Roundup: NBA tip-off, the World Series and Jerry Jones has another excuse
By Evan Bleier
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Thankfully, Monday is in the past as is Week 7 of the NFL season...We're on to Tuesday and Week 8...Let's go...NBA betting favorites: Who'll win 2025 Finals? And who'll win MVP?...Dodgers broadcaster nails the "X factor" for this World Series....Jerry Jones gives another lame excuse for not signing Derrick Henry...Buccaneers lose game, top two receivers during "Monday Night Football" blowout...Bill Belichick calls out Jerod Mayo's comments on Patriots...How much playing time will Bronny get on Opening Night for the Lakers?...Stop the count; FIU unveils the best uniforms of the college football season...Who will be the World Series broadcasters on Fox?...NLCS ratings continue MLB's postseason windfall...Christian Pulisic scores incredible Champions League goal for AC Milan...Los Angeles has the craziest sports schedule on Friday night...Cooper Kupp could be the next star wide receiver to be traded...Taylor Swift's note to Dave Portnoy draws backlash from followers...How to watch every Dodgers-Yankees game in the 2024 World Series...Inside the Clippers’ billion-dollar play for LA
NBA season kickoff: Predicting the season's 5 biggest X-factors
The hidden NIL economy of college sports
Top fantasy football pickups as star wide receiver injuries mount
Is your best friend actually a bad person?
The NBA’s first billion-dollar player is inevitable. Who is he?
Why WNBA players opted out of the CBA
Jemele Hill will host TNT sports magazine show "Above the Fold" starting tonight
Meta bans accounts tracking jet movements of celebrities
German police raid pizzeria after finding secret ingredient is cocaine
Lionel Messi and Bad Bunny are partnering on a new Adidas soccer cleat. Check it out.
Bruce Springsteen will headline swing-state rallies with Kamala Harris and Barack Obama
After a 1-6 start, first-year head coach Jerod Mayo is already on notice in New England
Jerod Mayo’s job in jeopardy??! 😳
— Savage (@SavageSports_) October 22, 2024
Per: @FelgerAndMazz, @NESportsFellow
“I don’t think Jerod Mayo is assured of a second season if this is a complete dumpster fire.” pic.twitter.com/lAQnbjqueD
Peter Griffin gives some hot takes on Hot Ones
Would Bill Belichick have someone spy on the corn maze before entering?
The Giants have to be kicking themselves for letting this guy go to their division rivals
Team over everything from Saquon...
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) October 21, 2024
Sirianni: You're 13 yards away from your career high. I would love for you to get that
Saquon: It's all good
Sirianni: Are you sure? I’m gonna take out all the starters
Saquon: I'd rather see the young boys eatpic.twitter.com/UVB0naFmoE
Truth...
Finally, a winter sport I can get involved with 👌🏻 pic.twitter.com/g14Z7JurBM
— Pints Of Beauty (@PintsBeauty) October 21, 2024
Don't expect to see Jaylen Brown wearing Nikes anytime soon
Jaylen Brown addresses his Olympic snub on The Stephen A. Smith Show 👀 pic.twitter.com/q0VoVi6bkc
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) October 22, 2024
Anthony Edwards to the NFL?
“If I lifted like y’all, I’d be Derrick Henry.”
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 22, 2024
This convo between Ant and JJ is pure gold 😂
ESPN Cover Story from @JamalCollier: https://t.co/Gblb14JA44 pic.twitter.com/LT0Ro39zNz
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