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The NBA's two thousand twenty six to twenty seven schedule is already generating serious buzz, and January is the centerpiece. Giannis Antetokounmpo heads back to Milwaukee, and Jaylen Brown makes his return to Boston — two homecoming moments that will have arenas absolutely electric and fans circling their calendars right now.
Shifting to the college football landscape, ESPN has dropped its preseason All-America team with the two thousand twenty six season closing in fast. Texas, LSU, and Ohio State are all well represented, and Bill Connelly's final SP-plus projections are out alongside it — painting a detailed picture of which programs are genuinely built to compete and which ones are running on hype.
And speaking of LSU, there's a jersey number standoff brewing. Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels pushed back on LSU's DJ Pickett wearing number five, but Pickett isn't moving. Daniels says it won't be a distraction for Washington, but the story has legs — and college players claiming their number against NFL veterans is a dynamic worth watching as rosters take shape this fall.
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