IOWA CITY Class of 2027 point guard Jaxson Davis is scheduled to visit Iowa mens basketball in September.Davis is a four-star prospect and ranked 41st nationally in the 2027 high school class, according to the 247Sports Composite. The two-time Gatorade Illinois Boys Basketball Player of the Year played his first three seasons of high school ball at Warren Township. His father, Brian, describes Davis as a throwback, old school point guard.From scoring, getting others involved, coaching the floor, defends, gets a key rebound, you need a key assist, a key steal when you need, Brian Davis said. Basically, all of that culminates to winning basketball. So thats why I see him as kind of a throwback point guard. A little bit different from the hybrid point guard thats out there today, scoring all these points.The diversity in Davis game was reflected in his numbers playing for MeanStreets on the Nike EYBL circuit this year. He averaged 15.1 points, 5.6 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 2.4 steals across 16 games.But Davis can also put the ball in the hoop. He has surpassed the 2,000-point mark during his high school career. In December, he dropped 51 points in the championship game of the Big Dipper Holiday Tournament.If you watched the game, it wasnt like he was shooting every time, Brian Davis said. It was in the flow of the game. They were throwing different defenses at Jaxson, different bodies at him, and it was just one of those games where you know you got it.More: How Iowa basketball became retention winners under Ben McCollumDavis, who stands around 6 feet tall, is from the same area as another undersized, left-handed guard: Jalen Brunson. Brunson, who won two national championships at Villanova and a 2026 NBA title with the New York Knicks, played at Adlai Stevenson High School, which is about 15 miles away from Warren Township. Davis has crossed paths with Brunson and is a player whose game he emulates.But Davis wont be playing his final season at Warren Township. Instead, he is making the move to Monarch Academy, a new prep program in Kansas City.Jaxsons a competitor, Brian Davis said. He always wants to improve his game every year. How is he going to get better? His goal is to ultimately play college basketball and play beyond college basketball professionally. The landscape of college basketball has changed so much that not only are college coaches recruiting the top high school players. If youre a top 100 player, yeah, theyre recruiting you. But then theres the portal, and everyones in the portal, getting these older players. His thought process is, I got to get better. I want to get to college, I want to play. I dont want to sit. So, for me to stay here at Warren and dominate, because thats what hes been doing the last two years basically, am I getting better? Am I getting ready for college? Am I going to see the same athletes as at the college level now if I stay here? Or do I need to go find a place where Im going to see this competition all the time as far as athleticism, the size, when Im playing in the games? So, when I get to college, I see it, I know how to play against it, my game has evolved, so Im better.So thats his thought process of going to Monarch now, because he knows the competition will be better for him. Its kind of getting him ready for college a year early. So, when he goes to college, hes prepared off the court and on the court. Because, obviously, hell be in school, but hell have more time to train, to get his individual game better. And then obviously theres traveling he'll do now with Monarch, living on his own. Its like basically a precursor to college a year early."Davis recently cut his list of schools to Iowa, Michigan State, Creighton, Ohio State, Marquette and Minnesota. Iowa assistant coach Connor Wheeler has been Davis main recruiter for the Hawkeyes. Brian Davis said Wheeler has done a great job of talking to everybody in the family myself, my wife, Jax. He keeps up.Iowa coach Ben McCollum has a track record of developing point guards, the latest of which was Bennett Stirtz, who went from Division II Northwest Missouri State to the 16th overall pick at the 2026 NBA Draft.Their coaching staff, McCollum, obviously, what hes done with his point guards at Iowa or at Northwest Missouri State or when he was at Drake, Brian Davis said of what has stood out about Iowa during the recruiting process. The system that he runs, its ideal for a cerebral point guard like Jaxson, because the ball's in his hands to make plays and reads. Hes basically running the show for that coach. McCollums done a great job at all levels that hes been at. So, we've been kind of studying him, his coaching staff and the system that they run at Iowa. We think thats a pretty good fit for Jax.More: Four-star guard TJ Jamison lists Iowa basketball among top six schoolsIowa currently has one commitment in its 2027 recruiting class. Versatile 6-foot-10 Keller Daugherty is a four-star prospect and ranked 88th nationally in the class, according to the 247Sports Composite.But the Hawkeyes are looking to add to the class, and Davis is someone theyve targeted.Brian Davis outlined the important factors in his sons college decision."Style of play, schools that produce point guards to get to the next level and then hes got to have a good relationship with the coaching staff and the head coach, as well," Brian Davis said. "Like I said, hes going to be an extension of them, so hes got to have that comfortability with the coaching staff on good or bad things, being able to express whatevers going on on the court and off the court. So, those go into play. And then academics, as well, because youve got to have life after basketball.Follow Tyler Tachman on X @Tyler_T15, contact via email at TTachman@usatodayco.comThis article originally appeared on Hawk Central: Where does Iowa stand in recruitment of 4-star PG Jaxson Davis?

The "NFL Top 100 Players" is an annual NFL offseason tradition. There are a few names from the Kansas City Chiefs expected to make the cut, but there are also many opponents featured in this year's rankings. Player No. 60 is a player they are scheduled to see across from them this coming season.No. 60 is Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers.No. 60 on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2026@Raiders TE Brock Bowers! @NFLFilmspic.twitter.com/7rGnzPCWUP NFL (@NFL) July 20, 2026Bowers appeared in 12 games (8 starts) for the Raiders in 2025, finishing with l 64 receptions for 680 yards and seven touchdowns. He earned Pro Bowl honors for the second time while battling injuries throughout the season.Bowers and the AFC West rival Raiders will play the Chiefs twice in the 2026 season. They will play in Week 4 on Sunday, October 4, at Allegiant Stadium, and in Week 18, in January at Arrowhead Stadium.Produced by NFL Films and the X Original Series, the new season of NFL Top 100 features short-form episodes that reveal the league's top players, as voted on exclusively by current NFL players. Episodes debut on X on weekdays through Friday, September 4, and will air later on NFL+, as well as on other NFL-owned and operated social media platforms.This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Kansas City Chiefs to face player No. 60 of the 'NFL Top 100' in 2026

NEW DELHI: Pakistan ended Day 2 of the first Test against West Indies in a strong position, reaching 199/3 in reply to the hosts' first-innings total of 311. Former captain Shan Masood led the fightback with an unbeaten 88, making an impressive return with the bat after recently stepping down from the captaincy. He was well supported by Imam-ul-Haq, who scored 63 as the pair shared a crucial 155-run partnership.Pakistan lost an early wicket when Azan Awais was bowled by Kemar Roach, but Masood and Imam steadied the innings with positive strokeplay. Masood brought up his half-century in just 46 balls, while Imam reached his 11th Test fifty before being dismissed for 63. New captain Babar Azam added 23 before falling late in the day, while Salman Agha remained unbeaten at stumps alongside Masood after bad light brought play to an early close.Earlier, West Indies were bowled out for 311 after resuming the day at 194/3. Shai Hope top-scored with 92, narrowly missing out on a century, while Kavem Hodge made 84. Hope anchored the innings despite losing partners regularly and received useful contributions from Shamar Joseph, who scored a quick 23.Pakistan's bowlers pulled things back after West Indies' solid start. Mohammad Ali picked up four wickets, while Mohammad Abbas claimed three after making an immediate impact with the second new ball. Khurram Shahzad also struck early to remove Hodge, helping Pakistan wrap up the innings before their batters took control through Masood and Imam.

No, Anthony Joshuas win over Kristian Prenga was not fixed. But his fight with Tyson Fury might be broken beyond repair.When Joshua cascaded to the canvas inside 20 seconds on Saturday, there was a brief feeling that his super-fight with Fury was collapsing him with. But barely five minutes later, Joshua was laughing off this scare as Prengas head snapped against the bottom ropes, leaving the helpless heavyweight to fade back into boxing obscurity as his consciousness faded, too.Suggestions that the outcome was fixed (and there are a strange number of them) should not be entertained for a second. Every measurement of pain and damage in those chaotic few minutes were real. That should not need explaining.Anthony Joshua (left) and Tyson Fury in their fights on the last weekend of July (Getty)Yet the narrative of the fight flipped almost as quickly as the narrative around Joshua vs Fury, which was being touted 24 hours earlier as a bout that was destined to go AJs way such was the lacklustre nature of Furys win over Mariusz Wach. Fury was victorious after seven rounds in Thailand (although the fight was broadcast nowhere), but a 46-year-old Wach was no litmus test for the abilities of the Gypsy King. Just as he did against Arslanbek Makhmudov in April, Fury looked comfortable but nothing more. Still, in fairness, comfortable is better than what Joshua experienced in Saudi Arabia. So the relevant pages will read Fury def. Wach via seventh-round TKO (3:00); Joshua def. Prenga via second-round KO (2:43) a removal of the final hurdles between the British heavyweights. However, the issue is that Fury and Joshua are certainly not speeding down the track to a November showdown at Wembley. The 2am GMT ring walks proposed by Saudi matchmaker Turki Alalshikh were already farcical, but now there is talk that Joshuas contract dictates a showdown on British soil, whereas Furys allows for a meeting in the US. Furthermore, there must be conversations behind closed doors about whether Joshua is in the right state mentally to return to the ring in November. In other words, two hurdles were dismantled at the weekend (laboriously, rather than being battered down), but two more might have arisen. Do not be surprised if Joshua vs Fury is delayed until 2027. Do not be surprised if more warm-up fights are suggested. Do not be surprised if we never see the big one, even if those involved with the contracts might bristle at that suggestion. Joshua climbs off the canvas after one of two first-round knockdowns (Getty)Do not forget: Joshua vs Fury has been signed before, and it still fell through.Against Prenga, Joshua was already making a remarkably quick comeback after surviving a car crash in December, a tragic accident in Nigeria that killed two of his teammates. For all of Joshuas admirable determination, for all of the soul searching, for all of the time spent training with his old rival Oleksandr Usyk in Ukraine, the blunt truth is that he was dropped by the first meaningful shot Prenga threw. Whether Joshuas mind or chin is not right, either is cause for concern against Fury. Then again, the weekends fights led one boxer to tell TheIndependent thatJoshua vs Fury could be a case of chin is gone versus legs are gone.There was already a consensus that Fury vs Joshua, should it take place in November, would be occurring several years too late. But at various points in the last few years, this writer would have told you that each boxer might have diminished to a similar degree, and not to an excessive one, making the match-up an alluring prospect still. Of course it would have been best to see them clash at the heights of their powers, but all you really needed was to believe that both had a realistic chance of winning and the odds have shifted time and again over the years. But now, Joshua vs Fury really might come down to who has declined more severely, to the point that it is no longer an enticing proposition. Fury eased past Mariusz Wach, one day before Joshua beat Kristian Prenga (Getty)Its not unusual for heavyweights to box into their 40s, but some of the all-time greats have looked closer to their primes at that age than Joshua and Fury do at 36 and 37. So, its not just that the former champions arent speeding down the track to their long-awaited fight, as mentioned above; either man might run out of road before it arrives.Each time a step towards Joshua vs Fury is taken, the fight inches further out of reach, like some sort of Sisyphean punishment. The fight, as a concept rather than an actual sporting contest, has become an endless, hellish loop. I cant be the only one who wants out.

The Baltimore Ravens worked out former New York Giants wide receivers Sterling Shepard and Dante Pettis this past Friday. Neither player was signed immediately after the session.Shepard spent eight seasons with the Giants after the team selected him in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft. He recorded 372 receptions for 4,095 yards and 23 touchdowns in 90 games for New York before departing following the 2023 season. Shepard then played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2024 and 2025.Pettis arrived in New York via waivers from the San Francisco 49ers in November 2020. He appeared in five games across the 2020 and 2021 seasons, catching 14 passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns. After his time with the Giants, Pettis played for the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints.Both veterans are free agents as the Ravens continue evaluating options at wide receiver.This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: Ravens worked out ex-New York Giants Sterling Shepard, Dante Pettis

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