- Cubs crushed division rival Brewers 17-3 and set a franchise record with nine home runs in one game — a Wrigley fireworks night.
- Alex Bregman blasted three homers and Pete Crow-Armstrong continues his tear (seven of nine starters homered), putting him in NL MVP conversation.
- Chicago still trails Milwaukee by seven in the division but holds a five-game cushion for the top Wild Card and is building serious October momentum.
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- A Louisiana court ruling allowing NFL players back to campus has sparked immediate backlash from power conferences and split college coaches.
- LSU's Lane Kiffin is leaning into the chaos, defending late-season NFL additions as pragmatic, inevitable and backed by his player leadership.
- Texas coach Steve Sarkisian calls the practice "morally wrong," and the debate over late-season roster moves is set to intensify.
- New Chase format: 16 drivers, a 10-race “mini-season” with no eliminations — the driver with the most points after those races is champion.
- It’s ultra-tight — only 100 points separate the top 16; Denny Hamlin leads after multiple 2026 wins and has won at all 10 Chase tracks.
- Dramatic final spot: Ryan Preece clinched the last Chase berth with a walk-off win at Daytona.
- China warned of "consequences" after Taiwan attended the Pacific Islands Forum opening, heightening China–Taiwan tensions at the summit.
- Australia and New Zealand pushed back, saying the Forum decides participation and stressing Pacific unity and regional decision‑making.
- Taiwan attended as a development partner (only Palau, Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands still formally back Taipei), while the U.S. and New Zealand announced a joint WWII‑port upgrade — underscoring strategic competition in the Pacific.
- An Australian judge may order Tesla to let a court-appointed independent expert access its internal engineering platforms to speed up a drawn-out discovery fight.
- About 10,000 Tesla owners allege Model 3 and Model Y suffer "phantom braking" and that advertised self-driving capability and battery range were overstated.
- Tesla says it’s already handed over thousands of documents but uses live, continuously edited software systems; both sides will consider the judge’s suggestion and return to court Nov. 12.
- UCLA abruptly fired AD Martin Jarmond — despite the Bruins winning three NCAA titles last season — and installed longtime Lakers executive and UCLA alum Tim Harris as CEO/athletic director.
- Harris, 64, will serve pro bono; his Lakers ties and alumni status (he was a UCLA soccer goalkeeper) give the move a high-profile, hometown feel.
- Chancellor Julio Frenk framed the change as a bid to fix major financial strain (seven years of deficits totaling $241M, down to $21.6M in FY2025 after Big Ten media money) and adapt to rapid shifts in college sports like NIL.
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