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Sean McVay is done with the Southern Hemisphere experiment. After the Rams dropped their season opener to the 49ers in Australia, McVay made it crystal clear — never again. The long travel, the disrupted preparation, the jet lag — it all showed up on the scoreboard, and McVay isn't interested in a repeat.
Meanwhile, Angel Reese is rewriting the record books in the WNBA. The Chicago Sky forward did something Thursday against the Sun that no player in league history has ever done, continuing a rookie season that has been nothing short of extraordinary. Whatever ceiling people put on Reese coming in, she keeps blowing right past it.
And this one has front offices across the league buzzing — LeBron James's fifteen million dollar deal with prediction market platform Polymarket has reportedly opened a significant loophole in NBA rules around athlete partnerships and financial disclosures. Teams are already studying the fine print, and the league may need to respond fast before others follow LeBron's lead.
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