🏀 Y! Sports AM: Bye Millennials, Hello Gen Z

By Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy and Neil Paine and Dylan Dittrich,Kendall Baker,Jeff Tracy — In News — November 5, 2026

   ​Yahoo Sports AM is our daily newsletter that keeps you up to date on all things sports. Sign up here to get it every weekday morning.🚨 HEADLINES🏈 Hurricanes lose Heisman hopeful: Miami WR Malachi Toney is expected to miss 4-6 weeks to surgically repair the ankle he injured during Wednesday’s practice. If that timeline is accurate, the sophomore superstar would likely be back for the College Football Playoff.🙏 Campbell update: Lions LB Jack Campbell is “encouraged” by his recovery since suffering a serious injury on Sunday. He has full movement in his lower body, is making progress with movement in his upper body and remains “very optimistic” about the work ahead.⛳️ The last days of LIV? Private equity firm BC Partners has dropped its plan to fund LIV Golf in 2027 and help the league transition into “LIV 2.0.” The breakaway tour will now reportedly seek a liquidation of its remaining assets, likely signaling the end of the tumultuous venture.🏈 New QB1s: Gardner Minshew was already named the starter in Arizona, and the Ravens just traded for the guy he replaced, bringing in Jacoby Brissett to upgrade their injury-filled QB room. Meanwhile, the Eagles plan to give Joe Milton his first career start on Sunday.🎾 Upsets in Paris: A day after we questioned his new world No. 1 status, Alexander Zverev lost to Lorenzo Musetti in straight sets at the Paris Masters. But that was far from the only upset: No. 4 Daniil Medvedev, No. 7 Frances Tiafoe, No. 8 Alex de Minaur, No. 10 Novak Djokovic and No. 15 Learner Tien also fell to unranked opponents.See what else is trending on Yahoo Sports.🏀 THE NBA BELONGS TO GEN ZAttention, basketball old-heads: Enjoy tonight’s Warriors-Heat game while you can.The elder statesmen: Miami is the NBA’s oldest team by average age, while Golden State is the third-oldest. But players like Al Horford (40), Steph Curry (38), Draymond Green (36), Klay Thompson (36) and even Giannis Antetokounmpo (31) are part of a shrinking class of Millennials (~ages 30-45) still playing meaningful minutes.Youth movement: As The Ringer’s Kirk Goldsberry noted this week, the NBA has transformed from an older league in the 1990s and early 2000s to a much younger league today as the modern game increasingly demands fresher legs to cover more space at a faster pace.As the game slowed down in the 1980s and ’90s, younger players lost ground in their relative share of minutes, with both trends bottoming out around 2000.But as pace of play has accelerated in recent decades, the balance has shifted back toward youth, particularly during the 2020s.Where it stands: Last season, the relative playing-time advantage for players under 25 versus those 30 or older reached its highest level in four decades, as charted above.OK, Zoomer: The NBA’s youth movement has also transformed its generational makeup. Minutes-wise, Gen X first overtook the Baby Boomers in 1991-92 before ceding control to Millennials in 2006-07. Gen Z seized the majority   

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