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Ground Signal: Sports — September 28, 2026 · Ground Signal FM

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  Ground Signal Sports. September 28th, 2026. Today,
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  Copa Libertadores semifinal draw locked in. Fluminense
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  meets Palmeiras. Estudiantes faces Flamengo.
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  Copa Sudamericana semifinal first leg set. Boca
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  at La Bombonera. Atletico Monero hunting glory.
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  NFL Week 4 is done. The Bills, Chiefs, Raiders,
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  and 49ers all stay perfect. And Formula 1, George
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  Russell wins Baku. Let's get into it. Copa Libertadores
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  semifinals. The road to Montevideo is set. Four
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  clubs, two ties, one continental throne. This
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  is the biggest club competition in the Americas,
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  and the bracket could not be more dramatic. First
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  semifinal, Fluminense versus Palmeiras. A pure
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  Brazilian derby at the most electric stage in
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  South American football, Fluminense advanced
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  3 -2 on aggregate over Platins. Palmeiras eliminated
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  Liga de Quito. The first leg goes Tuesday, October
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  14th. at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. The
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  second leg is Tuesday, October 21st, at the New
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  Bank Park in Sao Paulo. Second semifinal, Estudiantes
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  de La Plata versus Flamengo. Flamengo came through
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  3 -1 on aggregate against Independiente del Valle.
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  Estudiantes dispatched Corinthians to reach their
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  first Libertadores semifinal in over a decade.
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  First leg, Thursday, October 15th, at the Estadio
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  Jorge Luis Hershey in La Plata. Second leg, Thursday,
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  October 22nd, at the Maracana. Signal Level 4.
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  Two of South America's most storied clubs, one
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  ticket to the final. The final is locked for
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  Saturday, November 28th at the Estadio Centenario
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  in Montevideo, Uruguay, the birthplace of the
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  Copa itself. Four clubs are alive. One will lift
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  the trophy on the same pitch where it all began
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  in 1930. Copa Sudamericana Semifinals. Four clubs
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  remain in what Commiewell calls the Great Conquest.
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  The semifinal first legs begin this week. Two
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  ties, both loaded. First tie, Boca Juniors versus
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  Vasco da Gama. Boca eliminated Sao Paulo to reach
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  this stage. Vasco came through Independiente
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  Santa Fe. The first leg is at La Bombonera in
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  Buenos Aires, one of the loudest stadiums in
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  world football. That fixture falls Tuesday, October
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  13th, second leg in Rio, signal level three.
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  Second tie, Atletico Monero versus Montevideo
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  City Torque. Atletico won their quarterfinal
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  on penalties against Santos. City Torque is the
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  story of the tournament. The Uruguayan club overturned
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  a two -goal deficit against Cienciano to advance.
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  First leg, Wednesday, October 14th. The final
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  is November 21st in Barranquilla, Colombia. Russell
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  Arau, Serie A Flamengo, leads the table with
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  60 points through 27 rounds. Palmeiras is second
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  on 57. With the Libertadores semifinal between
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  those two coming on October 14th, the domestic
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  and continental races are locked in a collision
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  course. Flamengo are fighting on two fronts,
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  and they are in prime position on both. National
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  Football League. Week four is complete. After
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  four weeks, the unbeaten conversation is getting
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  serious. Four teams are 3 -0. The Kansas City
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  Chiefs, the Las Vegas Raiders, the Buffalo Bills,
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  and the San Francisco 49ers. In the AFC, Bills
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  beat the Chargers 24 -16. Chiefs rolled the Dolphins
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  24 -10. Raiders knocked out the Saints 35 -27.
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  Baltimore edged Dallas 34 -31. Pittsburgh stayed
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  in the mix, beating the Bengals 30 -27. In the
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  AFC North, the Ravens, Steelers, Browns, and
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  Bengals are all 2 -1, one of the tightest divisions
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  in football right now. In the NFC, the 49ers
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  beat Arizona 36 -30. Minnesota stayed unbeaten
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  at 3 -0, beating Tampa 16. The Seahawks fell
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  to Washington 33 -31 in a wild one. Philadelphia
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  is 2 -0, heading into Monday night's game against
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  the Bears, which kicks off later today. Biggest
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  story of the week, the Eagles -Bears game is
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  still to play. That could shift the NFC East
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  picture entirely. Your week four standing snapshot.
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  AFC, Bills, Chiefs, Raiders, all 3 -0. Ravens,
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  Steelers, Browns, Bengals, all 2 -1. Dolphins
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  and Texans at 0 -3. NFC 49ers and Vikings 3 -0.
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  Eagles 2 -0. Seahawks 2 -1. Bears and Rams results
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  still pending. Formula One. The Azerbaijan Grand
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  Prix at Baku yesterday. George Russell wins his
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  fourth victory of the season. Max Verstappen
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  was second. Isaac Hadjar third. Championship
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  leader Kimi Antonelli crossed fifth. The gap
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  at the top. Antonelli sits on 302 points. Russell
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  is second on 236. That is a 66 -point gap with
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  the season entering its final stretch. Antonelli
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  has taken his foot off the gas at exactly the
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  wrong moment. Russell is hunting him. On the
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  road. If you want to witness the highest level
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  of South American football in person, Montevideo
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  is calling. The Copa Libertadores final, Saturday,
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  November 28th, at the Estadio Centenario. Uruguay's
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  capital, the cradle of world football, a stadium
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  that has hosted finals since 1930. The city is
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  compact, the atmosphere electric even before
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  match day, one of the great pilgrimage games
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  left in football. Book now. Forward signal. Three
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  things to watch before the next episode. Number
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  one, Copa Libertadores semi -final first legs,
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  Fluminense versus Palmeiras at the Americana
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  on Tuesday, October 14th. Number two, Copa Sudamericana
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  first leg, Boca Juniors versus Vasco da Gama
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  at La Bombonera on Tuesday, October 13th. Number
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  three, NFL Week 5. Bills at Rams, 49ers at Seahawks,
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  and the London game Eagles versus Jaguars. All
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  from Thursday, October 8th through Monday, October
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  12th. Season stakes are rising fast. That is
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  your Ground Signal Sports for September 28th.
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  Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, South America
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  is at its most electric. The NFL unbeaten race
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  is tightening. Russell is closing on Antonelli.
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  Stay locked. This is Ground Signal. using artificial
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  intelligence.