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The Cleveland Guardians are heading home empty-handed again, falling to the Tampa Bay Rays in six games in the ALCS and pushing their World Series drought to seventy-eight years. Another deep postseason run, another painful exit — Cleveland's window felt wide open, and it slammed shut right before the finish line.
Shifting gears to the pitch, Barcelona are in Paris tonight for what looks like the marquee Champions League fixture of the week, squaring off against PSG. Hansi Flick's side has been rolling domestically, and so have the reigning European champions — this one has edge-of-your-seat written all over it, with Atlético and Villarreal also in action abroad.
And in Formula One, all eyes are on Austin this weekend for the United States Grand Prix, where Andrea Kimi Antonelli could clinch the drivers' championship. Red Bull's technical edge over Mercedes has been the story of the second half of this season, and if Antonelli converts this weekend, the coronation happens on American soil in front of a massive crowd.
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