Sports, Entertainment & Culture — October 7, 2026

Messi bids tearful farewell to Argentina. Lionel Messi scored his 126th international goal in his 208th and final match for Argentina, telling fans he wished he could play forever.

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Eva Marie Saint dies at 102. The Oscar-winning 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest' actress, one of the last living links to Hollywood's Golden Age, died Tuesday at her Los Angeles home.

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Padres stave off elimination. Jake Cronenworth's tiebreaking homer lifted San Diego past Milwaukee 4-3 in NLDS Game 3. The Dodgers beat Atlanta behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto to take a 2-1 series lead.

Bleacher Report credited reliever Michael King's work out of the bullpen with preserving the one-run margin after Cronenworth's go-ahead blast. The win keeps San Diego's season alive after the club fell into an early series hole against Milwaukee. In the other National League matchup, Los Angeles moved within one victory of advancing past Atlanta, with Yamamoto's outing anchoring the Game 3 result.

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Eagles' Lane Johnson retires mid-season. The two-time All-Pro right tackle and two-time Super Bowl champion announced a surprise retirement for personal reasons, ending a 14-year career spent entirely in Philadelphia.

The announcement followed Johnson's absence from the Eagles' Week 4 game, according to CBS Sports, which reported the decision stemmed from personal reasons the veteran did not detail publicly. His exit comes with the season underway, leaving Philadelphia to fill the right tackle spot held by the same player since he entered the league. Johnson departs having never played for another franchise.

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