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Buffalo's season is on the brink and Alex Lyon made sure of it early. The Sabres starter was pulled in the first period of Game six against Montreal after surrendering three goals on just three shots, with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stepping in to try and stop the bleeding on an elimination night.

Shifting to the gridiron, Aaron Rodgers is back and he's heading to Pittsburgh. The veteran quarterback is set to sign a one-year deal worth up to twenty-five million dollars with the Steelers in two thousand twenty six, per ESPN. It's a fresh chapter for a polarizing signal-caller who spent last season on the sideline nursing his future.

And on the streaming frontier, Netflix got exactly what it wanted for its MMA debut — a knockout moment nobody will forget. Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos was brutally stopped in the first round by Robelis Despaigne, a stunning reversal for a fighter who once owned the biggest stage in the sport with a sixty-four second title knockout on live FOX television.

That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.

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