All the Hype is with the Texans in the AFC South (+105)

In today’s newsletter…

• Leading Off: College Football 25

• MLB: Trea Turner batting .417 in July

• Column: NBA offseason thoughts

• AFC South: Can Texans live up to hype?

• More MLB: Wacha has 2.53 ERA across last 4 starts

• News: State of the SEC

Happy College Football 25 release day to all who celebrate. EA Sports stopped making the video game in 2013 because of controversy around whether athletes should be paid to be in it. With that hurdle long gone and players being paid to appear (over 11,000 athletes accepted a minimum of $600 for their likeness to be used), the game is back. According to the Associated Press, over 2.2 million people played College Football 25 during an early-access promotion this week.

In today’s newsletter, we’re covering the AFC South and the return of Major League Baseball after the All Star Break, and Abby’s column tracks the beginning of the NBA’s offseason.