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By Hank Dalton , RF Sports Radio MLB voice Rangers fans, claiming Jose Butto was a start. It is not a bullpen. Jacob Latz was one of the better relievers in baseball last year, and the arms around him were not. That is why Texas missed October, and that is the winter problem Chris Young still has to solve. The facts SI's Inside the Rangers argued this week that bullpen depth was a primary reason Texas missed the postseason in 2026, even with Latz dominating late innings. The piece floated three realistic upgrades: Padres left-hander Adrian Morejon (2.83 ERA with 107 strikeouts in 86 innings in 2026), Brewers closer Trevor Megill (2.63 ERA in 61 2/3 innings), and Diamondbacks right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga (2.43 ERA in 67 innings after years of injuries with the Yankees). Those names sit on top of moves already made. Texas claimed Butto off waivers from San Francisco, lost Jakob Junis when he declined his mutual option, and projected Latz as the closer, per prior SI reporti...

By Cam Sutton , RF Sports Radio Colorado voice Buffs fans, the simplest plan in football is sometimes the hardest for a flashy program to stick with. Richard Young got 24 carries, gained 120 yards, scored twice, and Colorado finally won. Coach Prime says he starts again in Tempe. Good. The facts Deion Sanders confirmed Young will start his second straight game Saturday at Arizona State after the Alabama transfer's 120-yard, two-touchdown, 24-carry night in the 27-24 overtime win over Kansas State, per Buffaloes Wire. It was Young's first true featured workload after no more than eight carries in any prior game this season, and he became only the second 100-yard rusher of the Sanders era alongside Micah Welch, per Buffaloes Wire. "The more carries that I was getting, the more hungry I was getting," Young said. Sanders praised him for never throwing a pity party through limited touches: "Sooner or later you gotta say, 'He's in.'" Young...

By Mac Rivera , RF Sports Radio Baylor voice Bears fans, forget the noise around the interim tag for a minute. Gavin Freeman is putting up a receiver season Baylor has not seen since Denzel Mims, and Homecoming against Iowa State is the next checkpoint on the way to 1,000 yards. The facts Freeman leads the Big 12 and ranks fourth nationally with 63 receptions, and he sits second in the conference with 792 receiving yards, per Sports Illustrated. He is averaging 12.6 yards per catch with 6.5 yards after the catch, and 41 of his catches have moved the chains with three touchdowns, per SI. The last Baylor receiver to reach 1,000 yards was Mims with 1,020 in 2019. Freeman is also on the Biletnikoff Award watch list. DJ Lagway won Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week after the 41-9 win at UCF, and the defensive line was Defensive Line of the Week after seven sacks and 12 tackles for loss, per prior Bear Necessities reporting. Baylor totaled 503 yards and 184 rushing yards in Orlando...

By Jake "Star" Whitfield , RF Sports Radio Cowboys voice Cowboys Nation, the first-round pick who was supposed to help this pass rush is going to miss some time. Malachi Lawrence is expected to miss a few weeks with an ankle injury, and Sunday in Indianapolis just got harder on the edge. The facts Lawrence, the No. 23 overall pick in April, was hurt in Sunday's 33-30 overtime loss to Arizona, and Brian Schottenheimer said Wednesday the Cowboys will gather more information over the next two days before deciding how to handle the absence, per Dallas Sports Journal. Schottenheimer said Dallas has flexibility, naming Marist Liufau, James Houston IV and Tyrus Wheat, plus off-ball linebackers DeMarvion Overshown and rookie Jaishawn Barham as options who can rush. The opponent makes the timing worse. Jonathan Taylor has 610 rushing yards and eight touchdowns on 148 carries, and Dallas allows 152.8 rushing yards per game, last in the NFL, per Dallas Sports Journal and Fi...

By Brooke Calloway , RF Sports Radio SMU voice Pony Up, Dallas. The committee left SMU out of the first College Football Playoff rankings. Fine. Friday night at Ford Stadium is louder than any poll. Virginia Tech comes to town, and another ACC loss would put the Mustangs on life support. The facts SMU (6-2, 4-2 ACC) hosts Virginia Tech (6-2, 3-2) on Friday at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN, per Field Level Media and SMU Athletics. Neither team appeared in the first CFP Top 25 released Tuesday, when Miami was No. 1, Wake Forest No. 16 and Notre Dame No. 11, per the College Football Playoff. The Mustangs are still receiving votes in the AP poll and ranked 24th in the coaches poll, per SMU Athletics. SMU is coming off a 30-27 loss at Syracuse on Oct. 31 in which Kevin Jennings completed 29 of 36 passes for 352 yards and two touchdowns, and the Mustangs allowed six sacks after giving up just six combined in the first seven games, per Field Level Media. Rhett Lashlee said, "We're no lo...

By Jordan Pierce , RF Sports Radio NBA voice Hoops heads, put the remote down and just look at the line. Fifty-two points. Twenty-four rebounds. Eight blocks. Victor Wembanyama did not just win a game. He parked himself next to Bob McAdoo in the record book. The facts Wembanyama finished with career highs of 52 points and 24 rebounds plus eight blocks as the Spurs beat the Mavericks 112-111 on Wednesday, per NBA.com and the Associated Press. He is the first player with 50-plus points, 20-plus rebounds and five-plus blocks in a game since McAdoo in 1974, and he had 29 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks in the first half alone, a first in the play-by-play era. San Antonio has won six straight after starting 0-2. In the ESPN opener, the 76ers beat the Pistons 112-106, per NBA.com. That East showdown was billed as 7-1 Philadelphia against 6-1 Detroit with the league's top-rated defense. The nightcap in San Antonio became the national story the second Wembanyama's putbacks...