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⚾️ Historic splash: Giants heart fielder Heliot Ramos grew to turn out to be the first excellent-handed batter to hit a dwelling bustle into McCovey Cove. His ninth-inning blast got here off a 100.2 mph pitch and traveled 397 feet.
⛳️ $22 million weekend: Jon Rahm signed with LIV for a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of bucks. He earned $22 million more on Sunday, when he won the Chicago match ($4 million) and the season aspects title ($18 million).
🥍 Encourage-to-back titles: Brett Dobson (17 saves) and the Utah Archers beat the Maryland Whipsnakes, 12-8, to repeat as Premier Lacrosse League champions.
🏎️ Palou wins every other time: Spanish driver Alex Palou cruised to his third IndyCar title in four years in Sunday’s season finale. He’s the first back-to-back champion since Dario Franchitti won three straight from 2009-11.
🏈 Texas would possibly perchance perchance be back
For the first time since 2008, Texas is the No. 1 team within the nation after leapfrogging Georgia on this week’s poll.
“Is Texas back?” That’s been a running joke for over a decade. Any small fulfillment is greeted with “Texas is back” memes, and the phrase is aged to mock the Longhorns when they underachieve — as they’ve made a habit of doing since they final performed for a nationwide title in 2010. Could well this 300 and sixty five days be assorted?
All eyes on Arch: Redshirt freshman QB Arch Manning changed Quinn Ewers (oblique stress) on Saturday and build on a indicate in front of the house crowd, throwing four TDs and running for every other in a 56-7 settle on over UTSA.
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Manning’s 67-yard TD bustle gave him bragging rights over his grandfather and uncles. Archie’s longest flee at Ole Leave out became 64 yards, Eli’s longest at Ole Leave out became 15 yards and Peyton‘s longest at Tennessee became 13 yards.
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Possibly Cooper became the swiftest Manning then? No longer so like a flash, says Arch. “I credit score my mom for that tear, now now not my dad,” stated the 19-300 and sixty five days-ragged. “Do now not know if I’ve bustle that like a flash in some time.”
From backup to Heisman: Manning now has the seventh-simplest odds to settle on the Heisman (+1600 at BetMGM), while Ewers is off the board after entering Week 3 as the favourite. Manning will likely pick up his first initiate this Saturday in opposition to Louisiana-Monroe, with Ewers expected to fail to spot now now not lower than per week.
Speaking of the Heisman… Colorado two-system basic person Travis Hunter had every other standout efficiency, catching 13 passes for 100 yards and a pair of TDs while playing almost every snap on protection and making an interception.
“Listen, if this guy performs the full games, and performs cherish this, and somebody sits down and fills out a [Heisman] polland does now now not settle on Travis Hunter, they want their head examined. This guy is doing one thing now we have never viewed. Right here is Shohei Ohtani… He’s playing each positions, beefy-time, at a first-round NFL level.”
🎙️ — Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel (via the College Soccer Enquirer podcast)
Extra from Saturday: FSU fell to 0-3with a dwelling loss to Memphis … LSU rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat South Carolina … Missouri got here back to beat BC in a ranked-on-ranked matchup … Boos rained down in Gainesville after Florida slipped to 1-2.
*Traditionally defective initiate: The Seminoles are the ninth team ever to initiate 0-3 after being ranked within the end 10 of the preseason AP poll. They be a half of 1954 Illinois, 1960 USC, 1963 Washington, 1976 Arizona State, 1983 Penn State, 1984 Pitt, 1988 Texas A&M and 2020 Penn State.
🏈 NFL Sunday: By the numbers
158.3: Cardinals QB Kyler Murray performed with a excellent 158.3 passer rating in a blowout settle on over the Rams, completing 17 of 21 passes for 266 yards and 3 TDs (two to rookie Marvin Harrison Jr.). He added 59 dashing yards and looked unstoppable infrequently.
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44-19: The Saints’ comely 44-19 settle on over the Cowboys became the 1,086th irregular final get in NFL historical previous. That’s Scorigami!
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91: Speaking of New Orleans, the Saints have scored an NFL-main 91 aspects, and no other team is within three TDs (Cardinals are 2d with 69).
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1-11: The Bengals, who misplaced to the Chiefs on a accelerate-off field device, are for sure 1-11 in Weeks 1 and a pair of below Zac Taylor. Joe Burrow is 0-2 for the fourth time in his five years.
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114: Travis Kelce‘s accelerate of recording 3+ catches ended Sunday at an NFL-file 114 games, courting back to Patrick Mahomes‘ 2d profession initiate.
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2nd: The Giants made the inferior roughly historical previous of their loss to the Commanders, changing into the 2d team to attain three TDs, enable zero TDs and peaceful lose the game.
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4.5: Lions pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson had 4.5 sacks (and one compelled fumble) in a dropping effort. It is excellent the 35th time an NFL player has had 4.5+ sacks in a sport.
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73-13: The Panthers have been outscored by 60 aspects of their first two games and peep even worse than they did final 300 and sixty five days, when they performed 2-15. Is it time to trouble about Bryce Young?
Scoreboard: Seven favorites took care of industry, and seven underdogs pulled off upsets.
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Accepted won: Texans 19, Bears 13 // Chiefs 26, Bengals 25 // Jets 24, Titans 17 // Chargers 26, Panthers 3 // Steelers 13, Broncos 6 // Commanders 21, Giants 18 // Seahawks 23, Patriots 20 (OT)
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Underdog won: Saints 44, Cowboys 19 // Vikings 23, 49ers 17 // Bucs 20, Lions 16 // Raiders 26, Ravens 23 // Packers 16, Colts 10 // Browns 18, Jaguars 13 // Cardinals 41, Rams 10
Story recap: Booms and busts
🇺🇸 Images all the device in which via America
Las Vegas — The technological shock of the Las Vegas Sphere became on beefy clarify Saturday night at UFC 306, the put Merab Dvalishvili upset “Suga” Sean O’Malley within the main match. Meanwhile, excellent down the road: Canelo Álvarez outclassed Edgar Berlanga within the boxing ring.
Gainesville, Virginia — Personnel USA won the Solheim Cup for the first time since 2017, clinching a 15.5-12.5 victory over Personnel Europe on Lilia Vu’s closing birdie. The Americans are for sure 11-7-1 within the head-to-head series, which started in 1990.
Indianapolis — Caitlin Clark scored a profession-excessive 35 aspects within the Fever’s 110-109 settle on over the Wings on Sunday, passing Hall of Famer Seimone Augustus for most aspects in a rookie season (761 and counting). Clark also holds the rookie records for assists and three-pointers.
Fortress Lauderdale — Lionel Messi scored twice in four minutes — and later added an help — to lead Inter Miami to a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union in his first sport back with the team since June 1 (ankle).
🌎 Images around the enviornment
Manchester — Erling Haaland fell one device immediate of his third consecutive hat trick in Man Metropolis’s 2-1 settle on over Brentford on Saturday. Nonetheless with nine targets via four matches, he’s peaceful well on his system to breaking his have Premier League scoring file (36).
Baku, Azerbaijan — Red Bull’s lead atop the F1 standings isn’t any more. Oscar Piastri won Sunday’s Azerbaijan Spacious Prix, vaulting McLaren into first direct with seven races left within the season.
Newcastle, Northern Eire — Rory McIlroy became denied a fairytale settle on in front of his home followers on Sunday on the Irish Initiating, the put Denmark’s Rasmus Højgaard birdied four of the final five holes to beat him by one shot. One more end to-miss in a 300 and sixty five days of end to-misses for the enviornment No. 3.
Canazei, Italy — Mountain bikers (and e-mountain bikers) confronted snowy prerequisites all over this weekend’s world championship match within the Dolomites, which would possibly perchance perchance excellent be essentially the most stunning mountain differ on Earth.
📆 Sept. 16, 1924: “Sunny” drives in 12
100 years ago on the fresh time, Cardinals first baseman “Sunny” Jim Bottomley location an MLB file with 12 RBIs in a 17-3 rout over the Brooklyn Robins (now the Dodgers).
By the numbers: The future Hall of Famer went 6-for-6 with two home runs and a double. His file became tied in 1993 by fellow Cardinal, Tag Whiten, who hit four home runs.
Fun truth: The lopsided loss became internal most for Robins supervisor Wilbert Robinsonattributable to it became his file (11 RBIs in a sport) that Bottomley broke.
*Make you know? From 1916-31, the Dodgers glided by the Robins specifically attributable to Robinson became their supervisor. That became one of many nicknames they aged over the years, together with “Dodgers” itself — a shortened model of the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, named for the followers who needed to dodge avenue trolleys to reach the ballpark within the 1890s.
📺 Watchlist: Falcons at Eagles
The Eagles host the Falcons tonight (8: 15pm ET, ESPN/ESPN2) to cap off the Week 2 slate.
Honoring a account: Nick Foles, the excellent QB to ever lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl and the basic person of perchance essentially the most famed play in Philadelphia sports historical previous, will signal a ceremonial contract on the fresh time to officially retire as an Eagle before serving as honorary captain for their home opener.
Extra to seem for:
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⚾️ MLB: Dodgers at Braves or Nationals at Mets (7pm, MLB)
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⚽️ NWSL*: Seattle vs. NJ/NY (10pm, CBSSN)
*Playoff characterize: With excellent six games left, here’s what the sphere within the period in-between looks to be like cherish: 1. Orlando, 2. Washington, 3. Kansas Metropolis, 4. NJ/NY, 5. North Carolina, 6. Portland, 7. Chicago, 8. Bay FC.
🏈 College soccer minutiae
Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel threw his 131st TD pass on Saturday, tying him for fifth-most in FBS historical previous.
Put a matter to: Who’s No. 1 on that checklist, with 155 profession TD passes?
Hint: Currently an NFL backup QB.
Acknowledge on the bottom.
🍿 Baker’s Dozen: High performs of the weekend
Trivialities resolution: Case Keenum, Houston (2007-11)
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