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NCAA: Sankey pumps the brakes on a 24-team playoff
Opening the door does not mean walking through it Greg Sankey poured cold water on the idea. The SEC commissioner spoke Monday to the Monday Morning Quarterback Club in Birmingham, Alabama. The hot topic was a possible move to a 24-team College Football Playoff. Last week, CFP bosses opened a 30-day negotiating window with ESPN…
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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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NCAAF: Texas takes over at No. 1 and hosts unbeaten UTSA
Texas sit top of the AP poll after wiping out a 20-point hole against Ohio State, something no team had done to a No. 1 in 197 games.
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NFL: Eagles put Landon Dickerson on IR after opener
Landon Dickerson called himself a liability on live radio. Hours later, Philadelphia put the three-time Pro Bowl guard on injured reserve.
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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…