Happy Friday, everyone! Congrats on making it through another week. There's a weekend full of football as your reward.Let's get right to it. Good morning to everyone but especially to... SERIE A FANSWelcome back, Serie A! The top Italian soccer league begins this weekend, and you can .Last year's title race wasn't decided until the last day, when AC Milan claimed their first league title since 2010-11. Our Serie A expert Francesco Porzio says ; his is Juventus.Porzio: Be sure to check out Francesco's outlooks for , ,and . Honorable mentionsThe beat the , 4-2, in .Duane Brown with the Jets.Tom Izzo and Michigan State agreed to .Congrats toJames Whiteon. And not such a good morning for...THE Yes, they didn't play last night, but the dog days of summer are here and they're . Since the All-Star Break, the Yankees are:7-13 (tied for 23rd in )2-6 in Sam Steel Women Jersey games decided by one run (down from 19-11 prior to the break)Scoring 4.7 runs per game (down from 5.4 before the break, which was best in MLB)Pitching to a 4.36 team ERA (24th in MLB).Are the Bronx Bombers just slogging through the summer, or are there bigger i sues? , says MLB expert Mike Axisa.Axisa: This is a really good look into the, and whether they can turn things around. As Mike points out, "it's important to note they still have a 10-game lead in the AL East and also a 10-game lead for a Wild Card Series bye. At the start of this 22-25 stretch, they had a 12-game lead." This weekend could provide a perfect turnaround opportunity against the struggling . Boston is running out of time to get into the playoff race. The Yankees could start their turnaround by pushing their arch rivals further out of things... or they could stay mired in their slump as the stretch run nears.Not so honorable mentionsTom Brady won't return to the Buccaneers due to "some personal things."Mercury guard Skylar Diggins-Smith is due to a personal matter.NBA retires No. 6 in honor of Bill Ru sell The is giving Bill Ru sell's No. 6 special treatment: the number will be tired. Ru sell, who , is the first NBA player to have his number retired league-wide.Other J.T. Brown Jersey players to have their number retired in major North American sports include Jackie Robinson (No. 42) and Wayne Gretzky (No. 99).Ru sell, an 11-time NBA champion, was also noted for his impact off the court. In Cam Fowler Kids Jersey 1966, he became the first Black head coach in major American sports, and he was known for his activism regarding social and racial i sues throughout his life. On the court, his is truly incredible.Current NBA players wearing No. 6 -- including LeBron James --do not need to change numbers if they don't want to. However, no player will be i sued a No. 6 jersey going forward.The NBA also plans to add commemorative patches on the right shoulder of every jersey for the 2022-23 season, and every court will have a clover-shaped logo with the No. 6 inside of it on the sideline.James is the most notable of the active players who wear No. 6, but he's far from the only one. is 16 players deep, and that includes five who were born in the 2000s and could end up being the last NBA player to wear No. 6 ever: Kenneth Lofton Jr. (born Aug. 14, 2002)Jaylin Williams (born June 29, 2002)Keon Johnson (born March 10, 2002)Kenyon Martin Jr. (Jan. 6, 2001)Quentin Grimes (May 8, 2000)There's yet another team that's caught Kevin Durant's eye Another day, another Kevin Durant rumor. The Nets superstar reportedly views the 76ers as aIf you remember yesterday's newsletter, this report comes on the heels of reports saying he also views the Celtics as a The Celtics actually ; it's not known if the 76ers have done the same, but there appears to be at least some mutual interest. , according to our NBA reporter Michael Kaskey-Blomain.Kaskey-Blomain: Preseason bowl projections: Who's making the College Football Playoff? Ah yes, the preseason. When hope springs eternal, every team's lo s column is blank, and bowl projections are the perfect thing to get us fans excited. That's right, , and I would love to see his prediction for the Playoff field turn out to be true. Peach Bowl: (1) Alabama vs. (4) OklahomaFiesta Bowl Patrick Eaves Kids Jersey : (2) Ohio State vs. (3) GeorgiaAlabama looking to get back atop the college football mountain after melting down late in last year's championship game? Ohio State back after a down year? Georgia trying to repeat? Oklahoma making it le s than a year after Lincoln Riley departed for USC? Sign me up for that.Speaking of USC, Jerry is bullish on the Trojans. He projects them to playCincinnatiin the Cotton Bowl. You can see Jerry's CFP and New Year's Six predictions and his projections for every single bowl game .What we' Brandon Montour Jersey re watching this weekend We're watching and all weekend on Paramount+.Friday Falcons at Lions, 6 p.m. on NFL Network Liberty at Dream, 7:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network Packers at 49ers, 8:30 p.m. on NFL Network Storm at Lynx, 9 p.m. on ESPN 2 Saturday Chiefs at Bears, 1 p.m. on NFL Network Colts at Bills, 4 p.m. on NFL Network Seahawks at Steelers, 7 p.m. on NFL Network Yankees at Red Sox, 7:15 p.m. on FOX Cowboys at Broncos, 9 p.m. on NFL NetworkSunday Lynx at Sun, 1 p.m. on ABC Storm at Aces, 3 p.m. on ABC Vikings at Raiders, 4:25 p.m. on NFL Network Yankees at Red Sox, 7 p.m. on ESPN St. Jude Championship Final Round, 3 p.m. on NBC