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The NHL is barely a week old and already the scoreboards look like something out of a time capsule. The league's earliest start in history has produced offense at a rate nobody's seen in decades, with three straight days of high-scoring games that have fans and analysts wondering if this is a new era or just a hot start feeding off a shorter preseason.
Shifting to the WNBA, Caitlin Clark is speaking out and she's not mincing words. Clark confirmed she's had a direct conversation with teammate Kelsey Mitchell after Mitchell opened up publicly about the online abuse she's endured and the personal toll of playing alongside the league's most polarizing star. Clark called Mitchell a good soul and made clear she stands firmly in her corner.
And in the postseason picture, the Brewers and Dodgers are set to collide in the two thousand twenty six NLCS, a matchup between two of baseball's best regular season teams. Only one gets a World Series ticket, and with Milwaukee riding momentum and Los Angeles carrying expectations, this series has the makings of something genuinely unforgettable.
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