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Josh Allen is rewriting the record books in Buffalo's brand new home. The Bills dismantled the Detroit Lions forty-one to thirty-one, with Allen scoring two rushing touchdowns and two passing touchdowns in the same game for the tenth time in his career — six more than any other player in NFL history. That stadium opened loud and it opened right.
Shifting to the hardwood, and this one will raise some eyebrows. Six EuroLeague players are set to earn more than LeBron James next season. LeBron signed with Philadelphia for three point eight million dollars, and names like Vasilije Micic at five point six million and Kendrick Nunn at five point three million are clearing that number comfortably. The NBA's salary landscape is genuinely strange right now.
And off the court entirely, Ryan Leaf's story of redemption is getting another chapter. Nick Saban played a significant role in helping Leaf rebuild after more than two years in a Montana prison following drug addiction and repeated run-ins with the law. One of football's most respected coaches quietly extended a hand when Leaf needed it most, and that relationship changed the trajectory of his life.
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