Vikings lose Jamal Adams for the season; Lynx clinch a playoff spot

August 18, 2026 · 31 sources

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Tough break for the Vikings: Veteran defender Jamal Adams will miss the entire 2026 season after injuring his right knee in Saturday's 13-10 preseason win over the Giants.
Lynx are playoff-bound: Minnesota, Las Vegas, and Golden State are the first teams to clinch spots in the 2026 WNBA playoffs.
Scottie Scheffler is lapping the field again: Golf's world-beater won the FedEx St. Jude Championship by eight shots Sunday to open the PGA Tour postseason.
College football is back (almost): The first AP Top 25 poll of the season dropped Monday — Ohio State is No. 1, Oregon No. 2.
Lakers soap opera: Jeanie Buss is publicly disputing her family's reported sale of its ownership stake to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger.

The Vikings beat the Giants 13-10 in a preseason game Saturday (preseason = exhibition games that don't count in the standings, but injuries definitely count). The win came at a real cost: veteran defender Jamal Adams hurt his right knee and will miss the whole 2026 season.
Good news across the hallway: the Lynx have officially clinched a spot in the 2026 WNBA playoffs, joining Las Vegas and Golden State as the first teams to punch tickets. More teams will qualify over the coming weeks.
Quiet day for the Twins, Wolves, and Wild — no news to pass along.

Preseason Week 1 is in the books, and CBS Sports singled out a few quarterback disappointments: Shedeur Sanders, Tua Tagovailoa, and rookie Quinn Ewers. Translation: shaky debuts, but it's early.
CBS also played the "overreaction or reality?" game with the week's hottest takes — including whether Tennessee has a problem with second-year QB Cam Ward, and whether San Francisco found a Rookie of the Year candidate at wide receiver.
The Bears are signing former first-round pick Marcus Davenport to bolster a pass rush that struggled last season — a low-risk gamble, per CBS, with Chicago also reportedly eyeing a bigger trade.
Injury roundup: Saints rookie receiver Jordyn Tyson is out roughly two months with a hamstring injury, while Giants star receiver Malik Nabers — working back from a torn ACL — returned to team drills and said his soul has "come back to life."
For the trivia-inclined: ESPN kicked off its Super Bowl countdown by ranking the 16 best teams ever to fall short of the big game.

The Lakers story everyone's talking about isn't on the court: Jeanie Buss is disputing her family's sale of its 17.8% ownership stake to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger — a deal that would end her role as the team's governor (its official league representative) and close a family era.
In other league drama: the NBA has found no evidence that Clippers owner Steve Ballmer funneled money through team sponsors to pay Kawhi Leonard, according to ESPN's sources. The league also pushed back on a Monday report, calling it riddled with "numerous and significant inaccuracies."
WNBA watch: the New York Liberty climbed two spots in ESPN's power rankings and are hunting a top-four playoff seed. Monday's lone game is Dallas at Golden State — a possible playoff preview.

The Padres have new owners: MLB owners unanimously approved the sale, and the incoming group — led by Jose E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones — says it wants to "bring a World Series championship to San Diego."
Fun long-shot storyline from ESPN: could this be the year of an all-Chicago Cubs–White Sox World Series? It hasn't happened since 1906, and ESPN says it's still highly unlikely — but this may be the best chance in generations.
Two gems for baseball romantics: ESPN unearthed never-seen video of Ted Williams talking hitting (with Joey Votto providing modern commentary), and a story on why ballparks are louder than ever — by design. You're not old; it really is the music.

The preseason AP Top 25 is out, and it's a Big Ten party at the top: Ohio State No. 1, Oregon No. 2. The SEC placed five teams in the top 10, led by No. 3 Georgia and No. 5 Texas.
CBS Sports has thoughts: it argues Texas is sitting too low at No. 5 and that No. 14 USC is highly overrated. Polls are opinions with numbers attached.
Oregon QB Dante Moore skipped this year's NFL draft for "unfinished business" — and says less social media and more golf is his mental-health strategy for a title run.
ESPN's season preview highlights two chaos engines to watch: Lane Kiffin facing his old Ole Miss program, and Year 2 of Bill Belichick coaching college ball.

Scheffler's eight-shot romp at the FedEx St. Jude Championship opened golf's three-event postseason, and the field gets no breather — the BMW Championship, playoff event No. 2, is this week.
UFC 330 fallout: champion Islam Makhachev has two hungry contenders chasing him, and CBS says one deserves the shot more. Also, cornerman Din Thomas apologized for announcing his retirement from coaching fighters after Gillian Robertson's loss — a call he now calls "irresponsible."
Soccer: the new Premier League season is nearly here, and ESPN ranked the top 50 players to watch. Stateside, Sam Kerr keeps scoring in the NWSL and made CBS's Team of the Week alongside Denver's rising Ayo Oke. Champions League qualifying also resumes this week.