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In Las Vegas, Klint Kubiak is keeping his cards close to his chest. The Raiders head coach refused to name a starting quarterback after Thursday's preseason finale, but the way he's deployed his personnel tells the story — Kirk Cousins looks like the man under center come Week one, with Mendoza's struggles doing him no favors in the battle for that top spot.
Shifting to a story that goes well beyond the field — Tony Romo's future at CBS is genuinely uncertain right now. The longtime lead analyst was arrested in Wisconsin back in late July on suspicion of operating while intoxicated, and that arrest has thrown the network's broadcast plans for two thousand twenty six into real flux. CBS hasn't pulled the trigger on a decision yet, but the clock is ticking and the pressure is mounting.
And over in track and field, European two-hundred metre champion Owen Ansah is fighting back hard. Germany's National Anti-Doping Agency proposed a four-year ban over an alleged refusal to submit to a doping test, but Ansah has rejected that sanction and formally requested disciplinary proceedings — meaning this one is headed for a full hearing before anything gets resolved.
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