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Mitch Marner is doing something special right now. The Maple Leafs forward is leading all playoff scorers as Toronto sits one win away from the Stanley Cup Final — a remarkable turnaround for a player whose postseason résumé has been questioned for years. The city of Toronto is watching very, very closely.
Shifting to football, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is doing some cleanup work this week after taking a shot at Ole Miss by referencing "basket weaving" — implying the Rebels ran a softer academic program. Sarkisian walked it back Tuesday, calling it a poor choice of words, but the damage to his reputation around the college football world is already done.
And over in women's golf, Texas junior Farah O'Keefe has been named the winner of the two thousand twenty six Annika Award, given to the best female golfer in college. O'Keefe is the first Longhorn to earn the honor, and she picks it up fresh off a national championship — becoming the first player from Texas to claim the award in its history.
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