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Carson Beck is out for the Cardinals Thursday night preseason matchup against the Raiders, sidelined by a rib injury he picked up in last Thursday's Hall of Fame Game. The rematch with Mendoza is derailed before it ever got going, and Arizona's quarterback situation just got a whole lot more uncertain heading into the preseason stretch.
Shifting to a story with real weight, veteran Sri Lankan cricket coach Sumith Fernando has passed away at sixty-two following an altercation with young players at a cricket facility in Colombo. Fernando was hospitalized after the incident on August eighth and died Tuesday. He was a widely respected mentor who helped shape the next generation of Sri Lankan cricket, including the current ODI captain.
And on a lighter note out of Boston, the Celtics got creative with their two thousand twenty-six to twenty-seven schedule release, leaning hard into Jayson Tatum's well-documented love of golf. The team wove the sport into their promotional materials, and honestly when you're the defending champions, you can afford to have a little fun with the rollout.
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