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Arsenal optimistic 27yo will extend contract as talks enter final stagesDeclan Rice is expected to put pen to paper on a new contract with Arsenal soon, with the club optimistic he signs, according to a report.

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Fabrizio Romano reports that Arsenal are advancing very well on a new contract for Declan Rice. Negotiations are reportedly now getting to the final stages, with the salary agreement almost there, as well as the length of the contract and the final details.

The Gunners are reportedly very optimistic to get the deal done and to have Rice as part of their long-term project.

Arsenal consider Rice a crucial player, and he’s loved by everyone within the club, from his teammates to the club hierarchy. So he’s now expected to put pen to paper soon.

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Sami Mokbel recently reported for the BBC that Rice was close to agreeing a new long-term deal, with talks underway since March and the process at an advanced stage.

Mokbel wrote that Rice would receive a significant increase on his current £240,000-a-week deal, putting him in the region of £350,000-a-week.

Romano also reported in September that a new contract for Rice was ‘really, really close’, if not ‘imminent’. It seems it’s still not completely done, but things are still moving in the right direction.

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Rice’s current deal lasts to 2028, so it’s understandable that he’s one of the key players Arsenal are focusing on in contract talks. The Gunners won’t want him to enter the final year of his contract without any progress on a new one.

Rice made 55 appearances for Arsenal last season as they won the Premier League and reached the finals of the League Cup and the Champions League.

The midfielder looks like being just as busy this season, making 10 appearances (nine starts) in the Gunners’ first 11 games.

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Better for a No. 1 overall pick to bloom late rather than never, right?

That's the path Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young is on, having finally broken through in his fourth season in the NFL after floundering through much of his first three.

Sunday's 25-14 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday saw Young chuck for 281 more passing yards, which keeps him on pace to destroy the franchise single-season record of 4,436. He also tallied his 10th and 11th touchdown passes of the year, setting a team record for most scores over the first five games of a campaign.

So, what's different about Young this year? There are complex schematic answers to that question, but the simplest answer may be that he's just playing with more confidence than ever before.

Here's John Breech at CBS Sports making that case after giving the Panthers a 'B' grade for their Week 6 victory:

. . . Bryce Young is playing with more confidence than ever and you can see it every time he drops back to pass. The Panthers had a well-rounded passing attack, with three different players finishing with at least four receptions, including Tommy Tremble, who had two TD catches. This wasn't pretty, but it was a solid win for a Carolina team coming out of the bye.

It's not like we hadn't seen Young get into a rhythm and start feeling himself before. We saw brilliance out of him in 2024 against the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in 2025 against the Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams.

The difference, though, is that the swagger Young showed in those games is now a regular thing. He's no longer going on tilt if he misses a couple of throws or panicking if he sees quick pressure in the pocket—and there's been no shortage of those instances thus far.

No quarterback plays great the entire year, and Young will likely have a couple of mediocre games this season. But this new version of himself is who Young is now, and that raises the ceiling far beyond anything we've previously witnessed from No. 9.

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League championships, playoff berths and playoff seeding are on the line for central Ohio high school football teams in the final week of the regular season.

See the full Week 10 schedule for central Ohio below.

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Friday, Oct. 23City League

• Beechcroft at Northland
• Briggs at West
• East at Linden-McKinley
• Eastmoor Academy at Africentric
• South at Marion-Franklin
• Walnut Ridge at Independence
• Whetstone at Centennial

Ohio Capital Conference

• Central Crossing at Grove City
• Dublin Scioto at Westerville North
• Gahanna at Pickerington North
• Groveport at Canal Winchester
• Hilliard Bradley at Dublin Coffman
• Lancaster at Newark
• Marysville at Hilliard Darby
• New Albany at Westerville Central
• Olentangy at Olentangy Berlin
• Olentangy Liberty at Olentangy Orange
• Reynoldsburg at Pickerington Central
• Teays Valley at Logan
• Thomas Worthington at Dublin Jerome
• Upper Arlington at Hilliard Davidson
• Westland at Big Walnut
• Worthington Kilbourne at Westerville South

Central Catholic League

• Hartley at DeSales
• St. Charles vs. Watterson at Ohio Dominican

Central Buckeye League

• Bexley at Buckeye Valley
• Columbus Academy at Whitehall
• Ready at Franklin Heights

Mid-State League

• Amanda-Clearcreek at Bloom-Carroll
• Berne Union at Zanesville Rosecrans
• Grove City Christian at Fairfield Christian
• Hamilton Township at Fairfield Union
• Logan Elm at Circleville
• Millersport at Corning Miller

Licking County League

• Johnstown at Northridge
• Lakewood at Heath
• Licking Heights at Granville
• Licking Valley at Zanesville
• Watkins Memorial at Mount Vernon

Central Buckeye Conference

• Jonathan Alder at Bellefontaine
• London at Springfield Kenton Ridge
• North Union at St. Paris Graham

Ohio Heritage Conference

• Fairbanks at West Jefferson
• Springfield Greenon at Madison-Plains

Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference

• Cardington at Mount Gilead
• Danville at East Knox
• Fredericktown at Centerburg

Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference

• Marion Pleasant at Highland

Other central Ohio games

• Beverly Fort Frye at Liberty Union
• Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph at Delaware
• Harvest Prep at KIPP Columbus
• Manchester at Fisher Catholic
• Mifflin at Grandview Heights
• Westfall at Frankfort Adena
• Worthington Christian at Waverly

Saturday, Oct. 24Licking County League

• Utica at Newark Catholic

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio high school football schedule Week 10, every Columbus-area OHSAA game

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Remember the five pillars? Bristol City fans have been sold enough plans to fill a boardroom. What we rarely seem to get is sustained progress on the pitch.

After all the huffing and puffing, money spent and another managerial appointment, will we finish in our familiar position of 12th? Right now, even that would mean climbing the table.

The comparison with last season is uncomfortable.

After 11 league games, five fewer points, seven fewer goals scored and four more conceded. Five defeats against two. That is regression, whatever language the club chooses to wrap around it.

City have committed a reported £9m to Dom Ballard and Lorent Tolaj. Why can't Scott Twine play behind them when everyone is fit? I appreciate Tolaj has been injured, but spending that money demands a convincing explanation if the preferred formation leaves one on the bench.

Did we recruit these forwards to build an attack around them, or buy them and then wonder how they fit?

Watching the ball hoofed towards Ballard makes it harder to defend. Give him service he can use and team-mates close enough to combine with him. Hopeful balls forward make life easier for opposition defenders.

The uncertainty started against Millwall on the opening day. Why spend pre-season developing an approach, then change it when competitive football begins? Adam Randell's dismissal did not explain the decisions made before kick-off.

Over the opening 10 league games, there was only one unchanged starting XI, four central starts for Twine and two starts together for Ballard and Tolaj. Injuries force changes, but they cannot explain why every selection prevents recognisable partnerships developing.

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After defeat by Sheffield United, Michael Skubala admitted City could not handle opponents playing more directly but this is the Championship where coping with physical football is a basic requirement. Hearing that after a summer's preparation should set alarm bells ringing.

Jason Knight's suggestion that City needed to ensure it was "just one of those days" offered little reassurance after successive home defeats without scoring. His interview quite rightly drew criticism. Supporters deserve more conviction from their captain.

Swansea decided performances under Alan Sheehan were unacceptable, appointed Vitor Matos with a clear attacking brief and now lead the Championship. Change guarantees nothing. Neither does protecting disappointing football with another long-term plan.

For me, patience has evaporated. City cannot keep spending money, changing managers and asking supporters to lower their expectations.

Communication when things have gone wrong has too often been poor. With changes to the executive structure, those now responsible must explain their decisions and accept scrutiny.

Skubala needs to get more from this squad. If he cannot, those who appointed him must be prepared to act.

Is promotion genuinely the ambition, or will another season drifting towards 12th be quietly considered acceptable?

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It's been nearly a half-century since the Milwaukee Brewers reached their first and only other World Series.

Over time, the 1982 American League champion has been revered and repeatedly celebrated in Milwaukee, even with a slight tinge of melancholy that the Brewers haven't been able to get back to the Series, much less win one.

But the 2026 team is writing a new chapter for the franchise. After 44 years, Milwaukee, you have a World Series.

Cecil Cooper's two-run single that tipped the scales in the fifth and final game of the 1982 American League Championship Series has long been regarded as the best moment in franchise history. It now has company.

The Brewers led the majors in home runs in 1982 and went up against a St. Louis Cardinals team with the fewest home runs. The Cardinals had three fewer wins, but home-field advantage alternated between leagues at the time, and the NL had it in 1982. That loomed large when the Brewers took a 3-2 lead in the series but lost the final two games at Busch Stadium.

Take a look back at the "Suds Series," from amazing highs to devastating lows:

Game 1: Mike Caldwell, Paul Molitor crush the Cardinals

It had to feel pretty promising for Brewers fans when Milwaukee staged a 10-0 win in Game 1 of the World Series in St. Louis.

Mike Caldwell allowed just one hit through the first seven innings and finished with a complete-game shutout on three hits. Paul Molitor became the first player to get five hits in a World Series game and Robin Yount added four, meaning the top two players in the order finished 9-for-12 with four RBIs. Ted Simmons also homered.

"People think we're nine lumberjacks dragging our bats out there to take three swings and hit a home run," said Simmons, playing against his previous team. "They might be surprised."

Caldwell needed just 101 pitches to dismiss the Cardinals. He retired 17 of his first 18 batters.

"Considering all the circumstances and the fact that I didn't pitch well against California last week, I'd probably have to consider this one of my best performances this year, and probably my career, since this is the World Series," Caldwell said.

"In 11 years, I've had enough games to know when you have a shutout or a three-hitter, it's one of your (lucky) days. Instead of 17 groundballs going through the infield, only three got through the infield."

Three of Molitor's hits were in the infield – although two were dazzling stops by Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith that would have gone into the outfield – and one was a bloop, but it was a record nonetheless.

"I know they weren't all pretty, but when I saw the message on the scoreboard, I felt very good," Molitor said. "I saw (general manager) Harry Dalton and his family clapping, and that's when I looked up and saw it. I had no idea it was a record."

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Game 2: A controversial call looms large

Steve Braun's bases-loaded walk against Brewers reliever Pete Ladd in the eighth scored the go-ahead run, and closer Bruce Sutter made it stand up in a 5-4 Cardinals win to even the series at 1-1.

Bob McClure allowed two of the three runners he faced to reach, prompting the Brewers to turn to Ladd, who walked Lonnie Smith and then Braun with the bases loaded.

It was Smith's at-bat that lingers to this day as a case of "what if." He took a 3-2 pitch for ball four that easily could have been strike three.

“I have to admit it rattled me for the next batter," Ladd said. "It shouldn’t have, but it did."

Home-plate umpire Bill Haller was met with jeers and signs bearing his name when the series shifted back to Milwaukee.

"I deserved it," Haller said, speaking in St. Louis in 2007. "It was one of the worst games I ever worked."

Said Smith, who initially froze, seemingly believing the inning was over: “I think it was there. The ump said it was outside. Umps are never wrong, they say. But I had no chance of hitting it.”

The rally started when McClure didn't cover first base on George Hendrick's grounder, what could have been a double play that would have cleared the bases with two outs. It snowballed from there.

Sutter yielded a leadoff single to Molitor, but he was caught stealing before the Brewers went down quietly in the ninth.

It spoiled a great start for the Brewers, who hopped out to a 3-0 lead in the third. Charlie Moore had an RBI double, Yount an RBI groundout and Simmons a home run against John Stuper.

The Cardinals got two runs back in the third, but Cooper made it 4-2 in the fifth with an RBI single. Former Brewers catcher – and eventual World Series MVP – Darrell Porter hit a two-run double in the sixth off Don Sutton to tie the game.

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Game 3: Willie McGee?

Willie McGee hit just four home runs in the regular season, but hit two in Game 3 and made the play of the game, a backhanded lunge that robbed Gorman Thomas of a two-run homer in the ninth. The Cardinals wound up winning, 6-2.

McGee hit both home runs against Pete Vuckovich and actually made two leaping catches in the game. His three-run homer in the fifth scored the first runs of the game, and he homered again in the seventh on a solo shot after Lonnie Smith tripled and scored on a Dane Iorg sacrifice fly.

Cooper's two-run homer in the eighth, after the Brewers were down 5-0, at least gave them a flicker of hope, but Ozzie Smith drew a bases-loaded walk as Vuckovich's final batter in the ninth.

Joaquín Andujar held the Brewers to just three hits in 6⅓ innings, while Vuckovich was docked for all six runs (four earned) in 8⅔.

Game 4: The six-run inning

Milwaukee went into the seventh inning down, 5-1, but churned out six runs in the frame to seize control of Game 4 and prevail, 7-5, to even the series at 2-2.

Dave LaPoint, one of the players traded to St. Louis in the deal that brought Rollie Fingers, Simmons and Vuckovich to Milwaukee in December 1980, dropped a throw from Keith Hernandez for an error to put the first runner on. The Brewers were off to the races from there.

Jim Gantner doubled in a run. Yount's check-swing single scored two runs. Cooper singled. Gorman Thomas drove in two more with a single. Every run was unearned, and the Cardinals used four pitchers in the inning.

Game 5: Robin Yount dazzles

In a 6-4 victory that gave the Brewers a 3-2 lead and had fans rushing the field at County Stadium, Yount was sensational, going 4-for-4 with his second four-hit game of the series.

Finishing one hit shy of the World Series record of 13, Yount wound up going 12-for-29 (a .414 batting average) with six runs and six RBI in the series overall.

"He has all the reason in the world to be cocky, arrogant, self-centered, but he's not," Molitor said after the game. "And he won't ever be."

Molitor grounded out in the eighth inning to end a two-run rally against Sutter, leaving Yount on deck and preventing him from getting a crack at a World Series-record-tying fifth hit.

Yount, whose third child also happened to be due any day during the 1982 World Series, wasn't impressed with his own achievement.

"I wasn't aware of it," Yount said of the potential record with a fifth hit. "I guess I feel the same about it as I do getting the four hits. It's not that big a deal. I don't care about World Series records. Winning the World Series is what's big on my mind."

"You can say the word 'MVP' to him and he won't change his look," Molitor said. "But you say 'World Champions,' and he'll be grinning ear to ear."

Yount's fourth hit, a home run off Bob Forsch in the seventh after St. Louis had cut Milwaukee's lead to 3-2, gave the Brewers a sigh of relief. Moments earlier, Cooper had authored his own heroic moment, a sprawling save of a Porter ground ball that he converted into the final out of the seventh, keeping the lead intact.

Caldwell navigated through 8⅓ before running out of gas, ultimately allowing 14 hits but still getting the win. McClure closed it down by getting the final two outs. Singles by Moore and Gantner scored insurance runs against Sutter in the bottom of the eighth.

The Brewers had a 3-2 lead in the series.

Game 6: The John Stuper Game (after the rain)

Rain delays of more than 2½ hours in St. Louis gummed up Game 6, but Stuper came back after a 26-minute delay and then after a second delay of 2 hours and 13 minutes. And he threw a complete-game four-hitter in a 13-1 Cardinals win to tie the series at 3-3.

Nothing went right for the Brewers. They committed four errors (two by Yount, two by Gantner), had just one extra-base hit (a Gantner double), and neither Don Sutton (seven runs in 4⅓) nor Doc Medich (six runs in two innings) were sharp.

It all came down to one game.

Game 7: Heartbreak for the Milwaukee Brewers

George Hendrick's RBI single in the sixth inning tipped the scales and gave the Cardinals the lead in a game they'd go on to win, 6-3, for the World Series title.

Hernandez had just driven in two runs to tie the game with a single, and Porter and Braun later added insurance singles.

The Brewers brought a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the sixth. Ben Oglivie homered in the top of the fifth to tie the game at 1-1, and an RBI single by Molitor and sacrifice fly by Cooper padded the lead.

But against Vuckovich in the sixth, Ozzie Smith singled and Lonnie Smith doubled, and Gene Tenace then walked against McClure, who remained in to give up the singles to Hernandez and Hendrick.

Andujar worked through the seventh, and Sutter retired all six men he faced in the eighth and ninth.

On Oct. 20, 1982, Milwaukee's dreams of a World Series died. They wouldn't have another chance for 44 years.

"The only time I cry is when there's a death in the family or I lose a close friend," Vuckovich said. "Or lose the seventh game of the World Series."

The parade on Wisconsin Avenue

But the aftermath was a mood of celebration and support from Milwaukee fans, leading to one of the more memorable sports chapters in the city's history: The parade one day later.

Though they lost the World Series, the Brewers were treated to a hero's welcome in Milwaukee, with a full-on parade down Wisconsin Avenue and a series of speeches at County Stadium, most famously remembered with Yount's motorcycle ride around the warning track.

"You may know that I've never been much for words," he told the crowd. "But I do know how to ride a motorcycle.

"I surely love playing baseball for the people of Milwaukee. I hope to bring a world championship – not me, but the Milwaukee Brewers – here next year."

Yount played his entire 20-year career in Milwaukee and was inducted into the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The Brewers almost won the 1982 World Series. This is what happened

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It's been nearly a half-century since the Milwaukee Brewers reached their first and only other World Series.

Over time, the 1982 American League champion has been revered and repeatedly celebrated in Milwaukee, even with a slight tinge of melancholy that the Brewers haven't been able to get back to the Series, much less win one.

But the 2026 team is writing a new chapter for the franchise. After 44 years, Milwaukee, you have a World Series.

Cecil Cooper's two-run single that tipped the scales in the fifth and final game of the 1982 American League Championship Series has long been regarded as the best moment in franchise history. It now has company.

The Brewers led the majors in home runs in 1982 and went up against a St. Louis Cardinals team with the fewest home runs. The Cardinals had three fewer wins, but home-field advantage alternated between leagues at the time, and the NL had it in 1982. That loomed large when the Brewers took a 3-2 lead in the series but lost the final two games at Busch Stadium.

Take a look back at the "Suds Series," from amazing highs to devastating lows:

Game 1: Mike Caldwell, Paul Molitor crush the Cardinals

It had to feel pretty promising for Brewers fans when Milwaukee staged a 10-0 win in Game 1 of the World Series in St. Louis.

Mike Caldwell allowed just one hit through the first seven innings and finished with a complete-game shutout on three hits. Paul Molitor became the first player to get five hits in a World Series game and Robin Yount added four, meaning the top two players in the order finished 9-for-12 with four RBIs. Ted Simmons also homered.

"People think we're nine lumberjacks dragging our bats out there to take three swings and hit a home run," said Simmons, playing against his previous team. "They might be surprised."

Caldwell needed just 101 pitches to dismiss the Cardinals. He retired 17 of his first 18 batters.

"Considering all the circumstances and the fact that I didn't pitch well against California last week, I'd probably have to consider this one of my best performances this year, and probably my career, since this is the World Series," Caldwell said.

"In 11 years, I've had enough games to know when you have a shutout or a three-hitter, it's one of your (lucky) days. Instead of 17 groundballs going through the infield, only three got through the infield."

Three of Molitor's hits were in the infield – although two were dazzling stops by Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith that would have gone into the outfield – and one was a bloop, but it was a record nonetheless.

"I know they weren't all pretty, but when I saw the message on the scoreboard, I felt very good," Molitor said. "I saw (general manager) Harry Dalton and his family clapping, and that's when I looked up and saw it. I had no idea it was a record."

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Game 2: A controversial call looms large

Steve Braun's bases-loaded walk against Brewers reliever Pete Ladd in the eighth scored the go-ahead run, and closer Bruce Sutter made it stand up in a 5-4 Cardinals win to even the series at 1-1.

Bob McClure allowed two of the three runners he faced to reach, prompting the Brewers to turn to Ladd, who walked Lonnie Smith and then Braun with the bases loaded.

It was Smith's at-bat that lingers to this day as a case of "what if." He took a 3-2 pitch for ball four that easily could have been strike three.

“I have to admit it rattled me for the next batter," Ladd said. "It shouldn’t have, but it did."

Home-plate umpire Bill Haller was met with jeers and signs bearing his name when the series shifted back to Milwaukee.

"I deserved it," Haller said, speaking in St. Louis in 2007. "It was one of the worst games I ever worked."

Said Smith, who initially froze, seemingly believing the inning was over: “I think it was there. The ump said it was outside. Umps are never wrong, they say. But I had no chance of hitting it.”

The rally started when McClure didn't cover first base on George Hendrick's grounder, what could have been a double play that would have cleared the bases with two outs. It snowballed from there.

Sutter yielded a leadoff single to Molitor, but he was caught stealing before the Brewers went down quietly in the ninth.

It spoiled a great start for the Brewers, who hopped out to a 3-0 lead in the third. Charlie Moore had an RBI double, Yount an RBI groundout and Simmons a home run against John Stuper.

The Cardinals got two runs back in the third, but Cooper made it 4-2 in the fifth with an RBI single. Former Brewers catcher – and eventual World Series MVP – Darrell Porter hit a two-run double in the sixth off Don Sutton to tie the game.

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Game 3: Willie McGee?

Willie McGee hit just four home runs in the regular season, but hit two in Game 3 and made the play of the game, a backhanded lunge that robbed Gorman Thomas of a two-run homer in the ninth. The Cardinals wound up winning, 6-2.

McGee hit both home runs against Pete Vuckovich and actually made two leaping catches in the game. His three-run homer in the fifth scored the first runs of the game, and he homered again in the seventh on a solo shot after Lonnie Smith tripled and scored on a Dane Iorg sacrifice fly.

Cooper's two-run homer in the eighth, after the Brewers were down 5-0, at least gave them a flicker of hope, but Ozzie Smith drew a bases-loaded walk as Vuckovich's final batter in the ninth.

Joaquín Andujar held the Brewers to just three hits in 6⅓ innings, while Vuckovich was docked for all six runs (four earned) in 8⅔.

Game 4: The six-run inning

Milwaukee went into the seventh inning down, 5-1, but churned out six runs in the frame to seize control of Game 4 and prevail, 7-5, to even the series at 2-2.

Dave LaPoint, one of the players traded to St. Louis in the deal that brought Rollie Fingers, Simmons and Vuckovich to Milwaukee in December 1980, dropped a throw from Keith Hernandez for an error to put the first runner on. The Brewers were off to the races from there.

Jim Gantner doubled in a run. Yount's check-swing single scored two runs. Cooper singled. Gorman Thomas drove in two more with a single. Every run was unearned, and the Cardinals used four pitchers in the inning.

Game 5: Robin Yount dazzles

In a 6-4 victory that gave the Brewers a 3-2 lead and had fans rushing the field at County Stadium, Yount was sensational, going 4-for-4 with his second four-hit game of the series.

Finishing one hit shy of the World Series record of 13, Yount wound up going 12-for-29 (a .414 batting average) with six runs and six RBI in the series overall.

"He has all the reason in the world to be cocky, arrogant, self-centered, but he's not," Molitor said after the game. "And he won't ever be."

Molitor grounded out in the eighth inning to end a two-run rally against Sutter, leaving Yount on deck and preventing him from getting a crack at a World Series-record-tying fifth hit.

Yount, whose third child also happened to be due any day during the 1982 World Series, wasn't impressed with his own achievement.

"I wasn't aware of it," Yount said of the potential record with a fifth hit. "I guess I feel the same about it as I do getting the four hits. It's not that big a deal. I don't care about World Series records. Winning the World Series is what's big on my mind."

"You can say the word 'MVP' to him and he won't change his look," Molitor said. "But you say 'World Champions,' and he'll be grinning ear to ear."

Yount's fourth hit, a home run off Bob Forsch in the seventh after St. Louis had cut Milwaukee's lead to 3-2, gave the Brewers a sigh of relief. Moments earlier, Cooper had authored his own heroic moment, a sprawling save of a Porter ground ball that he converted into the final out of the seventh, keeping the lead intact.

Caldwell navigated through 8⅓ before running out of gas, ultimately allowing 14 hits but still getting the win. McClure closed it down by getting the final two outs. Singles by Moore and Gantner scored insurance runs against Sutter in the bottom of the eighth.

The Brewers had a 3-2 lead in the series.

Game 6: The John Stuper Game (after the rain)

Rain delays of more than 2½ hours in St. Louis gummed up Game 6, but Stuper came back after a 26-minute delay and then after a second delay of 2 hours and 13 minutes. And he threw a complete-game four-hitter in a 13-1 Cardinals win to tie the series at 3-3.

Nothing went right for the Brewers. They committed four errors (two by Yount, two by Gantner), had just one extra-base hit (a Gantner double), and neither Don Sutton (seven runs in 4⅓) nor Doc Medich (six runs in two innings) were sharp.

It all came down to one game.

Game 7: Heartbreak for the Milwaukee Brewers

George Hendrick's RBI single in the sixth inning tipped the scales and gave the Cardinals the lead in a game they'd go on to win, 6-3, for the World Series title.

Hernandez had just driven in two runs to tie the game with a single, and Porter and Braun later added insurance singles.

The Brewers brought a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the sixth. Ben Oglivie homered in the top of the fifth to tie the game at 1-1, and an RBI single by Molitor and sacrifice fly by Cooper padded the lead.

But against Vuckovich in the sixth, Ozzie Smith singled and Lonnie Smith doubled, and Gene Tenace then walked against McClure, who remained in to give up the singles to Hernandez and Hendrick.

Andujar worked through the seventh, and Sutter retired all six men he faced in the eighth and ninth.

On Oct. 20, 1982, Milwaukee's dreams of a World Series died. They wouldn't have another chance for 44 years.

"The only time I cry is when there's a death in the family or I lose a close friend," Vuckovich said. "Or lose the seventh game of the World Series."

The parade on Wisconsin Avenue

But the aftermath was a mood of celebration and support from Milwaukee fans, leading to one of the more memorable sports chapters in the city's history: The parade one day later.

Though they lost the World Series, the Brewers were treated to a hero's welcome in Milwaukee, with a full-on parade down Wisconsin Avenue and a series of speeches at County Stadium, most famously remembered with Yount's motorcycle ride around the warning track.

"You may know that I've never been much for words," he told the crowd. "But I do know how to ride a motorcycle.

"I surely love playing baseball for the people of Milwaukee. I hope to bring a world championship – not me, but the Milwaukee Brewers – here next year."

Yount played his entire 20-year career in Milwaukee and was inducted into the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.

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With the World Series days away, Milwaukee Brewers hype is spread far and wide – even to a galaxy far, far away.

Xander Renish, of Milwaukee, is an engineer whose career has taken him everywhere for the team: the coaches' offices, the bullpen and even the catwalks to open and close the stadium roof. Renish works on the stadium controls team, which means if something moves or should not be moving in the stadium, his team is typically involved.

He always wanted to use his engineering skills to craft his own Mandalorian armor out of the "Star Wars" universe, and as a lifelong Brewers fan, the color scheme was an easy choice. Renish tapped into his late father-in-law's love of the Brewers and his mother-in-law's love for nerd culture to get over the finish line.

It took Renish more than 200 hours to construct his blue, gold and barley-adorned Mandalorian suit. The suit is almost entirely 3D-printed plaster, resized again and again to fit him. The constant reprints and adjustments almost made Renish quit the project. He had to put the printer down for about two months as "it stops being fun if it's like, you know, making you mad."

"A lot of the times while I was watching games, I would be working on the pieces of the project," Renish said. "My superstition became the better I made the armor, the better the Brewers would do."

Renish's armor features beer mugs painted on the forearms, a Brewers logo charm fixed on the chest and a double-sided Brewers blanket fashioned into a cape. The project isn't done yet: Renish still plans to etch Brewers milestones into the armor.

Several young fans called Renish on his attention to detail while equally lambasting him for not keeping his helmet on as the Mandalorian code calls for in "Star Wars" lore. Renish laughed, shut his helmet face for a moment and continued on.

"Every young man wants a suit of armor," Renish said. "It's more of an artistic thing for me, and the feedback, it's just been so overwhelming but positive because I think it's so unique."

It'll be easy to follow: Renish spends most of his time in the basement of American Family Field already.

Brewers armor was a long time coming

Following a career in the Navy, Renish attended Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Green Bay to further his engineering skills.

But college wasn't an easy sweep for him. Renish eventually moved back to Milwaukee, where he quit drinking and got help for his mental health, eventually getting a job for Johnson Controls at American Family Field in 2023.

"Some of the guys I work with have been there since County Stadium and literally don’t know anything else. There’s something to be said about an organization and work that has retained employees for 20 odd years," Renish said.

Renish works stadium controls and has spent more games keeping track of American Family Field's fire systems than sitting in the stands or in front of a TV. But the game is always nearby one way or another.

He even lives just a short distance from the Hank Aaron Trail, so he can hear the winning fireworks shooting off before most people watching broadcast even know the Brewers have won.

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"The team doing good almost feels personal, you know, and you're so invested in it," Renish said. "My son, he was born Feb. 14. A month later he was at his first Brewer game. He's probably been to 20 games, so it's just a whole family affair now."

Renish plans to break out the armor for more than just Brewers games. He's set his sights on several upcoming Halloween events, such as Boo at the Zoo, museum events and trick-or-treat nights in his neighborhood.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Brewers engineer spends 200 hours making team-themed Mandalorian armor

The No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs play the No. 24 Florida Gators on Saturday, Oct. 31 at the usual 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff time. Georgia (6-0, 4-0 SEC) got humbled in a 27-24 loss to the Auburn Tigers in Georgia's first loss of the season. The Bulldogs have a bye week to regroup and prepare for Florida.

Florida (5-2, 3-2 SEC) is coming off a 27-24 road win over the Texas Longhorns. The Gators have found success in Year 1 of the coach Jon Sumrall era with major wins over Texas and Ole Miss. However, Florida has a pair of multi-score defeats to South Carolina and Missouri.

Which version of Florida will Georgia get when the two teams play in Atlanta? Florida quarterback Aaron Philo was a game-time decision, but did not play in the Gators' road loss to Texas. The Gators started Tramell Jones in their upset win over Texas. Florida used a solid performance from Jones and a better defensive showing to beat Texas. Florida also has a bye week to prepare for Georgia and needs to keep winning to have a shot at the College Football Playoff.

Georgia has won five straight meetings against Florida, but that means nothing for the 2026 version of Georgia-Florida. The Gators have a good team and it did not matter that Georgia had a lengthy winning streak over Auburn entering the Bulldogs' last game.

Georgia football vs. Florida TV channel, kickoff time

• TV channel: ABC
• Date: Saturday, Oct. 31
• Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
• Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

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‘There is a lot of respect’ – Barcelona’s Joan Laporta on his ‘friendship’ with PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi

The relationship between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona hasn’t always been a good one. The latter were famously part of the European Super League project that the former opposed. Even more recently, Barcelona were left frustrated by Dro Fernandez’s decision to leave the Catalan club and join PSG. The agreement reached between the two clubs did, however, ease any tensions between the two clubs. Joan Laporta’s frustration was ultimately directed towards the player and his entourage.

PSG have previously also made attempts to sign Lamine Yamal, whilst Ferran Torres made the move from Catalunya to the French capital over the summer. Speaking to L’Équipe, Barcelona’s president, Laporta, has now addressed his relationship with his opposite number at the Parc des Princes ahead of Tuesday night’s meeting between the two clubs.

“It is very good (the relationship). With Nasser, I think that I can say that our relationship is one of friendship. There is a lot of respect,” began Laporta. “He manages the EFC (European Football Clubs, formerly ECA, an organisation that Al-Khelaifi heads) sensationally, PSG, too. I congratulate him. Today, PSG are European champions, and this match coming up between our two teams will confirm to us that we are the two referential clubs in the world and that, as far as we’re concerned, this match will give us an indication of our real level.”

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Liverpool hosts Villarreal in the Champions League on Tuesday, Oct. 20, with several key players unavailable due to injury.

Andoni Iraola's side defeated Brentford 2-1 on Saturday, Oct. 17 but saw Dominik Szoboszlai and Jeremie Frimpong exit the game due to injury.

Both players will be sidelined for the visit of the Yellow Submarine, with Iraola being forced to replace the pair as well as give some players rest on a short turnaround.

Here is how Liverpool could line up against Villarreal:

Liverpool projected lineup vs. Villarreal

• Goalkeeper: Alisson
• Defense: Araujo, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Kerkez
• Midfield: Gravenberch, Mac Allister
• Attacking midfield: Gakpo, Wirtz, Barcola
• Forward: Isak

Ronald Araujo looks the most likely to start at right back with Frimpong unavailable.

Ryan Gravenberch, who sat out against Brentford due to suspension, is available and could be in line to replace Szoboszlai.

Iraola will have Cody Gakpo and Alexander Isak available after both returned from injuries against Brentford.

Liverpool team news vs. Villarreal

• Out: Ekitike, Bradley, Leoni, Szoboszlai, Frimpong
• Questionable: N/A
• Suspended: N/A

Will Dominik Szoboszlai play vs. Villarreal?

The Hungary international picked up a hamstring injury during the international break. After missing two games, he returned against Brentford but lasted just a half hour.

"It is not a new injury. I think it was in the same place it was probably the past week," Iraola said at his pre-match press conference on Monday, Oct. 19.

"He hasn't worsened the injury but probably we have to be a little bit more patient until he recovers fully.

"But it's not like he now has to wait a lot more time to come back – it's more or less the same situation he was in last week. We need more patience with him."

Will Jeremie Frimpong play vs. Villarreal?

Like Szoboszlai, Frimpong will also be sidelined for the match against Villarreal.

Iraola said that the Dutch right back would likely be out at least a month.

"I think they are different circumstances," Iraola said. "Jeremie Frimpong is a muscle injury, and it happened in the second, third minute he was playing – difficult to predict.

"We will have to wait until he recovers, but it is going to be difficult I think before the [next international] break. We will try, but it is going to be difficult to have him."

Liverpool vs. Villarreal time, TV

• Date: Tuesday, Oct. 20
• Time: 3 p.m. ET
• Location: Anfield (Liverpool, England)
• TV/stream: Paramount+ (Watch on Paramount+), ViX (Watch on Prime Video)

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Hunting for which TV channel or streaming network will broadcast Alabama men's basketball? Broadcast information for every 2026-27 regular season game can be found here.

Alabama announced its television schedule Monday, Oct. 19, with games set to air across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and SEC Network. Four nonconference games will stream on SEC Network+, while a December matchup with Iowa will be exclusive to Peacock.

The Crimson Tide will open the regular season against Sam Houston on Tuesday, Nov. 3, with the game streaming on SEC Network+.

Here's how to watch every game on the 2026-27 Alabama men's basketball schedule.

REQUIRED READING: Tip off times for every Alabama men's basketball 2026-27 season game

Alabama basketball 2026-27 TV scheduleNovember 2026

• Tuesday, Nov. 3: vs. Sam Houston — SEC Network+
• Friday, Nov. 6: vs. Arkansas State — SEC Network+
• Monday, Nov. 9: vs. Oakland — SEC Network+
• Friday, Nov. 13: vs. Seton Hall — SEC Network
• Tuesday, Nov. 17: vs. Kennesaw State — SEC Network+
• Tuesday, Nov. 24: vs. Baylor (Las Vegas) — ESPN2
• Thursday, Nov. 26: vs. TBD (Las Vegas) — TV TBD
• Friday, Nov. 27, or Saturday, Nov. 28: vs. TBD (Las Vegas) — TV TBD

December 2026

• Wednesday, Dec. 2: at Miami — ESPN
• Tuesday, Dec. 8: vs. Houston (New York) — ESPN
• Saturday, Dec. 12: vs. St. John's (Birmingham) — ESPN
• Wednesday, Dec. 16: at South Florida — ESPN2
• Monday, Dec. 21: vs. Iowa (Des Moines) — Peacock
• Tuesday, Dec. 29: vs. Samford — SEC Network

January 2027

• Saturday, Jan. 2: at Mississippi State — SEC Network
• Tuesday, Jan. 5: vs. LSU — SEC Network
• Saturday, Jan. 9: at Arkansas — ESPN2
• Wednesday, Jan. 13: vs. Ole Miss — SEC Network
• Saturday, Jan. 16: vs. Florida — ESPN or ESPN2
• Wednesday, Jan. 20: at South Carolina — SEC Network
• Saturday, Jan. 23: vs. Oklahoma — SEC Network
• Tuesday, Jan. 26: at Missouri — ESPN
• Saturday, Jan. 30: vs. Auburn — ESPN or ESPN2

February 2027

• Saturday, Feb. 6: at Kentucky — ESPN or ESPN2
• Tuesday, Feb. 9: at Texas — ESPN
• Saturday, Feb. 13: vs. Arkansas — ESPN2
• Tuesday, Feb. 16: vs. Mississippi State — SEC Network
• Saturday, Feb. 20: at Tennessee — ESPN or ESPN2
• Tuesday, Feb. 23: at Texas A&M — SEC Network
• Saturday, Feb. 27: vs. Vanderbilt — ESPN or ESPN2

March 2027

• Wednesday, March 3: vs. Georgia — ESPN2 or ESPNU
• Saturday, March 6: at Auburn — SEC Network

All television designations are subject to change.

Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for The Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at esmarr@usatodayco.com.

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The Ohio high school boys soccer regular season has concluded. That means it is time to determine the top Columbus-area player for the regular season by voting for your choice.

The 17 candidates are below, in alphabetical order. After reading their bios, scroll down to the ballot and cast your vote.

Voting will conclude at noon Oct. 26. Please do not email your votes; they will not count.

Candidates were nominated by area coaches and The Dispatch sports staff. Postseason accomplishments are not included.

In addition, keep an eye out for the annual All-Metro teams for fall sports in November and December.

Grayson Adams, Jonathan Alder: The junior has grown into more of an offensive threat this fall, collecting 18 goals and 11 assists for a Pioneers team (13-3) that went 10-0 in the Central Buckeye Conference-Kenton Trail. That far exceeds Adams’ 12 goals and three assists from 2025.

Tre Berry, DeSales: The senior midfielder, Ohio State commit and son of former OSU football player Gary Berry drew praise from multiple coaches after leading the Stallions to a 10-6-1 regular season and the No. 2 seed in the Division III district tournament. One opposing coach said Berry “would be the best player on any team in the Central District regardless of division.”

AJ Boiarsky, St. Charles: The versatile senior midfielder and Kenyon commit has been integral to the Cardinals’ offense and defense, according to coach Chris Vonau, whose team is seeded third in the Division I postseason. St. Charles (13-3-1) outscored its regular-season opponents 42-17.

Adrien Davis, Westerville Central: Called the Warhawks’ “most consistent player” by coach Hunter Robertson, the sophomore midfielder has largely controlled possession and helped dictate the pace of play for a team aiming for a return to the Division II state tournament. Davis has assisted on three goals.

Grayson Davis, Watterson: The senior center back had seven goals and 11 assists despite his defensive-oriented responsibilities for the defending Division III state champions (13-3-1). Davis is a four-year letterwinner.

Erkan Erciyas, Worthington Kilbourne: The junior forward leads the Wolves (13-3-1) in goals (15) and assists (6). Coach Jonathan Sprunger called Erciyas, who also kicks for Kilbourne’s football team, “the hardest-working player on our team and a mentor to his teammates.”

Nishan Gregory, Dublin Coffman: A four-year starter and leader in goals three of those seasons, the senior forward has nine goals and six assists to lead the Shamrocks (6-8-1). An all-state player in Division I last year, Gregory is committed to IU-Indianapolis.

Will Hamill, Jonathan Alder: The senior is one of the top offensive threats in central Ohio, having racked up 20 goals and 24 assists. His assists lead the Central Buckeye Conference, and his goals and total points (64) are second.

Maddox Keifer, Westerville Central: The senior forward had eight goals for a Warhawks team that went 8-5-4 on the heels of a Division II regional championship, the first in the program’s 23-year history.

Sam Meacham, Watterson: The senior midfielder and four-year letterwinner has anchored the Eagles’ offense with 10 goals and 11 assists. Watterson, the top seed in the Division III district tournament, outscored its opponents 64-30 in the regular season.

Liam Neidenthal, Dublin Jerome: The senior forward leads the defending Division I state champion Celtics (14-2-1) with seven goals and nine assists as one of several returnees back from last year’s title team. Jerome’s only losses were to perennial powers Cleveland St. Ignatius and St. Charles.

Adam Peters, West Jefferson: The junior forward had 22 goals and 18 assists to lead both the Roughriders (6-10-1) and the Ohio Heritage Conference. His 62 points also are the most in the league regardless of division.

Ty Schroeder, Fairbanks: The sophomore forward enjoyed a breakout season last year during the Panthers’ run to a Division V state semifinal and has remained strong this fall with 20 goals and two assists. Fairbanks (15-2) is the top seed in the district.

Carter Smith, Westerville North: The senior center midfielder led the Warriors to a 15-0-2 record – the first unbeaten regular season in program history – with team highs in goals (14) and assists (8). Coach Nate Hartnell said Smith’s “technical skill, work rate, awareness, soccer IQ and composure separate him from other players. Carter has the ability to make difficult look easy.”

Satchel Tarr, Hilliard Davidson: The Wildcats’ junior goalie had six shutouts in 14 games – he missed two games because of injury – and allowed 20 goals. One of his 50-plus saves came on a penalty kick, and according to coach Pat Billman, “he does fantastic with aerial balls, avoiding set piece goals and using his feet.”

Seth Tedla, Olentangy Orange: The senior forward has led the way for the Pioneers (14-0-3), the No. 2 seed in the Division I district tournament, with 17 goals and eight assists. Tedla has factored into more than 40% of Orange’s 61 goals.

Ethan Weiser, Olentangy Orange: A senior center midfielder and second-year starter, Weiser has six goals and 14 assists – the latter a single-season program record. Coach Tony Diaz called Weiser “our attacking catalyst [who] presents a dynamic attacking threat when he has the ball at his feet.”

High school sports reporter Dave Purpura can be reached at dpurpura@dispatch.com and at @dp_dispatch on X.

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Vote for top central Ohio boys soccer player of regular season

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke basketball hosts Tennessee in a preseason exhibition at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

It will be the second of three preseason games for Jon Scheyer's Blue Devils, which enter the season ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll and USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball preseason poll. Duke opened preseason play with a 102-62 scrimmage win over Belmont on Oct. 8. The Blue Devils will round out preseason play on the road at Kansas on Sunday, Oct. 25 before officially gets their season underway at home against Army on Nov. 2.

Duke traveled to Knoxville for a preseason exhibition against Tennessee last season, earning a 83-76 win at Food City Center.

Here’s everything you need to know about No. 2 Duke vs. No. 8/9 Tennessee including time, TV and streaming info and more.

What channel is Duke basketball vs Tennessee on today?

TV Channel: ACC Network

Livestream: Fubo

The Duke vs. Tennessee game will air on ACC Network. Streaming options include Fubo, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.

Watch Duke basketball on Fubo

Duke basketball vs Tennessee start time

Date: Tuesday, Oct. 20

Start time: 7 p.m. ET

The Duke vs. Tennessee game is set to tip off at 7 p.m. ET at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Duke basketball 2026-27 schedule

*ACC play

• Oct. 3: Countdown to Craziness
• Oct. 8: 102-62 win vs. Belmont (Preseason scrimmage)
• Oct. 20: vs. Tennessee (Preseason exhibition)
• Oct. 25: at Kansas (Preseason exhibition)
• Nov. 2: vs. Army
• Nov. 5: vs. Coastal Carolina
• Nov. 10: vs. Michigan State (Champions Classic, Chicago)
• Nov. 13: vs. SIU-Edwardsville
• Nov. 17: vs. Illinois
• Nov. 21: vs. Washington State (Acrisure Series, Palm Desert, Calif.)
• Nov. 25: vs. UConn (T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas)
• Dec. 1: at Florida (ACC/SEC Challenge)
• Dec. 4: vs. Harvard (Brotherhood Run)
• Dec. 8: vs. Georgia (Jimmy V Classic, Madison Square Garden)
• Dec. 15: vs. Campbell
• Dec. 17: vs. Grambling St.
• Dec. 21: vs. Texas Tech (Madison Square Garden, New York City)
• Dec. 30: at Georgia Tech*
• Jan. 2: vs. California*
• Jan. 5: at Syracuse*
• Jan. 9: vs. Pittsburgh*
• Jan. 13: vs. Stanford*
• Jan. 16: at Boston College*
• Jan. 20: at Wake Forest*
• Jan. 23: vs. Notre Dame*
• Jan. 30: at Clemson*
• Feb. 1: vs. Miami*
• Feb. 6: at Virginia*
• Feb. 9: at SMU*
• Feb. 13: vs. UNC*
• Feb. 16: vs. Florida State*
• Feb. 20: vs. Gonzaga (Little Caesars Arena, Detroit)
• Feb. 24: at Louisville*
• Feb. 27: vs. NC State*
• March 1: vs. Virginia*
• March 6: at UNC*
• March 9-13: ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.)

Anna Snyder covers Duke for The Fayetteville Observer as part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at asnyder@gannett.com or follow her @annaesnydr on X.

This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Time, TV, streaming info for Duke basketball exhibition vs Tennessee

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Each week, the Pueblo Chieftain will nominate several athletes for its Athlete of the Week award. The winner is decided by you, the readers.

Last week's winner was Pueblo Central High School boys soccer's Tyler Quintana with 98% of votes.

The award highlights the best performances from Pueblo-area athletes from the previous week. This week, there are six nominations from girls volleyball and boys soccer. Football has its own poll on our website.

The poll will close at noon on Saturday, Oct. 24. There are no restrictions, so vote now and vote often.

• Pueblo Central High School girls volleyball's Kiana Bethea recorded 20 kills and three blocks across three wins over Pueblo Centennial, Pueblo East and Coronado last week.
• Pueblo County High School girls volleyball's Kaydence Raymond leads the team with 14 blocks. She recorded three kills in two sets played last week.
• Pueblo East High School girls volleyball's Danae Fransua had four kills and one ace in a win over Sierra. She leads the team with 15 blocks.
• Pueblo West High School girls volleyball's Kylee Giconi recorded eight kills against Pine Creek last week. She leads the team with 11 blocks and has 90 kills so far this season.
• Pueblo County High School boys soccer's Chris Hildebrand scored four goals and recorded one assist in two wins over Sierra and Pueblo South last week.
• Pueblo West High School boys soccer's Erion Evans scored two goals in the Cyclones 5-0 win over Liberty last week. He has seven goals so far this season.

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OXFORD — The College Football Playoff is nearing a deal to expand, and Ole Miss coach Pete Golding said it's a good thing for the sport.

The CFP is expected to double in size in 2027 by going to 24 teams. It has been a 12-team playoff for the past two seasons.

The new format would change the season schedule. Power 4 conference championship games would be eliminated and the regular season would begin one week earlier.

Golding said he thinks the expanded playoff makes sense because of the SEC's decision to have teams add a ninth conference game to the regular season. That went into effect this season.

Golding said the move to 24 teams would be "really healthy for college football."

"I think once we'd gone to the nine-(game) SEC model, you know, it was going to be extremely hard if you did not expand it with the caliber of teams," Golding said.

No. 7 Ole Miss (5-1, 3-1 SEC) is in good shape at the moment to make the 12-team playoff halfway through the season. The Rebels' next game is at No. 18 Texas (4-2, 1-2) on Oct. 24 (6:30 p.m., ABC).

Their only remaining game vs a ranked team after that is home vs No. 4 Georgia on Nov. 7.

Ole Miss football's CFP history

Ole Miss has made the CFP once. That came last season when Golding was promoted from defensive coordinator after Lane Kiffin left for LSU after the Egg Bowl.

The Rebels were the No. 6 seed and won a home playoff game against Tulane and the Sugar Bowl against No. 3 Georgia. The run ended in the semifinals with a 31-28 loss to No. 10 Miami.

Ole Miss has finished in the top 24 of the CFP rankings 12 times since 2014.

Critics of CFP expansion have argued that it would make regular season games feel less important. Instead of two or three losses keeping a team out of the CFP, schools may have three or four losses on their record and still make the CFP.

Golding predicted teams would schedule tougher, more high-profile matchups to begin the season as a way to increase interest.

"Obviously I think they were concerned with watering down the regular season, so I do think you'll see some more openers, neutral sites vs. the top three conferences, in my opinion," Golding said.

Sam Hutchens covers Ole Miss for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at Shutchens@gannett.com or reach him on X at @Sam_Hutchens_

This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Ole Miss coach Pete Golding's 24-team CFP prediction that could change critics' minds

Take a look at how the Milwaukee Brewers constructed the 2026 roster that has taken the team to the World Series:

DRAFT PICKS AND INTERNATIONAL FREE AGENTS

Like many small-market teams, the Brewers possess a backbone of players who were drafted or signed as amateurs and developed by the organization.

Aaron Ashby, left-handed pitcher

• Fourth-round draft choice in 2018.
• Signed a five-year extension in 2023 through the 2027 season.

Abner Uribe, right-handed pitcher

• Signed as an international free agent in 2018.

Brice Turang, second base

• First-round draft choice in 2018.

Garrett Mitchell, center field

• First-round draft choice in 2020.

Jackson Chourio, left field

• Signed as an international free agent in 2021.
• Signed an eight-year contract extension in 2022 through the 2031 season.

Sal Frelick, right field

• First-round draft choice in 2021.

Logan Henderson, right-handed pitcher

• Fourth-round draft choice in 2021.

Jacob Misiorowski, right-handed pitcher

• Second-round draft choice in 2022.

Luis Lara, right field

• Signed as international free agent in 2022.
• Signed a seven-year extension in 2026 through the 2032 season.

Cooper Pratt, shortstop

• Sixth-round draft choice in 2023.
• Signed an eight-year extension in 2026 through the 2033 season.

FREE-AGENT SIGNINGS

The Brewers don't often dabble in free agency, but sometimes ...

Gary Sánchez, catcher

• Signed as a free agent before 2026 season.
• Of note: He previously signed with the Brewers as a free agent before the 2024 season. He spent 2025 with Baltimore.

Jake Bauers, first base

• Signed as a free agent before the 2025 season.
• Of note: He was previously acquired in a trade with the New York Yankees before the 2024 season in exchange for minor-leaguer Jace Avina and Brian Sanchez.
  • Avina was a 14th-round draft pick in 2021.
  • Sanchez was signed as an international free agent in 2023.

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TRADES

Christian Yelich, right field

• Acquired before the 2018 season in a trade with the Miami Marlins for outfielder Lewis Brinson and minor leaguers Monte Harrison, Jordan Yamamoto and Isan Diaz.
• Signed a nine-year extension in 2020 through the 2028 season.
  • Harrison was a second-round draft choice in 2014.
  • Yamamoto was a 12th-round draft choice in 2014.
  • Brinson was acquired during the 2016 season in a trade with the Texas Rangers for catcher Jonathan Lucroy and pitcher Jeremy Jeffress.
    • Lucroy was a third-round draft choice in 2007.
    • Jeffress was a first-round draft choice in 2006 but re-signed as free agent with Brewers in 2014.
  • Diaz was acquired before the 2016 season in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks for infielder Jean Segura and relief pitcher Tyler Wagner.
    • Wagner was a fourth-round draft choice in 2012.
    • Segura was acquired during the 2012 season in a trade with the Los Angeles Angels for pitcher Zack Greinke.
      • Greinke was acquired before the 2011 season in a trade with the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Lorenzo Cain, shortstop Alcides Escobar and pitchers Jake Odorizzi and Jeremy Jeffress.
        • Cain was a 17th-round draft choice in 2004.
          • Of note: Cain re-signed with the Brewers as a free agent in 2018, signing Jan. 25, the same day the Yelich trade was announced.
        • Odorizzi was a first-round draft choice in 2008.
        • Escobar was signed as an international free agent in 2003.
        • Jeffress was a first-round draft choice in 2006.

Robert Gasser, left-handed pitcher

• Acquired during the 2022 season in a trade with the San Diego Padres for left-hander Josh Hader.
  • Hader was acquired during the 2015 season in a trade with the Houston Astros for pitcher Mike Fiers and outfielder Carlos Gómez.
    • Fiers was a 22nd-round draft choice in 2009.
    • Gómez was acquired before the 2009 season in a trade with the Minnesota Twins for shortstop J.J. Hardy.
      • Hardy was a second-round draft choice in 2001.

Trevor Megill, right-handed pitcher

• Acquired during the 2023 season in a trade with the Minnesota Twins for pitcher Taylor Floyd.
  • Floyd was a 10th-round draft choice in 2019.

William Contreras, catcher

• Acquired before the 2023 season in a trade with the Oakland Athletics and Atlanta Braves, a deal in which the Brewers traded Esteury Ruiz to the Athletics.
  • Ruiz was acquired during the 2022 season in a trade with the San Diego Padres in exchange for relief pitcher Josh Hader.
    • Hader was acquired during the 2015 season in a trade with the Houston Astros for Mike Fiers and Carlos Gómez.
    • Fiers was a 22nd-round draft choice in 2009.
    • Gómez was acquired before the 2009 season in a trade with the Minnesota Twins for J.J. Hardy.
      • Hardy was a second-round draft choice in 2001.

Kyle Harrison and Shane Drohan, left-handed pitchers, and David Hamilton, infielder

• Acquired before the 2026 season in a trade with the Boston Red Sox for Caleb Durbin, Andruw Monasterio and Anthony Seigler.
  • Monasterio signed as a free agent before the 2022 season.
  • Seigler signed as a free agent before the 2025 season.
  • Durbin was acquired before the 2025 season in a trade with the New York Yankees for relief pitcher Devin Williams.
    • Williams was a second-round draft choice in 2013.
• Of note: Hamilton was previously drafted in the eighth round by the Brewers in 2019 but traded to Boston in a deal for outfielder Hunter Renfroe before the 2022 season.

Dustin May, right-handed pitcher, and JoJo Romero, left-handed pitcher

• Acquired during the 2026 season in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals for prospects Josiah Ragsdale and Alexander Frias.
  • Frias signed as an international free agent in 2025.
  • Ragsdale was a seventh-round draft choice in 2025.

Joey Ortiz, infielder, and DL Hall, left-handed pitcher

• Acquired before the 2024 season in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Corbin Burnes
  • Burnes was a fourth-round draft choice in 2016.
• Of note: The Brewers also received a draft pick in the trade that they used to select Blake Burke in 2024.

Chad Patrick, right-handed pitcher

• Acquired before the 2024 season in a trade with the Oakland Athletics for infielder Abraham Toro.
  • Toro was acquired before the 2023 season in a trade with the Seattle Mariners for Kolten Wong.
    • Wong signed as a free-agent before the 2022 season.

Antonio Senzatela

• Acquired during 2026 season in trade with the Colorado Rockies for infielder Juan Martinez and left-handed pitcher Mark Manfredi.
  • Martinez was signed as an international free agent in 2024.
  • Manfredi was a ninth-round draft choice in 2023.

Andrew Vaughn

• Acquired during the 2025 season in trade with the Chicago White Sox for right-handed pitcher Aaron Civale.
  • Civale was acquired during the 2024 season in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays for prospect Gregory Barrios.
    • Barrios signed as an international free agent in 2021.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Where did these guys come from? How the 2026 Brewers roster was built

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