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There’s not too many holes to poke for the Oregon Ducks as we inch closer to the 2026 season.
Sure, there’s two new coordinators in Drew Mehringer and Chris Hampton. But head coach Dan Lanning has repeatedly tabbed the right guys in recent seasons, with three former coordinators — Kenny Dillingham, Tosh Lupoi and Will Stein — becoming head coaches elsewhere. Expectations remain high for Mehringer and Hampton to operate their units at a high level.

Billy Gilmour was pictured leaving Scotland’s Glasgow-based hotel on crutches on Sunday [SNS]
“Letdowns” have been the theme of a “strange career” for Billy Gilmour, but Pat Nevin expects the Scotland midfielder to respond after being ruled out of the World Cup.
The Napoli player picked up a knee injury in Saturday’s 4-1 friendly win over 10-man Curacao, which led to the 24-year-old being replaced by Manchester United teenager Tyler Fletcher in Steve Clarke’s squad.

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill has reported a clean bill of health among his squad as they begin their preparations for Thursday’s friendly international against Guinea in the Cadiz area of Spain (17:00 BST).
O’Neill’s side will face World Cup-bound France in another friendly encounter on the outskirts of Lille on Monday 8 June (20:10 BST).
The NI boss confirmed on Monday that all 23 members of his panel had arrived in camp ahead of the two matches.

Leipzig waiting on Brighton after Gruda expresses desire to stay
Both RB Leipzig and Brajan Gruda are keen to keep working together following the end of the 22-year-old’s loan spell from Brighton & Hove Albion.
“We have received clear signals from Brajan that he wants to stay with us,” RB Leipzig managing director for sport Marcel Schäfer told Bild.
“We also want that and value him highly. Now we’re waiting for a signal from Brighton & Hove.

Adolfo Daniel Vallejo will miss out on roughly half his prize money after making a sexist comment about an umpire during his loss against Moïse Kouamé. Following that match, Vallejo said a male umpire would have had the “strength to go against the crowd,” which was supporting Kouamé, who is French.
The French Open quickly took action, putting out a strong-worded statement decrying his comments. The French Open added that Vallejo would receive a “significant” fine for his comments.
That fine came Monday, and it was — as promised — pretty significant.

How can the Knicks slow Wemby on both ends? Can Jalen Brunson defy the logic about small guards? Here’s what Knicks-Spurs will tell us about these teams and the league.

The countdown to the 2026 World Cup is on! Each day ahead of the tournament’s return to North America, Yahoo Sports will highlight an insight or moment that showcases just how grand the world’s biggest sporting spectacle has become — even beyond the expanded field of this year’s global event.
There was something in the air in Russia in 2018. As the 32 teams made their way through an otherwise competitive tournament, the own goals kept coming.

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The NBA will have a unique champion for the eighth straight year.

Each week we will feature some of the top performances across South Jersey baseball diamonds in our seven-county coverage area.
Who had the best week? Vote in the poll at the end of the story. Voting will close on Friday afternoon.
Gateway’s Matt Steedle was the top vote getter last week, garnering 36.9 percent of the 13.6 K votes recorded. Eastern’s Anthony Cataldo and Northern Burlington’s Joey Conley rounded out the top three vote getters.
Burlington County Scholastic League
Logan Downey, Northern Burlington.

Adolfo Daniel Vallejo has been fined $65,000 for saying his French Open match should not have been umpired by a woman.
The Paraguayan made the inflammatory comments in an interview with Clay magazine, accusing Brazilian official Ana Carvalho of not being strong enough to handle the crowd in his five-set loss to French teenager Moise Kouame last week.
Tournament organisers responded with a strongly worded statement, condemning the remarks as “unacceptable” and saying Vallejo would face a “significant sanction”.