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The Los Angeles Lakers have a new owner, and the way it happened is nothing short of jaw-dropping. Mark Walter completed a sale of the franchise after just seventy-two hours of secret negotiations, a lightning-fast deal that immediately reignited a bitter feud among the six Buss siblings, who can't seem to agree on much of anything. The uncertainty surrounding the franchise's direction is very real, and the drama inside that family is far from over.
Shifting to the hardwood, CBS Sports has dropped its preseason Top One Hundred And One college basketball rankings for the two thousand twenty-six to twenty-seven season, and the picture is wide open. Title contenders are stacked across multiple conferences, and the race for NCAA tournament bids looks as competitive as it's been in years. Matt Norlander's list is already generating serious debate.
And in college football, Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita had a miserable two thousand twenty-four season that left him genuinely questioning his future. But offensive coordinator Seth Doege, a former Texas Tech quarterback himself, stepped in and rebuilt Fifita's confidence from the ground up. The Wildcats signal-caller says he'll never be able to repay him, and right now Arizona is riding that resurgence hard.
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