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DENVER — The Chicago Cubs are expected to be without starter Jameson Taillon until after the All-Star break due to a strained left hamstring.
The right-hander exited a game against San Francisco in the second inning. He was placed on the 15-day injury list before opening a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies.
Chicago made a series of moves, including reinstating outfielder/infielder Matt Shaw from the 10-day IL and recalling right-handers Ethan Roberts and Tyler Ferguson from Triple-A Iowa.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 26: Greg Rousseau #50 and Ed Oliver #91 of the Buffalo Bills look on against the Chicago Bears during the first half of a preseason game at Soldier Field on August 26, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) | Getty Images
By now, all Buffalo Bills fans know this — whether it be from visceral memories or from completed research they’ve read — the team’s defense flopped in playoff defeats during the Sean McDermott era.

Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York, US, on Friday, May 22, 2026. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects to screen over 18.3 million air travelers nationwide during the Memorial Day holiday period. Photographer: Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Bloomberg via Getty Images
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Mexico on Thursday with joy and fanfare, but a different story is unfolding in the United States.

EAGAN, MINNESOTA – MAY 27: Kyler Murray #1 and J.J. McCarthy #9 of the Minnesota Vikings look on during an OTA workout at Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center on May 27, 2026 in Eagan, Minnesota. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Minnesota Vikings might be one of the more confounding teams to contemplate as we look ahead to the 2026 NFL season.
At the moment, we are skeptical, given how we ranked the Vikings in our most recent edition of NFL power rankings.

Kevin De Bruyne of SSC Napoli during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Udinese Calcio at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Naples Italy on 24 May 2026. (Photo by Franco Romano/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images
Kevin De Bruyne completely changed the modern understanding of what a central midfielder could be. Midfielders are generally separated into categories: Controllers, playmakers, attacking 10s, box-to-box runners and defensive midfielders. De Bruyne blurred all of those lines.

NFL players get tormented online for drops more than anything else. But in fantasy football, it can be used to find some likely bounce-back points by the lack of correlation year-to-year. Analyst Joel Smyth goes over five players who should get some points back due to hanging on to the ball a little more often.   
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When analyzing fantasy points per game from year-to-year, using total drops as an indicator for future outputs has been found to be useless.

LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 16: Rodri of Manchester City after they win the F.A Cup final 0-1 during the Emirates FA Cup Final match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on May 16, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Brooks – CameraSport via Getty Images) | CameraSport via Getty Images
The best footballers in history would thrive in any era. With evolving styles, discourse and perceptions, some players gain recognition too late, or seem ill-fitted for the era of their circumstance. 
If ever there was a player made for his exact moment, it is Spain’s Rodri.

Brazilian fans have always lamented the disproportion between the
number of Brazilian fighters and Brazilian referees in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship. Even though Brazil has the
second most athletes on the promotion’s roster, behind only the
United States, after Mario Yamasaki withdrew from refereeing panels
there was a period of several years during which no Brazilian
referees were being used by American athletic commissions.
That changed in 2024 when former Shooto and
Cage
Rage champion, Vitor “Shaolin”
Ribeiro, began to get the call more frequently.

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – MAY 21: Cristiano Ronaldo of Al Nassr celebrates with a Portuguese flag at full time during the Saudi Pro League match between Al Nassr and Damac at Al Awwal Park on May 21, 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Abdullah Ahmed/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Cristiano Ronaldo is a player who needs very little introduction. He is one of the stars of the game, a global celebrity, who continues to defy Father Time to make his sixth World Cup.

NEW DELHI: After a spectacular IPL 2026 campaign, the focus quickly shifted to 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and was expected he will continue his six-hitting spree in the India A tri-nation one-day series in Sri Lanka. However, things did not go according to plan for the young batting sensation in his first outing.
Sooryavanshi, with his fearless and dynamic approach in batting in IPL 2026, played a key role in earning him a place in the Indian setup. Expectations were high when he walked out to bat for India A in the tri-series opener against Sri Lanka A.