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Oct 15, 2025, 09:55 AM ET

NEW DELHI — Rory McIlroy has expressed a desire to be the European Ryder Cup captain one day — but not until “the mid-2030s.”

McIlroy is playing his first tournament in India this week as he returns to competitive action after helping Europe retain the Ryder Cup by beating the United States in New York last month.

The 36-year-old Northern Irishman has played in the last eight Ryder Cups and, as the world No. 2 and current Masters champion, figures he’ll be in the team for a few more — not least in Ireland in 2027.

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But he said Wednesday that sometime in the future he wants to lead the team as the captain rather than as its star player.

“Absolutely, I would love to be a captain one day, and I feel very fortunate that I’ve had a front-row seat playing under some of the best captains in history in the Ryder Cup,” McIlroy said, name-checking Paul McGinley — the winning 2014 skipper — and Luke Donald, who led Europe in the last two matches.

“But,” he added, “I’d say not until the mid-2030s, hopefully, if I can keep playing well.”

McIlroy was on the end of a barrage of abuse from American spectators at Bethpage Black and occasionally gave it back to them in a febrile atmosphere that ended up being the subplot of the week.

He thinks that’s a shame, especially since Europe went on to become the first team to win an away Ryder Cup since 2012.

“Just over the last two weeks, being able to watch the highlights and just see, especially those first two days, in the foursomes and the four-balls how good [the] European team were,” McIlroy said. “The Americans would hit it close; we hit it closer. The Americans hole a putt, and we hole a putt on top, [and] it happened every single time.

“The unfortunate thing is people aren’t remembering that and they are remembering the week for the wrong reason. I would like to shift the narrative and focus on how good the European team were and how proud I was to be part of that team to win an away Ryder Cup.”

McIlroy also said he has been keen to play in India for some time as he seeks to make his schedule “more international.” In November, he’ll play in Abu Dhabi and at the European tour’s season-closing tournament in Dubai, and then at the Australian Open in December.

“I think over the last few years, I’ve enjoyed it even more — I’ve enjoyed the travel,” he said. “I’ve enjoyed getting to play in front of people that I’ve never played in front of before.”

As a self-confessed cricket “sicko,” McIlroy said he was disappointed he wouldn’t be able to squeeze in attending a match in India’s favorite sport during his trip.

“I’d love to come back and do that,” he said.

Welcome to I Tried It, a GOLF.com series about golf items — apparel, gear, accessories, etc. — that we’ve recently taken out for a spin. We’re here to give our honest, no-frills takes on the latest and greatest golf or golf-adjacent items. So, scroll down to read about what we love about golf’s newest (or new to us) products.

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I’ve got a confession to make: Over the last several golf seasons, I’ve gotten lazy. I used to be someone who walked almost every time I played. Rain or shine, hot or cold, I was hoofing it. But for the last few years, I’ve slowly reverted to a cart golfer.

The comforts of a buggy are difficult to argue. Having a place to store all of your belongings is a huge plus, and getting off your feet between shots is always nice. That’s to say nothing of the shade the roof affords you on those hot summer days. Suffice to say, the siren song of the golf cart has been impossible for me to ignore. I’m not proud of it, but I’m glad I’ve finally gotten it off my chest.

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Thankfully, I’m now on the road to recovery — and that’s in no small part thanks to the new Sun Mountain Eclipse E-1.5 bag.

When approached with the opportunity to test their newest line of bags, I had one request: I want the lightest one possible. Suffice to say, the E-1.5 delivered.

At just 3.4 pounds, this bag is light as a feather. The Cordura Nylon Ripstop material is extremely lightweight, but at the same time offers durability and water resistance. And despite its light weight, the bag has plenty of pockets for storage, including a magnetic pocket for easy access to your rangefinder during the round.

Since putting this bag in play, I’ve fallen in love with walking the course again. No longer do I dread schlepping the fairways with my clubs in tow. Thanks to the lightweight design of the E-1.5, sometimes I forget I’ve even got my clubs on my back.

If you’re a golfer that’s serious about walking — or wants to become a walker — give this bag a shot. There aren’t many better lightweight options.

Sun Mountain Eclipse E-1.5 Stand Bag

New for Fall 2025 – The Eclipse 1.5 is a lightweight, full-featured golf bag designed for ultimate convenience on the course – made from ultra-durable Cordura Ripstop. It features a spacious apparel pocket and two velour-lined compartments, including one perfectly sized for a rangefinder. Lightweight, durable, and full-featured, the Eclipse 1.5 is made for the carry golfer.

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While appearing on Stephanie McMahon’s “What’s Your Story?” podcast, former WWE Champion Big E recalled the outpouring of love he received after breaking his neck.

The injury happened during a WWE SmackDown match in 2022 and — at least to this point — has proven to be a career-ending one. Though it’s been more than three years since he was last able to wrestle, Big E has not dwelled on the negativity of the situation, instead choosing to focus on how happy he is in life and how grateful he is that his injury was not worse than it was. He feels great physically despite not being cleared to compete.

Mindfulness and meditation are two things that have changed Big E’s life for the better — and they were crucial tools in his injury recovery. Instead of feeling like life was falling apart, he was able to focus on gratitude. Just being able to walk seemed like a gift after he had come so close to being paralyzed.

A strong support system also helped Big E get through the injury. It took him days to get back to everyone who reached out, and so many fans sent him their support as well. Friends sent him ‘Seinfeld’ memorabilia and mindfulness books to help boost his morale during the recovery.

“In that moment, I didn’t think about all the things I didn’t have. I was just so grateful for all the things I did have,” Big E said. “The fact that I wasn’t paralyzed. I had friends. And the amount of love, man, I can go on and on about — it took me three days to get back to all the texts, all the phone calls. And I’m just on my phone the whole time trying to get back to everyone. But in that moment, it wasn’t about what I lost. It was, ‘My God, what an incredible support system I have.’

“Thank God for the friends I’ve cultivated. So many of the incredible fans that I wasn’t able to get back to who reached out with so much love. And people can talk about how toxic the internet can be, how toxic wrestling fans can be — and I’m not dismissing elements of that, that certainly exists — but I saw so much love, and it made me feel so good.

“I had so many incredible people. ‘Seinfeld’ is my favorite show, and I had just so many people send me — Mustafa Ali sent me a ‘Seinfeld’ Lego set of Jerry’s apartment. So I played with Lego since I was a kid, but it was great. I was just like in my house, excited to wake up every day and start putting together Jerry’s apartment with this Lego set. I had people send me like ‘Seinfeld’ comforters and scripts.â€

Still with WWE after the injury, Big E has transitioned to a role that includes hosting PLE pre-shows and post-shows. He’s also pursued other interests like voicing a character in the Disney+ series “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.”

Big E announced his engagement to Kris Yim — the sister of WWE wrestler Michin — earlier this year.

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LOS ANGELES — The loud booing by angry Philadelphia Phillies fans at their home ballpark likely drowned out similar noise Bryce Harper was making.

The Phillies slugger has a single and three strikeouts in the NL Division Series, which Philadelphia trails 2-0 against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

“I love our fans. I boo myself when I get out,” Harper said Tuesday.

Game 3 is Wednesday at Dodger Stadium, with the Phillies facing elimination in the best-of-five series.

“I will probably get booed tomorrow night, too,” Harper said.

He didn’t agree that a change of venue — away from their frustrated fan base — is a good thing for the slumping Phillies.

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“We’ve got some of the best fans in baseball and they make me play better, so I enjoy it,” Harper said. “They show up for us every day. They spend their hard-earned dollar to come watch us play; they expect greatness out of us and I expect greatness out of myself and my teammates as well.”

Third baseman Nick Castellanos came up big in a wild ninth inning that nearly saw the Phillies steal a win Monday. The fan reaction whipsawed between huge cheers and deafening boos in the 4-3 loss.

“I think that the stadium is alive on both sides, right?” Castellanos said. “When the game is going good, it’s wind at our back, but when the game is not going good, it’s wind in our face. The environment can be with us, and the environment can be against us.”

Harper was glad to be in sunny Los Angeles, not far from his hometown of Las Vegas where he was a Dodgers fan.

He became a father for the fourth time last week, when his wife, Kayla, gave birth to a son.

“I’ve got an incredible wife, man. She pushed that thing out in three pushes and 30 seconds,” Harper said. “She’s an absolute monster doing it. Women. Man, what a breed. I’m serious, it’s an incredible thing. Being able to hold your son for the first time is something. It’s one of the greatest moments of my life.”

The couple now has two boys, Krew and Hayes, and two girls, Brooklyn and Kamryn, all of whom are age 6 and under.

Harper said he loves baseball but his family means the most.

“I definitely miss them right now,” he said.

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Ange Postecoglou came out fighting as speculation over his future at Nottingham Forest intensified after a 2-0 Premier League defeat at Newcastle.

The Forest boss has won none of his first seven games since taking over the City Ground hotseat and rumours suggest he could face showdown talks with owner Evangelos Marinakis just weeks into his reign.

However, Postecoglou was in defiant mood as he faced the media at St James’ Park.

Asked if his self-belief had been dented by a difficult start at Forest, he said: “I started in Australia when I was 32 years old in semi-professional football and I’m here in the Premier League at the age of 60. Do you reckon I lack self-belief or don’t like a fight?

Ange Postecoglou has failed to win any of his first seven matches in charge at Nottingham Forest. Stu Forster/Getty Images

“I didn’t get here because of my connections. In fact, I’ve picked fights. I have, even in the schoolyard. I’ve picked fights with people who I knew would beat me up. That’s the kind of person I am, so that’s fine.”

He added: “If people want to make an assessment of me after three and a half weeks in which I’ve had six or seven games, there’s nothing I can do about that.

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“But at the same time, there’s nothing wrong with things being tough. That’s okay. I’ll say it a million times, I did have an option. I could have been sitting on the couch watching the game today and not be in the middle of it.

“I love a fight. So it’s a fight, so it’s a struggle — so what? That’s ok. Now, if people outside don’t think I’m the right person, or even internally don’t think I am, it makes no difference for me.”

Forest were commendably well-organised on Tyneside and frustrated the hosts until 13 minutes into the second half when Bruno Guimarães fired past Matz Sels from distance with the visitors appealing in vain for a foul on Morgan Gibbs-White by Dan Burn in the run-up.

Postecoglou said: “Look, I think it’s just the world we’ve created where referees I just don’t think are going to make those decisions anymore, particularly against the home side. They’re going to let it run and let VAR pick the slack up.”

Thereafter, the Magpies threatened to add to their tally at regular intervals, but had to wait until six minutes from time for Nick Woltemade to extend their advantage from the penalty spot.

Nick Woltemade scored from the spot to give Newcastle a 2-0 lead. Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images

Head coach Eddie Howe was delighted with his side’s performance and the result after Wednesday night’s 4-0 Champions League victory at Union St.-Gilloise.

Howe said: “[It was] a huge win for us, huge, huge. The players have done really well this week to recover from the Arsenal game in the way that they have and the speed to put that game to the back of our minds and to re-focus on two hugely important games.

“In the Champions League to get our season going in that competition and then the importance of the Premier League, it’s such an important competition for us.

“We maintained very good standards the last few years. We needed to maintain them, so at home I thought it was vital we won today.”

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Few players in English football are able to boast of winning eight league titles at their current club, but that’s just the situation Millie Bright finds herself in at Chelsea.

The 32-year-old joined the Blues in 2014 and has been front and centre during the club’s current golden age which has seen them dominate the domestic game over the past decade.

Chesterfield-born Bright began her career at Doncaster Belles, but when she was 19, they were demoted from the WSL to make way for Manchester City, a situation that still rankles with her.

“[‘It was] really tough,” Bright tells FourFourTwo. “We had to play a whole season knowing that we were relegated. The decision was nothing to do with the football on the pitch – City came in and that was that. Chelsea moved in for me just as we got relegated, but I turned them down at first, not because I wasn’t grateful, but because I didn’t feel ready and needed some more playing time at Doncaster.

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I love tag team wrestling. The added rules, different pace, chaos that can happen, and the stories that can be told are just a few of the things I love about it. Itâ€s sometimes difficult, though, to let myself be a fan of tag team wrestling. Itâ€s often the forgotten division.

There have been times where tag team wrestling was super hot. The Attitude Era known for the original TLC match, but also had a division full of teams like the APA, Too Cool, and the New Age Outlaws who werenâ€t a part of that match who are all legendary tag teams. In the ’80s, the Midnight Express, Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, and The Fantastics would often travel between territories while you could watch the WWF and see the Rockers, Nasty Boys, Hart Foundation, and British Bulldogs. Today, Smackdown seems to be the tag team brand, even holding the tremendous TLC match that happened near – but probably should have been on – WrestleMania.

One brand that has often been most consistent in featuring tag teams has been TNA. When founding the company, Jeff Jarrett had the belief that wrestling was a three-ring circus where there was a different type of act in different segments. You have your main event, and that where the stars and the drama are. This is usually the main reason tickets are sold.

Before that, you have the acts that are more niche. A TNA PPV in the formative years would feature something crazy from the X-Division, often multi-person, to start the show with lots of energy. Youâ€d also have a womenâ€s match, a hardcore match, a comedy match, and some type of secondary singles match not over a championship. There was also always a slot to feature their tag teams.

Not only top level teams would be formed while there like Americaâ€s Most Wanted and The Motor City Machine Guns, but legendary tag teams would do some of their best work there, including two teams set to face off at Bound For Glory. There is a lot of wrestling on television, and I am very limited on both time and funds to spend on wrestling, but this promo sold at least one more ticket on Impact that night.

These really are two of the absolute best teams with bodies of work thatâ€s gone through four decades, often interacting with each other. The respect these men had for their teammates and opponents and the want to cement their legacies has me excited and I couldnâ€t miss Bound for Glory this year.

Not only did it sell a ticket, that promo made me stop to think about my favorite tag teams. Not a definitive top five list, as there is too much debate around this.

I would love to hear your top five teams, and look forward to posting this on the NerdstalgiaShop [ Facebook and letting you share yours with me.

Harlem Heat

I love a great brother tag team. The way they can know each other and how to work together when the teams are often comprised of green wrestlers is very helpful. Teams are a great way to break in, giving some sense of a net in that you can take a breather if overwhelmed in front of a crowd when starting, and what better partner than someone youâ€ve either known your whole life or for at least their entire life.

Booker T and Stevie Ray stood out. Big guys who were brothers who sounded legitimately like they ran in tough neighborhoods growing up, because they did. Legitimacy is too often missing in todayâ€s wrestling. The promos were engaging, the entrance song was fire, and they were incredible in the ring.

Stevie Ray was the larger of the two and was the powerhouse. Heâ€d be the one to throw around smaller opponents or step up when against a larger man in a team. He was the protective big brother that many big brothers could identify with, and little bothers could look up to when a babyface was someone who took care of his family.

Booker was the star from the start. He was flashier and was looking for the pops with his break dance comeback that would be christened the Spinaroonie. The Harlem Hangover, a forward flip into a leg drop from the top rope, was always a memorable finisher.

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

Honestly, this is mostly about my love of “Double A.†Arn Anderson was a great tag wrestler whether he was paired with Tully, Bobby Eaton, Ole Anderson, or Larry Zbyszko. He was the fundamental tag team strategist. Watching him taught me early in my fandom about cutting off the ring, working body parts, and referee distractions becoming a heelâ€s advantage.

The partner he arguably had the most success with was Tully Blanchard. Both being in the Four Horsemen, they were a natural pairing since Ole, who Arn had usually paired up with, would no longer be an option. Not only being part of a massive run due to that group and touring with the Great American Bash and both being integral in War Games, but even took this team to the WWF, known there as The Brainbusters.

Itâ€s who many of the great teams point to as a major influence, including the embodiment of the team who wrestles today in AEW as FTR.

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Steiner Brothers

Another brother tag team and another ’90s WCW tag team. It’s hard to argue that these two do not belong. When I started watching, all I did was hear about Scott Steiner, as he was out with an injury. His brother Rick had collegiate style headgear on, so he was a mat wrestler, which I was also obsessed with, plus he hung out with Sting, which made them cool in my book. Iâ€d read about Scott in magazines and see him in old matches when Iâ€d rent an old PPV on VHS, so his comeback and getting back together with his brother to dominate the tag division was something I looked forward to.

Before I watched and before Scott wrestled professionally, Rick already had a solid career. Being a member of the Varsity Club with Kevin Sullivan and Mike Rotunda and his runs with the World TV Championship already made Scott a star just coming in as this guyâ€s brother. More legitimacy coming from a strong Michigan Wrestling background were some of the pavement that led to later stars such as Kurt Angle, Bobby Lashley, and Brock Lesnar. After their run, each would go into singles, and Iâ€d loved to have seen one last run as a team, but their work holds up to go back and revisit.

Dudley Boys/Team 3D

Through Busted Open Radio and LFG, Bubba Ray Dudley/Bully Ray has become one of my favorite people to listen to talk about wrestling. He has great insight and instinct. His years of playing multiple roles in many companies has really rounded him out to be one of the most brilliant wrestling minds not contributing to creative in any company. Knowing when to turn tough on, when to play a coward. His knowledge on timing and milking the situation.

Bubba has a reputation for being a loud and brash person, probably because he is. But heâ€s also often correct! He and D-Von took this act from a large comedy group and made people fear two men in fake horn-rimmed glasses and tie-dyed t-shirts. They took that team to main events of ECW, to the main stage of WrestleMania, and Madison Squre Garden for WWE. They also achieved success in TNA and All Japan as well, becoming the most decorated tag team in history. Just ask Bubba, heâ€ll tell you.

Iâ€ve also always appreciated the simple beauty of the make up of the team as well. A white, brash New York guy, and a black son of a preacher. Itâ€s barely talked about, which is maybe my favorite part. Unity.

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The Usos

You canâ€t get a more bookend of a tag team than twin brothers. Literally knowing each other their entire lives and growing up in a wrestling family set them up, and they did that family lineage proud.

Always exciting, even when the tag team division barely existed. They always made the most of the minutes given. Colorful ring gear, a move, or big moment would make them memorable for the fan watching, but never really developed who they were behind the characters.

Total Divas did a lot for The Usos’ careers. This was the first time seeing John Fatu, or Big Jim as we know him now. His playful banter with Naomi showed the wit, charm, and fun side of the Uso brother. After that, we started to see the loss of face paint. The brothers joined the Bloodline and cemented their spot.

Having actually sat through many seasons of Total Divas (if I can get my wife to watch anything wrestling, Iâ€m always in), and having my favorite matches of the year they wrestled being underrated tag matches between them and Goldust & Cody Rhodes, I was ecstatic the year they got to main event night one of WrestleMania against Kevin Owen & Sami Zayn. Not only for them, but for tag team wrestling.

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Pierre-Luc Dubois was a young player finding his NHL way.

Unlike the big centre’s time in junior, he quickly learned there was plenty of everything in pro locker rooms.

Stick tape? Take as much as you need. Chewing gum? Fill your pockets. Post-game protein shakes? Name a flavour. And among the many items on offer was something he hadn’t used before — smelling salts.

“It’s one of those things,” Dubois said. “When you come into the league … you grow a routine.”

The use of smelling salts is a routine the NFL tried to curb, even ever so slightly, back in August. The league announced it would bar teams from directly giving out ammonia-based inhalants to players, but fell short of banning the product outright.

Citing a U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning from 2024, the NFL pointed to a lack of evidence supporting the product’s safety or efficacy, along with the potential risk of masking concussions.

Smelling salts were originally developed to revive people who had fainted, but for years have been marketed to athletes seeking energy boosts or added alertness.

The small packets that snap open are also a common sight on NHL benches. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said recently there are no plans to change the league’s policy that allows teams to distribute smelling salts, but added it is being studied.

“I’m not sure we necessarily share the NFL’s concern,” Daly said at the recent NHL/NHLPA player media tour in Las Vegas when asked about the concussion element. “Certainly we’re aware of the fact that the (FDA) has issued warnings for use of the product … really on kind of false advertising basis that it does something that it doesn’t do, more than anything else.”

Hockey Quebec, the game’s governing body in that province, banned smelling salts in February after at least one coach was suspended in relation to the use of the inhalants by players in the under-11 age group, while Sport P.E.I. has also raised concerns.

Hockey Canada said in August that while the organization doesn’t have a policy for stimulant products such as ammonia-based smelling salts, “there are concerns with their use when not medically prescribed.”

“Hockey Canada will continue to work with our members to better understand the availability and use of ammonia-based smelling salts and other stimulant products with hockey players across the country,” the statement read.

The Professional Women’s Hockey League, meanwhile, went further back in the summer, stating since its inaugural 2023-24 season that “all teams have been directed not to supply smelling salts and to advise players that their use is strongly discouraged.”

Dubois, now a member of the Washington Capitals after stints with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Winnipeg Jets and Los Angeles Kings, said that although he doesn’t endorse anything when it comes to smelling salts, it’s his experience that they help “waking you up.”

“It just kind of stuck,” he explained. “It’s like, start of the game where, ‘OK, we’re having fun.’ And then right before the first faceoff, I do the smelling salts, and it’s just like, ‘OK.’ I click into, ‘This is game time.’

“I would never do them in a different context than hockey.”

St. Louis Blues centre Robert Thomas said that buzz right before puck drop hits the spot.

“You can feel the oxygen get through your whole body, and bring some excitement to let you think a little clearer,” he said before quickly adding, “That could just be how I feel sometimes. I don’t know the science behind it, but seems like it works. A lot of guys love it.”Â

Carolina Hurricanes winger Seth Jarvis isn’t convinced smelling salts have the impact some players believe.

“I think people exaggerate a little bit, but they do help,” he said. “Wakes you up, shocks your system a little bit. Kids shouldn’t be doing it, and it’s probably smart that they ban that. But I like them.

“Just the little jolt that gives you before a game.”

Chicago Blackhawks centre Connor Bedard said he tried smelling salts a couple of times in his 2024-25 rookie season.

“Startles you a little,” he said. “I don’t think they need to be banned. We’re adults. We can make our own decisions. If it’s bad for you, it’s bad for you.”

Florida Panthers winger Sam Reinhart, meanwhile, would be happy to see the end of smelling salts in the NHL — if only for purely selfish reasons.

“The only times I smell them is when someone has it beside me and I catch a whiff,” he said with a laugh. “I’d love it if they banned them.”

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Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill “would love” to stay with the team after he returns from a season-ending knee injury, per his agent Drew Rosenhaus, who relayed that information on a recent segment with WSVN 7News sports anchor Josh Moser (h/t Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald).

“We would love to get together with them after the season and figure something out that works for both sides and continue his career here in Miami. There’s no reason why we can’t,” Rosenhaus said.

“We will roll up our sleeves on our end. And if the Dolphins are willing, we will find a number that works for everyone.”

Hill suffered a dislocated left knee and multiple torn ligaments, including his ACL, during his team’s 27-21 home win over the New York Jets last Monday. The injury occurred after he caught a 10-yard pass from quarterback Tua Tagovailoa in the third quarter. Hill made the pass on the sideline, but his left leg got twisted as he was being tackled out-of-bounds. He was soon carted off the field.

The 31-year-old Hill has played 10 NFL seasons, including his last four with Miami. The eight-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro has amassed six 1,000-yard seasons. This year, Hill had 21 catches for 265 yards and a touchdown in three-and-a-half games.

Hill has played a major role in the team’s offensive success since he arrived via trade from the Kansas City Chiefs in 2022. He notably caught 234 passes for 3,509 yards and 20 touchdowns over the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

Hill has one more year remaining on a revised three-year, $90 million contract. Per Over the Cap, Miami could designate him as a post-June 1 cut and save $36 million on the salary cap, but the team would also amass $15.9 million in dead money.

Obviously, Hill wants to return to Miami, which is a switch from the end of last season, when he left his team’s season finale against the Jets early and alluded to wanting to leave postgame. However, Hill then told FanDuel TV’s Kay Adams then he wanted to head back to town.

“I do. I do. I don’t want to go nowhere,” he said, per NFL.com’s Kevin Patra. “I love it. My family loves it. Kids absolutely love being on the beach every morning. So it’s an amazing thing, man.

“We are really building something special in Miami. We made it to the playoffs the first two years. Obviously, this year was hard, but if guys continue to buy into what coach (Mike McDaniel) is building and the culture that he’s trying to build, it’s going to be a beautiful thing, man.”

For now, Hill’s health and recovery is of the utmost importance, and Rosenhaus provided a positive update after his client had surgery on Tuesday.

In the meantime, Miami forges ahead this season after getting its first win of the 2025 campaign on Monday. A road date with the Carolina Panthers is up next on Sunday.

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NEWARK, N.J. — Two of the Hughes brothers are now under long-term contracts with the New Jersey Devils, after defenseman Luke Hughes signed a seven-year contract extension this week and rejoined his superstar brother Jack at training camp Thursday.

Could Quinn Hughes, star defenseman with the Vancouver Canucks, join his brothers in the near future?

Ever since Canucks team president Jim Rutherford said last April that Quinn “wants to play with his brothers,” there’s been speculation about when and where that reunion might happen.

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Luke and Jack are now both under contract in New Jersey until 2030, while Quinn will be an unrestricted free agent after the 2026-27 season.

“I think the three of us would all love to play together someday. Whether it’ll happen or not, who knows? We’ll see,” Luke said Thursday. “But I know he loves Vancouver and he’s the captain there. We love being here. You never know. Never say never.”

Luke signed a 7-year, $63 million contract Wednesday that carries a $9 million annual cap hit. The 22-year-old defenseman is entering his fourth NHL season and has 93 points in 155 games, along with two assists in four playoff games.

Luke missed a chunk of training camp during contract talks with the Devils. Quinn Hughes also missed part of the 2021-22 preseason during free-agent contract talks with the Canucks before signing a 6-year, $47.1 million deal with Vancouver. Luke said Quinn offered his perspective as talks with the Devils continued.

“[He said] just stay patient and get what you want. As a family, we decided the deal and we’re really happy of the outcome and really excited to be here for the next seven years,” Luke said.

Jack said he didn’t have much advice to give his brother, given that he’d never been through a “hold out” like Luke had.

“I think it was important for him to get a deal that he’s really comfortable with,” Jack said. “I know he’s going to be ready to go for the season no matter what and you never want to miss time. But most importantly you need a deal you’re comfortable with.”

On top of missing a chunk of training camp, Luke’s preparation for this season was interrupted with his recovery from May shoulder surgery. Devils coach Sheldon Keefe said the team is taking that under consideration in working him back into the lineup.

Luke said he’s been “bag [skating] myself” back home, skating five times a week to get into playing shape. In his first day back in camp, he skated in two consecutive practice sessions to start making up for lost time.

“That is the climb. It’s a bit of a unique situation where not only has he missed camp, but he’s also coming off of a major shoulder surgery since he played last,” Keefe said. “So we want to make sure we give him the appropriate time. But he looks good. He’s been through all the medicals and testing that guys would normally go through at the beginning of camp, and he’s cleared.”

Keefe said he doesn’t see a reason why Luke won’t be ready for the Devils’ regular-season opener against the Carolina Hurricanes on Oct. 9.

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