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Lamar Jackson's night came to a painful halt before it barely got started. The Ravens quarterback suffered a right thumb injury on his very first passing attempt against the Bills, when his hand caught a Buffalo helmet. He was ruled out entirely, leaving Baltimore to navigate without their MVP in a game that suddenly got a whole lot harder.
Shifting to the hardwood, Arizona and UCLA are kicking off their seasons in Las Vegas, and the needle is already in the red. These two programs don't need a conference title on the line to bring the intensity — two ranked teams, a neutral floor, and a rivalry that has its own gravitational pull. Whoever sets the tone tonight carries serious momentum into the season.
And in the NFL's ongoing soap opera, Rex Ryan had some very direct words for Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty after Jeanty took shots at the Jets ahead of Sunday's matchup. Ryan, never one to hold back, called him horrible without a moment's hesitation. Whether Jeanty backs it up on the field or hands Ryan the last word, that locker room bulletin board just got a lot more interesting.
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