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New 2026 rules let instant replay flag flagrant fouls, add a 'bench officials' tier
Under rule changes approved ahead of the season, replay officials can now step in and throw a flag for flagrant fouls or non-football acts even if none was thrown on the field; a new officials' CBA also creates a larger pool of 'bench officials.'
MLBAL and NL wild-card races tighten entering the final two weeks
Cleveland holds the last AL wild-card spot with Toronto, Texas and Baltimore jostling below it; the White Sox and Guardians are separated by half a game in the AL Central. In the NL, the Cubs hold the top wild card while San Diego and Arizona battle for the final spot, with Arizona now 3.5 games back after Wednesday's results. The postseason begins Sept. 29 with best-of-three Wild Card Series, followed by best-of-five Division Series starting Oct. 3.
NFLHighmark Stadium's first regular-season game headlines Week 2: Lions at Bills
Buffalo hosts Detroit on Thursday night in the first-ever regular-season game at the Bills' new $2.1 billion stadium, pitting the NFL's two highest-scoring offenses over the last 50 games.
MLBAward races take shape: Alvarez and Crow-Armstrong lead MVP conversations, Schlittler and Misiorowski favored for Cy Young
Yordan Alvarez has emerged as the heavy AL MVP favorite with Junior Caminero the closest challenger; Pete Crow-Armstrong has taken over the NL race amid Shohei Ohtani's IL stint. Cam Schlittler is seen as the AL Cy Young favorite over Dylan Cease, while Jacob Misiorowski leads Chris Sale in the NL race behind a majors-best 1.89 ERA. Kevin McGonigle and Sal Stewart lead their respective Rookie of the Year races.
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Sample · 2026 World Cup
NRG Stadium, Houston · Jul 4, 2026
The café had run out of chairs an hour before kickoff, so half the street watched standing, tea going cold in a hundred hands. By the time Ounahi had his second, nobody was sitting anywhere — not in the room, not on the block, not with the cousins in Brussels who called the moment the third went in. Three-nil over the hosts, and all of…