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Shohei Ohtani's return to the mound is very much in question tonight. The Dodgers superstar is still feeling discomfort in his left knee after his latest bullpen session, and Los Angeles is not ready to commit to a Sunday start. For a rotation that has leaned on him as its cornerstone, every day of uncertainty matters.
Over in the WNBA, the Las Vegas Aces made a move to shore up their frontcourt, signing center Kalani Brown to fill the roster spot left by NaLyssa Smith, who is done for the two thousand twenty six season with a leg injury. Brown shot sixty two percent from the floor with Phoenix last year and gives the Aces a reliable presence down low as they push through the stretch run.
And in Chicago, Sky guard Natasha Cloud had zero interest in engaging with Enes Kanter Freedom, dismissing the former NBA player as an irrelevant person and making clear her energy stays on issues she says are actually affecting women and children. Short, sharp, and she moved on. Cloud clearly had no intention of giving that conversation any more oxygen than it deserved.
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