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Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship at East Lake. He shot 66 on Sunday and finished 16-under. Viktor Hovland was second at 13-under. Ryan Gerard was third at 12-under. Official PGA TOUR posts first.
Before the 53-man deadline, New England traded Kayshon Boutte to Houston and Miami flipped Tutu Atwell back to the Rams for Jarquez Hunter. The Raiders released Noah Brown on August 24; as a vested veteran he is a free agent, not a Monday-waiver name. Cedric Tillman cleared waivers Saturday and is a free agent.
NFL clubs hit 53 on Sunday for the first time in 22 years. The league moved the deadline so the 49ers and Rams can fly to Melbourne. Yahoo put the count at 1,184 roster spots overnight. The loudest CFB thread is r/CFB on Dan Lanning: once you declare, you are a professional, and letting those players come back is unfair. Courts told the SEC it cannot punish schools for rostering players with NFL ties. Troy Vincent said if you go back to campus you cannot play in the league this season.
Luke Kerr-Dineen says elite golf chased fades and more players are gravitating to a tour draw. Grant Horvat, in a TaylorMade clip, talks tempo as sequence: wait at the top.
The 2028 TOUR Championship format is not a published spec. It is a PGA TOUR video that Lou Stagner liked. Two clips cover Rules already in the book: red versus yellow penalty areas, and Rule 6.2b(6) re-tee. Two speed videos show Tour outliers: Brennan's 120-degree shoulder turn and Breed's lead-leg jump. You cannot set starting scores from a like. You cannot copy a 120-degree turn you do not have. Yellow stakes still are not a free drop. You can re-tee a topped ball still in the teeing area.
The 2028 Tour Championship format is a PGA TOUR video, not a published spec. A USGA clip covers red versus yellow penalty areas. Two speed videos show Brennan's 120-degree shoulder turn and a Titleist ground-force drill. You cannot set starting scores from a like.
The NBA split 247 national games across Disney, NBCUniversal, and Amazon. Opening night, holiday games, and Cup windows sit on those platforms. Every national broadcast also streams.
The TOUR Championship has 30 players, a $40 million purse, and $10 million to the winner. East Lake still has to make the week easy to follow. The 2028 format is not set.
The WNBA stops for the Women's World Cup in Berlin. The field is 16 teams, up from 12. Group winners go straight to the quarterfinals. Team USA's depth is the test.
Dallas is in the WNBA playoffs. The seed is not locked. Second through eighth can still move before the World Cup pause, and the first round sends Games 1 and 3 to the higher seed.
MLB wild-card races are down to standings, bullpens, and remaining head-to-heads. A half-game is the surface. Starting-pitcher matchups and relief workload decide who can hold a spot.
College football's Week Zero has a global game and an FBS newcomer. North Carolina and TCU open in Dublin. North Dakota State starts FBS life against Jacksonville State. Lower-division programs also play real games this weekend, not exhibitions.
NFL teams must turn 90-man camps into 53-man rosters. Contracts, injuries, and special-teams value decide who stays. The first 53 is a first draft, not the season.
Detroit is switching tackles, adding a rookie, and sorting a new center. The Chargers return their tackles and have three new interior options. Houston overhauled the line in front of C.J. Stroud. Lane Johnson described Philadelphia's new blocking approach.
Indianapolis waited until late August to add an experienced receiver on a short commitment with a defined tactical role.
Houston can value its quarterback and still use team control to gather more evidence before a market-setting extension.
The Falcons extended Bijan Robinson. The Lions extended Jahmyr Gibbs through 2030. The Colts extended Jonathan Taylor. Age, control, guarantees, workload, and offensive role have to be priced together.
A $13 million pledge and a guarantee for events moving to the Challenger Series are the Tour's stated charity protection as it overhauls the schedule before 2028.
The Tour Championship starts everyone at even par, ending the staggered-score era. Scottie Scheffler's season-long lead becomes seeding rather than strokes.
The NBA announced the 2026-27 regular-season schedule. The slate opens with the champion Knicks raising a banner, then turns to reunion games created by an aggressive offseason.
Golden State beat Minnesota 80-66. That delayed the Lynx's chance to lock the top seed and gave the rest of the field a reason to study the Valkyries.
Court orders, pro tryouts, and a coming five-years-in-five rule have left some rosters dependent on legal status as much as camp performance.
MLB approved the Padres sale to Kwanza Jones and Jose E. Feliciano. San Diego holds an NL wild-card place. Their first public promise will be judged against a roster already built to win now.
Detroit dealt Tarik Skubal and Casey Mize, then kept winning enough to stay in the American League wild-card race. A.J. Hinch said the season was not over the day Skubal left, and Detroit won its first game after the deadline. The ace is in Los Angeles.