Bill Haufe

Saturday, Aug. 29 MEN’S AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL • AFL Postseason: Carlton at Melbourne, Second Wildcard Final, 5:30 a.m. (FS2). WOMEN’S AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL • AFL: Hawthorn at Collingwood, 1 a.m. Sunday (FS2). AUTO RACING • Indy NXT Series: Practice, Milwaukee Mile, 9 a.m. (FS2). • NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Milwaukee Mile, 11 a.m. (FS1). • FIM MotoGP: 2026 Aragon Grand Prix — Sprint Race, (taped) noon (FS1). • Indy NXT Series: Qualifying, Milwaukee Mile, 12:30 p.m. (FS1).

DENVER (AP) — Cale Makar and the Colorado Avalanche agreed to a $163.2 million, eight-year extension on Friday that will make him the highest paid player in league history. The terms of the deal were confirmed by his agency, Bartlett Hockey. Makar’s extension is set to be the the richest in NHL history, surpassing eight-year, $136 million extension signed by Minnesota forward Kirill Kaprizov last September. The 27-year-old Makar is coming off a season in which he had 20 goals and 59 assists.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ross Chastain took the pole Friday for NASCAR’s regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway. Chastain covered the 2 1/2-mile superspeedway in 48.808 seconds, five-hundredths of a second faster than Chris Buescher in the second and final round of qualifying. Chastain, who already has been eliminated from playoff contention, and Buescher will share the front row in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday night.