Drew Brees, NHL Contract Rush and Betting Ban Push

Yesterday in Sports recaps a loaded Tuesday across Major League Baseball, the NFL, NHL, NBA, soccer and world athletics, beginning with another major night in the MLB playoff races involving the Brewers, Cubs, Braves, Phillies, Dodgers, Guardians, White Sox, Yankees, Astros, Rangers and Blue Jays.

Chris Horwedel also covers an unprecedented joint push from the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS and NHL seeking lifetime betting bans for people who threaten or severely harass athletes, coaches, officials or their families.

In the NFL, an extraordinary report involving Drew Brees and Denver’s quarterback situation resurfaces, while the Jets deal with injuries to Minkah Fitzpatrick and Omar Cooper Jr. and add veteran receiver Sterling Shepard.

The NHL dominates the transaction wire with major contracts for Drake Batherson, Ryan Leonard, Justin Sourdif, Cutter Gauthier, Luke Evangelista, Alex Newhook and Arber Xhekaj, while Connor Bedard receives a major new leadership role in Chicago.

NBA coverage includes the Knicks adding John Konchar, while soccer features Arsenal-Ipswich, Liverpool-Tottenham, Fulham-West Ham, Inter Miami’s new manager and another milestone for 16-year-old Max Dowman.

Finally, Nairobi lands a historic World Athletics hosting assignment.

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