Connor Thomas got thrown to the wolves on Monday night, and the Mets' broadcast booth could barely stomach watching it happen.
The Braves reliever was left in to twist against New York's lineup long after the outcome had been decided, and by the time Atlanta finally mercy-killed the outing, Thomas had been shelled for 11 earned runs — the most any reliever has allowed in a major-league game in more than half a decade — according to MLB.com's Anthony DiComo.
His final line read: 2 2/3 innings, 10 hits, 11 runs, five walks, two strikeouts, three home runs, 78 pitches.
As Gary Cohen mentioned on the SNY broadcast of New York's 14-3 win, Atlanta had ground through five consecutive one-run games in the days before Monday, and rather than burn another arm in a game that was already lost, the Braves made the call to sacrifice Thomas to the baseball gods.
The 28-year-old left-hander — a Tifton, Georgia, native and Georgia Tech product who made his MLB debut with the Brewers back in 2025 — had only been summoned from the minors about two days prior. He's never been treated as a top prospect, and he entered Monday having not thrown more than 70 pitches in a single appearance since he was a starter for St. Louis' Triple-A Memphis affiliate back in September 2023 — more than 1,000 days ago.

#georgia

With training camp here, the excitement for football season is about to ramp up to a fever pitch. For the Dallas Cowboys, it's been an offseason where more noise has come from their roster moves, free agent acquisitions, and draft picks than any off the field drama, which is a welcome change for a team that will begin the regular season 973 days removed from their last playoff game appearance.
That playoff game was the now-infamous 48-32 home loss to the Green Bay Packers. The Cowboys and Packers have met just once since that January game in AT&T Stadium, and it was memorable for a whole other host of reasons, ending in a 40-40 tie on Sunday Night Football last season in week four.
The Cowboys and Packers will meet again on Sunday night primetime this season, at Lambeau Field, this time in week six. As we continue our season preview series, Dallas' division rivals are now all behind us, and our focus will shift to some of the potential toughest games on the schedule against either other rivals or expected playoff contenders at large.
Also for the second year in a row, the Cowboys and Packers early season meeting will be marked by a trade between the two sides involving a pass rusher. Last season, it was Kenny Clark coming over to the Cowboys from the Packers (plus some draft picks) in exchange for Micah Parsons, and this year the Cowboys acquired Rashan Gary after seven seasons with the green and gold. With Parsons still rehabbing from a week 15 ACL tear last season against the Broncos, the Cowboys may not be playing against their own former pass rush star this time around. The Packers scored 40 points on the Matt Eberflus defense in 2025; this game will be a very important early comparison point to just how much of a difference new defensive coordinator Christian Parker is making.
Another theme both of these teams will have going into 2026 is the expectation for their all-important QB/HC pairing to prove they are the right men for the jobs. The Packers will go into year four of Jordan Love as the starting quarterback and year eight for Matt LaFleur having lost in the Wild Card round the last two postseasons. For the Cowboys, it will be just year two of Brian Schottenheimer but year 11 for Dak Prescott. There was a point when Love was an up-and-coming quarterback and Prescott was in the midst of the three straight 12 win seasons under Mike McCarthy, and both were seen as potentially battling for supremacy at the position in the NFC, but so far it still hasn't manifested for either.

#cowboys #packers #year #week

Unlike other blue bloods, Michigan doesn't often reel in high five-star prospects. For every Rashan Gary and Bryce Underwood, there are classes without a single five-star in it that are developed into powerhouse football teams. The class of 2026 is the former, as Michigan brought in two five-stars this offseason in Savion Hiter and Carter Meadows. Meadows has the makings of a star, but will need some time to get ready for Big Ten action.
Meadows hails from Gonzaga High School in Washington D.C., one of the more well-known powerhouse high school programs. In fact, he was high school teammates with fellow Wolverine Kainoa Winston, and Evan Link also attended Gonzaga. In high school, Meadows was 6-foot-6 and 225 pounds. He possesses a frame that NFL scouts tend to drool over out of an edge rusher.
Naturally, a high schooler with elite athleticism and an NFL frame coming from a national powerhouse of a school was bound to get attention nationally. Meadows received offers from just about every major program, with 247Sports listing 29 offers. Carter made four official visits — South Carolina, Penn State, Ohio State and Michigan, in that order.
In typical fashion, Carter's recruitment came down to Michigan and Ohio State. While certain sites may try to convince you the Buckeyes weren't going all in on Meadows, that would be incorrect. Meadows committed to Michigan, as Lou Esposito and company were able to close on Meadows, and Kyle Whittingham and the new staff were able to retain him.
As for his on the field skills, Meadows is about as good as they come for his age. He is an explosive edge with incredible bend and football IQ. He plays smart and is an avid run-defender. Meadows is also advanced for his age when it comes to pass-rushing moves.

#michigan #high #school #powerhouse

Mark Elliott, who guided Trevecca from NAIA to NCAA Division II membership and became the school's longest-serving athletic director, announced his retirement on July 28 following the conclusion of the 2026-27 academic year.
Elliott, a former Vanderbilt basketball and baseball player, led Trevecca through two conference transitions since being hired in 2011. It was Elliott's first time serving as an athletic director, and he was hired one day after Trevecca announced the NCAA had accepted its application for Division II membership.
"Never having been an athletic director before, I don't think I knew what I didn't know; I just knew this was what I felt called to do, I wanted to do, I felt really good about entering into that **** e," Elliott said. "Then the main goal was to move Trevecca from NAIA to NCAA Division II. That was a four-year process back then, so I don't know that I had a longer-term vision than the four years. Lets just get to the Division II level and go from there."
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Elliott helped Trevecca meet all NCAA requirements, and on July 11, 2014, the school received full active Division II membership status.

#Athletic

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Big Ten Media Days are one of the most anticipated offseason events of the summer, setting the stage for what should be a thrilling 2026 season packed with massive storylines across the conference.
The Big Ten has crowned a different national champion in each of the past three seasons, meaning anyone in the conference has a chance to win it all in 2026.
Oregon enters the year as a popular pick to break through after four stellar seasons under head coach Dan Lanning. However, defending national champion Indiana returns off one of the most stunning turnarounds in recent memory and now has to prove it wasn't a one-year fluke.
Ohio State, meanwhile, opens the season as the nation's top-ranked team in several projection models despite a major defensive overhaul, and USC's revamped defense under new coordinator Gary Patterson could make the Trojans one of the conference's most intriguing wild cards.

#days #champion

Morgan Stanley kept Alibaba (BABA) stock as a "top pick" ahead of late-August earnings. ****** yst Gary Yu made the call over two weeks after cutting his target to $180 from $190.
That target sits roughly 60% above where BABA shares closed on Friday at $112.14. Thus, Wall Street is telling clients the stock is worth far more than buyers are currently willing to pay.
Yu lowered his Alibaba target in early July. He still kept an overweight rating on the stock.
Other banks pivoted in the same direction. HSBC cut its target to $170 from $176 in July. The bank still maintained its buy rating.
Daiwa moved earlier, cutting to $175 from $200 on June 24. The firm pointed to weak sales during China's 618 shopping festival.

#rating

Oscar Piastri's Friday at the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix was an uphill battle from the start. Forced to sit out Free Practice 1 to fulfill McLaren's mandatory rookie running requirements, the Australian had just one hour to get up to speed on a highly inconsistent, freshly resurfaced track.
Despite finishing FP2 down in eighth place—nearly 1.4 seconds off the leading pace set by Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton—Piastri remains highly optimistic about McLaren's potential this weekend.
Jumping into the MCL40 for FP2, Piastri inherited a tricky situation from reigning Formula 2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli, who had driven the car during the opening hour.
Nov 21, 2025; Las Vegas, NV, USA; McLaren driver Oscar Piastri (81) reacts after qualifying fifth for the Las Vegas Grand Prix at Las Vegas Strip Circuit. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images
The Hungaroring proved incredibly difficult to tame, characterized by severe gusts of wind and a bizarrely inconsistent track surface where new patches of tarmac were already wearing away. Adding to the frustration, Piastri's initial qualifying simulation was completely derailed when Alpine's Franco Colapinto spun backwards into the final corner barriers, triggering a red flag.

#oscar #grand #mandatory

Can Michael Kim follow up his second-round 59 to continue separating from the pack at the 2026 3M Open?
The 33-year-old from South Korea put down 12 birdies in his near-record round, shooting up the leaderboard to 14 under. Round 1 leader Ben Kohles enters Round 3 three strokes back, while Chandler Phillips, Michael Brennan and Emiliano Grillo made late pushes to get into contention.
PGA Tour rookie Jackson Koivun continued his impressive start, entering the third round four shots behind Kim. Billy Horschel, Troy Merritt and Zac Blair come in within five strokes of the lead, while Scottie Scheffler slipped up on the back nine Friday before wrapping with a birdie to enter moving day at 7 under. Gary Woodland and Hideki Matsuyama, who rallied after entering the second round below the cut line, also could make some noise today.
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#leaderboard

Call it a B-spec, call it a heavily revised AMR26, call it whatever you want – what Aston Martin rolled out at the Hungaroring for the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix is, by any reasonable engineering standard, a new Formula 1 car. Sixteen separate components were declared upgraded, mechanics broke FIA curfew to get both cars fitted in time, and the team reportedly flew spare parts to Budapest just to guarantee Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll could each run the full package. That is not a development update. That is a rebuild.
The backstory is by now well-documented and not particularly flattering. Adrian Newey didn't get serious work underway on the AMR26 until mid-March 2025, and the wind tunnel didn't see a model until mid-April – three months behind rivals who were already deep into the new regulatory cycle. The car that arrived at pre-season testing in Barcelona was overweight, paddock insiders estimated by somewhere between 10 and 15 kilograms, maybe more, and the Honda power unit was generating vibrations severe enough to rattle onboard cameras loose and leave Alonso and Stroll visibly fighting the steering wheel.
At the Australian opener, Alonso qualified 2.462 seconds off the pace. Both cars retired when the vibrations damaged the battery systems. It went largely sideways from there – one point across the opening ten rounds, tenth of eleven teams in the constructors' standings, behind only the expansion Cadillac outfit.
The nose is the clearest sign of how deep the changes go. Where the original AMR26 carried a wide, blunt front structure, the Hungary version features a noticeably thinner, more tapered profile – the kind of slender nose Newey has favoured since his early Red Bull years. That change alone cascades through the entire front end: new uprights, revised aerodynamic ducting, changed actuator mounting, and a completely reworked front wing with reshaped endplates. Per Newey, the forward section of the chassis was lightened to the point that it required a full re-homologation and fresh crash testing – which, depending on your definition, crosses the threshold from upgrade to new car.
Newey himself occupies both sides of that argument simultaneously. "The main structural elements remain the same – the chassis and gearbox architecture don't fundamentally change – but we've taken weight out of both, which required re-homologating and crash testing the forward chassis," he said. So: same architecture, new crash test. Make of that what you will.

#call #stroll

Gary Kelly came from behind in dramatic style to beat 17 year-old Liam Hill from Tonga and make it three wins to start his campaign for a third Commonwealth Games medal.
Hill's aggressive style saw him cruise to 9-6 win in the opening set against an out of sorts Kelly but the Ballymoney man found his form to open up a 5-0 lead in the second set.
However, Hill would mount a comeback closing to within a shot heading to the final end.
Holding shot, that would have given him the game, Hill made a tactical error with his final bowl as he committed a 30 second shot clock violation.
It opened the door for Kelly but he still had a difficult shot to walk through it but he produced a superb bowl to trail the jack into the ditch, to take the set 7-4 and set up a one-end decider.

#kelly #hill #liam

It's another busy day at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for Team Northern Ireland athletes.
It's an early start for bowler Gary Kelly, who faces Liam Hill from Tonga in the men's single sectional play at the SEC Centre at 08:30 BST as he aims to make it three wins from three.
Shauna O'Neill and Chloe Wilson will get under way at 17:50 when they take part in the women's pairs selection play against Isle of Man as they also aim for their third victory.
Kelly's final session of the day is at 19:15 as he takes on Singapore in the men's singles.
At the Tollcross Swimming Centre, it is a second morning full of heats from 10:30.

#commonwealth #glasgow

The Colorado Rockies played the Milwaukee Brewers' kind of game better than the Brewers did Friday afternoon.
Colorado attacked Shane Drohan with hard contact, created pressure on the bases, and turned productive outs into runs. Tomoyuki Sugano used his seven-pitch mix to keep Milwaukee from settling into a comfortable look, while the bullpen covered the final 3.2 innings without allowing a run.
The Rockies built a 4-1 lead by scoring in the first, third, and fourth innings. Christian Yelich and Brice Turang supplied Milwaukee's only damage against Sugano with solo home runs, but TJ Rumfield answered with a pinch-hit RBI double in the seventh to extend the advantage to 5-2.
Milwaukee made one final push in the ninth with back-to-back singles against Jordan Romano, bringing the tying run to the plate with **** ody out. Romano recovered by retiring Joey Ortiz, Gary Sánchez and Yelich to secure the win.
The Brewers entered the afternoon 26-7 in series openers under two-time reigning NL Manager of the Year Pat Murphy. They also entered allowing fewer stolen bases than any team in baseball.

#runs

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tomoyuki Sugano picked up his 10th win and Kyle Karros and TJ Rumfield each had two hits as the Colorado Rockies capitalized on a fast start to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Friday.
Sugano (10-4) struck out five over 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on a pair of homers — Christian Yelich's 413-foot leadoff drive in the first inning and Brice Turang's 434-foot blast in the sixth. Sugano was making his second start since coming off the injured list after missing three weeks due to back spasms.
Milwaukee brought the tying run to the plate after Andrew Vaughn and Jake Bauers started the ninth inning with consecutive singles. Jordan Romano regrouped from there by getting Joey Ortiz to pop up, striking out Gary Sánchez struck out and retiring Yelich on a fly to right.
Romano picked up his eighth save in 10 opportunities.
Although the Rockies (42-63) have the National League's worst record, they're just one win away from matching their total from a year ago, when they finished 43-119.

#Rockies

Meet Ruairi. He’s a six-year-old Manchester United fan and is football bonkers. He lives five minutes from the ground and is already a regular in the Stretford End. He was a mascot for the 2-1 win over Crystal Palace earlier in the year; he’s been on away days to Seville, Istanbul and Bilbao.
This same six-year-old superfan is now under suspicion of ticket touting. Under a widespread club probe, his account has been restricted pending a review. The future of his precious season-ticket is up in the air.
Ruairi is not a ticket tout.
“It’s scandalous,” his mother Kate, a season-ticket holder for 19 years, told The Independent. “You can put so much worry [on the situation]. We can’t tell our son that he’s not going to United. It’s our life, it’s what we do. It’s where I met my husband. It’s what we do every weekend together as a family. He’s obsessed.”
His dad Gary added: “If we told him he couldn’t go to games, he’d be devastated. Absolutely devastated.”

#ruairi #meet

Former IndyCar Series driver and F1 TV pundit James Hinchcliffe has argued that Aston Martin's highly anticipated upgrade package at the Hungarian Grand Prix should not be judged solely on its immediate pace, warning that the team will need time to maximise the changes.
Ahead of the final race before Formula 1's summer break, the Silverstone outfit is debuting a massive upgrade package at the Hungaroring. Aston Martin opted against introducing incremental changes, instead choosing to target Hungary to essentially bring a B-spec car.
Speaking on F1 TV's Weekend Warm-Up, Hinchcliffe discussed the pressure on the Adrian Newey-led squad to deliver a result.
"Yes, there's a lot of pressure, certainly. They've made a bold choice. I've never seen anything quite like it in Formula 1 to just sit on the car as is and have everything come in one go," Hinchcliffe explained.
"And there's just going to be so much hope, so much anticipation for this weekend that it all works. Now remember, just because you bolted it onto the car today doesn't mean you've maximised the package today.

#hinchcliffe #formula #much

Scottie Scheffler is looking up at one of the most exciting rookies on the PGA Tour heading into the second round of the 2026 3M Open.
The world No. 1 started out strong with a 6-under 65, three strokes behind Ben Kohles. But the one to watch early on is Jackson Koivun, the 21-year-old who won the Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan and Fred Haskins award twice apiece at Auburn. In his third tournament as a full card-carrying PGA Tour member, Koivun shot a bogey-free round of 7-under 64. He's tied with Emiliano Grillo after Round 1.
Lucas Glover, Gary Woodland and Michael Brennan look to climb farther up the leaderboard today. There's a lot of room for movement around the cut line at TPC Twin Cities, with Hideki Matsuyama among those right on the projected cut line.
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#line

Real Madrid have officially announced that they will take on Hungarian outfit Ferencvaros in a pre-season friendly next month.
The game is set to take place at the Groupama Arena, in Budapest, Hungary.
“Real Madrid will play a pre-season friendly against Ferencváros on Saturday, August 8th, at 7:00 PM. Mourinho ‘s players will travel to Budapest, Hungary, for the match at the Groupama Arena, the Hungarian team’s stadium, which has a capacity of 22,000 spectators,” the club statement read.
Real Madrid have played Ferencvaros only twice in the club’s history, with both encounters coming in the group stages of the 1995/96.
The home game saw Los Blancos secure a heavy 6-1 win, while the away fixture ended in a 1-1 draw.

#real #madrid #groupama #arena

Ajax and FC Twente got their European qualification campaigns up and running on Thursday evening. After a poor Eredivisie season, Ajax find themselves having to go through the Conference League qualifiers, while FC Twente are in the Europa League qualification rounds.
FC Twente hosted Hungarian giants Ferencvaros and came undone at the hands of Hattian forward Lenny Joseph. After around 15 minutes, Joseph had given the away side the lead. Twente did get back into the game before half-time, with defender Aske Adelgaard scoring on his debut for the club. However, with 10 minutes to go, Joseph grabbed his second. Twente now have to travel to Hungary and turn things around, by no means an easy task. However, should they lose, they will drop into the Conference League.
Ajax will likely be in the same round should Twente fail to make it through. The Amsterdam club travelled to Serbia to face Vojvodina and came away with a resounding victory. Davy Klaassen gave Ajax an early lead, only for Peter Sukacev to equalise before the half hour mark. Parity did not last long, with Steven Berghuis giving Ajax the lead. Oscar Gloukh and teenager Mohamed Abdalla made it 4-1 to Ajax, who will be confident of seeing the tie out back at home next week.
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#joseph #lead

Real Madrid have announced that they will face Ferencvaros on August 8th in a friendly which will be played at the Groupama Arena in Budapest.
Real Madrid is scheduled to play a preparatory match against Ferencváros on Saturday, August 8, at 7:00 p.m. Mourinho’s squad will travel to Budapest, Hungary, for the friendly encounter at Groupama Arena, home to the Hungarian club, which accommodates 22,000 spectators. This will mark the team’s inaugural appearance at the venue.
Source: Realmadrid.com
Los Blancos will face Fiorentina on August 1st and also Deportivo La Coruña on August 12th in what’s expected to be the team’s final preseason game. Still, the full preseason schedule has not been published, so the club could very well announce a few more preseason games given that their LaLiga opener will take place on August 22nd against Espanyol.

#august #madrid

Drivers have been vocal about how the complex energy deployment needs of the 2026 generation of Formula 1 cars have impacted how they have to be driven, with the reliance on energy harvesting causing a big mental shift in how to approach faster corners.
Mercedes driver George Russell is one driver who has struggled to gel with his machinery this year, which has come more naturally to his championship-leading team-mate Kimi Antonelli.
Norris, whose McLaren team has only finished on the podium four times this year as it tries to reel in Mercedes, appeared to have little sympathy for Russell's plight in what is still F1 fastest car in 2026.
"I mean, I've had to change my driving style every single year of my life," Norris said in Hungary. "I guess for him it's worked for 20 years, for me it's not worked. My driving style worked back in 2018 when I did my test year. That's probably about it. Ever since then I've had to change.
"I think the more experience you have in Formula 1, the better equipped you should be. If you're not ready to adapt to a different car, then you're not at a good enough level. It's our job, it's what we've got paid millions to do. It's to drive any car you get given, whether it's a good one, a bad one, an easy one or a hard one. You have to do it."

#norris #energy #team #change

Meet Ruairi. He’s a six-year-old Manchester United fan and is football bonkers. He lives five minutes from the ground and is already a regular in the Stretford End. He was a mascot for the 2-1 win over Crystal Palace earlier in the year; he’s been on away days to Seville, Istanbul and Bilbao.
This same six-year-old superfan is now under suspicion of ticket touting. Under a widespread club probe, his account has been deactivated pending a review. The future of his precious season-ticket is up in the air.
Ruairi is not a ticket tout.
“It’s scandalous,” his mother Kate, a season-ticket holder for 19 years, told The Independent. “You can put so much worry [on the situation]. We can’t tell our son that he’s not going to United. It’s our life, it’s what we do. It’s where I met my husband. It’s what we do every weekend together as a family. He’s obsessed.”
His dad Gary added: “If we told him he couldn’t go to games, he’d be devastated. Absolutely devastated.”

#year #ruairi #meet #manchester

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio,sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting a criminal investigation of former special counsel Jack Smith, alleging he made false statements during a congressional deposition last year. NBC News' Gary Grumbach reports on Jordan's referral.

#House #judiciary #committee

Another tournament, another triumph for local baseball players.
The Mafia Baseball Club, a Pacific Northwest team, won their ticket to play in the Babe Ruth World Series. On July 13-17, the Mafia Baseball Club was the top finishing team in the Pacific Northwest Regional Tournament in Calgary, Alberta. Now, they're going to Branson, Missouri. The Babe Ruth World Series is scheduled to begin on July 27 and run through August 5.
The Mafia Baseball Club of Oregon was formed in the summer of 2025 and is coached by Luke Roth and Mateo Vodjansky. Many of the Clatsop County athletes are familiar with Roth since his company, Mid-Major Media, that publishes on social media, covers many of the 4A-1A athletes throughout the state of Oregon. Roth said he started Mid-Major Media with the intention of highlighting the underrepresented athletes in smaller schools and communities across the state. His company is also a sponsor of the Mafia Baseball Club.
Mafia Baseball Club has roots in both Toledo, Washington and Northwest Oregon. The 2026 team features local athletes from Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside and Knappa, among others. Oliver Stevens (Knappa), Zephan Pierce (Warrenton), Sam Schacher (Astoria), Dallas Norris (Astoria) and Hayden Halsen (Seaside) all have spent parts of their summer playing with the team.
The graduated senior Pierce from Warrenton High School and incoming Knappa High School senior Stevens, had strong regional performances as both a pitcher and catcher. At the regional tournament in Calgary, Stevens spun a total of 7.2 innings and struck out 8, while Pierce hit .333 and had a .429 on base percentage.

#mafia #athletes

(NewsNation) — The attorney for Elizabeth Siders pushed back on suggestions 16 children recently pulled from squalid conditions in Hamden, Ohio, are "almost feral," as one authority described.
"We've already debunked the myth that these kids were almost feral," lawyer Tommy Stolly tells Chris Cuomo on the latest "Crime Time" podcast. "The ones that were of appropriate age had social media pages. There's evidence of that online now."
Ohio 'House of Horrors' Siders family had at least 3 teen marriages: Report
Authorities on June 30 raided the Vinton County residence of 33-year-old Siders and her husband, Gary Siders Jr., 36, and charged them with felony child endangerment. Inside, officials said, police found children ranging from 18 months to 18 years old living in deplorable conditions. Some reportedly needed immediate medical care.
"They looked like almost feral animals," Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson told reporters. "It was terrible."

#almost #children #elizabeth #hamden

It may be hard to believe but the Atlanta Falcons are one day away from having their rookies report to Flowery Branch for training camp. It's been a long summer, and while there's still over a month before the regular season begins, the start of camp is a major milestone for NFL teams.
The Falcons have their hands full with a new head coach, quarterback competition and several undrafted free agents fighting for roster spots. It all starts next Wednesday, July 29. Don't worry, though, because we've rounded up the latest stories to help you through the home stretch.
In today's Falcons Wire Recap, Bleacher Report likes Cash Jones' roster chances, ESPN highlights three players to watch in training camp, CBS Sports ranks Atlanta's last seven first-round picks, and Bijan Robinson gets MVP hype from NFL.com.
Bleacher Report's Gary Davenport listed Jones as Atlanta's undrafted free agent with the best chance of making the roster in training camp.
"Cash Jones has a fantastic football name, but he wasn't a huge factor offensively over five seasons at Georgia—just 107 total touches," wrote Davenport. "To his credit, though, he made the most of the touches he did get—he's a capable receiver out of the backfield and averaged 4.9 yards per carry. Where Jones really stood out was on special teams, and his extensive experience on both kickoff and punt coverage could carve a path for him into the NFL."

#camp #cash #report

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Luke Littler is off to another great start scoring-wise, but finds himself up just 3-2 after a great start against Josh Rock.
The 2026 World Matchplay of Darts resumes on Thursday, with two exciting matches held on Day 6 in Blackpool.
In the extended format starting this round, Gary Anderson and Dirk van Duijvenbode will kick off the session.
The second and final match of the day is a rematch of last year's semifinal, as Luke Littler plays Josh Rock.

#sporting #LUKE

This is a big weekend for motorsport fans, with Formula 1 rolling into Hungary for Round 11 and NASCAR's Cup Series tackling the legendary Brickyard. Here's everything you need to know about session times, where to watch, and how the championship battles currently stack up.
The Hungaroring hosts Round 11 of the season this weekend. Practice 1 goes green Friday, July 24 at 7:30 a.m. ET, followed by Practice 2 at 11:00 a.m. ET. Saturday brings Practice 3 at 6:30 a.m. ET and Qualifying at 10:00 a.m. ET, before Sunday's race gets underway at 9:00 a.m. ET over 70 laps.
Where to watch: Apple TV is the new home of F1 in the U.S. this season, with F1 TV Pro also carrying the international broadcast and timing data for fans who want every angle of the action.
Kimi Antonelli leads the drivers' standings with 204 points, ahead of Lewis Hamilton (159) in his first year at Ferrari and George Russell (154). Charles Leclerc (126) and Lando Norris (103) round out the top five, while Max Verstappen sits seventh on 91 points, well off his usual pace heading into the summer break.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosts a full weekend of NASCAR action. The Craftsman Truck Series opens things up Friday, July 24 with the TSport 200 at 8:00 p.m. ET on FS1. The Xfinity Series runs the Pennzoil 250 Saturday, July 25 at 4:00 p.m. ET on The CW. The headline event, the Cup Series' Brickyard 400, goes green Sunday, July 26 at 2:00 p.m. ET on TNT Sports.

#Friday

July 22 (Reuters) - Coinbase has settled a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Securities ‌and Exchange Commission over records it sought ‌from the agency, the cryptocurrency exchange's chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, said in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday.
Grewal said the agency, which polices corporate record-keeping, had lost text messages between former Chair Gary Gensler and other ‌officials after a process ⁠the SEC said "automatically wiped" certain data.
As part of the settlement, the SEC will pay $150,000 ⁠and fix its record-retention policies, he wrote.
SEC did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Coinbase sued the SEC and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 2024, ‌seeking documents it said would show a concerted effort by U.S. regulators to stamp out crypto companies.

#grewal #july #securities

A friend of mine offered an interesting question, mostly just to chat about for a little and move on but it’s been sticking in my mind for a while now. The question was who will be in last place in the Eastern Conference next season?
It’s been an interesting point to ponder on in the dead of summer. Not all the teams are particularly good, but no one is currently trying to be bad by punting the season through a long-term rebuilding strategy these days that has made themselves a poor team either. There are no Chicago’s or Calgary’s in the East these days that will drop far behind the pack and await what they hope will be a brighter future. All 16 teams in the East, to varying degrees, have the goal, desire and something of an expectation to make the playoffs next season.
That shapes up to mean chaos and fun. Take a look at last season – the three worst teams in the Eastern Conference ended up being Florida (the 2x defending Stanley Cup champions), Toronto (the team that finished second in points for the conference the year prior in 2024-25) and the New York Rangers (who were first in the East as recently as 2023-24).
That’s probably three teams that this time 12 months ago almost no one would have guessed would be at the bottom of the conference, although there were some warning signs with NYR and Aleksander Barkov’s preseason injury did impact the Panthers in a predictable way before the year started. If anything in the modern NHL, you might as well throw out the results of the prior year when attempting to forecast the future. The base of what has happened isn’t going to be a roadmap for what is to come, by and large for many teams.
Going off my preseason predictions, I would have had Philadelphia, Boston and Pittsburgh as the bottom-three teams in 2025-26, all of which you might notice made the playoffs. That’s pretty humbling to undertake the projection of who could be the worst in 2026-27.

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Just under two weeks ago, Sergio Navarro's journey as Head Coach of the Milan Futuro project officially began, immediately getting to work on the training pitch. Elsewhere within the Club setup this season, every level of AC Milan's youth sector will continue to operate as part of an integrated structure. It is now the third year of the close day-to-day collaboration between Jovan Kirovski and Vincenzo Vergine, a partnership highlighted by Club Owner Gerry Cardinale during the official presentation of Rúben Amorim at Casa Milan on 8 July. In that vein, a similar principle of shared vision and unified approach will also define the work of Sergio Navarro with Milan Futuro and Giovanni Renna with the Primavera side. The two coaches will work closely together, while maintaining the same collaborative relationship with the coaches across the Club's younger age groups.
The goal will not be the result of a single match or the final standings, but the development of talent for the Milan of the future. The work will be synergistic and shared, and the choice of Navarro went precisely in this direction, toward the parameter of growth and the development of young players. Navarro's calling has always been precisely to favor the development of youth academy players. An experience he has lived on both sides. The new coach of the Milan Futuro project was a leading figure in the Spanish youth academy system, considered for some time now the best in Europe, but he also knows the needs of first teams when they see a young player arrive in the squad, having coached at 'senior' level in both Ukraine and Hungary.
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