18 October 2007 (Thursday)
- Baseball:
- 2007 American League Championship Series Game 5:
- Boston Red Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 1 — Josh Beckett strikes out 11 in eight innings of work, Manny Ramírez puts the Bosox ahead to stay in the third inning with a long single that barely missed being a homer, and the Red Sox pull away late to bring the series back to Fenway Park. Indians lead series 3–2.
- Non-playoff news:
- After the New York Yankees offer their manager Joe Torre a one-year contract for US$5 million—a one-third pay cut from what he made in 2007—he chooses to resign after a 12-year tenure as manager in which he led the Yankees to the playoffs every season. (AP and ESPN.com)
- 2007 American League Championship Series Game 5:
- American football:
- NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
- Rutgers 30, (2) South Florida 27
- NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
- Cricket:
- South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08:
- South Africa 294/5 (50 ov.) beat Pakistan 249 (46.3 ov.) by 45 runs
- South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08:
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