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The Los Angeles Rams are dealing a serious blow to their receiving corps after placing Puka Nacua on injured reserve. The second-year wideout suffered MCL and PCL sprains to his right knee along with a turf toe injury during last Sunday's win over Washington, and he'll be out a minimum of four games. That's a significant loss for Sean McVay's offense heading into the back half of the season.
Shifting to the college game, Ohio State is in a position nobody expected when the season kicked off. The Buckeyes have dropped two straight for the first time since two thousand eleven, and their Big Ten title hopes are hanging by a thread heading into Saturday's home matchup with Northwestern. Wildcats head coach David Braun isn't walking in there looking to play spoiler quietly — he's got something to say, and his team has every reason to believe they can make it three losses in a row for Ohio State.
And in baseball, Yordan Alvarez is the American League Most Valuable Player, and it wasn't close. The Houston Astros slugger swept all thirty first-place votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America, a unanimous decision that reflects just how dominant he's been at the plate throughout his career and especially this past season.
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