Stefan Fatsis is joined by writer Spencer Hall to break down a busy Saturday in college football, including Deion Sanders’ first loss to Oregon. The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh discusses baseball’s wild-card races, the rise of Ronald Acuña Jr., and the future of Shohei Ohtani. Finally, Slate’s Nadira Goffe and Defector’s Dan McQuade examine Taylor Swift’s new relationship with Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce and a new documentary about Kelce’s brother, Jason, of the Philadelphia Eagles.
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• Oregon destroys Colorado 42-6, handing Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes their first loss of the season. Coach Dan Lanning’s duck pregame talk went viral. Sanders took it well.
• Ohio State coach Ryan Day and Washington State coach Jake Dickert Octogenarian former coaches Lou Holtz and Lee Corso were vilified for comments about their teams.
• Read Ben Lindbergh in the Ringerlisten to him on the podcast Effectively Wildand buy his books, The Only Rule Is It Must Work and The MVP Machine.
• Read Ben’s story at Shohei Ohtani’s abbreviated MVP season and how it affects his future free will.
• Major League Baseball’s regular-season tiebreaker rulesimplemented last year, will take away the glamor and fun of a playoff game.
• The Athletic’s Jayson Stark examines whether the Atlanta Braves the greatest offensive team in MLB history.
• ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian explores the methodical rise of the Baltimore Orioles.
• Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi sleep 13 to 14 hours in the evenings before he started.
• Read Nadira Goffe’s work at Slate and Dan McQuade’s work on Defector.
• Pop megastar Taylor Swift attended a Kansas City Chiefs game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday at the invitation of Travis Kelce, watched the game in a luxury box with his mom, and walked out of the stadium with her. “No PDA,” TMZ reported.
• Watch the new documentary Kelce about Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce. In his Slate review, Goffe called out Kelce “Philly’s biggest sports show.”
• Goffe interviews a reporter covering Philly’s self-proclaimed weirdness, including its sports fans. McQuade profiled Philly superfan Amin Khalifa and assembled a montage of Philly fans are acting very Philly.
In this week’s bonus segment, Stefan, Slate’s Nadira Goffe, and Defector’s Dan McQuade discuss Sports movies in Philadelphia and the preferred underdog image of the city.
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