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Out in Las Vegas, Kirk Cousins has the inside track at Raiders quarterback, with offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak making it crystal clear the job belongs to Cousins — until someone takes it from him. That's a vote of confidence, but also a quiet warning to every other arm in that camp.
Meanwhile, serious concern out of San Francisco, where forty niners quarterback Kurtis Rourke was taken to the hospital after experiencing difficulty breathing during practice. No further details have been released, but the team is monitoring the situation closely. Rourke was competing for a roster spot, and right now football is the last thing anyone's thinking about.
And shifting to the pitch, Manchester City's women's side is staring down a tougher Women's Super League landscape heading into the new season. City bolstered their squad this summer, but rivals across the league have been spending and recruiting aggressively. Defending a title is always harder than winning one, and this year, City will need to play like it every single week.
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