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⚾️ Phillies clinch NL East: The Phillies rallied past the Dodgers for an extra-innings victory to clinch their second straight NL East title, holding a massive 12.5-game lead over the Mets in second.
🏈 Another new Heisman favorite: Miami QB Carson Beck is the new Heisman Trophy favorite (+700 at BetMGM) following early-season turns from Texas QB Arch Manning, LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier and Oklahoma QB John Mateer.
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The WNBA playoffs have never been gayer!
Not only does the WNBA have more queer players than ever before, but there are a total of 29 LGBTQ+ players competing in this year’s playoffs, with all eight teams in the tournament having at least two.
J.J. McCarthy had a horrible, no-good, very bad game on Sunday night against the Falcons. It wasn’t simply a game that failed the eye test, or brought him back to earth — but the worst QB performance on the weekend by a massive margin.
Some of that is just a factor of being a rookie. It’s expected that he’ll take his lumps. The problematic part is that we saw none of the playmaker who showed up against the Bears on Monday Night Football, and was instead replaced by a lost, often scared QB whose decision making was nonsensical.
The Dolphins and Jaguars are hard luck losers, while the Buccaneers pull off their own last-second magic. Here’s the state of Florida NFL weekend wrapup.
New England Patriots 33, Miami Dolphins 27
Dolphins fans quickly went from elation to disbelief as quickly as humanly possible Sunday.
After Miami’s Malik Washington returned a New England punt 74 yards for a touchdown, the ensuing kickoff was returned 90 yards for a score by Antonio Gibson.
The Dolphins technically didn’t even hold the lead for one second as the Patriots took a 30-27 lead.
Ten players set to light up the Champions League 2025-26 🔥
This Tuesday evening marks the start of the new edition of the Champions League. A C1 2025-26 where ten stars will be eager… and interested to shine.
We present to you the ten players who are going to set the star-studded stage on fire this season!
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé – Real Madrid
Isn’t he the one we are most looking forward to in C1 this season? After a mixed first season with Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé is expected to step up.
The Washington Commanders brought back quarterback Marcus Mariota for a specific reason. They believe that if Jayden Daniels went down with an injury, they could still win with the 11-year veteran under center.
Last season, Mariota relieved Daniels in two games, leading Washington to wins, including a game-winning touchdown pass against the Dallas Cowboys in the final seconds of Week 18.
While the Commanders love Mariota, they were hoping they wouldn’t need him to play this season, much less this early in the season.
Parents of Michigan high school volleyball players say they were blindsided when their daughters faced Skyline High School last week. The Ann Arbor-area school fielded a biological male athlete, without, they believe, informing families in advance.
Two Monroe High School parents, who spoke to OutKick on the condition of anonymity for fear their daughters could face backlash, said they only learned after the match that Skyline had a transgender athlete competing on its varsity girls’ team.
“I was kind of blindsided,” one parent told OutKick.
Formula 1 confirmed the six locations for F1 Sprint races next season, with three circuits set to host the format for the first time.
Next year’s F1 Sprint schedule will begin at the Chinese Grand Prix, with Shanghai hosting a F1 Sprint race for the third consecutive year. The second F1 Sprint race of the 2026 season will take place at the Miami Grand Prix, as the circuit around Hard Rock Stadium again sees the F1 Sprint format for the third-straight season.
The Texas high school football season is seeing more parity across the board than what the state has seen in a few years. That’s making for some exciting action not only on the gridiron, but also when it comes to the Lone Star State high school football Top 25 rankings.
Duncanville got knocked off the top of the rankings after having another bye week asNorth Crowleyreclaims the No. 1 spot.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge poses for the photographer before an interview. Lukas Barth/dpa
Former Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is full of praise for the new league phase format in the Champions League and expects the big guns like Bayern, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid to have learnt from last year’s debut edition.
The three clubs as well Manchester City were among those who failed to qualify directly for the round of 16 and had to go through a play-off round, something they would have preferred to avoid.