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Ryan Garcia is calling himself boxing's golden ticket, and after Saturday night it's hard to argue. King Ry predicted a five-round finish against Conor Benn — he got it done in two. The twenty-eight-year-old WBC welterweight champion is already calling his shot at Teofimo Lopez, and the momentum behind him right now is undeniable.
Meanwhile in college football, Texas just pulled off one of the wildest wins of the young season. The Longhorns survived a Shakespearean Saturday night in Austin, edging top-ranked Ohio State twenty-four to twenty-three. Arch Manning walked off that field having delivered exactly when the stakes were highest, and Steve Sarkisian can finally exhale.
And out in Kansas City, Sporting KC made a statement that their eighteen-million-dollar investment in André Luiz is already paying dividends. The Designated Player scored an absolute worldie in his first start at Sporting Park, leading SKC to a three-to-one upset over star-studded LAFC. That is a goal that will be on highlight reels for a long time.
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