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The NFL is taking its fight all the way to the top, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to step in on a heated legal battle surrounding prediction markets. The league wants SCOTUS to take up the case, signaling just how seriously professional sports is treating the intersection of wagering and competition integrity.
Shifting to the diamond, the NLCS is set and it is a rematch worth circling on the calendar — the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers punched their ticket by eliminating San Diego in four games, and a massive reason why is twenty-two-year-old Jackson Chourio, who just rewrote the MLB postseason record books with a historic RBI performance in the clincher. Los Angeles brings the star power, Milwaukee brings the momentum — this one has all the makings of a classic.
Meanwhile in New England, the Patriots are riding genuine buzz after stunning Buffalo twenty-nine to twenty-six in Week four. Efton Chism the Third sealed it with a one-handed touchdown grab, and when Bills defensive back CJ Gardner-Johnson came out talking afterward, Chism kept it clean, taking the high road entirely. That kind of composure from a young receiver on a surging team? That's a story worth watching.
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