Quick Hits

• The Vikings are in the QB rumor mill. The Philadelphia Eagles released veteran quarterback Andy Dalton, and CBS Sports lists Minnesota (along with Tennessee) among his possible landing spots. Nothing is done — it's just the start of "where will he sign" season.
• The WNBA Finals are set, and it's a historic matchup. The Atlanta Dream swept the New York Liberty, and the Golden State Valkyries — a team that didn't exist two years ago — swept the defending champion Las Vegas Aces.
• Big NFL names are hurt. Per CBS Sports' Week 5 injury report, the Eagles will be without stars Saquon Barkley and DeVonta Smith on Sunday in London, while Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is questionable.
• Winner-take-all baseball today. The White Sox and Guardians play a decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series on Saturday.
• NASCAR remembered Kyle Busch. The racing community gathered Friday night in Charlotte to celebrate the late driver's life.

Minnesota Teams

A quiet day on the local front, with one exception: CBS Sports reports the Eagles have released quarterback Andy Dalton, and the outlet names the Vikings — along with the Titans — as possible landing spots for the 30-something veteran (a "landing spot" being sports-speak for his next team). No signing is imminent as far as anyone's reporting; file this under "worth watching" rather than "breaking news."

NFL

The big on-field story is injuries: Philadelphia running back Saquon Barkley and receiver DeVonta Smith are officially out for Sunday's game against the Jaguars in London, per CBS Sports, and Chicago's Caleb Williams is questionable. The Eagles-Jaguars game is one of the weekend's marquee matchups, along with Colts-Steelers in Pittsburgh — a game CBS says should have a playoff-type feel. The week kicked off Thursday night in Arlington with Dak Prescott's Cowboys hosting a winless Buccaneers team. Meanwhile, CBS's latest rankings of all 32 teams put the 49ers in the elite tier and keep the Rams near the top despite a slow start.

NBA

It's all WNBA right now, and it's genuinely worth knowing about:

• The Finals matchup: Atlanta Dream vs. Golden State Valkyries, starting soon — and neither franchise has ever won a title.
• The Dream finished a sweep of the Liberty with an 85-83 road win in Game 3 (Angel Reese scored 22), reaching the Finals for the first time since 2013.
• The Valkyries, in only their second season of existence, upset the reigning champion Aces 87-77 in overtime to close out their sweep — the fastest an expansion team (basically, a brand-new franchise) has ever reached the Finals.
• The Aces' star A'ja Wilson won a record fifth MVP award before that game but skipped the trophy ceremony to focus on the matchup — it wasn't enough to save her team's season.

MLB

The White Sox and Guardians meet Saturday in a winner-take-all Game 5 of their American League Division Series (a "sweep" of a different kind is off the table — one of them advances, the other goes home). Off the field, ESPN reports MLB has proposed shortening the regular season from 162 to 154 games starting in 2029 and expanding the Division Series to best-of-seven, in ongoing bargaining with the players' union — a fairly big deal for how the sport's calendar could look.

NHL

Hockey's back in full swing: ESPN previews a massive Saturday slate of 14 games, running from 1 p.m. ET all the way to a pair of 10 p.m. starts. ESPN also published its first regular-season Power Rankings of the 2026-27 season, paired with its Top 100 player list — a decent cheat sheet if you want to sound informed at brunch.

College Sports

The headliner is Saturday's Red River Rivalry — the annual Texas-Oklahoma showdown, and this year it features the No. 1-ranked Longhorns. Beyond that, Week 6 is loaded with ranked matchups; the action began Friday night with undefeated BYU hosting Iowa State in Big 12 play.

Other Sports

• NASCAR: More than 10,000 fans and the racing community gathered at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night for a celebration of life for Kyle Busch, where his 11-year-old son honored his dad with a burnout — ESPN described it as an uplifting ceremony.
• Soccer: ESPN re-ranked all 20 Premier League teams, poking at Arsenal's "fatal flaw" and Chelsea's rough start, while a separate ESPN piece asks whether the epic Manchester City-Liverpool rivalry of the Klopp-Guardiola years was "all a sham" in light of the cheating scandal.