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New York acquired quarterback J.J. McCarthy from Minnesota this week, adding a former first-round pick to the QB room after starter Jaxson Dart tore ligaments in his knee against the Rams and underwent season-ending surgery. Jameis Winston has taken over as the starter for now, and the Giants gave up only a 2027 fifth-round pick to land McCarthy.
Source: NBC News
Steelers cornerback Jalen Ramsey revealed this week that he broke his wrist on Pittsburgh's first defensive series against Cincinnati, then played every snap anyway and finished with eight tackles in the win. He's questionable for Thursday night's game at Cleveland and has been rotating between a sling and a wrist brace at practice.
Source: NBC Sports
Baltimore's 34-31 win over Dallas at Maracanã Stadium averaged 29.9 million viewers on CBS, the most-watched NFL international game ever, with the audience peaking above 30 million for Tyler Loop's game-winning 56-yard field goal as time expired. It was CBS's most-watched Week 3 broadcast window since 2014.
Source: ESPN
The Terrapins were routed at home in their Big Ten opener, with quarterback Malik Washington throwing four interceptions — including back-to-back pick-sixes — as Maryland managed just 181 yards of offense and went 1-for-15 on third down. The blowout extends Locksley's losing streak against Power 4 opponents to 10 straight games, and with the Terps at 2-2, national college football writers are now openly framing his exit as a matter of when, not if.
Source: CBS Sports
Curry and the Warriors agreed to a two-year extension that runs through the 2028-29 season, his 20th in the league, pushing his career on-court earnings past $652 million and making him the first player to clear $600 million. He reportedly left money on the table — he was eligible for up to $136 million — in keeping with his stated goal of finishing his career in Golden State.
Source: ESPN
Giannis Antetokounmpo took part in his first official practice in a Miami uniform Tuesday, going through one-on-one drills with Bam Adebayo after clearing the knee issue that ended his last season in Milwaukee early. Coach Erik Spoelstra said watching the pairing take shape felt surreal and that camp's first day showed everyone arrived ready to go.
Source: Yahoo Sports
Portland's training camp got underway with Damian Lillard — back after missing all of last season recovering from a torn Achilles — saying he expects to start alongside offseason arrival Ja Morant and Deni Avdija, though he noted he hasn't discussed it in depth with new coach Micah Nori. Both Lillard and Morant, who came over from Memphis, are coming off injury-interrupted seasons as the Blazers publicly target 50-plus wins.
Source: Washington Post
Alford told his team he's stepping down at the end of the 2026-27 season, closing out a 36-year coaching career that also included stops at Iowa, New Mexico, Missouri State and UCLA. He's just the second coach in NCAA history, alongside Rick Pitino, to take six different programs to the NCAA Tournament, and finishes with 724 career wins.
Source: Yahoo Sports
The Senate voted 77-22 to approve a bipartisan bill that would set uniform national rules for athlete NIL pay and eligibility while giving the NCAA limited antitrust protection to enforce them. It's directly relevant to the patchwork of conflicting court rulings on fifth-year eligibility that's already scrambled rosters this month, though the bill still faces long odds of clearing the House before the midterms.
Source: ESPN
New York finished off Minnesota 87-71 in Game 2, with Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones each scoring 21 and Sabrina Ionescu adding 18, to complete the first sweep of a top overall seed by an 8-seed in league history. The Lynx came in with the WNBA's best regular-season record and leave the playoffs without a single win.
Source: ESPN
Clark posted 27 points, 15 assists and seven rebounds as Indiana beat Las Vegas 99-88 to even their series — the first 25-point, 15-assist game in WNBA history, regular season or playoffs. The deciding Game 3 is set for Thursday in Las Vegas.
Source: ESPN
Ten of Oregon State's 13 women's basketball players have petitioned Oregon's Employment Relations Board to be recognized as public employees, and hearings on whether college athletes at a public university can unionize began in Corvallis this month. More hearings are scheduled for early October, with a board decision not expected before December.
Source: KLCC
New York blew open Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series 9-0, with Ben Rice hitting a fifth-inning solo shot and an eighth-inning grand slam while Cam Schlittler shut Boston out across his start, outdueling Red Sox rookie Payton Tolle in the marquee pitching matchup. The Yankees now lead the best-of-three series 1-0.
Source: NBC Sports
Chicago opened its Wild Card series with a win over Houston, getting a solo homer from Colson Montgomery and a two-run single from Sam Antonacci, before a bullpen led by rookie lefty Hagen Smith and closer Grant Taylor shut the door. It's an early edge in a rematch of the 2021 ALDS, the White Sox's last playoff appearance before this one.
Source: Washington Times
Atlanta beat Philadelphia 5-3 on an eighth-inning three-run homer from Austin Riley off closer Jhoan Duran, while San Diego routed Chicago 8-0 behind a Xander Bogaerts homer and a complete game from Joe Musgrove — the largest shutout win in Padres postseason history. Both NL series now stand 1-0 as the wild card round continues.
Source: ESPN
Carolina raised its 2026 Stanley Cup championship banner before puck drop, but Florida's Gustav Forsling scored with 4.3 seconds left in overtime to steal a 1-0 road win. It was also Brady Tkachuk's Florida debut alongside brother Matthew after his offseason trade from Ottawa, and Hurricanes goalie Brandon Bussi made 19 saves in the loss.
Source: NHL.com
The 18-year-old rookie played 15:19 alongside John Tavares and William Nylander in his NHL debut, finishing a minus-2 with one shot, as Montreal beat Toronto 3-2 despite two goals from Nylander. McKenna said beforehand it would be a moment he'd remember for the rest of his career no matter how it went.
Source: TSN
Edmonton's Evan Bouchard scored three goals on opening night, but Vancouver erased the deficit and won 6-5 in overtime on a Paul Cotter goal. Elsewhere around the league's openers, Vegas debut rookie Trevor Connelly scored in a 5-2 win over Chicago, and Boston shut out the Rangers 3-0 on three third-period goals scored within about a minute of each other.
Source: ESPN
The former light heavyweight champion is set to headline UFC's return to Doha on Nov. 21 against unbeaten prospect Navajo Stirling, in what will be Stirling's first main event. It's Prochazka's first fight since Carlos Ulberg knocked him out for the vacant title at UFC 327 in April, and the winner is expected to be next in line for a 205-pound title shot.
Source: Bloody Elbow
Baisangur Susurkaev, an unbeaten middleweight and training partner of Khamzat Chimaev, pulled out of his scheduled Nov. 14 bout against fellow unbeaten prospect Donte Johnson for undisclosed reasons. Cesar Almeida has stepped in as a short-notice replacement for the Madison Square Garden card.
Source: Bloody Elbow
Canelo Álvarez's rescheduled challenge for Christian Mbilli's WBC super-middleweight title — pushed back from its original September date over what Álvarez called a family matter — is now officially locked in for Oct. 31 in Riyadh. Promoters still haven't announced drug-testing arrangements or an undercard, and a U.S. State Department travel advisory over recent drone and missile activity near the Saudi capital has drawn added scrutiny. It will be Álvarez's first fight since Terence Crawford beat him for the undisputed 168-pound crown last September.
Source: ESPN
At last weekend's Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, Coughlin birdied the first nine holes of her round — the first start-to-finish nine-birdie stretch in LPGA history — en route to a career-best 61. Her 9-under 26 on the front side is also the lowest raw nine-hole score ever posted on the LPGA Tour, topping earlier nine-birdie streaks by Beth Daniel and Amy Yang that both happened mid-round rather than start to finish.
Source: AP via ClickOrlando
The PGA Tour returns from its Presidents Cup break at the Bank of Utah Championship in Utah, a 120-player FedExCup Fall event with 49 past Tour winners in the field and Presidents Cup standout Jackson Koivun among the early favorites. The LPGA is in Hawaii the same week for the LOTTE Championship, headlined by world No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul with fresh NW Arkansas champion Yuna Nishimura also in the field.
Source: PGA Tour
Sovereignty worked four furlongs in :49.40 at Saratoga, his first serious work since a hoof abscess interrupted his campaign following an Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes win. Trainer Bill Mott says the reigning Horse of the Year is doing well, though not yet at 100 percent, with the plan still pointing toward the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland.
Source: Yahoo Sports
Last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies champion controlled the pace from the start of the Grade 2 Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita and drew off to win by 2¾ lengths under Joel Rosario, punching a "Win and You're In" ticket to the Breeders' Cup Distaff. It's her first start since going on the shelf more than six months ago.
Source: Santa Anita