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PSG's Mendes out weeks; NFL Sunday kicks off at one Eastern

The French champions say the Portugal international tore his left thigh in a win at Strasbourg; his absence comes with Barcelona waiting on the schedule.

On air: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Vera Bullock on Weekend Edition
Published 11:03 AM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

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First reported by Yahoo Sports: “Blow for PSG as left back Nuno Mendes faces weeks out with injury and will miss Barcelona game”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 11:03 AM ET on Weekend Edition, by Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Vera Bullock.
Topics: PSG, Barcelona, NFL.
BBN covered this story before: Barcelona sweep aside Real Betis as Inter Milan beat Bologna (October 17).

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Yahoo SportsBlow for PSG as left back Nuno Mendes faces weeks out with injury and will miss Barcelona game

What BBN said about it

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorParis Saint-Germain lose left back Nuno Mendes for several weeks with a torn left thigh, and he will miss the Barcelona game.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIs the left back the one who stands on the left?
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorHe does, and he came off in the fifty-third minute of Saturday's three to one win at Strasbourg.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe French champions now go into Barcelona without him.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen somebody else gets his shirt.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIn the Premier League, Sunderland are down two to nothing against Bournemouth at ninety minutes plus seven. That one is about to be over.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSeven extra minutes? Who decided that?
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe referee, Vera.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNFL Sunday starts at one Eastern, ten Pacific. We've got the Jets playing the Patriots, the Saints taking on the Giants, the Panthers facing the Eagles, and the Steelers against the Buccaneers.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFour games at once, and I'll be picking a side by the jerseys, same as always.

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