed on Saturday.

Saka, who started against Greece, limped off early in the second half and was replaced by Noni Madueke.

He will now not travel with the squad for their clash against Finland in Helsinki on Sunday. Lee Carsley will have a 22-man squad for the game, with Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones also missing the trip due to a personal commitment.

Saka's injury comes as a blow to Arsenal, who lost their captain Martin Ødegaard to injury in the last international break.

Saka, 23, has worn the armband in Ødegaard's absence and has 10 goal contributions across all competitions this season for the north London side.

Mikel Arteta's side play Bournemouth away in the Premier League next Saturday.