Author: Michael

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro Bowl wide receiver Mike Evans left Sunday’s game against the New York Jets after tweaking his hamstring in the fourth quarter. Early reports from head coach Todd Bowles were that the injury was thought to be “low-grade,” according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, and after receiving the MRI results Tuesday morning, the Bucs now know they’ll be without Evans for multiple weeks. 

#Bucs WR Mike Evans, who left Sunday’s dramatic win with a hamstring injury, had an MRI that revealed he’s out multiple weeks, per The Insiders.

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Atalanta Not Planning to Sell Lookman Soon After Return
Ademola Lookman made his short seasonal debut against Torino, ending a saga that had started at the beginning of the summer, at least for now.
Per Matteo Moretto (via SOSFanta), Atalanta consider the case closed and plot to keep the attacker for the entire season rather than selling him in January. The star will now be fully at the coach’s disposal. He will need time to be in peak shape after training separately for a couple of months. It could be a while before he’s fit enough to start.

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BETHPAGE, N.Y. — Xander Schauffele was unable to find words of wisdom to offer his rookie teammates at first. After a down year that saw him miss time with an injury, the now three-time Ryder Cup player might be seeking them out for advice.
“They’ve been kicking my ass all year and playing unbelievable golf,” Schauffele said Tuesday at Bethpage Black.
Schauffele started the season in Hawaii at The Sentry, but then missed the next two months before returning for the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March.

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Idea for expanded Championship play-offs has ‘widespread support’
The potential expansion of the Championship play-offs has ‘widespread support’ from clubs according to reports.
The EFL board have been considering the expansion of the play-offs from the teams that finish third until sixth to also include seventh and eighth – meaning had the rules been in effect last season Blackburn Rovers and Millwall would have have made the cut. Right now West Brom and Birmingham City sit in seventh and eight respectively.

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If they cared to, anthropologists might have an interesting study on their hands regarding the Illinois-Indiana point spread last week.
Whatever happened between the summer — when Indiana -2.5 was available against Illinois — and Week 4 was one thing, but Indiana just kept getting bet last week from -4.5 to -7. And clearly with good reason, as that line could have gone up -52.5, and still, Indiana would have covered 63-10.
This beatdown effectively caused a swap in the AP poll rankings between the two schools, which is a textbook example of a big move in perception.

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President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend the Ryder Cup on Friday, the first day of the three-day event at Bethpage Black in New York. This led to American Scottie Scheffler being asked a question about the President during his Tuesday press conference, and the World No. 1 gave an inside look at his relationship with Trump.
Scheffler explained that he didn’t exactly know the details or have any of his own when it came to the President’s appearance at the event on Friday, but said he oftentimes hears from Trump after he wins.

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