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🤕 Five things to know Friday
Brock Purdy could miss up to five weeks. That’s the worst-case scenario for the 49ers quarterback, per NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport. Purdy is reportedly expected to miss at least two weeks, and potentially up to five, with a variant of turf toe. 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said that his signal-caller is a “long shot” to suit up for Sunday’s clash with the Saints. Mac Jones is in line to start in Purdy’s absence.The NCAA launched a sports betting investigation into 13 college basketball players. Student-athletes from Eastern Michigan, Temple, Arizona State, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T and Mississippi Valley State are under the NCAA’s microscope for allegedly “betting on and against their own teams” and committing other alleged infractions, including point shaving.NFL quarterback storylines are off the charts in Week 2. Joe Burrow defeated Trevor Lawrence in the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship Game. J.J. McCarthy won the title over Michael Penix Jr. two years ago. Both sets of quarterbacks will meet each other in the NFL this week in search of a repeat or revenge. But that’s not all. Matthew Stafford and Joe Flacco could both make history with wins. Only 10 quarterbacks have ever defeated 31 different teams, and they can join that exalted group with victories over the Titans and Ravens, respectively.Gotham FC are the biggest risers in this week’s NWSL Power Rankings. And the club’s improving form comes at a key juncture with the playoffs just over a month away. Rose Lavelle is healthy and Jaedyn Shaw is in via trade as Gotham FC moves onto the right side of the cut line. Check out the other moves in the latest power rankings.WNBA MVP votes are due Friday, and it’s a tight race.…..
