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Nov 11, 2026 - Sports

Joel Klatt reacted to the second slate of College Football Playing rankings, and he's not thrilled about the "SEC feedback loop".

Nov 11, 2026 - Sports

Teams with championship aspirations tooled up at the deadline. Most, but not all of them, have improved their chancesAfter what happened Monday night, the Minnesota Vikings had to do this. In a dispiriting loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Vikings saw their tremendous defense go to waste, as Carson Wentz completed eight of 25 passes for 81 yards, no touchdowns, two interceptions and a passer rating of 8.9. It was one of the worst quarterback performances in recent history, and it continued a run of recent QB futility for the Vikings, from JJ McCarthy to Kyler Murray to Wentz. Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores is out-scheming every other coach in the league with his laboratory of blitzes and coverages. But it’s starting to matter less and less, because opposing offenses know they can wait that defense out when there’s no juice on the other side of the ball. The Vikings rank first in scoring defense (116 points allowed), but they’re 27th in points scored (146). Continue reading...

Nov 11, 2026 - Sports

While No 9s still score the most goals and No 1s try to stop them, trends have changed since the introduction of squad numbers in the early 1990sHow much is a shirt number worth? It costs £8 if you want two digits added to the back of Arsenal’s 2026-27 home shirt, whereas Manchester City add on £16 for customisation, whether you want a name as well as a number or not.That is cheap compared to what baseball players decide among themselves. Juan Soto bought Brett Baty a $92,000 (£69,000) car in exchange for getting his preferred number (22) when he joined the New York Mets last year. But that’s baseball, where they allow players to wear ‘0’. Anything goes. Continue reading...

Nov 11, 2026 - Sports

Book tour will still go ahead but with changes this week’s schedule Khawaja evasive when questioned on ABC’s 7:30 ReportUsman Khawaja’s promotional book tour has been subject to “adjustments” after the former Australia Test batter was grilled about certain claims on the ABC’s 7.30 Report.Khawaja pulled out of some radio and television spots on Wednesday, with his publisher Penguin saying that while the tour had not been cancelled entirely, changes had been made to his schedule this week. Continue reading...

Nov 11, 2026 - Sports

Free agency and lockout talk were among the big topics as the GM meeting got underway in Las Vegas.