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Joe Ryan is back on the mound for Minnesota. The Twins reinstated their All-Star right-hander from the injured list just in time to kick off a three-game set against the Detroit Tigers Monday afternoon. Ryan's return is a significant boost for a Twins rotation that needs every arm it can get down the stretch.
Meanwhile in the NBA, Toronto is making quiet moves while the league waits on the Kawhi Leonard situation in Los Angeles. The Raptors went ahead and signed a freshly minted NBA champion to their roster this week, adding championship pedigree to a rebuild that still has plenty of questions surrounding it heading into the new season.
And in college football, Week one delivered enough chaos to shuffle the entire landscape. Ohio State and Texas are bookending the top five in the latest power rankings, setting up what could be a defining early-season showdown in Week two. After some genuinely surprising results across the country, the pecking order at the top feels more unsettled than it has in years, and that matchup cannot come soon enough.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
