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San Francisco rolled into Melbourne, Australia and made a statement. Brock Purdy threw three touchdown passes as the Forty Niners dismantled the Rams twenty-seven to seven in the NFL's international opener, and suddenly all that Los Angeles offseason hype feels a lot quieter. Kyle Shanahan's decision to fly his team out a full week early looks like a masterstroke, even if Shanahan himself won't take the credit.
And speaking of quiet, Myles Garrett was nearly invisible in that loss. The reigning Defensive Player of the Year, acquired from Cleveland in a blockbuster deal that cost Los Angeles a first, second, and third round pick, went without a single tackle. Garrett admitted afterward it was, in his own words, the worst version of himself he's ever put out there, and he added he's not at full health. That's a brutal debut for a player the Rams are counting on to change their identity.
Shifting to the track, ten million dollars is on the line this Friday as the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship gets underway. The biggest names in global athletics converge for what organizers are billing as the sport's most ambitious one-day prize structure ever. The field is loaded and the stakes are as high as the sport has ever seen.
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