Celtic are on high alert for the January transfer window with summer target Balazs Toth, the 29-year-old Hungary goalkeeper, resisting a new deal at Blackburn Rovers. (The Herald)
Andrew Cavenagh could follow up the sale of his company with a huge new investment in Rangers' finances, according to former Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness. (Football Insider)
Rangers fear Olwethu Makhanya could have his head turned by growing interest from a number of Premier League clubs. (Football Insider)
Celtic manager Martin O'Neill is confident Callum Osmand can shake off his hamstring injury in time for Thursday's crucial Europa League tie with Celta Vigo - but Yang Hyun-jun and Cameron Carter-Vickers will miss out again. (Scottish Sun)
Greenock Morton financial director Kenneth Weldin has refused to rule out the club falling into administration before the end of the year. (The Herald)

#celtic

No. 14 Tennessee (2-0) will play its second game at Neyland Stadium during the 2026 football season on Saturday. The Vols will host Kennesaw State (1-1) at 7:45 p.m. EDT.
SEC Network will televise the matchup. Dave Neal (play-by-play), Cole Cubelic (analyst) and Ashley Stroehlein (sideline reporter) will be on the call.
On Monday, sixth-year head coach Josh Heupel discussed Tennessee playing the Owls in Week 3.
"Looking forward to getting back this week inside our stadium and seeing our fans," Heupel said. "Thank you to all the fans that showed up in Atlanta for the game last Saturday. This will be our Salute to Service game as well, so I want to thank all the men and women that have served, and are currently serving, to protect and give us the opportunity and the freedom that we certainly enjoy. We are welcoming some of the families of the men and women that we're recognizing this weekend, as well.
"Saturday, we got an opportunity to play a good Kennesaw State football team. We have a lot of familiarity with a lot of their staff. Jerry Mack and his staff have done a really good job. I think they've won 12 of the last 14 ball games they've played, so this is an opportunity for us this week to continue to grow and get better as a football team."

#play #saturday #tennessee #state

Aryna Sabalenka cut a forlorn figure as she sat staring into ****** e following a painful defeat by Elena Rybakina in the US Open final.
As Rybakina celebrated her third Grand Slam ****** le following a 6-4 5-7 6-2 win in New York, cameras pictured Sabalenka deep in thought as she sat in silence with her team.
At a tournament which has delivered so much success for two-time champion Sabalenka, the disappointment the 28-year-old has faced in the last week leaves her with plenty to ponder.
Not only has Rybakina replaced Sabalenka as the world number one after 99 weeks at the summit, she has now ended the Belarusian's 20-match winning streak at Flushing Meadows.
Defeat also means Sabalenka will end the year without winning a Grand Slam ****** le for the first time since 2022.

#rybakina #following

The Colorado Rockies entered Detroit hoping to snap a seven-game losing streak on the road. Despite a solid start from their rookie pitcher and an offense that out-hit the Tigers, the Rockies bullpen collapsed in the middle innings, leading to a 6-2 defeat. They are now just eight games away from losing 100 games for the fourth season in a row.
Making his fourth big-league start, Mason Adams continued to impress in a Rockies uniform with a fairly quick and efficient outing.
The night started promisingly as Adams struck out the side in the bottom of the first inning. In the second, he allowed a leadoff single to Riley Greene and a one-out walk to Max Clark but managed to escape with a ground ball double play. He then worked a quick 1-2-3 third inning followed by a quick fourth inning where he faced the minimum.
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Through the first four innings, Adams had thrown just 52 pitches with four groundouts and looked primed to go the deepest into the game than he had previously. Unfortunately, he had to labor in the fifth inning with 25 pitches.

#game

Five-star shooting guard Adan Diggs has narrowed his list of offers to seven schools, he told Rivals. Moving forward, the 6-foot-4 senior out of Millennium High School (AZ) will consider Arizona, Arkansas, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, and USC.
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To this point, Diggs has just one official visit scheduled, to Arizona the weekend of September 25, but says he plans to take trips to each of his remaining finalists.
He is ranked as the No. 5 overall recruit in the 2027 class and the No. 1 ranked shooting guard, according to the Rivals Industry Ranking, an average of all three major recruiting media companies (Rivals, ESPN, 247Sports).
Diggs was previously ranked as Rivals' No. 1 overall player in the 2028 class before reclassifying.

#overall

Chase Briscoe left Darlington Raceway with a solid finish, but it was difficult for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver to view it that way.
Briscoe finished sixth in Sunday's Southern 500 after leading 30 laps and spending much of the night in contention for the victory. More importantly, he entered the race as the two-time defending winner and had a chance to become the first driver to win three consecutive Southern 500s.
Instead, Christopher Bell captured the Chase opener.
For Briscoe, the frustration centered on the final restart.
After a late caution, Briscoe chose the inside lane and initially appeared to have an opportunity to control the closing laps. Instead, several cars passed him after Turn 2, dropping him to sixth by the finish.

#laps #raceway

Kyle Kirkwood closed out his 2026 IndyCar Series campaign on a high note, driving from sixth on the grid to a runner-up finish behind Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin in the season finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
The strong drive cemented a career-best second-place finish in the championship standings for the 27-year-old Florida native.
Kirkwood, driving the #27 Andretti Global Honda, concluded the 18-race season with 545 points, placing 86 points behind champion Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing. Over the course of the year, Kirkwood led Andretti Global's **** le challenge, recording two wins, six podiums, 10 top-fives, 15 top-10s, and one pole position.
Reflecting on the finale, Kirkwood acknowledged that points strategy dictated his approach late in the race.
"Yeah, it was," Kirkwood said regarding securing second in the championship. "Yeah, we played it a little bit safer than I might have hoped for the last race of the season, but we had to for the championship. We made all the decisions based on that. Probably could have had a go at Scottie (Scott McLaughlin) at the end on the first few laps on reds. The number one goal was to make the tires last. That's what we did. Came home with a second, which is something to be proud of."

#second #race #yeah

Junior cornerback Kobi Albert set the tone for Southern Miss' 49-3 win over Alcorn State just one minute and 23 seconds into the game.
On a deep ball thrown by Braves quarterback Jaylon Tolbert, Albert jumped up and reeled in his first career interception, setting off an early celebration from both teammates and fans at Renasant Stadium on Sept. 5. It was his first of three interceptions for Albert and five total turnovers for the Golden Eagles.
"He's been a leader since the day we walked in here," senior quarterback Ethan Hampton said of Albert. "I don't think it's a coincidence that our leaders are making a lot of plays. ... He's a great player and he's going to continue to be a great addition for us."
Southern Miss is the fourth program Albert has been played for during his collegiate career. He started at Kentucky, before transferring to Mississippi State and then UConn, before ending up with the Golden Eagles. He entered the game without an interception.
"It's just surreal," Albert said. "The work that I put in in the offseason is just starting to pay off. Really just the work that I put in the past couple of years is starting to pay off. (I've) been at a couple places and haven't really been able to get the opportunity to get on the field. Now that I'm actually able to be on the field, I'm able to show people what I can do."

#golden

When you don't know what you're doing and have a job as a sports reporter, you'll make stupid mistakes. Case in point: The Spun believes J.J. Watt, while preparing to call the Vikings-Packers season opener on Sept. 13, leaked Minnesota's depth chart, thus revealing J.J. McCarthy's role.
Uh, wrong. Watt posted a photo of his prep work, which included a portion of a Vikings depth chart on one of his computer screens. One problem: the depth chart is clearly outdated.
You can start to feel it in the air… pic.twitter.com/gtOeOnLyKo
It's a bit blurry when you zoom in, but you can see that Henry Byrd is listed as the backup left guard, while Jermar Jefferson is the No. 1 running back.
That's not a leaked depth chart. Byrd is on the practice squad, and Jefferson is on injured reserve.

#depth #leaked #packers

Rothesay County Championship, Division One, The Cooper **** ociates County Ground, Taunton (day two)
Glamorgan 194 & 30-1: Kellaway 51; Pretorius 3-45
Somerset 441: Lammonby 95, Vaughan 68, Thomas 59, Rew 52; Crane 4-95
Glamorgan (3 pts) trail Somerset (7 pts) by 217 runs with nine wickets remaining
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#somerset #taunton

Khamzat Chimaev is back on the RAF mats and he has a fellow former UFC champion in his sights as he takes on Tyron Woodley on Saturday in the RAF Moscow main event.
RAF Moscow goes down at VTB Arena, with Chimaev and Woodley headlining, and Russian Olympic wrestling champion Abdulrashid Sadulaev taking on Zac Braunagel in the co-main event.
This marks Chimaev's second RAF appearance following a pinfall win over Dillon Danis this past June, while Woodley is also coming off of an RAF victory over Joaquin Buckley, Woodley's first combat sports victory of any kind since 2018. Previously, Chimaev and Woodley held UFC ***** les at 185 pounds and 170 pounds, respectively.
Sadulaev won gold in freestyle wrestling at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics and made his RAF debut in July against fellow Olympic champion and Kyle Snyder. Snyder picked up another win in their legendary rivalry, defeating Sadulaev by pinfall at RAF Georgia.
Also competing Saturday are wrestling stars Jordan Burroughs, Kyle Dake, and Kennedy Blades, as well as UFC fighters Bo Nickal and Shara Magomedov, former two-division ONE Championship ***** leholder Anatoly Malykhin, and former Bellator standout Neiman Gracie.

#chimaev #Wrestling #olympic #kyle

€1 billion in 18 months: Enzo Fernandez deal means Enzo Maresca has no excuses in first Man City season originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
No amount of transfer outlay can make Enzo Maresca's Manchester City task straightforward. Following greats is hard, even for very talented coaches.
Some of the pre-season conversation saw the likes of Unai Emery and David Moyes mentioned alongside Maresca. They succeeded ******* ne Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson at ******* nal and Manchester United respectively and never really had a chance. How on earth can Maresca hope to follow Pep Guardiola successfully?
Emery and Moyes will be mentioned again after any moments of turbulence at the Etihad Stadium this season. Their cautionary tales were cited after ******* nal swept past City 3-0 in the Community Shield. There was a gulf, an unbridgeable chasm.
Of course, part of that was overreaction after a glorified friendly. The narrative of ******* nal being a stable and ******* ured force while half of the Premier League is in flux also appeals to purists' instincts. Other teams are spending hundreds of millions of pounds and sacking managers, just to try to catch up with a team that charted a steady course, trusted the process and finally won the league.

#city #moyes

Britain's Jacob Fearnley produced a remarkable comeback to beat Martin Landaluce in five sets after compatriot Harriet Dart ended a 19-month wait for a Grand Slam win in the US Open first round.
World number 101 Fearnley, playing in the main draw as a lucky loser, trailed 5-2 in the fourth set before reeling off 10 of the next 11 games en route to a thrilling 4-6 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-3 win.
Dart, taken to three sets in all three of her US Open qualifying matches – including losing the opening set against Kristina Penickova and Heather Watson – once again opted for the scenic route at Flushing Meadows.
Down a set and a break, she took advantage of the fluctuating form of American opponent Peyton Stearns to win 3-6 6-3 6-2.
Fearnley and Dart join fellow Brits Toby Samuel and Katie Boulter in round two, where they will face 27th seed Tomas Etcheverry and 25th seed Marie Bouzkova, respectively.

#open

Austin Hill would have been content to remain in the NASCAR O'Reilly Series under a different set of circumstances.
Richard Childress Racing named Hill as the full-time driver of the Cup Series No. 33 next season -- a role has already been fulfilling this season ever since the tragic death of Kyle Busch.
Hill has been with the company since the 2022 season, having won in his organizational debut at Daytona and adding 15 more wins along the way over the ensuing five years. He's now 32-years-old and it didn't entirely look like he would become a Cup Series regular.
He's also conceded trepidation about taking this role in the aftermath of the company and sport losing Busch. There has just been a lot for him to contemplate.
"I would say I had been wanting to go to Cup for a little while now, but I wanted to make sure it was the right opportunity for me and not just jumping (in) any Cup car, and just to say I'm a cup driver, right," said Hill during a press conference on Friday at Daytona. "And that was something that I have always thought of for a very long time. I didn't just want to jump in any type of Cup car just to say I'm racing in Cup now.

#season #since

Missouri soccer showcased its most dominant performance of the 2026 season, flying past Northern Illinois in a 4-0 rout on Thursday, August 27 in Columbia. Junior midfielder Landis Canada led the way with her first collegiate brace, while Missouri's freshmen class continued to impress across the board.
The Tigers took the lead after 22 minutes of play, when junior midfielder Landis Canada drove the ball into the back of the net from point-blank range. The ball bounced around the box in the resulting calamity from a corner kick, and Canada finished it comfortably — finding her first goal of the season.
Freshman Lana Adams doubled the Tigers' lead in the 66th minute. She found her first collegiate goal by dancing around several Huskies defenders before rocketing the ball into the back of the net from 20 yards out. This broke the seal for the Tigers and allowed them to find their rhythm in front of the goal.
"It's mentality and execution," head coach Stefanie Golan said post-match. "I think that the women had the right mentality and they executed, and you know that's really what those opportunities come down to."
They continued this momentum when, just moments later, Canada found her second goal of the affair, knocking in a header from a corner kick in the 67th minute. The single-game brace matches her total goals in her collegiate career thus far.

#canada #goal #ball

Kentucky Derby and Belmont champion Golden Tempo headlines a stellar field in the Travers Stakes. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Kentucky Derby champion and Belmont Stakes winner Golden Tempo will look to complete his own version of the Triple Crown when he competes in the Travers' Stakes at Saratoga. As it enters its 157th year of existence, the "Mid-Summer Derby" is the oldest Stakes race specifically for three-year-old horses in the United States. The prestige and $1.25 million in purse money usually brings out a star-studded field of entrants and 2026 is absolutely no different. Nine other accomplished runners will challenge Golden Tempo including Kentucky Derby runner-up and Jim Dandy Stakes winner Renegade. Let's take a look at the ten runners and provide a thought on each in what should be an excellent betting race for the speculating public. The runners will be listed by post position with trainer, jockey, and morning line provided. Carded as race 13, the Travers has an expected post time of 6:35 pm eastern time.
Son of Candy Ride won the Louisiana Derby in his second career start but was 10th in the Kentucky Derby and 5th in the Belmont Stakes. Inside draw will be a challenge and not sure how strong this Market is here. Invest elsewhere.
Unbeaten in two career starts and won the Indiana Derby in his last start. Will this son of Gun Runner be a bit too wet behind the ears for a race like this? Conditioner is top notch, but this is awfully big step up in competition. Not so sure this Change will be leading at the end.
LAUREL, MARYLAND - MAY 16: Napoleon Solo #10 ridden by jockey Paco Lopez celebrates after crossing the finish lne to win the 151st Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park on May 16, 2026 in Laurel, Maryland. For the first and only time, Laurel Park is hosting the Preakness Stakes which is the second race of the Triple Crown jewel due to the traditional home of the race of the Pimlico Race Course undergoing complete renovations. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

#stakes #golden #runners

Brian Mason has never been shy in his views of Ashton Dulin's performance on special teams, calling the 29-year-old receiver veteran "one of the three-best special teams players in the NFL" last fall.
How much the Colts will be able to take advantage of those skills – on his most active days, Indianapolis uses his 4.4 speed as its primary gunner on punt coverage, as well as one of its two returners on kickoffs – may vary week-to-week, depending on the team's health across the board.
After last week's signing of six-time Pro Bowl receiver Keenan Allen, Dulin finds himself no longer in contention for one of the Colts' three starting wideout spots. Instead he's jockeying with Nick Westbrook-Ikhine for fourth on the depth chart on a team whose star second-year tight end Tyler Warren makes Dulin or Westbrook-Ikhine the fifth receiving option at-best.
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Dulin has performed arguably the most consistently of Indianapolis' rotational wideouts in the preseason, all while taking very few reps on special teams. It gave the appearance the Colts planned to significantly reduce his role on punt and kick teams to preserve his energy and impact for offense. But with Allen's signing dropping Dulin a spot, the receiver who has just seven catches since the end of the 2022 campaign finds himself in virtually the same spot as the end of last season.

#ikhine #year

Michigan basketball will be down two starters for its matchup with Lithuania's B-team on Monday, Aug 24.
Shooting guard Trey McKenney and center Moustapha Thiam were not listed among the starters when the lineup came out shortly before tip off and a person with knowledge told the Free Press both "will sit out with minor injuries."
Quinn Costello and Oscar Goodman will start in their places.
Thiam left U-M's 96-84 loss to Lithuania on Sunday, when Elliot Cadeau went for a loose ball on an attempted offensive rebound and rolled up on Thiam's lower right leg, which appeared to hyperextend. Thiam went down in pain for a few moments before he was helped off the floor by Mike Boynton Jr. and trainer Chris Williams.
Here’s the play where Michigan center Moustapha Thiam was injured against Lithuania pic.twitter.com/PAYXOMSn9E

#shooting

Pierre Sage, welcome to the Premier League and the fine margins that can swing a game.
Looking down at the French football manager in the second half, he was rubbing his chin with his hand after making a couple of substitutions to try to rescue something from a game that started so brightly for Crystal Palace.
He's the new man in charge, but he has an old problem to solve. How to get his team to finish off the many chances they create. They were on top early on. Jean-Philippe Mateta, Eddie Nketiah and Daniel Munoz all had more than decent chances that could have easily found the net. But once Everton exerted control then the chances disappeared.
The second half saw Palace offer very little threat and Sage said "we gave up a little". They were missing the quality of their top scorer last season, Ismaila Sarr, who didn't travel amid the links with a move to Galatasaray. With the loss of Maxence Lacroix in defence, it could be a tricky debut season for Sage if more signings don't arrive before the deadline.

#second #little

Klay Thompson must do one thing after Mavs buyout before Draymond Green's '305 aesthetic' warning turns real originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Klay Thompson's Dallas Mavericks tenure is officially over, and his next stop is set. Dallas announced a buyout Friday, and the five-time All-Star is expected to sign with the Miami Heat once he clears waivers.
According to reports from ESPN's Shams Charania, Thompson will sign a two-year deal worth roughly $13 million with a player option for the second season. Miami overlooked several key targets for the 36-year-old sharpshooter, and the patience finally paid off.
Amid the transition, his old Golden State Warriors teammate Draymond Green has a warning for him about fitting in. Green posted an Instagram story recently reacting to a graphic of Thompson's new No. 11 Heat jersey.
Green wrote, "South Beach Killa!!" In the same story, he then tagged Thompson, joking, "I think you gone have to buy a new boat to fit the 305 aesthetic my boy."

#draymond #dallas #buyout

SAN DIEGO - The Padres defeated the Twins, 6-2, at Petco Park on August 21, 2026. The Sporting Tribune's Aaron Brenner was there to capture the following TST Images.
Padres mascot walks onto the filed before an MLB baseball game against the Twins, Friday August 21, 2026 in San Diego, California.
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Padres mascot walks onto the filed before an MLB baseball game against the Twins, Friday August 21, 2026 in San Diego, California.
Padres third baseman Manny Machado (13) catches the ball during an MLB baseball game against the Twins, Friday August 21, 2026 in San Diego, California.

#Baseball #game #sporting #aaron

Thinking about taking your family to a college football game in Utah this year? Be prepared to pay. How much depends largely on the opponent.
The University of Utah opens the season Sept. 3. at home against the Idaho Vandals, a Football Championship Subdivision or FCS school in the Big Sky Conference. A single-game ticket starts at $38 on SeatGeek.
But when BYU plays Utah in Salt Lake City in November, the cheapest seat starts at $331.
Fans yell during the first quarter of the game between BYU and Utah at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
And speaking of BYU, you could see the Cougars take on the Utah Tech Trailblazers, also a Big Sky team, in the first game of the season, for as low as $88 per ticket, according to SeatGeek.

#starts

Liam Delap has been linked to a couple of teams as Chelsea look to offload the striker after a disaster first season at the club.
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Now they're a player trading entity as much as a football club, Chelsea's summers follow a similar pattern. After signing players early on, the last few weeks are a desperate rush to offload as many of previous windows' failed gambles as possible.
That's the case now – there has been a steady stream of completed deals, and there are a lot more to come. One that the Blues would love to do is a deal to move on Liam Delap. The striker signed for £30m a year ago, but struggled when given a chance.
Liam Delap (Photo by Chelsea FC via Getty Images)

#Chelsea #club

MOREHEAD, Ky. (FOX 56) — The Eagles will open the season at home on Aug. 27 against Ohio Dominican. With just over a week between media day and kickoff, Morehead State is quickly shifting its focus to the regular season.
Here are some of the biggest takeaways from media day.
QB1 battle
The competition at quarterback remains ongoing.
With the graduation of Carter Cravens, Morehead State entered the offseason searching for its next starter. Bryce Patterson appears to be the leading candidate.

#morehead #Media #Eagles #here

The SEC's path back to the top of college football could hinge on one position: quarterback.
With elite quarterback play often separating national championship contenders from the rest of the pack, the conference boasts several signal-callers capable of leading their teams to the College Football Playoff.
Six SEC teams return their starting quarterbacks. However, Florida added a new quarterback to the room in Georgia Tech transfer Aaron Philo, who is expected to compete for the starting job with Tramell Jones
The conference is rich in talent, so here's how Florida's quarterback situation ranks among the conference heading into the 2026 season.
Florida lands in the bottom three of this list, ranked No. 14. The only teams ranked below Florida are Arkansas (KJ Jackson) and Vanderbilt (Jared Curtis).

#playoff

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Josh Bell's two-run double started the scoring in a four-run first inning, and the Minnesota Twins held on to beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 on Tuesday night.
The first six batters reached against Atlanta starter Martín Pérez (8-7), with the first four in the order scoring. Bell's flare down the right-field line fell just inside the chalk and bounced into the stands for a ground-rule double. Royce Lewis and Kody Clemens followed with RBI singles.
Bell and Clemens each finished with a pair of hits for Minnesota, which let a five-run lead slip away Sunday in a 7-5 loss to Philadelphia for a three-game Phillies sweep. The bullpen made the lead stand this time after starter Bailey Ober could only last 4 1/3 innings.
Ronald Acuña Jr.'s two-run single chased Ober in the fifth, but left-hander Taylor Rogers retired lefty batters Matt Olson and Michael Harris II to end the inning.
Travis Adams (3-0) pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts. Jeff Hoffman allowed two runners in the eighth but escaped the jam, in part, due to Clemens making a diving stop on a hard grounder by Harris. Yoendrys Gómez walked the leadoff batter in the ninth but picked up his 17th save in as many chances after the Twins failed to score with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the eighth.

#twins

Former Georgia Bulldogs offensive guard Jamaree Salyer was expected to become or at least compete to be a starter with the Miami Dolphins. Unfortunately, he suffered an injury that will take him out for the entire 2026-27 season. The Dolphins announced they moved him to season-ending injured reserve. The injury was undisclosed.
Salyer, now 26, signed with the Dolphins on a one-year deal this offseason after four seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers. He started 31 of the 34 games he played in his first two seasons, taking over as the left tackle starter in 2022 following the loss of starter Rashawn Slater in 2022 and earning the start at right guard when Slater came back from injury.
Unfortunately, while he was good in 2022 (69.8 Pro Football Focus grade and a 76.4 pass-blocking grade), his 2023 was not as effective. He had just a 54.2 PFF grade, allowing eight sacks and 41 pressures.
From 2024 onward, Salyer was a depth piece on the offensive line, starting just nine games in the past two seasons. In 2025, his PFF grade stood at just 59.9. He allowed 22 pressures and four sacks, while also generating eight penalties, according to PFF Premium (subscription needed). He was looking for a bounce back season with the Dolphins, but unfortunately, it appears to be cut way too short.
Before his time in the NFL, Salyer played with the Bulldogs from 2018-21. He was a second-team All-American in 2021 as the team's primary left tackle. He allowed one sack and 14 pressures in his entire Georgia career, helping the Bulldogs win the national championship. That prompted the Chargers to draft him in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

#salyer #grade #unfortunately #starter

Sometimes you roll snake eyes and the Atlanta Braves very nearly did end up doing so against the Snakes, themselves. The Arizona Diamondbacks may have been coming into town following a series loss to the Colorado Rockies (in Arizona, mind you) but they were entering this series with two monsters getting starts for them in their rotation. Brandon Pfaadt and Eduardo Rodriguez have both been lights-out recently and Michael Soroka has also been very solid as well.
As such, this wasn't going to be an easy task for the Braves — especially after they completed the monumental task of finally beating the New York Mets in a three-game series. As such, a bit of a letdown was always on the cards and that's what happened in this particular series. Fortunately, some timely hitting from one of baseball's top power hitters helped Atlanta avert a disastrous sweep. Let's get into how everything went down over the weekend, shall we?
So this was one of those games where there wasn't much the Braves could do — the Diamondbacks and their pitching was just too much to handle. Brandon Pfaadt has been on a heater since late-July, as he hasn't given up an earned run since the first inning of his start against the Cardinals back on July 22 — and funnily enough, his current teammate Lars Nootbaar was the one who brought in that run against him.
Anyways, Pfaadt was absolutely nightmarish for the Braves to deal with and this one was essentially set in stone once Arizona managed to take advantage of some shaky defense from Atlanta in the first inning in order to plate the only run that Chris Sale ended up surrendering. Once Pfaadt was done, Arizona called upon both Juan Morillo and Brandyn Garcia to finish things off and they've both been lights out on the road lately so the Braves were essentially walking into a snake pit (for lack of a better term) in this situation. Atlanta only mustered up three hits and this was pure dominance from Arizona's pitching staff.
Chris Sale was excellent, as usual, it must be noted. Despite the fact that the Braves once again had a tough time dealing with the other team's top guy in this matchup, Sale remained upbeat about things and even expressed a bit of excitement about matchups like this when I asked him about it after the game. "You take this one on the chin," explained Sale. "What these guys have done throughout the year and what they're going to continue to do, you certainly don't expect that. But it happens — I've had blow-up starts where I'm sure they thought they were going to get six innings of one-run ball and it's not. We pick each other up and we keep moving forward."

#arizona #going

Rajon Rondo: "Other teams that they don't fit. No disrespect to anybody but obviously Golden State, they are too old. LeBron James would have had to play too much, it would have been too much on his plate. To me, Miami doesn't have enough shooting at all, so they won't be difficult to kind of get with in the playoffs. And then, what was the other team? I guess Cleveland maybe? So, no, I don't see that. That's not a good fit. Him, James, and Donovan, no, that's not a good fit. But Maxey, who always plays without the ball, the way that he can shoot the basketball, Anfernee Simons, like we mentioned, we mentioned RJ, one of my favorite underrated guards in the league coming off the bench. I mean, it is going to be crazy. And let's not talk about the man in charge, Nick Nurse."
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Indiana Fever schedule: Next five games, standings and latest team update originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Indiana Fever are entering one of the most important stretches of their 2026 season. Indiana will play its next five games on the road, traveling through four different time zones and facing multiple teams fighting for playoff position. The demanding trip begins Sunday against the Atlanta Dream and concludes one week later against the Chicago Sky.
The Fever enter the road trip with a 22-12 record, a three-game winning streak and sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference. They also sit fourth in the overall WNBA standings, trailing only the Minnesota Lynx, Golden State Valkyries and Las Vegas Aces.
Here is everything to know about Indiana's upcoming schedule, latest results and position in the standings.
All times Eastern.

#fever #eastern #schedule