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Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Las Vegas) — Denny Hamlin, an avid golfer, used a golf analogy to explain his 2026 championship hopes midway through The Chase.

“You’ve just got to play the ball from where it lies,” Hamlin told me and other reporters after a disappointing 16th-place finish at Las Vegas. “And where it lies is we’ve got a little gap we’ve got to make up.

“So we’ve got to perform at our best.”

Denny Hamlin’s frustrating finishes have him sitting in second for The Chase.

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The Joe Gibbs Racing driver has 64 career Cup victories but still seeks his first Cup title. This year seemed like one of the best opportunities as he entered the 10-race Chase as the top seed.

But he hasn’t performed at his best in The Chase. He has finishes of 18th, ninth, eighth, third and 16th.

The latest finish was frustrating. The team gave up the lead in the opening stage by pitting and restarting 10th, putting Hamlin in traffic. He got up to fourth before he got in the marbles and spun, damaging the underbody of the car.

He later rallied for a potential respectable finish before his fuel pressure cut off under caution, causing him several spots before the start of the final stage.

Hamlin didn’t seem to have as many of these situations in the regular season and he has to hope they are behind him for the final five races of The Chase. 

At Las Vegas, he lost 16 points to leader Kyle Larson in the standings, dropping to 40 points behind Larson (but still second overall). 

Denny Hamlin led the field as the pole-sitter at Las Vegas but ended up finishing a disappointing 16th.

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“Definitely not smooth [in The Chase],” Hamlin said. “We haven’t had any disaster days, but we certainly have had our fair share of not performing. 

“[At Vegas], obviously leaving a bazillion points on the table considering where we were on speed before the wreck.”

Hamlin had predicted that as the top seed, he would need to average 40 points a race to have a good shot at the title. So far, he has averaged 35.6. Larson has averaged 54.6.

“That’s what we kind of averaged in the regular season, and we had a really good regular season,” Hamlin said at a news conference Saturday. “So if someone’s going to go out there and perform great in the last 10 and negate kind of what they did in the first 25, then that’s great performance.

Before The Chase started, Denny Hamlin earned the distinction of being the 2026 regular-season champion.

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“It was a goal set out that I think most people wanted to achieve, and they were on pace for that, but that doesn’t mean that that’s going to be good enough. I’m definitely not driving to a point total. I’m driving to try to get the best result and then stack as many points as we can. I felt as though if you average it out, that’s what you needed.”

The way Larson is going, Hamlin is going to need to average more over the final five races. And it certainly is doable. 

He has been strong at most styles of tracks this year. He was third at Charlotte earlier this year, fifth at Phoenix and second at Martinsville. All those tracks are coming up in the final five.

During the postseason, Hamlin tends to focus on just his driving role at Joe Gibbs Racing rather than his team co-ownership duties at 23XI Racing. 

Hamlin, who has said he expects that 2027 will be his last season, said he has tried to keep himself from feeling burned out this late in the season.

Denny Hamlin co-owns 23XI along with NBA Hall of Famer, Michael Jordan.

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“I’ve actually taken a little more time off,” he said. “My team really does a good job of front-loading appearances early in the year to … give me some more time for The Chase and things like that.

“We always were conscious of saving some in the tank for the last stretch run. I felt like that’s really worked well for us, and that’s something that we approach the same this year. It’s hard, it’s a grind, but you have to go get that extra little bit that you feel like you don’t have.”

His team owner, Super Bowl winning coach Joe Gibbs, thinks Hamlin has what it takes to win that first title.

“We’re, what, 40-something back?” Gibbs said in his post-race news conference. “I think it’s pretty miraculous considering everything that’s happening these first five races. Everybody can see, you win a race, … you [can] get 70-something points. I think that’s where we are with the 11 [of Hamlin].

“We need a win, and I think we’ll be right on top of it. We have five races. I only go after the first five [have gone], it’s been wild. I think the next five will be the same way.”

Buescher, Preece On RF Without K

RFK will move forward without Brad Keselowski — the “K” in the team’s name.

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With the news that Brad Keselowski and RFK Racing could not reach a contract extension for Keselowski as a driver, Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece know they need to help the team through the transition.

RFK Racing President Chip Bowers said the team plans to buy out Keselowski’s equity interest in the team.

“Brad has been a great teammate, a great part of their ownership group in rebuilding, but the house needs to keep being built,” Preece told me and other reporters. “So we’re going to keep trying to do everything right and still have success.”

Preece will at least get to be in a chartered car next year. The team will have two charters, meaning Preece will be in the Daytona 500 with nothing to sweat.

Ryan Preece is looking forward to driving a chartered car in 2027.

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“I’ve been a part of that rodeo before,” Preece said. “It’s nice to be on the side where you’re chartered.” 

Where will the drivers miss Keselowski the most? 

“His knowledge and expertise through the years has been instrumental in helping me continue to improve,” Buescher told me and other reporters. “That’s been my case everywhere I’ve been and all the teammates I’ve had through the years that have been able to gather so much from them.

“And Brad has been just on a step above that — just driving for him and with him over the past five years.”

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In 2027, the aerodynamic package for Talladega will be the same as the package for Daytona.

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— Sheldon Creed will move from Haas Factory Team to Sam Hunt Racing next season. The O’Reilly Series points leader said he had hoped to stay at HFT but negotiations didn’t pan out. He said it will be the first time he doesn’t have to bring money to have a ride.

— Jake Garcia will replace Chandler Smith in the Front Row Motorsports No. 38 truck next year. Garcia has driven at ThorSport Racing for the last couple of seasons.

— The aerodynamic package for Talladega will be the same as Daytona. That’s except for the spoiler being shortened from four inches to 3.5 inches as NASCAR tries to create more separation between the drivers and for them to have more ability to make moves. Stages are the same as the spring at 98-45-45 — meaning they won’t have to pit for fuel in the last two stages, so fuel strategy will not be an issue.

— Arrow McLaren announces that is part of a new multiyear partnership (which includes both the F1 and INDYCAR teams) with financial services firm Edward Jones. The company will sponsor Scott Dixon in the 2027 Indianapolis 500.

— INDYCAR has re-appointed its Independent Officiating Board for another year, which includes Raj Nair, Ray Evernham and (FIA appointee) Ronan Morgan. Scot Elkins will continue as the Managing Director of Officiating (he reports to the IOB board). The board has control over officiating and technical penalties/sanctions, keeping it at arms’ length from Penske Entertainment Corp. (which also fields teams in the series).

RIP

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Gordon Johncock died Sept. 28 at age 90. He had 25 career wins in the series.

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“If I would have somehow lost the race, I would have been black-and-blue getting on the plane pretty easily.”
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NFL Week 5 is here, and it kicks off with a Thursday tilt between the Buccaneers and Cowboys. 

The Panthers and Chiefs have the first byes of the season.

Here are the lines for every Week 5 matchup at bet365 Sportsbook as of Oct. 6. 

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Thursday, Oct. 8

Spread: Cowboys -8.5
Moneyline: Cowboys -455, Buccaneers +350
O/U: 47.5

Sunday, Oct. 11

Spread: Jaguars -6.5
Moneyline: Jaguars -285, Eagles +230
O/U: 42.5

Spread: Bears -3
Moneyline: Bears -148, Packers +124
O/U: 45.5

Spread: Bengals -7
Moneyline: Bengals -345, Dolphins +275
O/U: 42.5

Spread: Jets -2.5
Moneyline: Jets -130, Browns +110
O/U: 39.5

Spread: Texans -6.5
Moneyline: Texans -340, Titans +290
O/U: 38.5

Spread: Steelers -2.5
Moneyline: Steelers -135, Colts +114
O/U: 44.5

Spread: Patriots -3.5
Moneyline: Patriots -190, Raiders +160
O/U: 45.5

Spread: Commanders -3
Moneyline: Commanders -175, Giants +145
O/U: 43.5

Spread: Vikings -1.5
Moneyline: Vikings -125, Saints +105
O/U: 42.5

Spread: Broncos -3.5
Moneyline: Broncos -185, Chargers +155
O/U: 42.5

Spread: Lions -4.5
Moneyline: Lions -218, Cardinals +180
O/U: 54.5

Spread: Seahawks -3
Moneyline: Seahawks -148, 49ers +124
O/U: 47.5

Spread: Falcons -3
Moneyline: Falcons -155; Ravens +130
O/U: 43.5

Monday, Oct. 12

Spread: Rams -2.5
Moneyline: Rams -142, Bills +120
O/U: 53.5

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Minnesota Vikings left guard Donovan Jackson likely will miss the rest of the regular season because of a torn meniscus in his knee that will require surgery, after the promising second-year player was injured in the first quarter during a 15-10 win over Miami.

Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell announced the news on Monday, revealing another significant setback for an offense that has struggled to consistently move the ball despite the team’s 4-0 start. Jackson was a first-round draft pick out of Ohio State in 2025.

“It’s very, very unfortunate,” O’Connell said. “Don’s gotten off to a great start.”

Left tackle Christian Darrisaw also began the week with uncertainty surrounding his availability for the upcoming game at New Orleans, after he was placed in the concussion protocol on Sunday. Darrisaw hurt his neck in the second quarter, returned in the third quarter and had to be pulled again for evaluation following another hit.

Donovan Jackson played in 14 games as a rookie, all starts, and had started all four games for the Vikings in 2026 as well. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Joe Huber, a second-year player who made the team last season as an undrafted rookie out of Wisconsin, replaced Jackson. Ryan Van Demark, who signed with the Vikings as a free agent this year after three seasons with Buffalo, took over for Darrisaw.

The offensive line depth, which was a persistent problem last year as the interior injuries piled up, could get a boost soon with the return of center/guard Michael Jurgens, who began the season on injured reserve. Jurgens will have his 21-day practice window opened this week, O’Connell said.

The Vikings’ offense also was without star wide receiver Justin Jefferson (ankle) on Sunday, his first absence in nearly three years. Running back Jordan Mason (thumb) will miss at least one more game on injured reserve.

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Jefferson made “great progress” last week, according to O’Connell, but he didn’t practice at all and was ruled out ahead of the game. The Vikings have a bye in Week 6 and thus could give him extra recovery time with only one more absence, but O’Connell said the schedule won’t be a factor in the decision about when Jefferson returns.

“We’ll see how he does throughout the week,” O’Connell said. “I don’t have any real projection on whether we’ll have him or not.”

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One of Colorado’s biggest boosters loves him. One of his most daunting opponents does, too.

Deion Sanders is still capturing his share of hearts at the Colorado program he put back on the map when the coach arrived before the 2023 season. But wins aren’t following.

Examining the before and after of CU’s most recent loss — a 29-7 home setback against Texas Tech on Saturday that dropped Sanders to 18-24 at CU — shows there aren’t any clear-cut answers for the Buffs, who are 2-3.

Yes, they could use more money to stay on pace in the college sports arms race. Even if they got it, there is mixed evidence as to whether “Coach Prime” and his staff are up to the task of winning big.

A booster named Rob Wilhite was among the hundreds hanging out Saturday on a lawn in the shadow of Colorado’s Folsom Field. On autumn Saturdays, the football-sized field becomes “Ralphie’s Corral,” named after the buffalo that leads the Buffs onto the gridiron. Wilhite is the official personal injury attorney for CU athletics.

“Look what he’s done for our program,” he says of Sanders as he points at the hundreds of people milling, sipping and waiting for a pregame appearance from Ralphie herself. “Before he came, there was no one out here. It was like half this crowd.”

Wilhite grew up in Dallas watching Sanders play for the Cowboys on Sundays. On Saturdays, he loved watching Eric Bieniemy lead the Buffs to their only national title in 1990. The day the attorney officially fell in love with CU football was Jan. 1, 1996, at the Cotton Bowl.

“I got to see Rick Neuheisel play his guitar,” Wilhite said of the magnetic former coach. “My mom was so mad I wouldn’t go to Emory or Georgia or anywhere else. I wanted to go to Colorado.”

Colorado is lucky he came.

Wilhite didn’t want to disclose and, frankly, probably couldn’t even nail down how much money he has poured into the school’s athletic department over the years.

Suffice it to say, when the referee uses replay to review close calls at CU games, the massive scoreboards inside Folsom Field — enlarged as one of the school’s first big projects after Sanders’ arrival — kill time by reminding fans that replays are brought to them by none other than Wilhite’s law firm.

Generous as he is, Wilhite is also well aware CU football could use 10 or 20 more folks just like him.

He loves Sanders, whose .429 win percentage at Colorado would get a coach fired at Michigan or Alabama, no questions asked. But in the hours before the Texas Tech game, Wilhite was talking about getting more help for the coach, not firing him.

“We need more people to come out and understand that we’re a young program and we need to develop it more,” Wilhite said. “I think part of the problem is, we can’t get a lot of donors to donate.”

Colorado Is Finding Its Way Into The NIL Arms Race

Wilhite knows what name-image-likeness payments to players in this new era of college sports have done not only to his own experience, but to the Colorado roster and college football itself.

“The problem is, at Colorado, as soon as we have a player who does really well, they get bought,” he said.

He ticks off a few: Dylan Edwards left for Kansas State. Jordan Seaton went to LSU. DJ McKinney is now at Notre Dame. More bankroll might have helped Sanders stop some of those departures.

Either way, the celebrity coach has made Colorado football matter again and stoked a new energy on campus. It impacts the way so many people think and act and, yes, spend at the school and on the athletic program.

For example, one of the reasons now-retired athletic director Rick George gave for ripping out grass and installing artificial turf at Folsom Field before this season was that it would make it easier if CU might someday host a College Football Playoff game.

It won’t happen this year.

A Texas Tech Billionaire Brings His Son On A Recruiting Visit To CU

No one seemed surprised to see Cody Campbell hugging it out with Sanders on the visitors’ sideline before the game.

Campbell is the billionaire head of the Texas Tech board of regents and also one of college football’s most influential voices. He has worked tirelessly to promote a bill in Congress — the Protect College Sports Act — that could shift the out-of-control spending dynamics in college sports.

One of the ironies is that if the bill passes and puts guardrails around what schools can spend, that would most likely help the Colorados of the world — the schools that don’t have billionaire donors — at the expense of the Texas Techs, the schools that do.

Campbell was wearing more than his regent’s hat at this one. He was here with the family. His son, Carson, an offensive lineman at All Saints’ Episcopal in Fort Worth, was on a recruiting visit.

Part of the beauty of Sanders — whose most recent contract extension was worth $54 million through 2029, and who got CU to revamp its admission policies so he could recruit a wider range of players — is that he stirs the pot and generates almost endless headlines about the once-lost brand known as CU football. He is also OK with taking the heat when things go bad, which has been a lot lately.

But then something like Saturday happens: A formidable leader from a conference rival — a man who should want Sanders and CU to flounder, if not outright fail — shows up with his kid.

“I love him,” Campbell says of Sanders.

Why?

“I think he understands the part of developing boys into men,” Campbell said. “Ninety-plus percent of these guys aren’t going to go play in the NFL. They’ll go on and do something else. He’s preparing them for that. I wouldn’t have brought my son to a place where they didn’t have that vision.”

A Failing Experiment At QB Is Part Of A Larger Coaching Conundrum 

The Texas Tech score sounds like a blowout but was, in fact, something quite different for more than three quarters.

This game did not play out like the physical mismatch that some might have expected when one team, with every resource in the world available to recruit top talent, plays another with a star coach but not as much money to spend.

Colorado, a 14-point underdog, did not get blown off the line of scrimmage. The Buffs actually gained 60 more yards than Tech.

Sometimes, the best coaches figure a way to lead their teams to upsets in games like these, especially at home. Diving deeper into the stat sheet and the play calls, it’s clear this was not the CU coaching staff’s finest moment.

— Colorado was penalized eight times for 84 yards, including one for taunting and two personal fouls. The Buffs lead the Big 12 with 82.6 penalty yards a game, 15 more than the next-worst team.

— Colorado missed two field goals, came up short on a strangely timed fake punt and committed four turnovers, including an interception thrown by a wide receiver on a trick play that looked bad from the start.

Most of CU’s of the problems, however, stem from one issue: quarterback. Sanders started Isaac Wilson, a transfer from Utah, in an offense designed for 5-star recruit Julian Lewis, who was supposed to be the heir to the position that Sanders’ son, Shedeur, revived at Colorado.

Sanders hired Brennan Marion from Sacramento State as offensive coordinator and Marion brought his “Go-Go Offense” to Boulder. But Lewis struggled at times over his first three and a half games and Sanders made a change that, so far, has not worked.

“We’ve got one glaring problem,” Sanders said after the game. “You guys know darn well what it is. Let’s stop the foolishness. You better play better in one specific position.”

Colorado Risks Sliding Back Toward Irrelevancy

Over his 20 minutes with the media after the game, Sanders was unflinching about the quarterback issue, somehow identifying the obvious problem without throwing his QBs directly under the bus himself. The Buffs are on a three-game skid in which they’ve scored 7, 13 and 7 points.

“We’ve been horrible,” Sanders said. “Don’t sugarcoat it anymore, just tell what it is. You’re not going to win. You know darn well what it is. Write it yourselves. You know what it is. It’s blatant. Ain’t no ifs ands or buts about it.”

What Sanders didn’t know at the time was that CU’s quarterback crisis was the runner-up for the biggest college football trainwreck in the state on Saturday.

An hour northeast of Boulder in Fort Collins, Colorado State first-year coach Jim Mora relieved his defensive coordinator, Tyson Summers, of play-calling duties while a 56-26 trouncing at the hands of Oregon State was still going on. Summers walked off the field, then got fired after the game.

Meanwhile, 45 minutes south in Denver, the Broncos and their fans were making sense of an exciting 2-1 start and getting ready for Sunday’s game against the 49ers. (They lost, 24-14.)

Those headlines served as a reminder of what Colorado is at heart: a state that loves the Broncos, and where it takes something large, intriguing, magnetic — or, like a trainwreck — to shift the attention of its sports fans.

All those elements lined up when Sanders arrived. With the Broncos coming off their sixth straight losing season, “Coach Prime” brought celebrities to the sideline and his sons and a Heisman Trophy winner in the making, Travis Hunter, to the field. He injected life into a program that had been ignored and irrelevant for a decade or more.

Over a lifetime in football, Sanders has been a lot of things — electric, divisive, a game-changer. “Ignored” has never been part of that list.

It’s what made the scene toward the end of Saturday night’s game all the more jarring. Fans were streaming up the stairs and bailing out of Folsom Field. With half the fourth quarter left to play, they were turning their backs on CU football and Coach Prime.

“I can’t blame them,” Sanders said. “They deserve more than this bulljunk we give them.”

Reporting by the Associated Press.

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The NFL has suspended line judge Jeff Seeman two games for swearing at Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride during the team’s loss to the New York Giants on Sunday.

Seeman was caught on camera cursing at McBride, which drew the ire of union leader JC Tretter, a retired offensive lineman who played eight seasons.

“This kind of behavior from an official towards a player is unacceptable,” Tretter, the NFL Players Association’s executive director, said on social media along with a video clip of the incident. “Players are consistently held accountable when the roles are reversed. We expect the NFL to hold officials to the same standard.”

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The interaction took place with just under five minutes left after officials did not call a pass interference or illegal contact penalty on New York’s Dru Phillips, who made contact with McBride before the ball arrived from Jacoby Brissett on a third-and-2 play.

Arizona punted and the Giants went on to win 36-24 after Deonte Banks intercepted Brissett’s pass and ran it back for a pick-6 as time expired.

Referee Adrian Hill was also suspended for unprofessional conduct in the Miami-Minnesota game.

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San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk is expected to miss two to three weeks after an MRI on Monday showed a knee sprain and bone bruise, per ESPN.

Juszczyk was hurt early in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 24-14 win over the Denver Broncos. With 14:03 left, quarterback Brock Purdy scrambled to his left and found him down the sideline for a 16-yard gain, and Broncos defensive back Jahdae Barron caught him with a hard hit to the knee and midsection, according to ESPN. Juszczyk stayed down for several minutes and needed help to the sideline, and the 49ers quickly ruled him out.

The diagnosis is better than it looked at the time. Initial tests pointed to a hyperextended knee, and coach Kyle Shanahan said after the game that “the ACL and stuff looked intact.” A 2-3-week absence also means the 49ers likely won’t need to place Juszczyk on injured reserve, which is generally used for players expected to miss at least four games.

Juszczyk has been named to 10 straight Pro Bowls, the most ever by a fullback, and has four catches for 55 yards and a touchdown this season, including two for 28 yards on Sunday.

He wasn’t the only 49ers player who couldn’t finish the game. Safety Marques Sigle hurt his ankle and slot cornerback Upton Stout hurt his shoulder. Shanahan said the early read on Stout was an AC joint injury, while the severity of Sigle’s ankle injury was still unclear, and both were set to be evaluated Monday.

According to ESPN, Sigle had already left once early in the third quarter with a stinger before returning, then was hurt again near Denver’s sideline with 2:15 left. Stout was hurt in the third quarter, came back late and left again before the Broncos’ final snaps. Both finished with six tackles.

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The 49ers (4-0) visit the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Oct. 11, host the Washington Commanders on Monday Night Football on Oct. 19 and travel to Atlanta on Oct. 25. Juszczyk’s timeline puts his return somewhere in that stretch, with San Francisco’s Week 8 bye coming right after the Falcons game

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United States men’s national team striker Folarin Balogun hasn’t given up on a return to the Premier League, a month after his deadline-day move to Everton fell apart.

Asked by talkSPORT whether a Premier League move still interested him, the 25-year-old called it a possibility.

“I was close to a transfer,” Balogun said. “It didn’t materialise, but for sure it’s definitely an option.”

Balogun, who came through Arsenal’s academy before joining Monaco on a permanent transfer in 2023, remains with the Ligue 1 club after a summer that put him at the center of two major controversies.

“Football has many twists and turns as we’ve seen after the World Cup,” Balogun said.

What Happened With Balogun’s Everton Move?

Everton had a deal in place to sign Balogun from Monaco for a reported £40 million ($54 million), but it collapsed in the final minutes of the Sept. 1 transfer deadline.

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Monaco sporting director Thiago Scuro later laid out the timeline at a news conference. According to Scuro, Balogun took his medical at Everton that afternoon, and about three hours later, Everton came back with questions about the results that he said “made no sense at all” to Monaco’s medical staff and the player’s own doctors. After the two clubs’ medical teams talked, Everton said it was ready to complete the signing.

At the last moment, Balogun decided not to sign. Scuro said the striker told Monaco he wasn’t comfortable committing to a long contract after Everton raised doubts about his health.

Balogun’s World Cup Red Card Controversy

Balogun was the United States’ top scorer at the World Cup with three goals, but his tournament ended in controversy.

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He was sent off in the Americans’ 2-0 round-of-32 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, which normally carries an automatic one-game suspension, but FIFA suspended the ban for one year, clearing Balogun to face Belgium in the round of 16. FIFA’s disciplinary committee cited a rule that allows it to suspend sanctions.

Balogun played against Belgium, but the U.S. lost 4-1 in Seattle, ending its run on home soil. He later acknowledged that the outside noise around FIFA’s decision had affected the team mentally, the AP reported.

How Has Balogun Started The Season At Monaco?

Monaco has thrived without him. The club won four of its first five Ligue 1 matches and drew the other to go top of the table, sitting five points clear of defending champion Paris Saint-Germain after beating PSG 2-1 in Paris on Sept. 4.

Balogun made his first appearance since the World Cup as a late substitute in a 2-1 home win over Lens on Sept. 18. Paris Brunner, a 20-year-old striker, has filled the void with six goals this season.

Scuro said after the Everton collapse that Monaco was still open to selling Balogun to clubs in markets where transfer windows remained open, per the AP. Saudi Arabia’s window stays open until Oct. 12, but for now Balogun remains at Monaco, where he has two years left on his contract.

Monaco hosts Toulouse on Saturday, Oct. 10.

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Dre Greenlaw had some not-so-nice things to say to his former head coach following the San Francisco 49ers’ 24-14 home win over the Denver Broncos. 

As players and coaches shook hands in the moments after the game, the 49ers’ linebacker approached Broncos head coach Sean Payton and said: “Hey! You get the f— off my field!”

The video, which was shot by 9News Denver, quickly made the rounds on social media Sunday evening and into Monday. Greenlaw, who was released by the Broncos in March, explained why he had choice words for Payton as the video went viral. 

“The disrespect,” Greenlaw told the San Francisco Chronicle after the 49ers’ win. “He couldn’t be man-to-man and call my phone and say, ‘We’re going to cut you.’”

Greenlaw added in his comments to the San Francisco Chronicle that it was his agent, not Payton or the Broncos’ coaching staff, that informed him of his release in March. In fact, Greenlaw claimed that Payton ignored him as the 2025 season progressed, saying that he didn’t speak with the Broncos’ head coach from Week 12 through the week of the season. 

It was actually Greenlaw’s agent who informed him of the release by Denver, not the coaching staff. 

“He definitely was, for sure,” Greenlaw told the San Francisco Chronicle after the 49ers win. “He would walk by – I would walk by – and he wouldn’t even look at me because of my injury. So I just knew what it was [with him] there.”

Greenlaw signed a three-year contract with the Broncos prior to the 2025 season, but his tenure in Denver didn’t go well. An injured quad and suspension forced Greenlaw to miss nine games, logging 43 total tackles in eight regular-season games with the Broncos. 

Shortly after his release from the Broncos, Greenlaw signed a one-year, $7.5 million contract to rejoin the 49ers. He’s logged 34 total tackles and a forced fumble so far this season. The 29-year-old had been a standout fo

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