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NFL: Broncos called a 47-year-old Drew Brees before the AFC title game
A phone call Sean Payton never saw coming Drew Brees was 47. He had been retired for years. And Denver rang him up about playing in an AFC title game. The story broke Monday, via ESPN. It goes back to last January, a few days before the AFC championship game against New England. Bo Nix…
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MLB: Judge snaps drought as Yankees clinch playoff spot
A scoreboard in Detroit did the job before the Yankees did The Yankees learned they were in the playoffs without having to do a thing. Toronto’s loss to Detroit, which came through while they were playing in Minneapolis, was enough. New York still made sure to put its stamp on the night: 8-3 against the…
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NFL: Kenneth Walker III runs wild as Chiefs bury Denver
173 yards on night one, and Kansas City already looks sorted at running back Kansas City looked right at home. The Chiefs hammered Denver 31-10 on Monday night in their opener, and Kenneth Walker III stole the show: 173 rushing yards, a career best, and two touchdowns overall. Walker signed with the Chiefs in free…
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NCAAF: Miami’s thin secondary faces Gio Lopez at Wake Forest
Miami are down three cornerbacks and Wake Forest have a quarterback in form. Friday night in Winston-Salem could get loud.
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Premier League: Dugarry savages De Zerbi over goalless Spurs
Zero. Six games in, still zero. Tottenham have not scored a goal this season. Two points, 17th in the Premier League, and a scoring column that has yet to be opened. Set that against the summer and it stings. Roughly 370 million euros went out the door in the transfer market, on top of back-to-back…
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La Liga: Zidane gives Mourinho’s Real Madrid his blessing
He came for the cars The Madrid Formula 1 Grand Prix. Engines, grid walks, the usual noise. That is where the Spanish press cornered Zinedine Zidane, and nobody asked him about engines. “Real Madrid are doing very well, as usual. Mourinho has managed to build a very good team.” Two sentences. That was the whole…
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Serie A: Gattuso says Nuno Tavares had Real Madrid in him
An inheritance, burned One hundred million euros. That is the number Gennaro Gattuso reached for when DAZN Italia asked him about Nuno Tavares after Lazio’s 2-2 draw with AC Milan. The Lazio boss does not do half measures. “I’ve always said Nuno Tavares is a Real Madrid-level player,” he began, which was the gentle part.…
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Premier League: Two VAR officials dropped after Manchester derby error
Two days, one demotion Matt Donohue and Blake Antrobus will not be working the next round of Premier League fixtures. Pro Ref, the body running professional refereeing in England, pulled both men off the list. They had been on VAR duty for the Manchester derby at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Telegraph reports they stay…
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Football: Opta makes Bournemouth Europa League favourites
Ten thousand simulations of the 2026-27 Europa League produced an unlikely name at the top. A club playing its first European season of any kind comes out as the most frequent winner.