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TORONTO — It may be too early to panic, but itâ€s not too early to shrug.

Stop us if youâ€ve heard this before: The Toronto Maple Leafs just played Game 7, and it did not go so great.

On paper, a 3-3-1 start with a minus-1 goal differential and middle-of-the-pack divisional standing isnâ€t cause for alarm.

But it would be difficult to endure a viewing of Tuesdayâ€s home game against the best opponent the Leafs will face in their first 15 games of a soft early-season schedule and not walk away with a gut feeling: Maybe this team just doesnâ€t have it.

Itâ€s one thing to lose 5-2 to Sheldon Keefeâ€s speedy, organized and detailed New Jersey Devils squad; itâ€s another to routinely blow first-period leads, get caved in territorially, and have your fans cheer loudest for the baseball highlights on the Jumbotron.

Captain Auston Matthews lamented the “roller coaster of consistency†that has marred the first two weeks of the season and, on this night, encouraged locals to flee their seats before a smattering of red caps hit the ice in honour of visitor Jack Hughes†hat trick — and Keefeâ€s first taste of victory against the organization that fired him.

Roller Coaster of Consistency could serve as the memoir of this once-promising era of Leafs hockey, which appears at risk of going out with a whimper unless these on-ice strangers get on the same page.

Since training camp, coach Craig Berubeâ€s forward lines have been half-cooked strings of spaghetti thrown at the whiteboard. Nothingâ€s sticking.

On Tuesday, the coach benched prospect Easton Cowan, whoâ€s in need of “a reset,†and promoted playmaker Max Domi to Matthews†top line.

Keefe, youâ€ll recall, was the first coach to throw Domi on Matthews†wing, and the good pals clicked down the stretch of 2023-24.

“Well, I know Max will be excited,†Keefe said pre-game, upon learning of his opponentâ€s lineup. “Auston really enjoyed that connection when those guys were matched together. I like the line. I like the look of it.â€

Keefeâ€s like may have grown to love Tuesday, as the Matthew Knies–Matthews–Domi line got outscored 1-0, outshot 6-2, and out-chanced 9-1 by his Devils through 40 minutes.

Berube abandoned the combo, as he has so many others.

Through seven games, Berube has cycled Domi, Cowan, Matias Maccelli, Calle Järnkrok, and nuclear option William Nylander on Matthews†right wing.

The coach is running out of ingredients to chuck into his top-line blender. And if Matthews and Knies arenâ€t dominating, the Leafs have no chance against true contenders.

“Early on in the season, I thought they were getting their opportunities and looking pretty good. Now, itâ€s obviously not good enough. I donâ€t feel like they have any sustained pressure in the offensive zone. It’s one and done, theyâ€re out,†Berube said.

Matthews has depended on one all-star right winger for the bulk of his career. Developing fresh chemistry takes time, no?

“It could be,†Berube said. “But Iâ€m getting tired of it, to be honest with you.â€

More tiresome are the Maple Leafs†horrid second periods, momentum killers in which they are now minus-7.

Berube didnâ€t do himself any favours by challenging Hughes’ first goal for goalie interference. A questionable decision at best, and one that failed to result in an overturned goal.

“(Screener Ondrej Palat) is in the blue paint, and our goalie, he couldnâ€t get position,†Berube explained. “Itâ€s always tricky. Itâ€s always 50/50. It is what it is.â€

The Devils took the lead by striking on Torontoâ€s ensuing delay-of-game penalty and never looked back. They doubled their lead on a 4-on-1(!) rush goal, piling three in three minutes and 21 seconds and jumping all over a team prone to turnovers.

“Weâ€re still just a little too sloppy,†John Tavares said. “We have to be smarter with the puck and the way we’re managing the game. And a team like that, with the way they can skate and how quick they are in transition, obviously it really hurt us. And then weâ€re chasing it.

“We talk about checking and grinding and the things that we want to make part of our identity and that we do well, build on some of those things that we brought into our game last year. So, we havenâ€t gotten to that consistently enough.â€

But itâ€s not only the forward lines that seem out of sorts.

The veteran blue line was noticeably slow. (To be fair, they were also shorthanded, as Chris Tanev left midway with an upper-body injury.) And rush chances were far too frequent.

“Our D are just standing in there, jumping in there, not reading whatâ€s coming at them. Weâ€re late sometimes with our reloads, and one of the biggest things is turnovers,†Berube critiqued. “We got to be smarter. Our D gotta be smarter. They gotta make a play. They canâ€t be going all out.â€

If the Devils present the closest thing to an early measuring-stick, the Maple Leafs came up short — and slow.

Is speed a concern for the NHLâ€s sixth-oldest roster?

“When we play the right way and we play direct, we look fast. But when we want to not play that way, we look slow. I think that’s really what it boils down to,†Berube said.

“Is there teams that have more speed in our team? Yeah, there is. But at the same time, thatâ€s why we talk about playing predictable and direct, so you can look fast.â€

Mercifully, the Maple Leafs†next six opponents are all non-playoff teams: Buffalo twice, Calgary, Columbus, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. Theyâ€ve been granted a soft schedule to right the ship.

But they need more hands on deck.

The new recruits have yet to pop, and the familiar heroes are riding the â€coaster.

“Thereâ€s a lot of guys that played a good hockey game tonight. They did a lot of good things,†Berube said.

“But we donâ€t have enough of them. And if we donâ€t have everybody going and on the same page and doing the right things, thatâ€s what weâ€re going to look like.â€

A scary — but possibly premature — thought here: Maybe this is all they have.

Maybe this is who they are.

•Tanev will possibly miss time with an upper-body injury after a knock with Dawson Mercer. The shutdown D-man was also favouring his previously injured right shoulder Saturday.

“Hopefully heâ€s all right. Heâ€s a huge part of our back end,†Tavares said. “He does so many things well that donâ€t always get a lot of attention. And his hockey IQ, his awareness, his defending, even his puck play, his reads are exceptional. Hopefully, itâ€s nothing too serious.â€

• Morgan Riellyâ€s biggest takeaway from his five-and-a-half seasons skating for Keefe: “How he looks at the game is unique. He has a really high IQ, feels like, in how he looks at the game from an offensive standpoint. And he was a pretty creative guy when it came to O-zone play. But I liked playing for him. He was a good communicator.â€

The Leafs enjoyed their most productive season over the past 35 years under Keefe, scoring 315 goals in 2022-23.

• Matthews returned the favour Tuesday, walking into the Maple Leafs†Game 7 wearing a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. jersey.

“Vladdy coming in in Austonâ€s jersey, what a great moment for this city and for Auston and for the Leafs — and for hockey, for that matter,†said Keefe, whose family still lives in Toronto. “For that to all come together, itâ€s outstanding.â€

A Brampton, Ont., native, Keefe said Mondayâ€s ALCS clincher, which he watched with his own sons in Toronto, whisked him back to boyhood.

Keefe was about 13, the same as his youngest son, Wyatt, when Joe Carter touched â€em all, and he got to attend Jose Bautistaâ€s bat flip game when he coached the Marlies.

“Iâ€m sure thereâ€s countless stories like that, those connections,†he smiled. “Itâ€s a great day to wake up in Toronto, isnâ€t it?â€

• The wild adventures of Nylander through seven games: 11 assists, two goals, two public callouts, zero 5-on-5 goals, one OT hero moment, one OT goat moment.

• Good news: Injured fourth-line centre Scott Laughton (foot) is no longer in a walking boot.

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Pat Murphy’s son answers reporter’s questions at NLCS

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Ishan Kishan (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan played a commanding innings to rescue his team from a precarious position, scoring a statement century as the visitors reached 307 for six against Tamil Nadu on day one of the Ranji Trophy season on Wednesday. Kishan, who has lost his place in the Indian side across formats, remained unbeaten on 125 off 183 balls, sharing a crucial unbroken partnership of 150 runs for the seventh wicket with Sahil Raj, who was batting on 64 at stumps.Jharkhand had been struggling and looked in danger of being bowled out for under 200, but the Kishan-Raj stand steadied the innings. For Tamil Nadu, left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh took the early wicket and finished with three scalps, while left-arm spinner DT Chandrasekar, making his Ranji return after a decade, chipped in with two wickets.At the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, defending champions Vidarbha put up a solid total against Nagaland, closing day one at 302 for three. Opener Aman Mokhade anchored the innings with an unbeaten 148, while Dhruv Shorey made 64, and Yash Rathod was unbeaten on 66.In Kanpur, Andhra got off to a strong start against Uttar Pradesh, with opener and wicket-keeper batter KS Bharat scoring a patient 144 off 244 balls, including 13 fours. Number three Shaik Rasheed complemented Bharat with an unbeaten 94, giving Andhra a strong platform at stumps.

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A former WWE Superstar answered Mercedes Monéâ€s open challenge for the TBS Championship on AEW Dynamite.

Mercedes Moné put her TBS Championship on the line in an open challenge during this weekâ€s special Title Tuesday edition of Dynamite. Answering the challenge was none other than Lacey Lane, formerly known as Kayden Carter in WWE.

The commentary team noted that Lane made her AEW Dynamite debut by stepping up to the challenge. She had previously competed for Ring of Honor during a taping held in September.

Lacey Lane is best known for her time in WWE as one-half of the tag team Kayden Carter and Katana Chance. The duo previously held the NXT Womenâ€s Tag Team Championship, as well as the WWE Womenâ€s Tag Team Championship.

Carter and Chance were released as part of WWE roster cuts in May. Reacting to her exit, Lane thanked WWE management, her colleagues, and fans, noting that it wasnâ€t the end for her career. Her no-compete clause expired on August 1, 2025.

Catch up on everything happening on AEW Dynamite here.

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What did you make of Mercedes Monéâ€s open challenge tonight? Who did you think the opponent was going to be? Let us know your overall thoughts by sounding off in the comment section below.

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FRIDAY FOOTBALL QUIZEpisode 82

If you’ve never seen the Friday Football Quiz before, firstly where have you been all this time!? And secondly welcome along: we’d explain the format but a 20-question football quiz about the beautiful game – past and present – is pretty self-explanatory, we reckon.

Not that’s it’s easy… if you get 15 or more, we recommend you tell us in the comments, as we’ll be dead impressed. Good luck!

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First, let’s put your long-term memory to work. Test your knowledge of Premier League royalty by naming the 34 players with 100+ Premier League goals. Then, see if you can recall the history of shock results by naming the last 100 clubs to defeat the Premier League champions.

Next, we pivot to global commerce and unique identity. How many of Barcelona’s 40 most expensive players ever (a list loaded with world-record fees) can you name? Following that transfer spree, challenge yourself to name every Premier League player to have been the only one of his nationality to play in the league.

Finally, here is your weekend assignment. Get out the pencil and paper to conquer FourFourTwo’s Weekend Crossword 20, featuring clues on Red clubs, Red Bull clubs, and redemption stories. Sign up for the newsletter for more, ‘n’ all!

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Colorado head coach Deion Sanders had a good laugh about how son Shedeur answered questions regarding his spot in the depth chart after the Cleveland Browns benched starter Joe Flacco.

Shedeur remains the third-stringer behind new QB1 Dillon Gabriel and Flacco. How does he feel about that? Well, it’s anybody’s guess because he didn’t actually say anything Wednesday.

Deion seemingly approved, posting “Good 1 son” in an Instagram comment.

Shedeur’s approach was seemingly a nod to ESPN analyst and former NFL head coach Rex Ryan. During Monday’s edition of Get Up, Ryan said the rookie “talks” and “runs his mouth.”

Ryan took particular issue with Sanders saying last week he’s better than some of the starting quarterbacks in the league right now.

Sanders is in a tough position because he creates news whenever he speaks publicly. And as Wednesday showed, he can spark headlines even when he doesn’t vocalize anything.

All of this is a good example of why so many teams balked at picking the former Colorado star in the 2025 NFL draft.

Maybe he proves to be a capable starting-caliber QB in the pros. For now, he’s commanding more attention than just about any third-string quarterback in recent memory.

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It’s Ryder Cup week, and if you happen to be a casual fan just dropping in for the festivities that take place for three days every two years, you might have questions. No worries, we have answers.

With the 45th Ryder Cup about to kick off at Bethpage Black, here are 10 answers to 10 questions you might have been wondering.

OK, what, exactly, is the Ryder Cup?

The Ryder Cup is an event that pits the 12 best professional U.S. players vs. the 12 best European pros in a three-day match-play showdown once every two years. It was first played in 1927 as the U.S. vs. Great Britain, took a lengthy break during World War II and, since 1979, has been the U.S. vs. Europe.

Ah, so like the top-ranked guys get to play?

Not exactly. Players earn points via their finishes throughout the two-year cycle, and the top six players earn automatic spots. The teams are filled out with six captain’s picks.

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Wait, this thing has captains?

You bet. Keegan Bradley leads the U.S. team, while Luke Donald leads Europe for the second Ryder Cup in a row. The captains can pick whomever they want, although they rarely stray too far off what the points standings tell them.

So this isn’t like a real tournament or a major, but I still should care, right?

Yes! The Ryder Cup is right up there in the major category in terms of hype or anticipation. It’s a team event, which makes it different, but it’s one of the marquee dates on the golf schedule. It’s also a unique format you don’t get to see the top players in the world compete in often, which is kind of fun. And since players are competing as members of teams and for their countries, it’s more juiced than a normal stroke-play event. Winning a major is big for a player’s career resume, but so is being a member of a Ryder Cup team (especially a winning one), and most players aren’t guaranteed to play in many of these.

OK, so when does it start?

The 45th Ryder Cup is Friday to Sunday (Sept. 26-28) at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y.

And how does it work again?

Good question. There are 28 matches total. In foursomes (alternate shot), players pair up and, well, alternate shots. Lowest score on the hole wins. In four-ball, players play their own ball but use the lowest score on a hole. You can tie, too, and then essentially nothing happens. The team with the most holes won wins their match and earns a point, and a tie in the match is a half point. Sunday, the finale, is reserved for 12 singles matches to decide the outcome. First team to 14.5 points wins the thing. Below is the rundown. All times ET.

Friday foursomes:

7:10 a.m. — Match 1
7:26 a.m. — Match 2
7:42 a.m. — Match 3
7:58 a.m. — Match 4

Friday four-ball:

12:25 p.m. — Match 5
12:41 p.m. — Match 6
12:57 p.m. — Match 7
1:13 p.m. — Match 8

Saturday foursomes:

7:10 a.m. — Match 9
7:26 a.m. — Match 10
7:42 a.m. — Match 11
7:58 a.m. — Match 12

Saturday four-ball:

12:25 p.m. — Match 13
12:41 p.m. — Match 14
12:57 p.m. — Match 15
1:13 p.m. — Match 16

Sunday singles:

12:02 p.m. — First of 12 singles match (11-minute intervals )

Great! And how do I watch it?

Friday, Sept. 26: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. ET (USA)
Saturday, Sept. 27: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. ET (NBC)
Sunday, Sept. 28: 12-6 p.m. ET (NBC)

Can those LIV guys play in the Ryder Cup?

Yes, although it’s harder for them to earn points since LIV events do not hand out World Ranking or Ryder Cup points. That said, Bryson DeChambeau still qualified for the U.S. team, while Tyrrell Hatton qualified for the Europeans and Jon Rahm was chosen as a captain’s pick.

Is Tiger Woods playing?

No.

Who will win?

Ah, a good question to end on. Here’s the thing — winning a Ryder Cup as the road team is one of the hardest things to do in all of sports. And don’t take it from me; that’s something Rory McIlroy has said. The last time the away team won was in 2012, when the Europeans came from behind on Sunday to win on U.S. soil. The five Ryder Cups since then have been won by the home team, including the last meeting, when Europe cruised to a 16.5-11.5 victory in Rome two years ago. Will the home-field advantage continue this year? We’ll find out Sunday.

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