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Police close investigation into death of Ed Oliver's young son
On Saturday, the Bills acknowledged that defensive tackle Ed Oliver's young son died earlier this summer, after a report regarding the tragedy had emerged a day earlier. On Monday, authorities in Houston closed the investigation regarding the situation. "The incident was thoroughly investigated by detectives, and their finding [was] no criminal findings," the Harris County, Texas, Sheriff's Office said Monday, per the Associated Press. "The case is now closed." Oliver's son, who was nearly two, was found unresponsive in a swimming pool in late June.
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Please enjoy the Hindi call of Kyle Schwarber’s monster walk-off home run
The Philadelphia Phillies won their ninth straight game on Sunday thanks to a dramatic comeback in the final frame. Trailing 4–0 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and a lone man on base, the back end of the Phillies’ lineup rallied. After a J.T. Realmuto single, a Justin Crawford walk, an Edmundo Sosa double, and a Bryan De La Cruz single, the game was tied with slugger Kyle Schwarber stepping up to the plate. Schwarber has hit more home runs than any player in baseball this season, and added one more to his total with a walk-off exclamation point to end the night.
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Justin Jefferson vows to return to NFL preeminence
There was a time, not all that long ago, that Justin Jefferson was regarded as the best receiver in the NFL, without question. After 2025, there are plenty of questions about where he fits among the league's elite pass catchers. He believes that opinions will change in time. “Not yet,” Jefferson recently told Mike Silver of The Athletic. “Not yet. But they will [know] after this year —I’ll tell you that.” It helps that he has a quarterback he fully believes in, both as to what he can do with his legs and as to what he can do with his arm.
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Kyle Brandt says Deshaun Watson’s comments should have ended career
The NFL world was shocked, but not surprised on Monday when Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken announced that Deshaun Watson would be the team’s starting quarterback in Week 1 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The shock came from the fact that Watson had admonished Browns fans for booing him after another underwhelming preseason performance just two days earlier in a press conference that was widely ridiculed by fans and media alike. The lack of surprise came from the fact that this is the Cleveland Browns we’re talking about. Still, the shock was there.
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Paige Bueckers on Apple TV UConn documentary: ‘Our team approved it’
It’s becoming quite rare these days for any sports documentary to get made without some level of editorial approval from the subjects themselves. Whether that means these projects should be called documentaries at all is certainly a discussion worth having. But there’s a real access problem in the sports documentary world right now. Athletes demand influence over how their stories are told, and if a filmmaker refuses, the athlete simply won’t participate in the project. After all, there are plenty of other filmmakers who are willing to work with the athlete on their terms.
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Disney offering longtime executives, including those at ESPN, early retirement packages
If any longtime ESPN executives were looking for a good time to retire, now might be it. In a memo to staff from Senior EVP and Chief People Officer Sonia Coleman on Monday, Disney announced a time-limited, company-sponsored Voluntary Early Retirement Offer (VERO) program that would give those eligible the opportunity to retire now with a sweetened retirement package. “We recognize that retirement from the company is a deeply personal decision,” Coleman wrote in the memo.
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Deion Sanders on subpoena: "When you're 'him,' you get sued"
Colorado coach Deion Sanders is under subpoena to testify at a trial involving his son, Shilo. The case starts on Monday, August 31 — five days before Colorado's first game of the 2026 season. Deion disputes the notion that the situation will be a distraction. "Do you think that’s my first subpoena?" Sanders told reporters on Monday, via the Associated Press. "When you have 'it,' when you're 'him,' you get sued. You have off-the-field foolishness that if someone really sat down and explained it to you, you would say, 'You've got to be kidding.' But it is what it is.