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Kirk Cousins is your Week one starting quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders, head coach Klint Kubiak confirming Wednesday that the veteran gets the nod over number one overall pick Fernando Mendoza. Kubiak said Cousins played really good football through the preseason, and for now, the rookie watches and waits.
Shifting to the ice, Amazon Prime Video is making a serious push into hockey, landing an exclusive local streaming deal with the NHL to carry six teams this season, including defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina, along with Dallas, Minnesota, St. Louis, Anaheim, and Columbus. It's a multiyear agreement, covering games plus pre and post coverage, and it signals just how aggressively streaming is moving in on traditional broadcast territory.
And over in cricket, twenty three year old Tilak Varma is making a strong case for a red-ball future with India. The South Zone captain knocked out an unbeaten one hundred sixteen and fifty one against North Zone in the Duleep Trophy, steering his side into the final. Already India's T-twenty vice-captain, Varma says Test cricket has always been the ambition, and right now he's backing that up with his bat.
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