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Filling in for injured starter Jayden Daniels, Marcus Mariota threw three touchdown passes and went 19-of-31 for 183 yards without a turnover, while linebacker Kain Medrano returned a fourth-quarter interception 50 yards for a score, as Washington held off Seattle 33-31. It's an unlikely road upset over the reigning Super Bowl champions with the Commanders' regular starter still sidelined.
Source: West Hawaii Today (AP)
Chicago will again be without Caleb Williams, still out with the hamstring injury that's kept him sidelined for more than a week, when Philadelphia visits Soldier Field for Monday Night Football, and backup Tyson Bagent's own status remains uncertain as he continues working through the concussion protocol. The Eagles haven't lost at Soldier Field in nearly 16 years, adding extra pressure on whoever ends up under center for the Bears.
Source: Yahoo Sports
The Gators routed then-No. 5 Ole Miss 52-28 to move to 4-0, snapping a drought against top-five competition that dated back to 2020. The lopsided win vaults Florida into the national conversation just as SEC play intensifies.
Source: ESPN
UCLA blew out Maryland 54-3, its most lopsided margin of the season, to open 4-0 for the first time since 2022. The rout was the headline result of a Week 4 that reshuffled the AP Top 25 heading into the heart of conference play.
Source: ESPN
Los Angeles enters training camp with 16 players on standard contracts, one more than the league maximum of 15, and has until the October 21 opener to resolve it. General manager Rob Pelinka has floated a consolidation trade — packaging two players for one — as an alternative to simply waiving someone, with wing Dalton Knecht seen as the likeliest to lose his spot.
Source: Yahoo Sports
New York signed veteran forward Bruce Brown to a camp deal, adding him to a competition with John Konchar, Drew Eubanks and others for a handful of remaining roster spots. The move gives the Knicks extra proven wing depth to evaluate before final cuts.
Source: Yahoo Sports
North Carolina locked in start times for its three preseason exhibitions, including a October 9 opener at home against USC that will be new coach Michael Malone's first game on the Tar Heels' bench. Vanderbilt and NC State also finalized their own exhibition schedules this week, with Vanderbilt opening at a Charleston showcase against Virginia and NC State hosting Mississippi State and Lenoir-Rhyne in October.
Source: Tar Heel Tribune
Wilson scored 38 points on 15-of-19 shooting with 16 rebounds, four blocks and two steals as the Aces blew out Caitlin Clark's Fever 102-85 in Game 1 of their first-round series, becoming the first player in WNBA history — regular season or playoffs — to hit at least 35 points and 15 rebounds on 75% shooting. Clark and backcourt partner Kelsey Mitchell combined for just 27 points on 30% shooting in the loss.
Source: Newsweek
New York stunned the league's top overall seed 91-75 in Game 1, with Stewart scoring 34 points and grabbing 12 rebounds while Leonie Fiebich added 16 and Sabrina Ionescu chipped in 13. It's an immediate statement from the lowest-seeded team in the field against a Minnesota squad that had the WNBA's best record.
Source: ESPN
Atlanta broke a halftime tie open with a big third quarter to beat Washington 92-77, as Howard scored 26 points on a perfect 10-for-10 from the free-throw line to go with five steals. Turnovers plagued the youthful Mystics all afternoon in the series-opening loss.
Source: Washington Post
Former NC State guard Zamareya Jones, a onetime five-star recruit who averaged nearly 15 points a game last season, has committed to Louisville, while ex-Florida guard Liv McGill is headed to Oklahoma State and former Penn State guard Kiyomi McMiller announced she's transferring to Florida. The moves are among the latest in a busy offseason portal window that's already touched several of the sport's biggest-name programs.
Source: NBC Sports
Houston beat the Athletics 9-0 while Texas fell to Minnesota 6-4, handing the Astros the division on the tiebreaker after both clubs finished tied; Houston closes at 81-81 and the Rangers at 80-82. It's a fittingly ugly finish to a division race both teams nearly let slip away.
Source: Houston Chronicle
With the Astros and Phillies claiming the last two spots on the final day, the field is complete: Phillies at Braves, White Sox at Astros, Red Sox at Yankees and Cubs at Padres in the best-of-three Wild Card Series, all starting Tuesday and running through Thursday if necessary. The Division Series follows October 3, with the World Series set to open October 23.
Source: CBS Sports
Carolina kicks off its title defense at home against Florida on Tuesday, with the Cup-banner ceremony at Lenovo Center headlining a slate of openers that includes Toronto-Montreal. The Hurricanes return largely intact from last season's championship roster, making them a realistic repeat contender out of the gate.
Source: NHL.com
Every team must have its 23-man opening-night roster set by Monday evening, capping a week that saw dozens of players placed on waivers — more than 50 on Thursday and Friday alone — as clubs cleared out training-camp bodies before puck drop. The Capitals alone cut 19 players from their camp roster over the weekend to get to their final group.
Source: Russian Machine Never Breaks
The promotion announced eleven new bookings this week across seven events running from October 3 through November 21, headlined by unbeaten UAE Warriors bantamweight champion Asaf Chopurov's UFC debut at UFC 333. Also newly booked: Kyoji Horiguchi's November 21 return against Asu Almabayev at UFC Qatar, and a middleweight pairing of Jacob Malkoun and Abubakar Vagaev at UFC 333.
Source: Fightomic
Inoue was dropped in the seventh round in Tokyo but rallied to take a unanimous decision (114-113, 116-111, 116-111), retaining his WBC bantamweight title in a rematch of last November's fight. The win moves the all-Japan star to 23-2 and hands Nasukawa his second straight loss in a bid for the belt.
Source: BoxingScene
Agüero improved to 16-0 with a third-round knockout of Brian Rodriguez, handing the Venezuelan his first loss and claiming the WBA Gold super featherweight title on a stacked Argentina-Venezuela card. It was one of four title fights on the card, including a unanimous-decision win for Junior Andrés Narváez at bantamweight.
Source: FightNews
Trailing 10.5-7.5 heading into Sunday singles at Medinah, the Americans won 9.5 of the 12 points on offer to beat the Internationals 17-13 and claim an 11th straight Presidents Cup. Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa and 21-year-old rookie Jackson Koivun both flipped losing singles matches on the back nine to seal the largest comeback in the event's history.
Source: PGA Tour
Silent Tactic, trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Jose Ortiz, won the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park, punching a ticket toward the Breeders' Cup for owners John C. Oxley and Victoriam Farm. The win headlined a stakes-heavy Sunday card as tracks around the country crowned their fall qualifiers for the October 30-31 championships at Keeneland.
Source: Thoroughbred Daily News