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NEW DELHI: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has joined the debate surrounding Dhruv Jurel’s red-hot form and his potential inclusion in India’s playing XI for the upcoming Test series against South Africa, starting November 14 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Ganguly, speaking at an event, praised the young wicketkeeper-batter’s purple patch but admitted that breaking into India’s settled Test line-up will be a challenge.“He’s playing well, isn’t he? Rishabh is back and I don’t know what the selectors are thinking. Basically, the spots are taken — two openers, (Shubman) Gill at four, Pant at five, KL (Rahul), (Ravindra) Jadeja are there. Players have performed. How easy will it be to open up a slot for Dhruv Jurel at this stage, I wouldn’t know,†Ganguly said.

No off days as captain Shubman Gill, coach Gautam Gambhir arrive in Kolkata for Test series

“But it depends on whom they want to send at No. 3 — whether they want to go with Sai Sudharsan, or bring in our in-form Dhruv in. We’ll find out.â€The 24-year-old Jurel has made headlines with back-to-back centuries against South Africa A in Bengaluru, making a compelling case for selection. His remarkable consistency in red-ball cricket — over 1,000 runs in nine matches at an average above 80 — has turned him into one of India’s most promising batting talents.

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The former skipper also tipped India as overwhelming favourites at home, highlighting the team’s formidable spin attack and recent form.“Because India’s spin attack is very good. And this young team went to England three months ago and played exceptionally well. It was a fantastic series — exceptional performances by Gill, Yashasvi (Jaiswal), Rahul, Pant. India are a bundle of talent,†Ganguly said.The two-match Test series will conclude in Guwahati from November 22 to 26, followed by a three-match ODI series.With Rishabh Pant returning from injury and Jurel in scintillating touch, the Indian selectors now face a happy headache — a contest between stability and form.

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The most talked-about tournament in golf at the moment has nothing to do with the PGA Tour or LIV. Instead, it’s an online spectacle featuring dozens of the game’s biggest influencers. The tournament was filmed months ago and is currently being released one episode at a time on YouTube.

“Golf is this incredible vehicle for entertainment,” Barstool Sports “Fore Play” podcast host Sam “Riggs” Bozoian said on this week’s episode of Subpar. “That’s why YouTube golf exists. It’s not just to see good golf shots.”

Case in point: The above-mentioned Internet Invitational, a made-for-You-Tube tournament hosted by Barstool Sports and Bob Does Sports, which features 48 personalities competing for a $1 million grand prize. The tournament has been an immediate hit, racking up millions of views online as soon as each episode posts — despite the fact that the episodes are lengthy, with Episode 1 clocking in at nearly four hours long.

Part of the tournament’s allure? A villain’s sudden emergence in Episode 1. (GOLF’s Dylan Dether provided an excellent breakdown of the situation here, but in short: competitor Luke Kwon missed his tee time, which upset his teammates, and Kwon exhibited zero remorse. Shocking!)

‘Internet Invitational’ produces jaw-dropping villain — and millions of views

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Dylan Dethier

What does Bozoian, who captained one of the Internet Invitational teams, make of the reaction to Kwon? He shared his take with Subpar hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz in studio.

“It’s funny because when we were looking back, after we finished, we’re all happy. We all thought it went well,” Bozoian said. “We all thought the drama was crazy. And looking back, I didn’t even think about the Luke Kwon situation. That’s how many other things happened and like, how good it gets. It didn’t even occur to me.

“I was the captain of the opposing team, so I was already happy that he slept in and I already said thank you to him, but I would go up to him again and be like, the best thing that happened was you sleeping in,” he continued. “It took over the internet. It sucks for him. And, like kind of a crazy amount of piling on for someone that just slept in. So I honestly feel bad for Luke Kwon to a degree, and he could have handled it better afterwards.

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“We all could handle sh– better in our whole lives, so whatever. But for him to then go to like, this super villain because he just like slept in and then wasn’t overly apologetic, it’s like probably not worth how much sh– he’s gotten.”

Bozoian said the criticism Kwon received often comes with the territory when Barstool is involved.

“We will call you out for your bullsh–,” he said. “We will hold everybody accountable and people will like, gravitate towards conflict. It’s sort of how Barstool operates.”

In the photo above, the lie is so preposterous, it looks like a prank. It isn’t.

It actually occurred in a recent tournament in which a friend of the Etiquetteist was competing.

Talk about bad luck. Stripe a drive down the fairway, and your ball not in a divot hole but on the divot itself.

Not fair, right? But life’s not always fair. And neither is golf.

Sometimes, you get what you get and you’re not entitled to get upset. At least, you’re not entitled to do anything about it. The guidelines of the game make this clear. Under Rule 9.1a, a “ball at rest on the course must be played as it lies,” except when the Rules allow for relief.

In the case of a dislodged tuft of turf, relief is not permitted.

The same is true if your ball settles in a divot. Bad lie? Too bad. Some people think that rule should change. Among them: Bernhard Langer. In a 2022 interview with GOLF.com, the Ageless One argued that “we should be dropping out of divots” because “divots are made by us.”

The former longtime broadcaster Peter Kostis takes a similar stance.

“If a sand-filled divot isn’t ground under repair,” he once said, “then I don’t know what those words mean.”

The counter-argument holds that changing the rule to allow for relief from divots would lead the game down a slippery slope. What, exactly, qualifies as a divot? On this matter, the thinking goes, certain golfers would be bound disagree. In just a matter of time, players would be seeking relief for the slightest imperfections. And from there, anarchy!

The Etiquetteist agrees. He believes the rule should remain as is. But that doesn’t mean it should apply in every round we play.

To borrow from Bobby Jones, there is tournament golf and regular golf, and they are not at all the same. Nor should they be treated identically. In regular golf, with our friends, we should do our best to play by the rules. But when plainly ridiculous scenarios arise — like, for instance, the lie in the photo above — and there’s no need to protect the field; reason should prevail.

Might there be disagreements on what counts as ridiculous? Sure, there might. But in most cases, golfers playing in a casual match are capable of coming to a consensus. And when they can’t, they bring to the argument to the bar after the round, which is entertaining in itself.

If you’re dead-set on avoiding those types of disputes, your best bet is to establish the conditions of your match before you start. Make it explicit on the first tee that no matter what happens, no matter how absurdly bad a lie you draw, you are going to play it as it lies.

That, too, has potential benefits, as you never know what might happen next. You might wind up with a memorable story.

That’s what happened to the guy the Etiquetteist mentioned up top. Abiding by the rules, he played his approach from the loose toupee of turf and knocked it on the green from 185 yards out.

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With it only being October, it would seem a little too soon to be thinking about WrestleMania 42 plans. That’s not the case for one Dave Meltzer, however, who is already looking six months ahead to WWE’s marquee event, particularly when it comes to what may be in the cards for two of WWE’s top stars, Roman Reigns and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins.

The WrestleMania discussion for Reigns and Rollins came up on Tuesday’s edition of “Wrestling Observer Radio,” as Meltzer and co-host Bryan Alvarez discussed the upcoming Australian Street Fight between Reigns and Rollins’ stablemate Bronson Reed this weekend at Crown Jewel. While Alvarez believed there was a chance Reed could win in his home country, Meltzer was more skeptical, largely because he sees WWE looking towards Rollins vs. Reigns as the big match.

“I think that they’re building towards Rollins and Reigns,” Meltzer said. “They’re definitely…there’s no Roman Reigns-Seth Rollins match before, at the earliest, January. And I doubt January, because I’m sure they’ll both be in the Royal Rumble. So, you know, I think it’s probably WrestleMania, just as a guess.”

Rollins and Reigns fought each at WrestleMania 41 this year in a three way match that also involved CM Punk, which saw Paul Heyman screw over Reigns and Punk to help Rollins win, leading to the creation of The Vision. While Reigns has continued to feud with The Vision since, he has mostly faced off against Reed and Bron Breakker. Rollins meanwhile has seen his focus primarily on Punk and more recently Cody Rhodes, who he’ll face for the Crown Jewel Championship this weekend.

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit “Wrestling Observer Radio” and provide a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription

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Welcome to our weekly PGA Tour gambling-tips column, featuring picks from GOLF.com’s expert prognosticator, Brady Kannon. A seasoned golf bettor and commentator, Kannon is a host and regular guest on SportsGrid, a syndicated audio network devoted to sports and sports betting, and is a golf betting analyst for CBS Sportsline. You can follow Brady on Twitter at@LasVegasGolfer, and you can read his picks below for the 2025 Ryder Cup, which gets underway Friday at Bethpage Black in New York.

Everybody’s working for the weekend. How about this? Come Sunday, we’ll have the final and decisive day of the 45th Ryder Cup taking place at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. We will have Week 4 of the NFL season unfolding, including a game taking place on Team Europe’s side of the globe, in Dublin, Ireland. And we have the final day of the 2025 MLB regular season happening, determining division winners and wildcards for the postseason. That is one heck of a Sunday Funday.

I can share with you that I have tickets to win the pennant on the Mariners, Yankees, Phillies, and Mets. I can say that I believe the 49ers will beat the Jaguars on Sunday afternoon. But we are back here, as always, to focus on golf, and I do indeed have a few predictions on just what might happen at the highly anticipated biennial competition known as the Ryder Cup.

U.S. Team — Captain: Keegan Bradley

Sam Burns
Patrick Cantlay
Bryson DeChambeau
Harris English
Ben Griffin
Russell Henley
Collin Morikawa
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
J.J. Spaun
Justin Thomas
Cameron Young

Team Europe — Captain: Luke Donald

Ludvig Aberg
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Tyrrell Hatton
Rasmus Hojgaard
Viktor Hovland
Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre
Rory McIlroy
Jon Rahm
Justin Rose
Sepp Straka

The Ryder Cup begins on Friday. Two-person teams from the U.S. will be matched against two-person teams from Europe. Both foursomes (alternate shot) and four-balls (best ball) formats will be played for the first two days with both morning and afternoon sessions. Sunday is reserved for one-on-one singles matches only. A full point is earned for a match won. Half a point is earned for each side in a match that ends in a tie. As the defending champion, Europe retains the trophy is the entire event ends in a tie. You can bet on this being the end result at roughly 12-1.

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Sean Zak

The Ryder Cup has been dominated by the home team in recent years. The United States won 19-9 at Whistling Straits in 2021 and Europe won two years ago in Rome 16.5-11.5. The last time the visiting side triumphed was at Medinah Country Club, not far outside of Chicago, in 2012. Team Europe staged a massive comeback that Sunday to win 14.5 to 13.5.

I’m not sure it will be that close this time around, but I don’t believe it will be a blowout either. Every member of the European side has prior Ryder Cup experience. Seven of the 12 players representing Team Europe played in the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black — that is more than the five that were there for the U.S. side. There are four Ryder Cup rookies on the U.S. team: Griffin, Henley, Spaun, and Young. Being from the area however, Cameron Young has played this course several times, probably more than anyone on either team.

The general plan in recent Ryder Cups played on American soil has been to set up the courses to cater to the bombers. Bethpage Black is absolutely a beast of a golf course that favors the bigger hitters but here in 2025, I believe you can argue that the European side is longer off the tee overall. Given the experience and current form, I believe the European roster is better overall. Going back to the FedExCup Playoffs, both Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood are recent winners on Tour and Rory McIlroy just won the Irish Open. Two weeks ago at the BMW Championship at Wentworth, Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Viktor Hovland all finished top 5. Of course, Scottie Scheffler, Ben Griffin, and J.J. Spaun just finished first, second, and sixth, respectively, at the Procore Championship in Napa. The New York crowd will be a factor for sure and I do believe the United States is justified in being the favorite to win, but I do feel the price is a bit high.

I mentioned that I feel this competition will be close. Taking a possible tie out of the equation, I would make the U.S. around -140 or -145 to win the Ryder Cup with Europe being around a +120 or +125 underdog. Seeing a current offering of Europe around +170 to win, looks like good value to me.

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James Colgan

Las Vegas native and Hall of Fame bookmaker, Nick Bogdanovich, who is now the Director of Trading at Boomer’s Sportsbooks in Nevada, is seeing this play out similarly to the way I do.

“This one figures to be a thriller. The European squad is definitely better but USA wants this one bad. They’re triple-focused,” said Bogdanovich.

He went on to add this interesting note. “Keegan Bradley stepping aside and not playing is really good karma. I think they (United States) win somehow, someway.”

The consensus seems to be that this will be close. Yes, +170 is probably good value on Europe to win — but will they?

I am going to treat it this way and make a bet on each side.

Team Europe to Win by 1-3 Points (+400)

Team USA to Win by 1-3 Points (+350)

If we are correct in figuring this to be a closely fought battle, then we turn a profit. If we do get a thriller and one of our tickets cashes, that would be my ideal scenario. Then I can rejoice and start worrying about the 49ers, Mets, Phillies, Mariners, and Yankees.

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