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Tarik Skubal's elbow surgery had Tigers fans bracing for a long wait, but agent Scott Boras is pushing back on the doom and gloom, suggesting the reigning Cy Young winner could return sooner than anyone expected. Detroit never put a public timeline on it, and right now that silence is starting to sound like optimism.
Shifting to a story that goes well beyond the box score, Missouri Tigers running back Ahmad Hardy was shot at a concert in Mississippi early Sunday morning. Hardy underwent surgery and is now listed in stable condition, which is the best possible news given the circumstances. The Tigers organization is rallying around their star as he begins what everyone hopes will be a full recovery.
And with the two thousand twenty six NFL schedule reveal just around the corner, the league's best-kept secret is leaking fast. Schedule release day has become its own event on the sports calendar, and the early rumors are already generating serious buzz about who opens where and which matchups land in prime time. Thursday's official drop cannot come soon enough for fans starving for football.
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