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COLTS DUMP TWO PRO BOWLERS IN ONE AFTERNOON
Indianapolis fell to 2-5, fired its GM last week, and spent Tuesday afternoon trading Quenton Nelson to Seattle and DeForest Buckner to San Francisco. The return is a 2027 third, a 2027 fourth and a 2028 fifth. We get into why a team that already gave away its first-rounders is now selling All-Pros for change.
RAYS BLOW A FOUR RUN GAME 2 LEAD
Tampa Bay went up 4-0 in Game 2 before Milwaukee got a single at-bat, then didn't score for the rest of the night. The Brewers ground their way back, won 5-4, and lead the World Series 2-0. The rookie who botched the first play of the game drove in the winning run.
STEELERS CANCEL THEIR PARIS FAN PARTY
Pittsburgh planned a Steelers House party at a bar in the Bastille neighborhood. Saturday's authorized protest march is scheduled to start at Place de la Bastille. The team canceled Thursday, the game is still on, and the NFL's own fan event is still running.
TITANS PRACTICE ARGUMENT TURNS INTO A GUY FOR GOING TO HIS CAR FOR A GUN
The Titans released Jordan Elliott over a one sentence statement about an "incident." The incident was a practice argument with JC Latham and a walk to the players' parking lot for a gun, with a teammate talking him down. Then Robert Saleh stood at a podium, called it a cry for help, and pitched him to the rest of the
BASEBALL JUST GUARANTEED A FIRST-TIME CHAMPION
The Brewers and Rays open the World Series Friday night in Milwaukee, and neither franchise has ever won one, so somebody's drought ends in about a week. Milwaukee got here by sweeping the two-time defending champion Dodgers, who swept Milwaukee last year. We break down the revenge, the 1982 jokes, and the Halloween Ga
EAGLES DOCTORS TOLD HURTS NOT TO SLEEP, THEN STARTED HIM IN LONDON
Jalen Hurts is out for the season with blood clots in both lungs, and the reporting on the days before Philly's London game is rough. Doctors told him not to sleep, he started against the Jaguars anyway, and his agent has since pushed back on part of that account. Reports are out that he stayed up for 36 hours before t
EAGLES FOUND A BLOOD CLOT IN LONDON, PLAYED THEIR QB ANYWAY
Jalen Hurts is out Sunday against the Panthers with a superficial blood clot in his calf. The Eagles' own statement says they found it in London on Saturday, had doctors clear him, let him play all 60 minutes, then scanned him again Wednesday night and shut him down. Tanner McKee gets the job and Philly has no timetabl
DP WORLD TOUR TO LIV GOLFERS: PICK A TOUR OR KISS THE RYDER CUP GOODBYE
The DP World Tour says LIV players can't hold membership in 2027, and no membership means no Ryder Cup. We walk through the actual choice on the table: a stake in a league that filed Chapter 11 last month, or Europe. Rahm already picked.
COMMANDERS TIE THE GIANTS WITHOUT EVER ATTEMPTING THE 42-YARD KICK THAT WOULD HAVE WON IT
Washington got to the Giants 24 in overtime with 12 seconds and no timeouts, then let the clock hit zero without trying a 42-yard field goal. Dan Quinn tore off his headset and said the tie feels like a loss. We walk through exactly how a professional football team forgets it has no timeouts.
MESSI SAYS GOODBYE TO ARGENTINA WITH A GOAL AND TWO ASSISTS
Messi played his last game for Argentina on Tuesday and touched all three goals in a 3-0 win over Benin. He is 39, he played all 90 minutes, and he still led the match in shots. Benin's coach left annoyed, which is the one part of the night nobody planned.
VIKINGS ARE 4-0, DEAD LAST IN PASSING, AND JUST SIGNED A RECEIVER WITH ZERO CATCHES
The Vikings are 4-0 and last in the NFL in passing yards, so they went out and got Odell Beckham Jr. To the practice squad, not the actual roster. He had zero catches in three games with the Giants before they released him, which is the entire joke and also the entire plan.
NFL SUSPENDS TWO REFS FOR CUSSING AT PLAYERS
The NFL benched line judge Jeff Seeman two games for swearing at Trey McBride and referee Adrian Hill one game for yelling at Eric Wilson after Wilson tried to help him off the ground. The referees union is challenging both as excessive, the players union says welcome to the club.
BRYCE HARPER DROPS A FLY BALL IN THE SEVENTH, HITS ONE 418 FEET IN THE EIGHTH, NOBODY BRINGS IT UP AGAIN
Bryce Harper misplayed a fly ball that put the Phillies down two with six outs left in an elimination game, then tied it an inning later with a 418-foot homer. Alec Bohm won it in the 10th and a 23-year-old rookie closed it out of the bullpen. Game 3 is Thursday in Atlanta, and Philadelphia still hasn't settled on a st
SENATE PASSES 'PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT' 77-22
The Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act 77-22 on Monday night, finally giving the NCAA the antitrust exemption it's chased for a decade. Athletes get one free transfer, a five-year clock, and schools can share up to $48.8 million a year. Then the House went on recess until after the midterms, so none of it is
GIANTS TRADE A DRAFT PICK FOR 9
The Giants sent a 2027 fifth-round pick to Minnesota for J.J. McCarthy, the No. 10 overall pick in 2024 who was sitting third on the Vikings depth chart behind Kyler Murray and Carson Wentz. John Harbaugh says Jameis Winston is still the starter, which the Giants also said with money three weeks ago. We go through the
MAN CITY GO 1 FOR 115 IN FRONT OF AN INDEPENDENT PANEL
An independent panel has reportedly found Manchester City guilty on 114 of the 115 Premier League financial charges, and the one they beat is now the most famous charge in England. Sanctions have not been decided, City are expected to appeal, and the Premier League still will not say any of this out loud. Here is what
THE WHITE SOX LOST 121 GAMES TWO YEARS AGO AND JUST CLINCHED A PLAYOFF SPOT
Chicago's White Sox lost 121 games in 2024, 102 last year, and on Thursday clinched a playoff berth in Kansas City. No team in MLB history has ever done that. We walk through the 9-1 win, the Royals pitcher who threw to nobody, and the champagne math on a team that opened the year at 16-1.
CHICAGO FANS WERE MAKING D-ROSE/CALEB WILLIAMS EDITS OVER A PULLED HAMMY
Caleb Williams screamed, cried, and got carted off Soldier Field with a towel over his face, and Chicago braced for a season-ending diagnosis. Monday's MRI came back as a Grade 1 strain and he's week to week.
OVECHKIN PREACHES PEACE AND LOVE FROM BEHIND THE GUY PROMISING NO MERCY
Ovechkin is in a United Russia campaign ad, standing behind Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov while Lavrov promises no mercy to anyone who comes at Russia. His media day explanation was that they asked, he said yes, and he's for peace and love. A congressman wants the NHL to look into it, Latvia has already banned him, an
NCAA ADMITS WESTERN MICHIGAN WON... SAYS NOTHING WE CAN DO
The NCAA's FBS Oversight Committee reviewed the end of Michigan's Week 1 win and agreed replay protocol was blown, meaning Western Michigan should have won 12-7. It also says it has no power to change the score, so the Broncos get a statement instead of a win. New clock rules for everybody else, though.