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Pete Crow-Armstrong is writing his name into baseball history. The Cubs outfielder swiped his fortieth base this week, punching his ticket into the forty-forty club — only the seventh player ever to hit forty home runs and steal forty bases in the same season. One of the best Cubs campaigns in living memory, and this kid is just twenty-two years old.
Shifting to Atlanta, the Falcons are quietly becoming the most interesting quarterback story in the NFL. With Michael Penix Junior taking over at starter and Tua Tagovailoa still on the roster, Atlanta is running two left-handed quarterbacks — a genuinely rare thing in a league that has historically struggled to develop and trust southpaw signal-callers. The Falcons are leaning in, and it's worth watching.
And in college football, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is already managing the circus before it arrives. President Donald Trump is set to attend the Longhorns' SEC opener against fourteenth-ranked Tennessee on Saturday, and Sarkisian — who's been around big stages — is openly acknowledging that the atmosphere will require some adjustment from his team. High stakes, loud crowd, and now a presidential visit. No pressure, Austin.
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