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The football world lost one of its giants today. Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame player and Super Bowl winning head coach who defined an era of Chicago Bears football, passed away at the age of eighty-six. Tributes are pouring in from across the NFL and the city of Chicago, where Ditka's legacy is simply irreplaceable.
Shifting to the comeback story everyone's watching, Aaron Donald is expected to suit up Monday night when the Rams host the Buffalo Bills. The defensive legend missed last week's game with a back issue, but after rest and treatment he's feeling good and ready to go. His dream reunion with Myles Garrett, though, still appears to be on hold for now.
And in the NHL, the Nashville Predators have made a move, acquiring defenseman Jayden Struble from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for a second-round pick in the two thousand twenty-seven draft. The twenty-five-year-old was seeing limited ice time in Montreal, averaging just over twelve minutes a night, and Nashville is betting they can unlock more from him.
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