Sam Darnold had been atop the oddsboard for weeks, but after the Vikings dropped to 5-1 with a loss to Detroit in Week 7, Darnold drifted from +200 two weeks ago to +1600 this week.
The new favorite is Kirk Cousins, even though his Falcons lost 34-14 at home to Seattle in Week 7.
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Cousins is fourth in the NFL in passing yards (1,840) and tied for seventh in touchdown passes (10). He missed a majority of last season with a torn Achilles.
Also charging up the board is Chargers running back J.K. Dobbins, who was at +1000 on Oct. 9, and now sits second at +330. He’s third in the league in rushing yards (478), after also missing most of last season with a torn Achilles.
Lastly, Cincy’s Joe Burrow is now third on the board, after sitting at +1200 two weeks ago. Burrow missed the conclusion of last season with a wrist injury.
The Bengals have won three of their last four, and Burrow has 1,759 passing yards (sixth), 14 TDs (fourth) and only two picks on the season.
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CRYSTAL PALACE would reportedly consider David Moyes as a potential replacement for Oliver Glasner should the under-fire boss leave Selhurst Park in the near future.
Glasner’s job is currently under threat due to Palace‘s terrible start to the Premier League campaign.
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Ex-West Ham boss David Moyes could be considered by Crystal Palace if Oliver Glasner leavesCredit: PA
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Oliver Glasner is under increasing pressure at Selhurst ParkCredit: Getty
The Eagles are yet to win a match this season, having lost five out of eight.
They now sit 18th in the table with just three points, only above Southampton and Wolves.
Glasner has found himself under increasing pressure, with his fate expected to be determined by results prior to the next international break.
Should he fail to improve things, the club have already earmarked his potential replacement.
The Scot is ready to return to management after leaving the Hammers at the end of last season.
Crystal Palace owner Steve Parish is also a long-term admirer of ex-Brighton and Chelsea manager Graham Potter, who has been out of work for the last 18 months.
The Eagles face Tottenham, Wolves and Fulham in the Premier League before the international break.
It looks like almost the entire UFC featherweight title picture is in Abu Dhabi, and it was just a matter of time until paths were crossed during UFC 308 fight week.
Champion Ilia Topuria and former champ Max Holloway clash this Saturday in the main event of UFC 308 in a highly anticipated bout. And keeping a close eye on the result is former champ Alexander Volkanovski, who’s angling for a shot to reclaim his title.
On Tuesday, both Topuria and Holloway, separately, crossed paths with their former and potentially again future rival, Volkanovski, at the host hotel. It was all respect between them despite the history and potential implications.
You can watch videos of their cordial interactions below:
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It’s all respect between Ilia Topuria and Alexander Volkanovski 🤝
“It’s like they say, everything happens for a reason,” David Malukas told Motorsport.com. “If I look back, I am probably 10 times the driver that I feel like before with everything that happened this year.
Malukas reckoned with some steep odds through his 2024 IndyCar Series season and has come out the other side better because of it. It was a year that began with Arrow McLaren, which quickly fell awry after he suffered a mountain biking crash less than a month before the season and forced him on the sidelines with an injured left wrist that required surgery. He was released less than three months later, with the team citing his unavailability and no return date confirmed.
The outgoing Chicago-born product then checked out of social media briefly and took a mental reset, of sorts, before landing an opportunity to return to the cockpit in early June with Meyer Shank Racing for the remaining nine races of the season. Despite not having fully recovered, he pushed through his injury with impressive pace, starting in the top six five times, including a best of second (twice – St. Louis, Milwaukee 1). He was also left wondering what could have been with potential wins fading after crashing after contact from Team Penske’s Will Power in St. Louis and being on the wrong end of a strategy call in Nashville.
The results table will only show two top 10s with a best result of sixth at the bumpy and tough concrete playground that makes up the streets of Toronto, but doesn’t do justice to the real pace Malukas was generating in his comeback.
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David Malukas, Meyer Shank Racing Honda
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“I’m still very young (23) and I’m still learning every single time,” Malukas said. “I made a lot of mistakes this year and had a wild ride of ups and downs, but in the end, I think everything worked out the way it should have been.”
Malukas also benefited from reviewing data from several talented drivers across his time at Arrow McLaren, along with MSR and its technical alliance with Andretti Global.
“I learned a lot,” he said. “I was able to get driver information from Pato (O’Ward), from (Alexander) Rossi, and (Marcus) Ericsson, (Colton) Herta, Kyle (Kirkwood) and (Felix) Rosenqvist. I mean, these are all top drivers and all special in their own ways. To get all that information to fill it up on me, I mean it was a big chunk.
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“I’ve also matured a lot. With having that incident and coming back from it, I’m definitely going to be taking care of myself this whole offseason. But overall, I’m very happy. I don’t have a full left hand back, but I think that’s a good price to pay to reach my max potential. If this year didn’t happen and things turned out differently, I don’t think I would be at the potential I am right now.”
When asked more about the injury, Malukas held both hands up and demonstrated the difference in available movement by bending back his right hand but unable to do the same with his left, with it barely moving from its vertical stance.
“Maybe it can get a little bit better,” he said. I think that was part of the risk, too, is getting back into a car I kind of had to put my hand recovery a little bit on hold.
“There’s still an opportunity to get some of it back. It’ll never be 100%, but if we can get some of it back then I think we’ll be out of the window of it being a bit of a pain in the car. But right now, it’s definitely still been an issue this year, getting to need it wrapped and giving it extra stability. Just with all that movement, it doesn’t have… I kind of need that little bit extra, like 10 more degrees.
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“So, I hope that we can get it and if so, then going into next season it should be something that I don’t even remember.”
And Malukas will want to be at his maximum as he prepares for next year with AJ Foyt Racing as part of a two-car lineup that also features Santino Ferrucci.
While that venture looms in 2025, Malukas also can’t help but look back fondly on his brief but stout time with the team co-owned by Mike Shank and Jim Meyer.
“The way things turned out with all the talking and all that stuff, things were a bit slower than we wanted it and we ended up going somewhere else. From my side, the team’s been incredible. I’m going to say it over and over again: I think this team, they saved me. They saved my career.
“When it comes to IndyCar, you can be known and unknown very quickly. You could be forgotten. And they took a chance on me. Without them, I probably would not have had an opportunity to get into a car this year and it wouldn’t be until next year. To get a seat, there’s so many good drivers available right now and it would have been a much harder situation if it wasn’t for them, so a big thank you to Mike, Jim and all the crew guys. They treated me like family. As soon as I came in there, it was smiles and having a good time.
“And no matter what the results were, I’m frustrated, pissed off, happy or whatever, they’re always just smiling and they’re like, ‘Dude, this has been awesome’ and having a good time. And the pit stops were insane. … They were rockets. Such a good group of guys. It’s definitely a little bittersweet to leave them, but at least we made some good memories along the way.”
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After England won a run-filled first Test of this series, Pakistan opted to reuse the same pitch in Multan for the second Test. Their spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan shared all 20 wickets as the hosts levelled the series.
Captain Shan Masood expressed a desire for the Rawalpindi pitch to turn, and pictures emerged on social media on Sunday of the surface being dried with industrial-sized fans, heaters and windbreaks.
Stokes had no objections to the preparation methods, but he also said it is “pretty obvious” the pitch has been raked.
“I’ve never been a groundsman, but you’d think a rake would assist the spin,” said Stokes. “We can have a good guess which ends the Pakistan spinners will operate from.
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“There’s not too much grass to hold everything together. It will be interesting to see how it goes. It will be a pretty good wicket for the first couple of days, at least.”
Ahmed, then aged 18, became the youngest man to play a Test for England in the final match of the series in Pakistan in 2022, marking his debut with a five-wicket haul.
The Leicestershire bowler has played three more Tests since, the last of which came against India in Rajkot in February. He has taken 18 wickets at an average of 34.5.
“Leg-spinners have an amazing ability to break a game open,” said Stokes. “Having his batting ability lower down the order is also a massive bonus.
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“The way Leach and Bashir have bowled has been fantastic in these first two Tests. Adding Rehan’s free spirit and desperation to change the game every time he’s got the ball in his hand is a massive bonus for us this week.”
The UFC is back in Abu Dhabi for UFC 308, and the popular “Embedded” fight week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes.
UFC 308 (pay-per-view, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Etihad Arena on Yas Island.
In the headliner, featherweight champion Ilia Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) puts his title on the line for the first time when he takes on former champ Max Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC). In the co-feature, Khamzat Chimaev (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) meets former champ Robert Whittaker (27-7 MMA, 17-5 UFC) to determine the next top contender at middleweight.
The second episode of “Embedded” follows the featured fighters while they get ready for fight week. Here is the UFC’s description of the episode from YouTube:
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Khamzat enjoys sports with friends and teammates; Champion Topuria watches his son train BJJ; RDA visits a shooting range and spends time with his family at the park; Lerone Murphy prepares in England; Max trains and gives interviews in Dubai; Whittaker hits the gym with his father by his side.
Previous UFC 308 ‘Embedded’ episodes
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 308.
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