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A friendly reminder that if Edwin Diaz blows this lead and this game is tied ... It'll be settled with a HR Derby!

LeBron James hasn’t had buyout, trade discussions with Lakers, both sides expect that he will be with team for training camp. Reporting with ⁦Dan Woike⁩, ⁦The Athletic NBA⁩ nytimes.com/athletic/64970…

LeBron James moved in Las Vegas like he was a member of the Lakers because, well, he IS a member of the Lakers. And to date, there's been no indications that's going to change sources tell me and Joe Vardon nytimes.com/athletic/64970…

My tribute to Hall of Famer Tom Hamilton, everyone's best friend and the best narrator for the soundtrack to summer that anyone could ask for: nytimes.com/athletic/65065…

Our newest Hall of Famer deserves his day. Join us on Saturday, August 16th, for our Tom Hamilton Hall of Fame Celebration where the first 20,000 fans will receive this bobblehead. #GuardsBall

From facing Wooster Baseball to Cooperstown. Congrats, Billy Wagner #d3baseball

This is cool and I can’t believe it was a year ago today. I watched this with friends at an Irish pub in Lille, awaiting the start of the tournament

Tom embodies the Cleveland baseball experience

How I view the Browns’ quarterback competition ahead of the second week of training camp nytimes.com/athletic/65183…

Sources in Luka Dončić’s inner circle believed he was on the path toward this kind of physical transformation even if he was never traded from Dallas, reports Dan Woike. Dončić and his management team began working with Anže Maček and Javier Barrio, the drivers of his

The NBA bubble, 5 years later: ‘The most exclusive basketball camp in world history,’ missed children birthdays, and, an asterisk? ⁦The Athletic NBA⁩ nytimes.com/athletic/65238…

Five years ago, the NBA was set to return — in Orlando. Joe Vardon examines basketball's Disney World bubble, a half-decade later ⤵️

New: Adam Silver meets with Real Madrid in Paris to discuss NBA’s Europe league venture, potential huge step toward getting something started overseas, ⁦The Athletic NBA⁩ nytimes.com/athletic/65279…

Joe Flacco is the NFL's second-oldest active quarterback. But that doesn't mean he needs less reps, he tells Michael Silver. He wants to prove in his return to the Browns that he can still deliver.

As he toured America on his way to an extension with the Lakers, it was clear to the people closest to him that any baggage from the shocking trade last year was gone. “He’s moved on” - Behind the scenes of the week leading up to his extension nytimes.com/athletic/65356…

The Cleveland Guardians and Texas Rangers are tied for the AL’s best record since the All-Star break (12-6). MLB Network

NBA schedule release: The NBA hasn’t forgotten the Cleveland Cavaliers, who open ESPN’s season, and then play Christmas and MLK Day, ⁦The Athletic NBA⁩ ⁦Mike Vorkunov⁩ nytimes.com/athletic/65465…

More on the NBA's schedule release: nytimes.com/athletic/65465…