The Jacksonville Jaguars are hosting a month-long celebration for Hispanic Heritage Month throughout September, launching community outreach programs and student-athlete recognition under the banner "Somos DUUUVAL."
The initiative addresses the growth of the Hispanic and Latino community in Northeast Florida through youth sports, literacy outreach, and leadership initiatives.
Adriel Rocha, the Jaguars vice president of community impact and youth development, emphasized the initiative's focus on community service and culture. "Hispanic Heritage Month is a reminder of the rich culture, contributions and leadership of the Hispanic community and through Somos DUUUVAL, the Jaguars strive to celebrate and strengthen that spirit in Jacksonville," Rocha said. "Through a month-long series of initiatives for the Hispanic community, we are harnessing the power of service to strengthen connections and make a lasting difference in this community."
As part of the initiative, Jaguars PREP, the foundation's youth programming branch, partnered with Ticketmaster and Farah & Farah to host two youth football camps focused on athletics and leadership skills.
Nearly 350 students in third through fifth grades at BridgePrep Academy and Englewood Elementary School are participating.

#hispanic #month #heritage #somos

'His time will come': Ajinkya Rahane wants India to drop Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to play Sanju Samson in Afghanistan T20Is originally appeared on Cricket News. Add Cricket News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Ajinkya Rahane wants India to reinstate the T20 World Cup top three of Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan for the Afghanistan series.
Rahane believes Vaibhav Sooryavanshi should play his natural game without overthinking, given how early this stage of his international career is.
Samson won the T20 World Cup Player of the Tournament but has struggled for consistency in the UK series since that triumph.
Ajinkya Rahane has thrown his weight firmly behind Sanju Samson, and urged the Indian team management to reinstate the wicketkeeper-batter in the top three for the Afghanistan T20I series ahead of teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

#rahane #samson #ajinkya

WATERBURY - High school football's double-wing offense is affectionately known by smashmouth running game enthusiasts as the "hammer."
Naugatuck was down 14 points in its season opener against Holy Cross on Thursday night at Municipal Stadium's Ray Snyder Sr. Field, but that changed once the visitors went to the hammer offense.
The Greyhounds scored three unanswered touchdowns, the last two runs of 15 and 4 yards by Brandon Andoh behind a monster offensive line, to stun the Crusaders 27-20.
Andoh's 4-yard score with 33.4 seconds left in the game and Gabriel Bello's third extra point in four attempts gave Naugatuck a 7-point lead, its first of the game.
The Greyhounds' defense made sure a last-ditch Hail Mary pass from Crusaders quarterback Brady Lombardo came up short of the end zone. That set off a massive celebration by Naugatuck and its student section.

#game #last

The Eagles' defense will probably be ahead of the offense to start the 2026 season, and that should prove positive for a unit that's completely meshed with their legendary defensive coordinator. Third down is where Vic Fangio's creativity and the Eagles' defensive versatility should become most apparent. Philadelphia can use Cooper DeJean and Michael Carter II together, move Jalen Carter across the defensive front, and rotate several edge rushers without sacrificing coverage on the backend. Fangio could remove traditional positions entirely when Philadelphia reaches obvious passing situations.
With Washington presenting a mobile quarterback and multiple receiving threats, here is what the Eagles' third-down defense could look like in Week 1.
A likely third-and-long package would feature Jalen Carter and Moro Ojomo inside, with Nolan Smith Jr. and Jalyx Hunt or Jonathan Greenard rushing from the edges. Jihaad Campbell could join the rush from several alignments. Zack Baun would remain as the primary linebacker because of his coverage ability and understanding of Fangio's scheme.
The secondary could include Riq Woolen and Quinyon Mitchell outside, Cooper DeJean and Michael Carter II inside, and Andrew Mukuba as the deepest safety. Marcus Epps or another pass rusher would claim the final position depending on the distance.
DeJean gives Fangio the ability to disguise the coverage. He can begin near the line of scrimmage before dropping to safety, blitz from the slot, or match a tight end. Carter can cover a traditional slot receiver and allow DeJean to move elsewhere.

#Eagles #defensive

Dragons co-captain Ben Carter will be fit for the start of the 2026-27 United Rugby Championship (URC) after recovering from a summer ankle injury suffered with Wales.
The lock was ruled out of the Nations Championship defeat by South Africa in mid-July after a blow in training.
Carter, who had started Wales' six previous games, was on crutches and saw specialists on his return to Dragons.
The 25-year-old did not need surgery and is working towards his side's URC opener at Benetton on Friday, 25 September (19:45 BST).
"It's not an issue now. He is going really well and is probably in the best nick that I have seen him," said defence coach Dale MacLeod.

#dragons #south

Inside Notre Dame's $20 million jersey patch: What to know about Irish's new SoFi sponsorship deal originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Notre Dame is a college football institution, with some of the cleanest and most consistent uniforms in the sport. In 2026, however, the Fighting Irish are going to look noticeably different.
As they look to keep up in the ever-evolving world of college sports, the Irish will don a jersey patch for the first time.
Notre Dame enters the season with some of its highest expectations in years as a consensus national championship contender, so the mega company paying to have its name plastered on the Fighting Irish jerseys could see its investment pay off.
Here's what you need to know about Notre Dame's jersey patch for 2026.

#irish #patch #sporting #look

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has acknowledged that things have not gone the way he wanted this season, but the Toronto Blue Jays star remains determined to turn his form around.
Guerrero had a productive series against Cleveland, going 4-for-11 with a home run, a double, a walk and six RBI across the three games.
However, his overall numbers have not reflected that performance. He has posted a .689 OPS through 126 games this season.
Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images
The first baseman opened up about his recent struggles after Toronto secured a 2-1 series victory over the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field.

#series #blue #however

Get hot at the right time. That's some portion of the battle. On paper, the Cubs' front office has done as many things as possible to field a playoff team, perhaps even one that's good enough to compete for a World Series **** le, but the difference between celebrating in October and going home emptyhanded is often whether a team is hot or not during those few weeks in the fall.
Based on how the Cubs finished August and have started September, it's fair to say they have spoiled a lot of golden opportunities.
They went 2-4 (and got walked off three times) on a road trip through Seattle and Arizona last week and then came home and dropped two games out of three to the Reds at Wrigley over the weekend. The Cubs have been a streaky team all season; they have two ten-game winning streaks and a ten-game losing streak this season, and although they aren't stacking losses in a row the past few weeks, the Cubs also haven't done anything to gain ground in their division or the wild card race.
"It's so cliche, but it's just game to game. Playing well and playing consistently," team president Jed Hoyer told reporters on Tuesday. "Obviously we've had some series recently that we've struggled. It's just more getting back to being consistent, winning series. We can't control anything other than the team we're playing tonight. We have to play well consistently. I think that's what has my attention the most.
"We've done that for large periods of the season. This late-August period wasn't our strongest and it's getting back to where we were at the beginning of August."

#Cubs #team #done

NFL bounceback candidates: Jayden Daniels, Malik Nabers headline players most likely to return to form in 2026 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
With every NFL season comes surprises.
With the amount of parity across the league — including five different Super Bowl champions in the last six seasons — a few injuries or bad weeks can quickly derail a season. But 2025 is in the rearview mirror. Another Week 1, which opens with Seahawks vs. Patriots on Sept. 9, is a new opportunity to set higher expectations.
Whether due to recovery from a significant injury, or simply just poor performance on the field in 2025, plenty of NFL stars are poised for an improved 2026 season. From superstar quarterbacks coming off season-ending injuries, to a likely future Hall of Fame wide receiver coming off a down year, there are bounceback candidates galore.
Here are 12 NFL players who are set up for a better 2026 season than they had in 2025.

#here #bounceback #coming #jayden

Summer break is officially over for all, and that means the most anticipated of them all:
The Gainesville Sun's Athlete of the Week poll!
Once again, we are asking for your help with the nomination process. Please click here to see how to nominate. Nominations are due Monday morning, and they can be sent in by anyone — coaches, administrators, friends, family. It is imperative to send in nominations, so we can continue to honor the best! Please send nominations to Gainesville Sun Preps Reporter Noah Ram at nramgannett.com.
We are relying solely on this process for nominations for the 2026-27 season, so if names are not sent in, we will not be able to conduct athlete of the week polls and honor the best in the area.
This week, we're honoring the best from August 24-30. Voting closes Saturday at 12 p.m., and you can vote as many times as you'd like, so please share this poll with friends and family.

#week #athlete

The Dallas Cowboys probably didn't have enough room on the roster for third-year pro Marist Liufau. The 2024 third rounder was moved from off-ball linebacker to edge rusher this offseason, but he's behind a long list of guys there, especially after the signing of future Hall of Famer Von Miller. Liufau began working back with the inside backers in the last week or so of practice, but seems behind the eight ball there as well.
His uphill battle may have just gotten worse. In the exhibition finale, the former Notre Dame standout made a tackle late in the first quarter and appeared to injury his left wrist.
Observers immediately made the connection that the Cowboys could now have the ability to place Liufau on injured reserve in order to retain his services without putting him on the 53-man roster. Liuafau is competing with players like Justin Barron and Sam Williams to sneak onto the back end when cuts are finalized by Sunday at 5 pm CT.
This article originally appeared on Cowboys Wire: Injury Update: Roster bubble Cowboys LB exits preseason finale

#ball #back #finale

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly raised an objection with Sky Sports after former England captain Michael Atherton interviewed the two sons of Imran Khan during the lunch break on the opening day of the Test at Lord's.

According to Cricinfo, the PCB complained to the broadcaster over the decision to air the 18-minute interview with Suleiman Khan and Kasim Khan, which focused on their father's health and concerns over his safety in prison.

The episode created an unusual off-field controversy around the Test, with the PCB reportedly even considering whether Pakistan's players should remain off the field when play was due to resume for the second session.
Atherton conducted the interview with Suleiman and Kasim on Wednesday at Lord's, a day before the Test began. Sky Sports had also used a preview of the conversation in its coverage ahead of the match.

According to Cricinfo, the PCB contacted Sky Sports before lunch on Thursday and objected to the planned broadcast. The board reportedly warned that Pakistan's players could refuse to return to the field if the interview was aired.

Sky Sports initially held back the segment before eventually showing it during the lunch interval.

The interview was not broadcast in Pakistan because state broadcaster PTV holds the television rights for the series.
During their conversation with Atherton, Suleiman and Kasim discussed their concerns about their father's condition and safety while he remains in prison.

The brothers also spoke about their efforts to ensure that Imran receives appropriate medical treatment.

The former Pakistan captain and 1992 World Cup-winning skipper has been incarcerated for around three years, with his health and access to medical care becoming an increasingly prominent concern for his family.

His sons have stepped up their public calls for greater access to medical treatment in recent weeks.
The latest controversy comes after Pakistan's Supreme Court last week directed that Imran be admitted to Shifa Hospital in Islamabad.

However, instead of being taken to the hospital named in the directive, Imran was taken to the government-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for a medical check-up before being returned to prison.

His sisters and sons have alleged that the authorities did not follow the court's directive. They have also continued to demand that Imran be examined by his own doctor.

The developments have prompted former international cricketers to publicly call for better medical care for the former Pakistan captain.
Last week, 21 former international captains, including Atherton, signed a letter to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urging authorities to ensure that Imran receives proper medical attention while in custody.

The signatories included former captains from India, Australia, England, New Zealand and the West Indies.

It followed another appeal in February, when 14 former international captains wrote

Today in Boston Celtics history, Emmette "Em" Bryant (before you ask, he is not related to Kobe Bryant), was traded to the Boston Celtics from the Phoenix Suns in 1968 in exchange for a second-round draft pick in the 1969 NBA Draft.
Bryant hailed from Chicago, Illinois, and played his collegiate basketball at DePaul University with the Blue Demons men's basketball program. His performance there attracted him some national attention, leading to his selection as the 53rd overall pick in the seventh round of the 1964 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, during a time when the annual summer event included many more rounds than it does today. He played four seasons with New York before being taken by the Suns in the 1968 expansion draft held to populate their roster and that of the Milwaukee Bucks, two new teams joining the NBA that year.
Bryant never suited up for Phoenix, however, with fate having other plans for his career.
The new NBA franchise instead turned around and dealt the DePaul alum to the Celtics on this date. The former Knick would play 151 games over two seasons with Boston between 1968 and 1970, winning a ******* le with the Celtics in 1969.
He was again taken in an expansion draft in 1970, selected to join the newly-formed Buffalo Braves that year from Boston's unprotected players.

#boston #round

The Jacksonville Jaguars held their first joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and while there were some ups and downs overall, the defense had an incredibly strong day — so strong that Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield openly admitted that the practice was "eye-opening."
In a post-practice press conference, Mayfield said if this had been a real game, Tampa Bay would have lost, and that Jacksonville was more physical than they were.
Bucs QB Baker Mayfield said Jacksonville was playing with “their hair on fire” and said had it been a game today; his team would not have been on the winning side. pic.twitter.com/GRpGpnEWTO
"It's tough," he said. "I thought, you know, they gave us some good looks. They were playing for hair on fire, I can say that. We definitely, if this was a full game, I don't think we would have come out of it on the winning side of it. So just a little eye-opening. Got to get back and watch the tape. You know, it's never as good or as bad as you think it is, but I think from my standpoint, a day out-physicaled, that's never what you want to have. So it doesn't matter who we have out there. We've got guys who are going to do their very best to keep the whole physical team going. I don't know if we did that today, so we'll take that to help."
SI.com's John Shipley was able to provide some insight; he reported that the Jaguars got at least four takeaways, including a pick-six. Mia O'Brien likewise reported that Josh Hines-Allen had a strong day, with three sacks in one period, including a strip-sack.

#practice #game #tampa

Super Bowl champion Shannon Sharpe took aim at Enes Kanter on an episode of his "Nightcap" podcast, accusing the former NBA player of "rage baiting" for attention. Sharpe, alongside Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson and former NBA All-Star Joe Johnson, questioned Kanter's motives after he was ejected from a WNBA game following a heated exchange with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud.
Shannon Sharpe and Joe Johnson call out enes kanter for his antics after he got into with Natasha cloud. He doing too much for a guy who was a role player his whole career . Him getting into with the wnba feels like he’s looking for his 15mins of fame https://t.co/zgLTSABUfJ pic.twitter.com/fr3ASLwoQb
Sharpe and his co-hosts wasted no time calling out Kanter during an episode of "Nightcap," saying the former Boston Celtics player only attended to draw attention to himself and make a ruckus. "He probably ain't never been to no WNBA game. Then go there just to be the agitator, just cause ruckus, just to make the headlines. Come on, bro, what we doing?" Joe Johnson said.
Sharpe didn't seem as annoyed as others, saying Kanter's motive is likely to rile people up so he can garner attention. "He's rage baiting. Then he's gonna run to Fox News and talk about, 'See, this is what I'm talking about, they're not inclusive. They wanna have their cake and eat it too' and yada yada yada yada yada," he said.
Sharpe didn't end there; the 8X Pro-Bowler even came for Kanter's ability to perform, saying if he "were good," he'd still be in the NBA. "His own home country don't want him back," Sharpe said.

#sharpe #johnson #WNBA #attention