Quick Hits

• The Vikings are still undefeated, and the league is finally taking them seriously. Per CBS Sports, betting markets are moving Minnesota's way ahead of its Week 8 (that's next weekend's round of games) NFC North showdown with Detroit. The catch: CBS also ran a piece asking whether a team with one of the NFL's worst offenses can win the Super Bowl — the defense is playing at a "historically dominant level," but there are reasons for skepticism.
• The NBA's first 50-point game of the season belongs to Luka Doncic — 52 points with eight three-pointers as the Lakers beat the Jazz 132-123 on Sunday. Los Angeles is now 3-0.
• The Brewers are two wins from the first World Series title in franchise history. Milwaukee took the first two games at home from Tampa Bay, and the series now shifts to the Rays' turf — where ESPN says Tampa's hopes rest largely on 23-year-old star Junior Caminero.
• The WNBA Finals are tied 2-2 after Golden State's Valkyries stole Game 4 in Atlanta while holding Dream star Angel Reese to just eight points. Bonus drama: if the series needs a Game 6 back in Atlanta, the arena is already booked by the NBA's Hawks that night, so the Dream are scrambling for a backup venue.
• Golf finishes on a Monday: weather wiped out the final round of the Bermuda Championship, forcing a rare playoff today (Monday) after just 54 holes. Austin Smotherman and Seamus Power are tied for the lead, with a U.S. Open spot and locked-in PGA Tour status on the line.

Minnesota Teams

It's all Vikings, all the time right now:

• Minnesota is still unbeaten heading into its biggest test yet: a Week 8 NFC North (their division) showdown with Detroit. CBS notes the early betting lines are finally giving the Vikings respect after weeks of doubt.
• The question of the moment, per CBS: can you win it all with one of the league's worst offenses? The 2015 Broncos — who rode an all-time-great defense and a shaky offense to a championship — are the blueprint, though CBS sees plenty of reasons this Vikings team might not follow it.
• And one nagging what-if: CBS's Week 7 "overreactions" column asks whether the Vikings chose the right quarterback — the same weekend J.J. McCarthy was busy lifting the Giants to a win (more below).

NFL

A quick Week 7 wrap from Sunday's games:

• Report card time, per CBS: the Falcons earned a solid 'A', while the Panthers flopped with a resounding 'F' — CBS even posed the question of whether that was the worst loss of the season so far.
• New York is a tale of two teams. The Giants are thriving behind running back Cam Skattebo and quarterback J.J. McCarthy — Skattebo got flagged for a rarely enforced penalty and says he'll keep seeking out contact anyway — while Jets coach Aaron Glenn's seat is heating up (translation: people are talking about his job).
• Fun fact from abroad: Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers — yes, still playing — became the first QB to play international games in three different countries in three straight years, and revealed the NFL once considered an entire week of overseas games.

NBA

• The WNBA Finals are the league's big story right now: Atlanta's Dream vs. Golden State's Valkyries, tied 2-2. The Valkyries won Game 4 on the road, holding Angel Reese to eight points and, as ESPN put it, taking home-court advantage back to "Ballhalla" — their nickname for their home floor. And if the series goes the distance, Atlanta has a genuine venue headache: the Hawks already have State Farm Arena booked for Thursday night, so the Dream are hunting for an alternate site for a potential Game 6.

MLB

• World Series, Brewers vs. Rays: Milwaukee is two wins from its first-ever title after winning the first two games at home, and the series now moves to Tampa Bay.
• The Brewers' not-so-secret weapon is reliever Aaron Ashby, a lefty riding a dominant scoreless postseason streak that, per CBS, has him on the verge of MLB history — as the star of what CBS calls the best bullpen in history.
• ESPN's early lessons from the series: strange errors, dominant relief pitching, and quiet bats on both sides. For the Rays, everything may hinge on Junior Caminero, the 23-year-old who's growing into a clubhouse-leader role.

NHL

• The Heritage Classic — the NHL's annual outdoor game — featured the Canadiens and Jets facing off at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg.
• ESPN flagged a five-game Sunday slate full of "revenge games" (players facing their former teams), with Kings-Rangers, Maple Leafs-Flames and Red Wings-Oilers among the matchups worth circling this week.

College Sports

• Texas got the win it badly needed, beating Ole Miss on Saturday night to snap a two-game skid and steady its College Football Playoff hopes behind quarterback Arch Manning (yes, of that Manning family). The cost was steep: left tackle Trevor Goosby, a projected top-10 pick in next year's NFL Draft, was carted off with a knee injury and is out for the season, per reports.

Other Sports

• UFC 333 went down Saturday, and CBS came away impressed on two fronts: Alexander Volkanovski "reminded" everyone of his greatness and Petr Yan turned in a masterclass — both making their cases as all-time greats of their weight classes.