High school football schedules for the 2026 season are coming out one-by-one out of every state around the country and one that is a breeding ground for college prospects is Texas, with a number of squads finalizing their fall slates.
Next up to announce their schedule from the Lone Star State is one of the state’s most well known high school football programs in powerhouse Southlake Carroll (TX). The Dragons are perennially one of the top teams out of Texas and this upcoming season will be in a little bit of a transition from 2025.

Tim Bontemps grades all 30 teams, from surprise contenders to franchises banking on lottery luck.

ESPN analyst Zach Kram ranked and tiered the 50 NBA players most likely to make the biggest impacts in the postseason.

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We’ve all seen coaches call out their teams, but you don’t really ever hear them get as honest as Columbus Blue Jackets head coach Rick Bowness did after his team wrapped up Game 82 on Tuesday night.
About a month ago, the Blue Jackets looked to be on pace for the Stanley Cup playoffs after Bowness took over for former coach Dean Evason in January. However, in their final 10 games of the season, the Jackets were a disastrous 2-7-1, which led to them missing out on the playoffs by just five points.

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Hugo Ekitike will miss the 2026 World Cup for France after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon during Champions League play on Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Julien Laurens.
The Liverpool forward went down with a non-contact injury during the first half of their quarterfinal loss to Barcelona. Minutes after being tended to by medical personnel, Ekitike was stretchered off and replaced by Mohamed Salah.
Ekitike, 23, is scheduled for scans on Wednesday to determine the severity of the injury. The estimated recovery period for the injury is 9-12 months.

NFL reporter Dianna Russini resigned from her position at The Athletic on April 14, exactly one week after pictures of her with New England Patriots head coach and Ohio native Mike Vrabel at a posh Arizona resort were published by the New York Post.
“These photos show a completely innocent interaction and any suggestion otherwise is laughable,” Vrabel told the Post, which published the photos, in a statement last week. “This doesn’t deserve any further response.

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It appears Saudi Arabia has reached its spending limit on LIV Golf.
The Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), the sole funder of the breakaway golf circuit, announced a new five-year investment strategy on Wednesday with a focus on reprioritizing spending, and spending hundreds of millions more dollars on LIV Golf doesn’t seem to be part of the plan.
The Financial Times has reported that the PIF is “on the verge of cutting its support” for LIV Golf.

Hugo Ekitike was forced off in the first half against Paris St-Germain [Getty Images]
France manager Didier Deschamps has confirmed striker Hugo Ekitike will miss the World Cup after suffering a suspected Achilles injury during Liverpool’s Champions League defeat by Paris St-Germain on Tuesday.
The France forward left the pitch at Anfield on a stretcher, and Liverpool fear a long absence for the 23-year-old, which could also rule him out of the start of next season.
Ekitike went for scans on Wednesday, which are expected to confirm the extent of the damage.

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The Baltimore Ravens will debut a new uniform collection for the 2026 season, ushering in the next era of Ravens football. Dubbed “The Next Flight,” the highly anticipated reveal is set for April 16. The Ravens finally joined the alternate jersey craze and added a sparkling new helmet to their colorways for the 2024 season.
Baltimore has added an alternate ‘Purple Rising helmet for one game each season, and the new design was met with praise and excitement from fans and players alike.

Pimpin’ ain’t easy, unless your name is Kevin Alcantara.
Alcantara may not be a familiar name for casual baseball fans out there or those who don’t pull for the Chicago Cubs, given that he’s played in only 13 MLB games in his career. However, if he keeps swinging the bat as he has been to start the 2026 campaign at the AAA level, baseball fans will be quick to learn about the 6-foot-6 bomber.
The 23-year-old Dominican is hitting .255 with the Iowa Cubs this season to go along with seven home runs and 13 RBI.

The 2026 NFL Draft is just around the corner.

Sheffield Wednesday have been in administration since 24 October and been deducted 18 points this season [Getty Images]
The preferred bidders for Sheffield Wednesday, Arise Capital Partners, have said they have been told by the EFL that the club will start next season in League One with a 15-point penalty.
The consortium, led by David Storch, were named preferred bidders last month, after a previous takeover of the administration-hit club fell through.

Ben Stokes has revealed he feels “quite lucky” to be alive after a terrifying training incident left him with a broken cheekbone, underlining just how close he came to a far more serious outcome. The all-rounder was struck flush on the face by a cricket ball during a net session while coaching academy players at Durham in February, an accident he now describes as “pretty nasty” but, in hindsight, fortunate.
“I copped one straight in the face,” Stokes said, reflecting on the moment. “Just a couple of inches one way or the other, I might not be here doing this interview.

When Urijah Faber first heard Real American Freestyle wanted to match him up with top UFC lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan at Saturday’s RAF 8 event in Philadelphia, he had one quick question.
“I was like, ‘Are you guys sure you want me to wrestle him?’” Faber told Uncrowned this week. “I mean, he’s a lot bigger than I am.”
This is true. Tsarukyan competes at 155 pounds in the UFC, but typically walks around weighing somewhere in the 180-pound range.

Bayern Munich and Real Madrid meet in a blockbuster Champions League quarterfinal second leg with a semifinal berth on the line.
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Jun 29, 2025; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; FC Bayern Munchen forward Harry Kane (9) reacts after scoring a goal against CR Flamengo during a round of 16 match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup at Hard Rock Stadium.

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Davis Love III began work on renovating Harbour Town Golf Links after the RBC Heritage in 2025.
With the PGA Tour back in town on Hilton Head Island this week, the players will be getting their first glimpse of the restoration of one of Pete Dye’s many masterpieces.
The field is stacked this week in South Carolina for the third Signature Event of the 2026 PGA Tour season.
Davis Love III is a five-time champion at the RBC Heritage, with his victories at Harbour Town accounting for almost 25 per cent of his PGA Tour wins.

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Draymond Green has given an honest assessment of Victor Wembanyama’s defensive impact, acknowledging the San Antonio Spurs star’s edge while explaining what separates his own game.
The comparison comes as Wembanyama continues to emerge as a leading Defensive Player of the Year candidate.
But Green’s response shows how differently elite defenders can influence the game.

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I’ll admit, there aren’t too many issues or causes that really get my juices flowing, but supporting first responders is one of them.
And, boy, was I pumped to see the New York Islanders going to bat for an NYPD officer who has been sentenced to jail for years in a wildly controversial ruling.
According to The New York Post, last week, ex-NYPD Sgt.

It has been less than a week since Carlos Ulberg shocked the world to become the UFC light heavyweight champion, but the belt is no longer in his possession.
‘Black Jag’ beat Jiri Prochazka in the curtain closer at UFC 327 by knockout despite being incredibly compromised. Early reports state that the 35-year-old suffered an ACL tear from a misstep during his fight on Saturday, which could keep him out for the better part of a year.

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M-Sport-Ford’s new signing Jon Armstrong feels his head turning pace in Croatia last weekend has proved he belongs in the World Rally Championship’s top tier.
At the start of the year, the 2025 European Rally Championship runner-up outlined that one of his objectives was to prove he deserves a place in rallying’s elite after M-Sport showed faith in the Northern Irishman to make the leap to Rally1 machinery.  
“It’s not my first time in WRC, but my first time at the highest level,” said Armstrong ahead of January’s season opener in Monte Carlo.

Outfielder Jon Kemmer, an outfielder who spent the last four of his seven minor league seasons at Triple-A, died April 12 in a single-car crash in Texas. He was 35.
According to Explore Clarion, which cited the Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office, Kemmer’s vehicle “was traveling on rural Farm to Market 2004 when his vehicle left the roadway, struck an electrical pole and rolled at approximately 6:09 p.m. Sunday.”
MORE:Former Baylor star, Gatorade Player of the Year, dies at 36
Kemmer was drafted by the Astros out of high school in 2013. By 2016, he was the No.

The Kentucky Wildcats basketball team continues to cast a wide net in the transfer portal trying to add talent to next year’s roster. A new name on the list is Sebastian Rancik, a forward who was originally scheduled to visit Indiana this week. Now, he’s visiting Lexington instead.
Rancik is a 6’9″, 210 lb power forward who entered the portal from the Colorado Buffaloes, where he spent his first two seasons.

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LaMelo Ball hit the game-winning shot on Tuesday night
The Charlotte Hornets star was accused of tripping the Heat’s Bam Adebayo earlier in the game
After the game, Ball punched his own mascot

LaMelo Ball hit the game-winning shot, tripped up Bam Adebayo and punched the Hornets mascot, not necessarily in that order, in Charlotte’s win-or-go-home Play-In game Tuesday night against the Miami Heat.

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Welcome back to another year of the SB Nation Community Mock Draft!
As we do every draft season, all 32 NFL sites at SB Nation come together to fill out an entire first-round mock draft leading up to the actual event that takes place from April 23-25.

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John Harbaugh was brought into the New York Giants as part of a culture shift, but one vestige remains from the previous era: Making star players angry. Learning nothing from alienating Saquon Barkley, GM Joe Shoen is repeating history once more — this time with All-Pro nose tackle Dexter Lawrence.

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The Jacksonville Jaguars are one of the more polarizing offenses in the NFL when it comes to fantasy football going into 2026. Last season under new head coach Liam Coen, the Jaguars surprised everyone to finish sixth in points per game at 27.9. Jacksonville finished just outside the top 10 in yards per game with 337.4.
That created plenty of viable fantasy football options, particularly in the passing game. One of the big names expected to contribute there was rookie WR/CB Travis Hunter, who started 2025 slowly and eventually was ruled out for the season after appearing in just seven games.

Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira has been speaking to the media before Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final second leg against Porto at the City Ground (kick-off 20:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:

Elliot Anderson did not train on Wednesday because of “personal problems” and it is unclear if he will be available for the fixture.
Pereira is “very happy” to have striker Chris Wood back from a long-term injury: “It is good because he has experience in dealing with these kinds of situations.

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Arsenal return to Champions League duty with purpose, carrying a narrow advantage into a decisive night against Sporting. The Emirates Stadium hosts a fixture that carries both expectation and tension, with progression to the semi finals within reach.

Kai Havertz’s late strike in Lisbon secured a 1-0 lead, a result that gives Arsenal control, though not comfort.

On Tuesday night, rumors began to swirl that the end was nigh for LIV Golf. Sources from across golf all sent up the same smoke signal: LIV Golf, as suddenly as it was born, was seemingly dead.
We still await official word from LIV leadership and the Saudi Public Investment Fund, but if LIV does go the way of the Dodo Bird before ever getting its wings, it’s hard not to view the 2026 Masters as the final nail in the disruptor league’s coffin.

The top tight end recruit in the country, Grant Haviland, has committed to the Vanderbilt Commodores in a bit of a surprise. Haviland is the latest top-ranked player at his position to commit to Vanderbilt over the Georgia Bulldogs. The four-star tight end also considered the Ohio State Buckeyes, Clemson Tigers and Tennessee Volunteers.
Haviland’s commitment is a major recruiting win for Vanderbilt. The Commodores have three total commitments in the class of 2027 including one from four-star linebacker Omarii Sanders. Vanderbilt and coach Clark Lea have the No.

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Just a day after Sherrone Moore avoided jail time, the woman at the center of his case is making it very clear she’s not exactly thrilled with the outcome.
Paige Shiver — the ex-staffer who was in a relationship with Moore — ripped the probation sentence in a statement following Tuesday’s hearing, calling it a complete miss given what she says she endured.
“December 10th was the most terrifying day of my life,” Shiver said. “The criminal acts he committed were extremely frightening and violent.

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Based on growing rumors and a report about an emergency meeting, LIV Golf may be on its last legs.
On Tuesday, reporter Ryan French, who runs the popular X account Monday Q Info, shared that a “bombshell announcement” was coming regarding LIV Golf. He later explained during a Spaces session on X that he had heard “other people have sources that LIV is shutting down.”
On Wednesday morning, James Corrigan of The Telegraph added more fuel to the speculative fire by reporting that LIV Golf executives had been called to a meeting in New York.

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