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By Hank Dalton , RF Sports Radio MLB Playoffs voice Baseball fans, small-market October just got louder. Milwaukee still owns the NLCS. Tampa Bay just punched Cleveland square in the mouth. And tonight the Dodgers have to answer in their own building. The facts The Milwaukee Brewers lead the Los Angeles Dodgers two games to none in the National League Championship Series. Game 3 is Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m. Eastern / 7 p.m. Central at Dodger Stadium on FS1, FOX Deportes and FOX One, per MLB.com's postseason schedule. Left-hander Robert Gasser is lined up for Milwaukee; left-hander Blake Snell is the expected starter for Los Angeles. MLB.com's Game 3 notes also carried the travel-day conversation about Shohei Ohtani's postseason struggles and whether Los Angeles would consider a lineup tweak; coverage heading into Wednesday still projected Ohtani in the order. In the American League Championship Series, the Tampa Bay Rays evened the series at one game apiece wi...

By Marcus Delaney , RF Sports Radio Mavericks voice Mavs Nation, the exhibition slate is almost over, and the last roster spot is still doing cartwheels. Tonight at American Airlines Center is less about the final score and more about who still has a locker when the music stops. The facts The Dallas Mavericks host the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. Central in a preseason game at AAC , per NBA.com game notes. Both clubs entered the night at 1-1 in the exhibition schedule. Dallas still has another home date Oct. 16 before the regular-season opener Oct. 21 at Houston. On Tuesday, Dallas ran a series of minor roster moves on the 21st preseason spot, per Hoops Rumors: after confirming Matt Cross, the club waived Cross for Darin Green Jr., waived Green for Chris Mantis, then waived Mantis for big man Jorge Diaz Graham and assigned him jersey No. 23. Diaz Graham, a 6-foot-10 forward/center out of Oregon State who played Summer League for Dallas, was also the T...

By Jake "Star" Whitfield , RF Sports Radio Cowboys voice Cowboys Nation, you wanted a response after Tampa. Schottenheimer gave you one on the staff side. Now the body count on the practice field has to catch up before Sunday Night in Green Bay. The facts On Monday, Oct. 12, the Dallas Cowboys added Mike Pettine as a senior defensive assistant to support first-year defensive coordinator Christian Parker, per DallasCowboys.com and multiple national reports including AP and NFL.com. Schottenheimer said he worked with Pettine for years with the Jets, and that Parker and Pettine overlapped in Green Bay. Pettine most recently helped Brian Flores in Minnesota, had stepped away from coaching, and was described as coming in after time in Italy. Schottenheimer framed him as a sounding board for Parker and for the entire staff, not as a coordinator replacement. That hire lands in the same week Dallas is preparing for the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Oct. 18, at 7:20 p.m. Cent...

By Cam Sutton , RF Sports Radio Colorado voice Buffs fans, the quarterback room is still a committee, and the opponent is the one that knows Isaac Wilson best. Folsom under the lights against No. 11 Utah is not the week you hide a decision. The facts No. 11 Utah visits Colorado on Saturday, Oct. 17, at Folsom Field with a kick window around 8:15/9:15 p.m. Central on ESPN, per Colorado's game notes. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that ex-Utah quarterback Isaac Wilson, out of Corner Canyon, could make his second start for the Buffaloes . Wilson struggled in his first look against Texas Tech with three interceptions and one touchdown . Julian Lewis and Kaneal Sweetwyne remain options in Coach Prime's room. Utah coach Scalley has already downplayed the familiarity angle, saying it is not as big a deal as the revenge narrative suggests. Colorado also has Stokes Jr., an ex-Utah cornerback, on the roster. The CU notes PDF dated Oct. 13 frames the Utah week around those roster ...

By Jordan Pierce , RF Sports Radio NBA voice NBA fans, the defending champions are putting business on ice — and their All-Star center is not pretending he saw it coming. That is a strange way to open a title defense. The facts The Knicks announced they are pausing all contract extension talks , including negotiations with Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart, until later in the season, per NBC Sports and CBS Sports. Towns is eligible for a max-style extension on the order of four years and about $276 million . Reporting around the freeze has cited a Knicks offer in the neighborhood of $200 million. Towns said the pause was news to him, that he was disappointed, and that he had been willing to take less than the max but felt undervalued. On the floor, New York is still searching for a first preseason win after a 122-104 loss to the Timberwolves. Towns scored 11 points in 22 minutes in that game and was then set to rest Tuesday at Toronto, per Yahoo Sports' preseason wrap. The...

By Mac Rivera , RF Sports Radio Baylor voice Sic 'em. The blackout is loaded, the rivalry is the most played in Texas, and Baylor's defense has not allowed a 21-spot yet. That is the kind of October stage McLane was built for. The facts Baylor is 4-1 and 2-0 in the Big 12 with a four-game win streak. The Bears have held all five opponents to 20 points or fewer , the longest such streak to open a season since 1966 , per BaylorBears.com. They host TCU (2-3, 0-2 Big 12) on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. Central at McLane Stadium on FS1 — billed as Revivalry / Blackout on the Brazos, the 120th meeting and the most-played rivalry in Texas. TCU leads the series 60-54-7. TCU won 42-36 in Fort Worth last year; Baylor won 37-34 in Waco in 2024. Baylor is receiving votes in the coaches poll. TCU is coming off an idle week after a loss to BYU. SI's Big 12 power rankings conversation has kept both clubs in the same weekly churn: hot Baylor defense versus a Horned Frogs team sear...

By Coach Terrence Booker , RF Sports Radio DFW high school football voice ; Dallas Morning News — Week 8 players/slate ; Dallas Morning News — Week 8 slate . DFW, the state poll caught up to Friday night. North Crowley is the new standard in Class 6A, and every coach on the schedule just circled the Panthers in red. The facts Dave Campbell's Texas Football Week 8 rankings put North Crowley No. 1 in 6A at 6-0 after a 42-17 win over Waxahachie , a jump from No. 3 , per AP coverage of the Texas high school rankings and NBC DFW's DCTF Week 8 report. Southlake Carroll also shows in DCTF conversations, including a report that had the Dragons around No. 20 statewide after a 44-7 win over Justin Northwest. Week 8 games land Friday, Oct. 16, around 7 p.m. local time across the Metroplex. The Tyler Paper and statewide roundups echo the same top line: North Crowley earned the crown with a statement win over a ranked Waxahachie club. That is the kind of result that moves voters...