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Aaron Judge is making it crystal clear he does not plan to take the slow road back. The Yankees slugger told reporters Thursday that a rehab assignment is simply not on the table when he gets cleared to play, and his confidence in his own recovery is about as subtle as one of his home runs — meaning not at all.
Speaking of people making headlines for the wrong reasons, Inter Miami interim head coach Guillermo Hoyos is sitting out after MLS dropped the hammer Thursday. Hoyos was suspended one game and fined alongside the club for repeated violations of the league's late kickoff policy — apparently keeping opponents standing on the field long enough that the league ran out of patience entirely.
And shifting to the legal landscape, a Texas judge has granted a restraining order against the SEC, commissioner Greg Sankey, and the NCAA, brought by a group of former college athletes challenging the ban on returning pros. It is a direct shot at conference authority, and depending on how this plays out, it could reshape eligibility conversations across college athletics for years to come.
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