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NBC analyst and former NFL defensive back Rodney Harrison knows well the folly of doubting the Patriots.
On Oct. 14, 2001, Harrison’s Chargers butted heads with a 1–3 New England team. Led by second-year quarterback Tom Brady, the Patriots rallied from a 26–16 deficit to win in overtime; they would go on to win Super Bowl XXXVI.
Harrison would go on to join New England and contribute to its 2003 and ’04 title teams. Now, two decades later, he is urging fans to have patience as the Patriots reel from an 0–2 start.

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Michael Block won the 2023 Southern California PGA Professional Championship. | Michael Block, Instagram @blockiegolf
Michael Block won the Southern California PGA Professional Championship this week, a tournament he has now won four times.
Michael Block has won again.
For the fourth time, Block captured the title at the Southern California PGA (SCPGA) Professional Championship, thus earning an exemption in the PGA Tour’s American Express in January.
He entered the final round of the 54-hole event two shots back of the leader, but Block carded a 6-under 66 to win by four.

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Potential Ohio State recruits are demanding a solid amount of cash to simply visit Columbus.
The debate around NIL and how much money is flowing through major college athletics has become a focal point, and there is momentum at the federal level to regulate it.
While there’s nothing set in stone yet, it appears there’s growing support to dial back the wild west atmosphere NIL currently enjoys.
Ohio State AD Gene Smith claims recruits want to be paid big money to visit campus. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
Ohio State AD Gene Smith says recruits want to be paid for visits.

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Major League Baseball continues to have way too many umps struggling to do their jobs correctly, and that trend continued in New York on Wednesday night when Lance Barrett had a dreadful night calling balls and strikes in the Blue Jays–Yankees game. 
Barrett started the game off by throwing out a foul-mouthed Aaron Boone in the second inning after he chirped the ump about some calls. And then Barrett proceeded to frustrate both teams with a strike zone that made absolutely no sense.

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Marcellus Wiley has been paying attention to what Stephen A. Smith has had to say about their mutual former co-host Max Kellerman, and he hasn’t appreciated what he’s heard.
The drama between Smith and Kellerman has been drawn out longer than anyone truly hoped it would, and Smith is responsible for that being the case. Just recently, Smith joined the ‘Joe Budden Podcast’ and admitted that he “didn’t like working” with Kellerman revealing that he had him kicked off of ESPN’s ‘First Take.

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This is one of the best college football slates of the year. Dig in.
Last week we were tasked with coming up with the five best games of the college football week.
It was a difficult task.
Coming up with the five best games this week however is also difficult, but for a much different reason. While Week 3 did not offer much in the way of matchups between ranked teams, or games that could have national title implications, Week 4 is the exact opposite.

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It might not be a good game, but you can definitely find a way to make it a fun one.
Sometimes, you look ahead at a game on a schedule and think, “Wow, this is going to be a great game.” Other time, you notice the San Francisco 49ers are hosting the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football.
While almost everyone expects the 49ers to walk away Thursday night with a win, this feels like a great opportunity to place a little money on the line to make your game-watching experience a little more fun.

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UAB coach Trent Dilfer is preparing to travel to Athens to take on Georgia this weekend and before the matchup the former NFL quarterback gave the SEC some extremely high praise on Tuesday. 
“It’s better than the Super Bowls,” Dilfer said of the SEC’s atmosphere. “An SEC football game at night is a way better atmosphere than the Super Bowl. I think it’s the second-coolest thing I’ve ever been to as a spectator.”
Dilfer said his No.

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WWE will no longer be laying the smack down every Friday night on Fox. The sports-entertainment company announced that the wrestling promotion’s SmackDown program will head to the USA Network.
The move most likely means the end of WWE’s Monday Night RAW program on the USA Network. That contract, along with the WWE’s NXT program, expire next year. The implications are huge as RAW has been the staple of not only the WWE, but the wrestling business since its debut in 1993.
Fox purchased the WWE SmackDown rights in 2019 for $1 billion.

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