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With his mentor (and nemesis) retired, Georgia’s coach is the sport’s top dog, whether he likes it or not.

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How Cooper Flagg is growing into the next generation’s version of an NBA superstar.
Cooper Flagg walked into USA Basketball practice with nothing to lose and everything to prove. He was just about the youngest person in the building, competing against more mature and more accomplished players with far greater pedigrees. He entered the scrimmages needing to adjust to a new role in a totally new environment on the fly, all while going against the biggest, fastest, and most talented competition of his life.

Daniel Ricciardo is officially back on the Formula 1 beach with news that his team is letting him go.
After a lengthy, drawn–out quasi-goodbye at the Singapore Grand Prix, the popular Australian-born driver has officially been let go by Visa Cash App RB.
The team announced the news — even though if you watched the last race, you knew it was inevitable — on social media.
The team announced that the changes will take immediate effect, with Red Bull reserve driver Liam Lawson taking over beginning with the United States Grand Prix next month at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas.

A Brazilian soccer team’s blimp rental experience ended about as poorly as a blimp rental experience can with the the blimp crashing into some houses.
According to Daily Mail, São Paulo FC decided that they wanted to rent a blimp to fly over its match on Wednesday evening.
So, before it was showtime, the blimp did a test flight. Probably a good idea. I don’t much about blimps or blimp rentals (although, I think we need an OutKick rental blimp someday. That’d be awesome) but I figure it never hurts to get some reps in.

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Look at the best Team USA and International Team social media posts and quotes from the lead up to the 2024 Presidents Cup
Welcome to Playing Through’s daily ritual — Golf Talk Today.
Each day, the crew will discuss various elements of the PGA Tour, LPGA, LIV Golf, and more.
Today marks the first session of the 2024 Presidents Cup as Team USA and the International Team go head-to-head.
The last few days have given the golf world some incredible moments as the two teams prepare for this tournament.

Is John Daly getting ready to rip some tee shots with Happy Gilmore?
Fans can only hope after the golf great exclusively revealed to me last night that he has already filmed some scenes for the upcoming Happy Gilmore sequel that is confirmed to be coming out on Netflix in what Daly says should be March or April of next year.
“Has Adam Sandler hit you up for Happy Gilmore 2 yet?” I asked everyone’s favorite party golfer.
“I’ve already filmed it already, we’re going to get it done!” the 58-year-old responded.

The UFC has reached a $375 million settlement in one of its antitrust lawsuits.

The Detroit Lions will be rocking some electric uniforms Monday night against Seattle.
The Lions host the Seahawks on Monday Night Football as Dan Campbell and company look to improve to 3-1 on the season.
Win or lose, I can safely say the Lions will have some of the best uniforms we’ve seen so far in the early stages of the season.
The black uniforms are incredibly slick, and as we all know, black uniforms just hit differently. Give the alternate uniforms a look below.

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Red Bull and VCARB made some expected news official, as Daniel Ricciardo is out for the rest of the 2024 F1 season
Today, Visa Cash App RB F1 Team made it official.
A move long anticipated in the Formula 1 paddock was realized, as the organization announced that Daniel Ricciardo was being replaced for the rest of the season on Thursday, It is expected that Liam Lawson will take his seat for the remainder of the campaign.

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Stolen bases are up and the pitch clock has sped up games, but the offensive environment is still a mixed bag.
We are now almost two years into a new slate of rules that Major League Baseball unleashed to begin 2023 hoping to shorten the time of games while making the game more exciting. Some of those rules have worked mostly as intended, while others have seemingly failed to do much of anything. It is time to look at the overall offensive environment across the majors to see how the rules have changed the shape of production.