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NCAAF: Sankey cools the talk of a 24-team playoff
A 30-day negotiating window with ESPN opened last week and the assumption was that 24 teams would follow. The SEC commissioner spent Monday telling people not to assume anything.
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NCAAF: The HBCU big four does not survive the data
South Carolina State are 3-0, nationally ranked and outscoring people 153-0. Opta’s efficiency model still rates them fifth among HBCU programmes, behind a team that has lost twice.
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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.
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Football: The numbers said Hull City should go down
Opta’s expected points model had Hull City finishing in the Championship relegation zone last season. Four games into the Premier League, they sit on eight points and nobody can quite explain it away.
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MLB: Padres win an eighth in a row at Coors Field
San Diego built a five-run cushion in Denver overnight, then spent three innings watching Colorado chip away at it. Mason Miller closed the door on an 8-7 win and a streak that now reads eight.
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France squad: Jeremy Jacquet named in preliminary list
Zidane opens the door for Jacquet Jeremy Jacquet is in Zinedine Zidane’s preliminary squad. The news comes from L’Equipe. The 21-year-old Liverpool defender could now be in line for his senior France debut in the new manager’s first camp. The timing makes sense. Jacquet left Rennes this summer for 70 million euros. He settled quickly…
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Football: Dembele’s answer to Mbappe was scripted in advance
An appearance that was anything but spontaneous After Brest-PSG (0-1), Ousmane Dembele stopped by Ligue 1+ to respond to Kylian Mbappe. “I was never the chosen one, I worked for it and got my reward in a fantastic year with Paris Saint-Germain,” the Paris forward said, echoing comments from his France team-mate, who had said…
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Ligue 1: Olivier Letang summoned by the disciplinary commission
August 28, Lille-PSG, and a few words too many The match is long gone. The words are still hanging around. Olivier Letang has been summoned by the disciplinary commission. The reason: his criticism of the officials after Lille’s clash with Paris Saint-Germain on Friday, August 28. The information comes from L’Equipe. The Lille chairman will…
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MLB: Corbin Carroll’s walk-off saves Arizona
Two three-run holes wiped out Corbin Carroll flipped it all on its head. His two-run blast with one out in the ninth gave the Arizona Diamondbacks an 8-7 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday in Phoenix. Arizona spent the night chasing the game. They trailed 3-0 after two innings, then 7-4 after seven. Two…