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Pittsburgh dealt cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to Dallas for a 2028 second-round pick and a conditional 2027 sixth-rounder, parting ways after a back injury and stalled contract talks kept him out of the lineup early this season. The Cowboys, who had allowed seven passing touchdowns and zero interceptions through three games, add him ahead of Thursday's game at Cleveland.
Source: NBC Sports
Green Bay placed receiver Jayden Reed on injured reserve after a Sept. 20 hit against the Jets left him needing neck surgery. Coach Matt LaFleur said he doesn't believe the injury is career-threatening, though no recovery timetable has been given.
Source: WEAU
The Spartans will finish the season without running back Cam Edwards, who went down on a hit from Nebraska's Danny Odem III during Saturday's 31-13 loss. Edwards had rushed for 304 yards and three touchdowns in three-plus games before the injury, and Michigan State turns to Jaziun Patterson and Marvis Parrish in the backfield.
Source: ESPN
Oregon quarterback Dante Moore was stretchered off after a late, head-high hit from USC linebacker Desman Stephens II, who was ejected and later suspended one game. Coach Dan Lanning said clean MRI and CT scans mean the injury isn't expected to be season-ending.
Source: ESPN
Brandon Ingram, acquired in the Kawhi Leonard-to-Toronto trade, will miss the start of the 2026-27 season after a partially torn Achilles was discovered during his May heel surgery. "My recovery has been going good ... it's a week-by-week thing," Ingram said at media day.
Source: ESPN
Atlanta center Kristaps Porzingis will miss the start of training camp with an undisclosed issue, a separate setback from the Achilles tendinitis that limited him earlier this year. No return timetable has been set.
Source: RotoWire
Suns center Mark Williams, recovering from a September shoulder labrum surgery, and Magic guard Anthony Black, nursing an ankle sprain, are both out to start the preseason. Williams' absence leaves Phoenix's center battle between Oso Ighodaro and Khaman Maluach to play out without him.
Source: ESPN
College basketball's preseason showcases get underway this week: Kentucky moved Big Blue Madness up to Friday, Arkansas holds its own "Primetime at the Palace" the same night, and Duke's "Countdown to Craziness" follows Saturday, with newly expanded exhibition-game rules reshaping how programs are opening camp this fall.
Source: A Sea of Blue
Atlanta swept Washington out of the first round and will face New York, fresh off its historic sweep of top-seeded Minnesota, in the WNBA semifinals. The Dream have home-court advantage and open the best-of-five series Sunday at State Farm Arena.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dallas guard Arike Ogunbowale set a WNBA playoff scoring record with 45 points to beat Golden State 108-100 in overtime, evening their series and forcing a winner-take-all Game 3 Friday night in the Bay Area to decide the other semifinal spot.
Source: Yahoo Sports
Caitlin Clark and Indiana travel to Las Vegas tonight after Clark's 27-point, 15-assist, seven-rebound Game 2 forced a deciding Game 3 against A'ja Wilson and the top-seeded Aces, with a trip to the semifinals on the line.
Source: ESPN
Kansas State sophomore guard Brandie Harrod will miss the entire 2026-27 season because of a season-ending injury, coach Jeff Mittie announced. "She had worked so hard in the offseason and was poised to really build off her freshman season," Mittie said.
Source: K-State Sports
Chicago finished off a 2-0 sweep of Houston in the AL Wild Card Series with a 7-3 Game 2 win capped by a three-run homer from Chase Meidroth — the White Sox's first postseason series win in 21 years. They open the ALDS Saturday in Cleveland against the Guardians.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
San Diego swept Chicago out of the NL Wild Card Series and will face Milwaukee in the NLDS. Atlanta and Philadelphia split their first two games and meet tonight at Truist Park in a winner-take-all Game 3, with the winner joining the Padres in the NLDS.
Source: NBC Sports
Pittsburgh set the NHL record for the largest road shutout in a season opener, routing Philadelphia 7-0 on goals from six different players as goalie Arturs Silovs posted a shutout in his season debut. It's also the worst opening-night loss in Flyers franchise history.
Source: Yahoo Sports / The Hockey News
Colorado opened its season with an 8-4 win over Los Angeles at Ball Arena, with Nathan MacKinnon scoring twice as the Avalanche jumped out to a fast start.
Source: NHL.com
Bernardo Sopaj withdrew from fight week with an injury, and undefeated Anthony Romero stepped in on three days' notice to make his promotional debut against Marcus McGhee. The Salt Lake City card is still topped by Natalia Silva's bid for the vacant women's flyweight title against Wang Cong.
Source: Bloody Elbow
Unified 105-pound champion Oscar Collazo pulled out of his Oct. 10 attempt to jump two weight classes and challenge Ricardo Sandoval for his flyweight titles after suffering a rib injury in training. Golden Boy says Sandoval will instead face a new opponent on the same Chicago card.
Source: Ring Magazine
Unbeaten Olympic silver medalist Ben Whittaker meets Australia's Conor Wallace Saturday in Birmingham, England, in an IBF light heavyweight final eliminator, with the winner becoming Dmitry Bivol's mandatory challenger.
Source: Yahoo Sports
Singapore's Shannon Tan fired a 7-under 63 to take a three-shot lead in the women's individual event and power Singapore's team to the top of the standings at the Asian Games in Japan. South Korea's Tom Kim sits two shots off the men's lead, chasing a medal that would exempt him from his country's mandatory military service.
Source: Sports World News
The two Breeders' Cup prep races pushed back by last week's nor'easter finally go off Thursday evening: Senior Officer, who has never finished second in seven career races, headlines the Grade 3 Vosburgh at 4:48 p.m. ET, while Gezora looks to punch another Filly & Mare Turf ticket in the Grade 2 Flower Bowl at 5:48 p.m. ET.
Source: AmWager