The NFL is Back and We're Tracking the Preseason

In today’s newsletter…

• Leading Off: The end of the Olympics and start of football

• MLB: Kyle Schwarber is batting .447 over the last 15 days 

• Column: A college football season like no other

• NFL: 34 is a key preseason number

• More MLB: Jose Berrios has a 2.99 ERA at home

• News: 16-year-old track star “wasn’t 100% myself” in Olympics debut

With the Olympics coming to a close this weekend, football is inching closer. Yes, Team USA still has two gold medals to win in basketball over the weekend and is still being challenged by China for most golds overall.

But between Olympics action, there’s a full slate of NFL preseason games to watch (Chris has you covered on that below). College football starts just two weeks from tomorrow, and Abby wrote about how this season will be unlike any other in her column this week. And Jack and Craig have you covered with a full slate of baseball action today.