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Messi Nets Four in Miami Rout
Lionel Messi scored four goals and added an assist as Inter Miami crushed CF Montréal 7-1 on Saturday night, his first four-goal MLS game. Free kicks at the 40th minute and in stoppage time bookended a 52nd-minute weave and an 83rd- minute chip, lifting him to the Golden Boot lead with 18 goals after starting the day two behind Petar Musa. Casemiro headed the opener for his first Miami goal; Messi then set up Luis Suárez before teen rookie Alexander Shaw added another. Miami's six unanswered goals after a 1-1 first half sealed a franchise- record scoring night and a first league win since late July. At 39, Messi's poker plus highlight-reel finishes dominate soccer timelines and highlight-clip culture worldwide.
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Messi’s Poker Ends Miami Drought
Lionel Messi scored four goals as Inter Miami thrashed CF Montréal 7-1 on Saturday, Yahoo Sports reports, lifting him to 17 goals and the MLS Golden Boot lead ahead of FC Dallas’ Petar Musa. Two strikes were free kicks: a 40th-minute curler mishandled by Montréal’s defense restored the lead, and a stoppage-time free kick cleared the wall into the right side of the net. Early in the second half he powered through traffic; in the 83rd he chipped goalkeeper Thomas Gillier. It was Messi’s first four-goal MLS haul after hat tricks versus New England (2024) and Nashville (2025). Miami’s seven goals set a franchise single- game record and snapped a winless MLS run since July 25. The Herons have 56 regular-season goals but trail Eastern Conference leaders Nashville by 10 points. MARCA notes Casemiro’s first club goal, Messi’s assist to Luis Suárez, and teen Alexander Shaw’s late long-range strike in the rout.
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Hrgovic Stuns Itauma For IBF Belt
Filip Hrgovic stopped 21-year-old Moses Itauma at 2:27 of round nine Saturday at London's sold-out O2 Arena, taking the vacant IBF heavyweight title and becoming Croatia's first world heavyweight champion. Itauma entered 14-0 with 12 knockouts, a 9-1 favorite chasing the second-youngest heavyweight belt after Mike Tyson. The Brit dropped 34-year-old Hrgovic (21-1, 16 KOs) in round two and won the early rounds, but had never been past six. A fifth-round uppercut landed flush; Hrgovic walked through it. Itauma emptied his tank in the eighth. In the ninth he was out on his feet; trainer Ben Davison threw in the towel as referee Howard Foster waved it off. Itauma left on a stretcher; promoter Frank Warren cited a late-round leg injury. Hrgovic, who said he had been "outboxed," told the ring: "I am the present. He is definitely the future."
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Steelers Dump First-Rounder On Cowboys
The Steelers traded 2023 first-round offensive tackle Broderick Jones and a 2027 fourth-round pick to the Cowboys for 2027 third- and sixth-round picks, first reported Saturday by Ian Rapoport, Mike Garafolo, and ESPN's Jeremy Fowler. Jones started 38 games in three seasons but never stuck; a 2025 neck injury required spinal fusion and ended that year early. Pittsburgh declined his fifth- year option, moved Troy Fautanu to left tackle, and drafted Max Iheanachor in the first round this spring. Jones played 140 preseason snaps after being cleared, a tell that Pittsburgh was shopping him ahead of Sunday's 6 p.m. ET cut deadline. Dallas needs tackle insurance behind Tyler Guyton and Terence Steele after shaky camps from Drew Shelton and Nate Thomas. Albert Breer said Jones will compete at right tackle pending a physical. The Cowboys cut receiver Denzel Mims to make room. It is the second straight year Dallas raided Pittsburgh, after the 2025 George Pickens deal. Sports Illustrated graded Dallas C+ and Pittsburgh B+.
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Belichick Silences Critics With Dublin Upset
Bill Belichick opened Year 2 at North Carolina with a 15-10 win over TCU in the rain at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, revenge after last year's 48-14 Labor Day blowout that started a 4-8 debut. New quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. threw for 232 yards. TCU led 10-3 after two drives and never scored again, going scoreless on its last eight possessions. The Tar Heels took a 12-10 halftime lead on a safety when a punt snap sailed over John Hoyet Chance's head — UNC's first Power Four halftime lead of the Belichick era. Two late fourth-down stops inside the 10 sealed it: Jeremy Payne stuffed on fourth-and-1 from the 5, then Jaden Craig incompleted on fourth-and-2 from the 10. Belichick, 74, called defense while Steve Belichick is on medical leave. The ESPN broadcast barely mentioned Jordon Hudson. "I'm just happy for the players," Belichick said. TCU had scored 30-plus in 10 straight openers. Critics get a two-week pause before East Tennessee State.
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Angels Blow Ninth After Robbing Homer
The Angels took a 3-1 lead into the ninth Friday at Angel Stadium with a 96.5% win probability after Luis Arraez's leadoff groundout — then tied a record that dates to at least 1900. Closer Ben Joyce hit Alec Bohm and walked Justin Crawford. Bryson Stott crushed a full-count fastball that Statcast said would have been a homer in 26 of 30 parks; Wade Meckler robbed it at the short right- field wall. Joyce then wild-pitched and walked J.T. Realmuto to load the bases. Manager Kurt Suzuki called for lefty Sammy Peralta to face Brandon Marsh; Don Mattingly pinch-hit righty Edmundo Sosa, who launched a 404-foot grand slam — his first — flipping win probability from 85.6% Angels to 91.4% Phillies. Philadelphia won 5-3. CBS Sports Research says the 2026 Angels now have 11 losses after taking a ninth-inning lead, tying the 2012 Brewers and 1978 Mets. The AL-worst Angels fell to 52-83; the 75-60 Phillies tightened their wild-card hold.