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The New Canaan defense, including Josh Brown (9), Jack Crowell (2), Charlie Cuesta (5) and Dante Marsili (4) bring down Fairfield Prep’s Dakota Newton (4) during a football game on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (Dave Stewart/Hearst Connecticut Media)

We’re only two weeks into the high school football season, but a couple of defenses have balled out to lead their teams to unbeaten starts. 
Four teams, two of them ranked in the latest GametimeCT poll, have not allowed a point this season.

The WBA has ordered Teófimo López (23-2, 13 KOs), their welterweight world champion, to take part in a mandatory bout against Jack Catterall (33-2, 14 KOs).
The announcement was made Tuesday by the organization. Representatives of both fighters have until Oct. 22 to work out the details of a fight between the two. Failure to do so would result in the ordering of a purse bid.
López won the title last month by defeating Rolando “Rolly” Romero. Catterall holds a secondary version of the WBA welterweight championship. He won that by defeating Shakhram Giyasov in May this year.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State’s men’s wrestling program has been placed on a year of probation and fined $25,000, among other penalties, after the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions ruled that a booster had impermissible contact with two transfers, one that was not yet in the transfer portal.
The NCAA announced its findings Tuesday and identified Chris Perry, who was working as a regional training center assistant at the time, as the booster in question.

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Nate Tice is joined by Steve Palazzolo to buy or sell undefeated & winless NFL teams. The duo start with quick reactions to the Los Angeles Rams’ dominant win over the New York Giants on Monday night. Next, Nate & Steve decide whether they’re buying or selling 2-0 NFL teams, including the Cincinnati Bengals, Las Vegas Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers.

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 21: Jaxson Dart #6 of the New York Giants walks back to the locker room after being injured in a play against Byron Young #0 of the Los Angeles Rams during the first quarter of the game at SoFi Stadium on September 21, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Update (Tuesday): Tuesday brought more news regarding Jaxson Dart’s knee injury.
And none of it good.

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Aaron Donald was called an athletic freak throughout his Hall of Fame NFL career, but the truth is that he was so much more. Sure, Donald would beat you off the line with the best first step the defensive tackle position had ever seen, but he also has a preternatural understanding on snap counts, cadences, and could cue in on the tells of an offensive lineman within the first few snaps of a game, destined to make their life a living hell for the remaining 60 minutes of play.

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The Chicago Bears could be down to third-string quarterback Case Keenum Monday night when they take on the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field.
Starting quarterback Caleb Williams suffered a hamstring injury during last Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Williams collapsed on the turf during a scramble during that game, and was eventually taken to the locker room on a cart.

How do all 32 NFL teams stack up? Plus, what we know for sure about the starting QBs around the league.

Can Baker Mayfield rebound? Are the Chargers doomed? Is the Eagles’ new offense actually encouraging for Jalen Hurts? Get ready for NFL Week 3 with seven takes.

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Deklin Malison of Glens Falls moves the ball against Schalmont at Schalmont High School in Schenectady, NY on Monday, September 14, 2026. Stephen Weaver/For the Times Union (Stephen Weaver)

Before PJ Motsiff coached a Glens Falls boys’ soccer game, he sat down with the program’s five seniors he was inheriting and made something clear.
The Black Bears’ first Section 2 championship in 50 years belonged to last season’s team.
What happened next would be up to them.
“This is really your team,” Motsiff told the players in the spring.

Staples’ Adriano Carpi (3) along with Greenwich’s Diego Cordero (18) and Henry Davis (3) try to get control of the ball during their Class LL soccer state championship Sunday, November 16, 2025 at Trinity Health Stadium in Hartford, Conn. (Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media)

Welcome to Week 2 of GametimeCT’s boys soccer power rankings. There was a little bit of movement within our top 10 based off of last week’s results, while all 10 teams remained. 
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a media poll, nor a Connecticut coaches poll, which GametimeCT runs weekly.

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There are lists in sports that you do not want to be on, as a player or as a team.
Take, for example, the Los Angeles Chargers. With the Chargers’ loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, Los Angeles dropped to 0-2 on the season. Many teams start 0-2, and some of those even make the playoffs. Last year alone the Houston Texans, the Chicago Bears, and the Carolina Panthers started 0-2 and still made the playoffs.

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Week 2 is in the books, and just when you think you’re starting to get a feel for the NFL, the league has a way of flipping everything on its head. Injuries, breakout performances and disappointing outings can quickly change the fantasy landscape from one week to the next.
Through two weeks, the tight end position has shown some promising depth, but there hasn’t been much consistency among the midrange TE1s and TE2s.

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If you took to the waiver wire at wide receiver last week, you may have indulged in big results. Tre Tucker finished as the WR7, Rashod Bateman as the WR10, Denzel Boston as the WR12, and DeVaughn Vele as the WR29 in Week 2. Looking ahead to the third week of this NFL season, many high-upside options remain available. Let’s take a look.
All availability data is per Sleeper.

David Walker didn’t get a defensive snap in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ season opener. One week later, he made sure his first opportunity wouldn’t go unnoticed.
Walker played just nine defensive snaps against the Cleveland Browns, but the second-year edge rusher recorded the first sack of his NFL career. He dropped Deshaun Watson for an eight-yard loss on third down to open the second quarter, forcing Cleveland to settle for a field goal. Walker finished the game with one tackle, one sack, one tackle for loss and one quarterback hit.

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The Red Sox signed Chad Tracy to a three-year contract as manager while also exercising the 2029 and 2030 options on chief baseball officer Craig Breslow.

Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart is believed to have sustained a sprained MCL on Monday night based on initial exams, sources told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo. He will undergo an MRI on Tuesday.

Aaron Judge is not expected to be available for the Yankees’ wild-card series as he continues to recover from a calf strain.

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Mercy’s Peyton Hussey in action during the SCC championship soccer game against Sacred Heart Academy, in West Haven, Conn. Oct. 27, 2025. (Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media)

Welcome to Week 2 of GametimeCT’s girls soccer power rankings. There was a little bit of movement in our top 10 based off of last week’s results.
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a media poll, nor a Connecticut coaches poll, which GametimeCT runs weekly. It is determined by girls soccer writer Joe Morelli each week. Please reach out with your own thoughts, or critique, to joseph.

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Drew Brees has made a significant revision to the story about his contact with the Denver Broncos during the 2025 NFL playoffs.
Speaking on SiriusXM’s “Let’s Go” podcast with Jim Gray, Brees said he contacted former Broncos assistant coaches Pete Carmichael and Joe Lombardi, not the other way around.
Ahead of Denver’s season opener on Sept. 14, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Carmichael and Lombardi reached out to Brees after losing Bo Nix to a season-ending ankle injury in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.

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The Alabama football team overcame a slow start to defeat Florida State in a recent game. Following that contest, Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb criticized some fans who were booing the team. Grubb is now apologizing for those comments, per ESPN.

NEW YORK – Entering this day-night doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, the math is pretty simple.
With one win, the Tampa Bay Rays are the AL East champs and the Yankees are officially a wild card entry, likely to host the Boston Red Sox in a best-of-three next week.
“(We’ll) try to push it off as much as we can,’’ said Yanks manager Aaron Boone. “We want to play well.’’
Boone’s club also needs to prepare for postseason, which includes getting some players back – though Aaron Judge (calf strain) won’t be one of them.

SEATTLE, WA – SEPTEMBER 06: Players line up during a game between the Washington State Cougars and Washington Huskies on September 6, 2026 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Henry Rodenburg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Conference play! Huskies in the NFL! Recruiting! Dots!
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Jedd Fisch spoke to the media yesterday as he does every Monday during the season. Christian Caple covered the press conference where Fisch talked about Landon Hatchett’s availability, Minnesota’s PJ Fleck, and other topics ($).

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Daniel Hand’s Lucca Boyce (3) runs the ball against Fairfield Prep at Rafferty Stadium on the Fairfield University Campus in Fairfield, Conn. on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media)

MADISON – Erik Becker has plenty of history within Hand football as a player, assistant coach and now the program’s fourth head coach. He’s also studied the Tigers’ winning tradition.
So when Becker makes a statement or expresses an opinion about something that involves Hand football, you tend to give it some credence.

That sudden and violent shaking of the ground beneath your feet you felt at approximately 6:57 PM EST Sunday evening was every usual suspect racing to their respective platforms to let you know that Justin Herbert isn’t to blame for the Los Angeles Chargers’ second consecutive home loss to a team that was drafting in the top three this past April.
Because it’s never Justin Herbert’s fault. According to some, he is “what it should look like” when it comes to quarterback play, even when he throws a pair of interceptions and posts a QBR of 15.

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The Arizona State football team faced significant challenges right out of the gate. Coach Kenny Dillingham had a roster laden with newcomers, and the team faced a September with just one home game, unlike most peers feasting on nonconference cupcakes in their own venues.
The Sun Devils (2-1) survived a difficult two-game stretch: a game at Texas A&M, one of the toughest environments for visiting teams, followed by an overseas game against Kansas in the first Union Jack Classic at historic Wembley Stadium.

Two weeks into the season and there’s a surprise statistical leader among NFL running backs.
Seahawks castoff Kenneth Walker is setting the pace with 290 yards on the ground, and is averaging a league-best 28.9 fantasy points per game (PPR scoring). Even more encouraging for his fantasy football managers, Walker is getting plenty of run in the Chiefs’ passing game. He leads all RBs with 16 targets, catching nine of them for 79 yards and a touchdown. Not bad for a guy who wasn’t even a top-10 running back, on average, in drafts.

A former Spartan put up a performance this past weekend that netted him out Pro Football Focus’ highest grade among wide receivers in the country.
Former Spartans wide receiver Tyrell Henry received the highest PFF grade in the country this past week for his position. Henry, who now plays for Wisconsin, received a PFF grade of 92.9 in the Badgers‘ blowout win against Eastern Michigan this past weekend.
Henry finished this week’s game with 14 receptions for 160 yards and one touchdown. This was a career-high performance for Henry in both receptions and receiving yards.

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I’m not ashamed to admit that my head went to some dark places when Caleb Williams crumbled to the turf on a short scramble during the fourth quarter of the Chicago Bears’ Week 2 matchup against the Minnesota Vikings. My initial instinct was to blame the notoriously poor grass at Soldier Field. From there, I cursed Mother Nature for the rain that endured all afternoon, rookie tight end Sam Roush for dropping a possible touchdown on the previous play, and my dad for getting me to emotionally invest in the Bears from a young age.

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Great Britain lost in the quarter-finals of the Billie Jean King Cup, with the underdogs unable to withstand a high-powered Czech side.
Sonay Kartal was narrowly beaten in her first match after a six-month injury layoff, falling in three tight sets over a marathon three-hour encounter with Marie Bouzkova, 7-6 (7-2) 4-6 6-4.
That put the pressure on British No 1 Katie Boulter in a must-win tie with Olympic champion and world No 6 Linda Noskova, but she was unable to cause an upset in a 6-2 7-6(3) defeat.

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Jalen Duren and the Detroit Pistons are still at odds regarding a new contract. With training camp just a week away, both sides need to find a middle ground to get the offseason distraction out of the way.
The Pistons have reportedly increased their offer to Duren to $200 million for five years, which is in the ballpark of his desired salary.

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Bijan Robinson is doing things in Atlanta that only a few players in NFL history have ever done. He just passed 4,000 career rushing yards, reaching the mark in his 53rd game. That is a huge deal for a young player trying to build a legacy. Yet, the Falcons are sitting at 0-2 with the worst scoring offense in the league. They are averaging just eight points per game, which is not enough to win on Sunday afternoons.
The One Bright Spot in a Dark Storm
It feels like Robinson is carrying a dead weight on his back every single time he takes the field.

Why Jordin Canada is the Dream’s unsung hero as Atlanta gears up for WNBA playoff run originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The Atlanta Dream has one of the WNBA’s deepest and most talented rosters. Headlined by the All-Star trio of Angel Reese, Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray, the Dream has been one of the league’s hottest teams since the second week of July; Atlanta has racked up 17 wins from its past 22 games, including a key road victory over the New York Liberty on Monday night.

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A Major Victory for New Tech
The golf world is taking notice of a new force in the driver market. Srixon recently launched its ZXi RKT metalwood family, and the results are already appearing on the scoreboard. It is rare for a new piece of equipment to win a Major before it even hits widespread retail shelves. However, Ryan Fox used the ZXi RKT LS+ to claim victory at The Open in July. This win, alongside other recent successes, suggests the brand’s complete redesign is working. The new line is not just a minor update.

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