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By Jordan Pierce , RF Sports Radio NBA voice NBA fans, the exhibitions are almost done counting. Four days from Tuesday's national window, the league is closing the preseason book and opening the one that matters. The facts The 2026-27 regular season opens Tuesday, Oct. 20, on NBC and Peacock with a tripleheader: Celtics at Pistons at 3 p.m. Eastern / 2 p.m. Central, 76ers at Knicks at 7 p.m. Eastern / 6 p.m. Central on New York's banner night, and Thunder at Spurs at 9:30 p.m. Eastern / 8:30 p.m. Central, per NBA.com. Friday, Oct. 16, is the final preseason day on the calendar, including Dallas hosting Atlanta. Thursday night's results, per RealGM and scoreboard aggregators: New York Knicks 122, Toronto Raptors 120 , and Houston Rockets 116, Oklahoma City Thunder 89. Wednesday's louder slate — already covered in this week's notebook — featured Jalen Duren's 24 points in 15 minutes for Detroit, San Antonio's 123-103 win over Phoenix behind Victor W...

By Cam Sutton , RF Sports Radio Colorado voice Buffs fans, Family Weekend just turned into a national television stress test. No. 11 Utah is unbeaten, Isaac Wilson is starting against the program that used to employ him, and Folsom Field gets a late ESPN window. The facts Colorado (2-3, 0-2 Big 12) hosts No. 11 Utah (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 8:15 p.m. Mountain / 9:15 p.m. Central on ESPN at Folsom Field in a Family Weekend Rumble in the Rockies, per CUBuffs.com. The Buffs are coming off a bye after a 29-7 loss to Texas Tech on Oct. 3 and are trying to snap a three-game skid. Utah arrives off a 41-24 win over Kansas. Isaac Wilson, who started seven games as a true freshman at Utah in 2024, will start for Colorado against his former team , per Deion Sanders' earlier confirmation and CU's road-ahead notes. In his first Colorado start against Texas Tech, Wilson set career highs with 26 completions, 290 passing yards and 42 rushing yards while throwing thre...

By Mac Rivera , RF Sports Radio Baylor voice Bears fans, the blackout is almost here. McLane goes dark, the Revivalry gets loud, and a 4-1 Baylor team that has been living on defense gets a TCU club still searching for its Big 12 footing. The facts Baylor (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) hosts TCU (2-3, 0-2 Big 12) on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. Central on FS1 at McLane Stadium in the Blackout on the Brazos / Revivalry, per BaylorBears.com. Baylor is on a four-game winning streak. TCU Athletics previewed the trip to Waco on Oct. 15 as the latest rendition of the most-played rivalry in Texas. Team materials and recent coverage have framed Baylor's defense as the identity piece — including the streak of holding opponents to 20 or fewer points that carried through the early slate — while DJ Lagway and Gavin Freeman headline the offensive threats. SI's by-the-numbers preview put TCU's offense on notice against Power Four competition, with scoring issues and protection for quarterb...

By Coach Terrence Booker , RF Sports Radio DFW High School Football voice DFW high school fans, Friday night is here, and the top team in 6A has the lights. North Crowley does not need a reminder about what the crown means. Lake Ridge gets the chance to spoil it on the Panthers' home turf. The facts No. 1 Dave Campbell's Texas Football 6A North Crowley (6-0) hosts Mansfield Lake Ridge (4-2) on Friday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at Crowley ISD Multipurpose Stadium , per GoFan and MaxPreps. The game is also listed on the NFHS Network. North Crowley vaulted to No. 1 after a 42-17 win at Waxahachie on Oct. 9/10. Lake Ridge enters on a two-game win streak after beating Skyline 37-18. Recent series history favors the Panthers: North Crowley won 62-17 in 2025 and 66-7 in 2024, per On3's series notes. On3's Massey projection heavily favored North Crowley in the mid-50s to low teens range; that is a forecast model, not a final score , and tip-off had not happened at research ti...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice WNBA fans, the wait is almost over. Tomorrow afternoon in San Francisco, two franchises that have never raised a championship trophy tip off a best-of-seven that has been sold all week as a defensive heavyweight fight. The facts Game 1 of the 2026 WNBA Finals is Saturday, Oct. 17, at Chase Center, with tip at 3:30 p.m. Eastern / 2:30 p.m. Central on NBC and Peacock , per WNBA.com and team previews. The Golden State Valkyries (No. 2 seed) host the Atlanta Dream (No. 4 seed) in a 2-2-1-1-1 format. Both clubs are chasing the first title in franchise history. Preview coverage from WNBA.com, ESPN and CBS Sports frames the series around elite defenses, the Angel Reese versus Gabby Williams matchup thread, Golden State's depth and home-court edge, and Atlanta's long winning streak into the Finals. Golden State swept the regular-season series 3-0, but October has rewritten plenty of regular-season scripts ...

By Nolan Frost , RF Sports Radio Stars voice Stars Nation, the Denver road trip is in the books with two points and a split. Saturday night in Chicago is where a .500 team finds out if that shootout was a spark or just a coin flip. The facts The Dallas Stars visit the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. Central / 7 p.m. Eastern at the United Center, per Stars schedule sources listing Prime Video / The Ticket and ESPN+ local windows. Dallas is 3-3-1 after beating the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in a shootout on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Ball Arena, per NHL.com. Roope Hintz scored the shootout winner in the fourth round, Jason Robertson also scored in the shootout, Miro Heiskanen and Arttu Hyry (shorthanded) scored in regulation, and Casey DeSmith made 25 saves for the 100th win of his NHL career . That win split the home-and-home after Colorado took Tuesday's game 3-2 at American Airlines Center. Matt Duchene remains out after surgery for a core injury and is expect...

By Brooke Calloway , RF Sports Radio SMU voice Pony Up. Saturday morning is still about Kevin Jennings and five digits, but the tape is about something colder: Virginia's secondary against the ACC's loudest passing attack, inside a stadium where ACC visitors have not won since SMU joined the league. The facts No. 24 SMU (4-1, 2-1 ACC), also No. 22 in the coaches poll, hosts Virginia (4-2, 2-1 ACC) on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 11 a.m. Central at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on The CW, per Virginia Athletics and SMU. It is a Salute to Service / Stripe Out date. Jennings has 9,925 career total yards and needs 75 to reach 10,000 , per CBS Sports. He has thrown for about 1,588 yards and 14 touchdowns in five games, per Virginia media quotes on SI. Since joining the ACC in 2024, SMU is 9-0 against conference foes at Ford Stadium, and ACC schools are 0-9 in Dallas . Virginia is seeking its first road win of 2026 and its first ranked win of the year. The 2024 meeting was SMU 33-7. The s...

By Hank Dalton , RF Sports Radio MLB Playoffs voice Baseball fans, the National League is settled. Milwaukee just did what almost nobody scripts in October: swept the Dodgers and punched a World Series ticket for the first time since 1982. The facts The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Thursday, Oct. 15, in National League Championship Series Game 4 at Dodger Stadium to complete a four-game sweep , per MLB.com and the Associated Press. Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead solo home run in the sixth inning, and the Brewers scored six unanswered runs after trailing early, per MLB.com video and the AP game story. It is Milwaukee's first World Series appearance since 1982 . In the American League Championship Series, the Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in Game 3 on Thursday at Progressive Field to take a two-games-to-one series lead. Gavin Williams earned the win (2-0), Griffin Jax took the loss, and Cade Smith recorded his second save of the se...

By Marcus Delaney , RF Sports Radio Mavericks voice Mavs Nation, the last exhibition is tonight, and the only number that really matters is who walks out healthy. Atlanta is the dress rehearsal Dusty May already named. Cisse's ankle is the subplot that could mess with the script. The facts The Dallas Mavericks host the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. Central at American Airlines Center in the final preseason game, per the Mavericks' game page. Tip is listed for MavsTV+ and SiriusXM. The regular season opens Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Houston at 7:30 p.m. Central. Center Moussa Cisse tweaked his left ankle in Wednesday's 101-97 loss to the Pelicans after posting eight points, six rebounds and three blocks in 16:29. He did not practice Thursday. Coach Dusty May called it a slightly tweaked ankle and said Cisse would have been able to play if Dallas had a game Thursday , but the staff will not risk further injury in an exhibition, per Dallas Sports Journal. S...

By Jake "Star" Whitfield , RF Sports Radio Cowboys voice Cowboys Nation, the players-only meeting got the headlines yesterday. This morning the coaching tree got rearranged on the radio, and the injury report got a little clearer. Lambeau still grades all of it. The facts Speaking Friday morning on 105.3 The Fan, Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said defensive coordinator Christian Parker will coach from the sidelines and new senior defensive assistant Mike Pettine will work from the coaches booth, per DallasCowboys.com's Oct. 16 updates. Schottenheimer also said Pettine will report directly to him, not to Parker . Pettine has spent recent practice windows watching film to catch up rather than standing on the field. On Thursday's injury report, linebacker DeMarvion Overshown (hamstring) was upgraded from did-not-participate Wednesday to limited participation. Cornerback Cobie Durant (hamstring) did not practice for a second straight day, and DallasCowboys....

By Jordan Pierce , RF Sports Radio NBA voice NBA fans, the countdown is officially in single digits. Five days from now, the banners go up and the games count. Wednesday night gave us one last loud preseason slate to argue about. The facts The 2026-27 regular season opens Tuesday, Oct. 20, on NBC and Peacock with a tripleheader: Celtics at Pistons at 3 p.m. Eastern / 2 p.m. Central, 76ers at Knicks at 7 p.m. Eastern / 6 p.m. Central on New York's banner night, and Thunder at Spurs at 9:30 p.m. Eastern / 8:30 p.m. Central, per NBA.com. Wednesday's preseason results, per NBA.com's Starting 5: Spurs 123, Suns 103, with Victor Wembanyama scoring 19 points; Heat 144, Nets 128, with Giannis Antetokounmpo posting 20 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists in 24 minutes; Bulls 125, Bucks 104; Pistons 128, Timberwolves 106, with Jalen Duren scoring 24 points in 15 minutes in his preseason debut ; Celtics 114, Hornets 93, behind 19 from Jayson Tatum; Clippers 122, Nuggets 110;...

By Cam Sutton , RF Sports Radio Colorado voice Buffs fans, you could not script it better if you tried. A quarterback who used to wear Utah red, a Utah team that is unbeaten and ranked, and a late-night national window at Folsom Field. The facts Colorado (2-3, 0-2 Big 12) hosts No. 11 Utah (5-0) on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 8:15 p.m. Mountain / 9:15 p.m. Central on ESPN at Folsom Field, per CBS Sports and the Salt Lake Tribune. Coach Deion Sanders confirmed that Isaac Wilson, who transferred to Colorado from Utah, will start against his former team , per USA TODAY. It will be Wilson's second straight start after he replaced Julian Lewis in the loss to Texas Tech. In that first Colorado start, Wilson threw three interceptions, per USA TODAY. The Salt Lake Tribune first framed the possibility of Wilson facing the Utes earlier in the week, and CBS Sports' preview leans into the former-team storyline. RF Sports Radio's take (opinion) My take: revenge games make great ...

By Mac Rivera , RF Sports Radio Baylor voice Bears fans, wear black and bring your voice. Baylor's defense is doing something Waco has not seen in decades, and Saturday night it gets a rival that badly needs a win. The facts Baylor (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) hosts TCU (2-3, 0-2 Big 12) on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. Central at McLane Stadium on FS1, in the Revivalry branded Blackout on the Brazos, per BaylorBears.com. The Bears are on a four-game win streak that includes a 55-19 win at Arizona State. According to Baylor's TCU-week game notes, the Bears have held five straight opponents to 20 points or fewer to open the season, a program-history stretch the notes describe as its longest in decades. Baylor is allowing 14.2 points per game , which the notes list as 12th nationally in scoring defense. Quarterback DJ Lagway, a transfer from Florida whose father starred at running back for Baylor in the 1990s, has 860 passing yards and eight touchdowns, per Baylor's game note...

By Coach Terrence Booker , RF Sports Radio DFW high school football voice DFW Friday night people, the week of talk is almost over. North Crowley has worn No. 1 since the new rankings dropped earlier this week. Tomorrow night, the Panthers find out what that number feels like with a district opponent on the other sideline. The facts North Crowley is No. 1 in Class 6A in the Dave Campbell's Texas Football rankings and is 6-0, per DCTF and AP coverage from earlier this week. The Panthers climbed to the top spot after a 42-17 road win at Waxahachie on Oct. 9. North Crowley hosts Lake Ridge on Friday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at Crowley ISD Multipurpose Stadium , with tickets sold through GoFan. Lake Ridge comes in at 4-2. The game is part of the UIL Week 8 slate highlighted in MaxPreps' statewide schedule and rankings roundup. After Friday, North Crowley's schedule continues with a trip to Skyline on Oct. 22, per the MaxPreps schedule we referenced earlier this week. RF ...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice WNBA fans, if you like 100-point track meets, this might not be your Finals. If you like every possession feeling like a fistfight, pull up a chair Saturday afternoon. The facts The WNBA Finals between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream open Saturday, Oct. 17, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern / 2:30 p.m. Central at Chase Center in San Francisco on NBC and Peacock, per ESPN's playoff schedule. The series is best-of-seven in a 2-2-1-1-1 format. Golden State is the No. 2 seed and Atlanta the No. 4 seed. Both franchises are chasing their first WNBA title. The defensive storyline is the headline in Finals previews from Yahoo Sports and USA TODAY. The Valkyries had the league's best regular-season defensive rating, and the Dream have had the best defensive rating of the postseason. Angel Reese's Defensive Player of the Year award is part of that same defense-first conversation. Venue logistics a...

By Nolan Frost , RF Sports Radio Stars voice Stars Nation, that is how you answer a Tuesday loss. Different building, Cale Makar back in the Avalanche lineup, and Dallas still walked out of Denver with two points and a split. The facts The Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in a shootout on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Ball Arena, per NHL.com. Roope Hintz scored the shootout winner in the fourth round, and Jason Robertson also scored in the shootout. Miro Heiskanen scored in regulation, and Hyry added a shorthanded goal. Casey DeSmith made 25 saves for the 100th win of his NHL career . Gabriel Landeskog and Brock Nelson scored for Colorado, Nazem Kadri had two assists, and Scott Wedgewood made 20 saves. Makar returned after missing Tuesday's game for the birth of his twins. Stars forward Oskar Back left in the first period with an upper-body injury and did not return. Dallas improved to 3-3-1 and Colorado fell to 4-2-1. The win split the home-and-home after the Aval...

By Brooke Calloway , RF Sports Radio SMU voice Pony Up. Sometime late Saturday morning at Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Kevin Jennings is likely to cross a five-digit career milestone. The bigger question is whether he does it against the stingiest pass defense in the ACC. The facts Jennings has 9,925 career total yards and needs 75 more to reach 10,000 , per CBS Sports. He already holds SMU school records for passing yards (9,297), completions (742) and touchdowns responsible for (81). He ranks third in FBS in passing yards per game at 317.6. No. 24 SMU (4-1, 2-1 ACC), also No. 22 in the coaches poll, hosts Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 11 a.m. Central at Ford Stadium on The CW, per SMU Athletics. It is a Salute to Service and Stripe Out game. The Mustangs are 3-0 at home. Virginia is 4-2 and 2-1 in ACC play, but 0-2 away from home this season. SMU won the 2024 meeting 33-7. The matchup problem is real. Virginia allows an ACC-low 161.8 passing yards per game and has intercep...

By Hank Dalton , RF Sports Radio MLB Playoffs voice Baseball fans, the small-market story is no longer a story. It is a math problem for Los Angeles. Milwaukee walked into Dodger Stadium, took Game 3, and now sits one win from the World Series. The facts The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday, Oct. 14, to take a three-games-to-none lead in the National League Championship Series , per MLB.com. Jake Bauers hit the go-ahead home run to cap an 11-pitch at-bat, and the Brewers hit three home runs off Blake Snell, who had not allowed a home run all year entering Game 3, per MLB.com. NLCS Game 4 is Thursday, Oct. 15, at 8 p.m. Eastern / 7 p.m. Central on FS1 at Dodger Stadium, moved from the original 9 p.m. Eastern slot. Tyler Glasnow is the probable starter for Los Angeles. In the American League Championship Series, the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians are tied 1-1 after the Rays won 3-1 on Tuesday. ALCS Game 3 was moved up to 1 p.m. Eastern / ...

By Marcus Delaney , RF Sports Radio Mavericks voice Mavs Nation, nobody hangs a banner for a preseason win, and nobody should panic over a preseason loss. But Wednesday night at American Airlines Center told us plenty about the back end of this roster, and one ankle may end up mattering more than the final score. The facts The Dallas Mavericks lost to the New Orleans Pelicans 101-97 on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at AAC in their first domestic preseason game, per NBC DFW. Dallas is now 1-2 in the exhibition schedule. Cooper Flagg, Kyrie Irving, Morez Johnson Jr. and Daniel Gafford did not play. Also out were Santi Aldama (knee surgery), Dereck Lively II (foot surgery), Marcus Sasser (adductor) and Jett Howard (illness). P.J. Washington and Naji Marshall each played under 20 minutes and combined for eight points. Sergio de Larrea had 10 points, six assists and four rebounds in 30 minutes, per NBC DFW. Center Moussa Cisse, who started with Gafford, Lively and Johnson unavailable, left ...

By Jake "Star" Whitfield , RF Sports Radio Cowboys voice Cowboys Nation, the defense called its own meeting. No coaches at the front of the room, just players who watched Tampa Bay run for 241 yards and decided the conversation could not wait. The only question that matters now is whether that talk shows up on the grass at Lambeau Field. The facts After the loss to the Buccaneers, in which Dallas allowed 241 rushing yards, the Cowboys' defense held a players-only meeting , per Pro Football Network and SI. Head coach Brian Schottenheimer applauded the meeting, per SI's Cowboys coverage on Oct. 15. Not everyone loved how it played out: Mike Tomlin criticized the fact that meetings like this become public, per Pro Football Network. It comes in the same week Dallas added Mike Pettine as a senior defensive assistant to support first-year defensive coordinator Christian Parker. The personnel response is taking shape too. Schottenheimer said first-round pick Malachi...