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If anyone deserves to be called a quarterback guru, it's coach Dean Herrington of St. Francis High. He was the quarterback coach during his days at Hart when the Newhall school was producing one All-CIF quarterback after another. At Bishop Alemany, he coached Vernon Adams. Herrington has never experienced what he's endured this season going through five different quarterbacks because of injuries as St. Francis fights through an 0-4 start.

While they have almost certainly lost any chance of getting the second best odds and are 3.0 games back of the third best odds, they maintain some separation between the teams "behind" them and remain with the fourth best odds. There is a fairly significant drop-off from the fourth best odds to the fifth, and certainly to the seventh, so that would be a good position to stay in for the rest of the season.

Starting with the hosts, while Stuttgart might have signed off the 2024/25 campaign with three consecutive Bundesliga victories, Sebastian Hoeneb's side have largely come crashing back down to earth this time around. Desperate to book an immediate European return this year, Die Roten have the feel of a squad who are still searching for some crucial stability. Last seen marking their return from September's international break with a remarkable late collapse as they fell to a 3-1 defeat away at Freiburg,

LOS ANGELES -- Kyle Schwarber, Weston Wilson and Bryce Harper homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies clinched their second straight NL East title with a wild 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night. It was the earliest division clinch in franchise history, two days sooner than the 2011 club that clinched on Sept. 17. The Phillies got it done in Game 151, second-fastest in club history behind the 2011 Phillies who did it in Game 150.

"We have little time," De Zerbi said of his squad's preparations, via L'Equipe. "We have to go there with humility. "Real Madrid aren't just anyone. But [we] also [travel] with ambition. The club has a history in this competition. "Our shirt carries a lot of weight in the Champions League. The club, the city, the public impose ambition on us."

There was starting center Austin Corbett, barely able to walk with his left knee heavily bandaged, helping guard Robert Hunt pull a shirt over his left arm that forced him to leave the 27-22 loss in the fourth quarter with a biceps injury. Beyond Young overcoming a two-turnover start that led to a 27-3 deficit, there was the cold reality that Corbett and Hunt could miss extended time, if not the rest of a season, which has begun 0-2.

We've changed the squad around completely,

McCarthy was taken two spots after Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr, whom Atlanta sensationally selected despite signing Kirk Cousins to a lucrative free agent contract earlier that offseason. Penix was taken eighth overall, and after replacing Cousins and impressing late last season, is now the full-time starter, though Week 1 ended in disappointment for Atlanta as the Falcons lost a thriller to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers despite a Penix touchdown run putting them ahead with just over two minutes to play.

The headline fixture of the Premier League's return following the first international break of the season sees the two rivals collide at a time when both could really use a positive result after disappointing respective starts to the new campaign. Man City's curious malaise from last term is not yet over it appears after they followed a thumping opening day win at Wolves with successive defeats by Tottenham and Brighton,

We've talked about Alex Bregman's forthcoming opt-out about as much as we've talked about his play on the field lately. Following last week's report from Jeff Passan that Bregman is likely to opt-out of his contract at the end of the season, Sox CEO Sam Kennedy was asked about it during a radio appearance today and expressed surprise, saying that "he wants to be here [and] we want him to be here." So there you go: everyone loves it here in our fair Commonwealth.

There is plenty to ponder for the Falcons following their disappointing, narrow opening week defeat. The offense was in flux for stretches in the game, as Michael Penix Jr. did what he could to elevate an offense missing Darnell Mooney and adjusting to life without Kaleb McGary. For the offense to be as stagnant as it did raises concerns about the ceiling and floor of this unit.