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Lamar Jackson is trending the right direction, and Baltimore is paying close attention. The Ravens quarterback says he's making progress toward a return against the Bengals, which would put their offense back at full strength at exactly the right moment in the season. Cincinnati better be ready.
Shifting to Boston, the Red Sox may have found their answer at shortstop. A proposed trade would send the Angels' consistent two-way shortstop to Fenway, a player who has hit twenty home runs and stolen twenty bases in multiple seasons. With Trevor Story's future in Boston uncertain, this kind of proven production would be a significant upgrade at a critical position.
And in Atlanta, the Falcons are doing some cleanup after a social media situation got away from them. The team announced their throwback logo is coming back, but that vertical stripe pattern from the reveal post is not actually part of the uniform. Fans pushed back hard online, and the organization moved quickly to clarify before the design conversation became a full-blown controversy.
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