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In Calgary, Zayne Parekh is making a statement. The young defenseman has found his footing with the Flames, playing with the kind of confidence and creativity that has scouts and fans taking serious notice. When a player says he feels like he belongs, you believe him when the game tape backs it up — and right now, Parekh's tape is compelling.
Shifting to college hoops, number seventeen Kansas looked absolutely dominant Friday night, dismantling Middle Tennessee eighty-nine to forty-five. The story was Trey Kaufman-Renn, the fifth-year Purdue transfer who dropped seventeen points in just eighteen minutes, shooting seven for eight from the floor. Through two games as a Jayhawk, he's connecting on eleven of thirteen field goal attempts. That kind of efficiency is impossible to ignore.
And in Washington, the Commanders are already thin at receiver heading into Sunday's matchup with the Rams, and now it just got thinner. Both Treylon Burks and Dyami Brown have been ruled out for Week nine. Burks had stepped up beautifully after Terry McLaurin's season-ending injury, so losing him now puts real pressure on Washington's passing game at a critical point in their season.
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