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The Toronto Raptors have pulled off one of the most stunning reunions in recent NBA memory, bringing Kawhi Leonard back to the city where it all started. Toronto sent Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, and two unprotected first-round picks to the Clippers to get it done, and now Scottie Barnes' old admission about idolizing Leonard feels a whole lot more meaningful with the Claw back in the building.
Shifting to college football, and the temperature is rising well before kickoff between LSU and Ole Miss. Lane Kiffin returns to Oxford leading his seventh-ranked Tigers, and the Ole Miss athletic director is already firing back at the Louisiana governor over comments made ahead of this top-ten clash. When the politicians get involved, you know the stakes are real.
And in the UFC, a genuinely sobering story out of the heavyweight division. Tom Aspinall has vacated his title indefinitely after a serious eye injury suffered at UFC three twenty one, the result of a foul from Ciryl Gane who poked both eyes. A former champion is now speaking out saying Aspinall simply should not fight again, and the division faces a very uncertain road ahead.
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