Sports, Entertainment & Culture — September 25, 2026

Penix returns, Falcons rout Packers. Michael Penix Jr. threw for 256 yards in his first game back from a torn ACL as Atlanta beat Green Bay 35-14. The win snapped the Packers’ streak of 13 straight home-opening wins.

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Taylor Swift drops four ‘Encore’ tracks. Swift released a deluxe edition of ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ titled ‘The Encore,’ adding four new tracks and extending her latest album era.

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WNBA playoff bracket is set. After a chaotic final night of the regular season, all four best-of-three first-round series tip off Sunday, with the Valkyries rallying to claim the No. 2 seed.

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White Sox clinch first-of-its-kind playoff berth. Chicago clinched an AL Wild Card berth, becoming the first MLB team ever to reach the playoffs directly after consecutive 100-loss seasons — one of four clubs to clinch Thursday.

The berth was secured with Chicago’s 82nd victory of the season, according to ESPN, capping a turnaround from a stretch in which the club lost 324 games across the previous three years. No team in league history had previously gone straight from back-to-back 100-loss campaigns into the postseason, a mark the White Sox reached Thursday night.

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