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Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning  watches a football game Sept. 28, 2026 between Hill County Middle School and Lake Travis in Austin. (Bevo Shiftlet)

The most popular quarterback in Austin made a surprising stop this week. 
Texas Longhorns star Arch Manning was spotted at a seventh grade football game Monday featuring Hill Country Middle School, a junior high for Westlake, Chaps varsity football coach Tony Salazar confirmed to the American-Statesman. A team schedule on the school website says that Hill Country was facing Lake Travis.

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Phillies news: What Cristopher Sanchez told Bryce Harper before clutch HR appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Philadelphia Phillies will live to play another day. Philadelphia had its back against the wall against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. But thanks in part to Bryce Harper, the Phillies staved off elimination in their NL Wild Card series.
Harper had a costly error in this game against the Braves. He misplayed a line drive that resulted in the Braves scoring runs.

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Capitals news: Alex Ovechkin sounds off on facing Hurricanes for his Year 22 debut appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Alex Ovechkin is healthy enough for Friday, and that was the part he cared about. Speaking after Wednesday’s practice, the Capitals captain addressed missing the preseason with a lower-body injury and framed it as the right call ahead of his 22nd NHL season.
“I feel okay, but it sucks that I miss games,” Ovechkin told reporters.

The Iowa football program has a Herculean task in front of it on Saturday. And that challenge just got a little more difficult.
The 14th-ranked Hawkeyes are hosting No. 6 Ohio State inside Kinnick Stadium on Saturday afternoon as “College GameDay” descends upon Iowa City. Phil Parker’s defense will have to contend with third-year Buckeye wide receiver Jeremiah Smith. And they’ll have to do so without a key contributor on the back end.
Third-year defensive back Tyler Brown was ruled out against Ohio State in Wednesday’s availability report.

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – SEPTEMBER 20: Head Coach Jesse Minter of the Baltimore Ravens looks on against the New Orleans Saints during an NFL football game at M&T Bank Stadium on September 20, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images) | Getty Images
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The White Sox finished off the Astros with a 7-3 win on Wednesday to secure their first playoff series win since beating Houston in the 2005 World Series.

The Golden State Warriors have put together their teams through a variety of ways over the years, yet few approaches have proven as successful as the NBA draft. More than anything else, the most talented players to represent the Warriors have arrived in Golden State either by being selected directly in the annual draft or through trades executed on that same night.
The Golden State Warriors have taken many of their top stars through the draft, but have also landed a number of notable players over the years as well.

The Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres are back at Petco Park Wednesday night for Game 2 of the AL wild-card series, with the Padres taking a 1-0 series lead on the back of Tuesday night’s 8-0 shutout.
Padres starter Michael King flirted with a no-hitter to open up the series, finally allowing his first and only hit of the game in the top of the seventh inning with a single for Cubs 2B Nico Hoerner. OF Fernando Tatis Jr. shined on offense with a three-run effort, including a home run to open up the bottom of the first inning.

From 121 losses to an Astros sweep: 10 moments that explain the White Sox’s remarkable turnaround originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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White Sox fans have spent the last several years getting exceptionally good at finding reasons to keep watching. A promising prospect. A decent start. A reminder that baseball seasons eventually end, even the ones that feel determined to last forever. Wednesday offered something considerably better: a playoff series celebration.

After blowing the doors off of Illinois last week in the ‘Shoe, Ohio State now heads to Iowa to play in a very tough environment, and head coach Ryan Day knows it. It won’t be easy to beat a ranked Hawkeyes team that just polished off a last-second win over Michigan in Ann Arbor, and the Buckeyes will have to be at their very best.
After losing to Texas by a point in Week 2, Ohio State can’t really afford to drop another one and expect to get the benefit of the doubt as things get longer in the tooth on the season.