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FlyQuest wins high match, improves to 2-0 at LCS Lock-In
FlyQuest defeated Disguised in a Round 2 high match on Sunday to advance to a third-round high match against Cloud9 that determines the top playoff seed at the League Championship Series 2026 Lock-In in Los Angeles.
In Sunday’s other contest, Team Liquid swept Shopify Rebellion in a Round 2 low match.
Cloud9 had swept LYON 2-0 in the first Round 2 high match on Saturday at the League of Legend’s first event of 2026.
Using a Swiss style format with three rounds, the matches are best-of-three, except the last-chance tiebreaker is best-of-one. After the three rounds, the 3-0 team will choose its opponent from among the three 2-1 teams for the upper bracket. The 0-3 team will be eliminated.
Among the trio of 1-2 teams, the one with the best game record will auto-advance as the fifth seed in the lower bracket. The remaining two teams will compete in the last-chance tiebreaker to claim the sixth and final seed in the playoffs.
The playoffs will be double-elimination, with all matches best-of-five. The overall winner qualifies for the 2026 First Stand Tournament.
Because they each can finish no worse than 2-1 in the Swiss stage, Cloud9 and FlyQuest will qualify for the tournament.
Now at 1-1, Sentinels and LYON will compete in the Round 3 mid matches. Dignitas will face elimination in the low match in Round 3.
On Sunday, FlyQuest downed Disguised 2-1, winning in 28 minutes on red before Disguised won in 35 minutes on green. FlyQuest took the match in 30 minutes on green.
Selected most valuable players for the match were FlyQuest’s Fahad “Massu” Abdulmalek (9-7-27 kill-death-assist ratio) of Canada and Iraq, and Johnson “Gryffinn” Le (15-10-20 K-D-A) of the United States and Vietnam; and Disguised’s Sajed “Sajed” Ziade (8-8-6) of the United States and Lebanon.
Team Liquid blanked Shopify Rebellion 2-0, winning in 28 minutes and 24 minutes, both on green. South Korea’s Lim “Quid” Hyeon-seung paced Team Liquid with an 11-2-10 K-D-A ratio.
Upcoming Round 3 schedule
Feb. 7
Mid match: Team Liquid vs. Sentinels
Mid match: Disguised vs. LYON
Feb. 8
High match: Cloud9 vs. FlyQuest
Low match: Dignitas vs. Shopify Rebellion
2026 Lock-In at Los Angeles standings
Place, Team, Matches (Maps)
1. Cloud9, 2-0 (4-0)
2. FlyQuest, 2-0 (4-1)
3. Sentinels, 1-1 (3-2)
4. Disguised, 1-1 (3-3)
T5. LYON, 1-1 (2-2)
T5. Team Liquid, 1-1 (2-2)
7. Dignitas, 0-2 (0-4)
8. Shopify Rebellion, 0-2 (0-4)
2026 Lock-In at Los Angeles prize pool
1. TBD, qualifies for First Stand Tournament
2. TBD, qualifies for America’s Cup
3. TBD, qualifies for America’s Cup
4. TBD
5. TBD
6. TBD
7. TBD
8. TBD
–Field Level Media
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Reports: LHP Jordan Montgomery agrees to reunion with Rangers
Sep 22, 2024; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery (52) pitches in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Left-hander Jordan Montgomery agreed to a one-year contract with the Texas Rangers, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday.
Per the Dallas Morning News, the deal is worth $1.25 million.
Montgomery, 33, is recovering from his second Tommy John surgery of his career. He also had the procedure in 2018.
He was 8-7 with a 6.23 ERA in 25 games (21 starts) in his first season with Arizona in 2024.
A World Series champion with Texas in 2023, Montgomery is 46-41 with a 4.03 ERA in 166 career games (161 starts) with the New York Yankees (2017-22), St. Louis Cardinals (2022-23), Rangers (2023) and Diamondbacks.
–Field Level Media
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Orioles' Jackson Holliday (hand) likely out weeks after Opening Day
Sep 27, 2025; Bronx, New York, USA; Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday (7) at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday will miss Opening Day due to a broken hamate bone in his right hand, general manager Mike Elias announced on Wednesday morning.
Holliday, who sustained the injury during live batting practice last Friday, will undergo a procedure to address the issue on Thursday. His timeline for recovery likely will be measured in weeks, per Elias.
Holliday, 22, batted just .242 with 17 homers and 55 RBIs in 149 games last season.
He is the top overall pick of the 2022 MLB June Amateur Draft and the son of seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday.
New acquisition Blaze Alexander likely will take the younger Holliday’s place in the field.
Also on Wednesday, Elias announced third baseman Jordan Westburg is nursing a right oblique injury. The injury, however, is not expected to prevent Westburg from playing at the start of the regular season.
–Field Level Media
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Report: Giants hire Brian Callahan as QBs coach
Tennessee Titans coach Brian Callahan exits the field after the game against the Indianapolis Colts at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. Former Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan is being added to John Harbaugh’s coaching staff as the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator for the New York Giants, ESPN reported Wednesday.
Callahan, 41, was fired by the Titans last October after a 1-5 start. Tennessee posted a 4-19 record under Callahan, who was hired by the Titans after five seasons as the Cincinnati Bengals’ offensive coordinator that included a three-point loss in Super Bowl LVI.
ESPN reported Callahan also interviewed with the Giants for the offensive coordinator position, which ultimately went to Matt Nagy. The latter was a former offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs and head coach of the Chicago Bears.
Callahan, who will be coaching former first-round pick Jaxson Dart in his second season in the league, has extensive experience developing quarterbacks. He was the offensive coordinator for four seasons for Joe Burrow with the Bengals, was the quarterbacks coach in 2018 for Derek Carr with the Las Vegas Raiders and for two seasons for Matthew Stafford with the Detroit Lions.
In addition to Dart, Callahan will be working with veteran quarterback Jameis Winston.
Callahan and Nagy are part of an offensive staff that also includes former Rice University head coach Mike Bloomgren as offensive line coach and former offensive coordinators Greg Roman as senior offensive assistant and Tim Kelly as tight ends coach.
–Field Level Media
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