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Baseball's closer crisis is real and it's spreading. Even the best teams in the league are navigating bullpen volatility like never before, with true shutdown closers nearly impossible to find. Front offices are patching and praying, and late-inning leads feel less safe than they should heading into the summer stretch.
Shifting to the gridiron, the offseason has left a lot of fans scratching their heads, and ESPN is stepping in with answers. Dallas passing on a George Pickens extension, Pittsburgh refusing to address quarterback despite the obvious need, Miami holding onto De'Von Achane when the trade market was wide open — these decisions look strange on the surface, but there's front-office logic buried underneath each one, whether you buy it or not.
And in European football, Pep Guardiola has offered a cautious but encouraging injury update on Rodri and Abdukodir Khusanov ahead of Manchester City's Wednesday fixture against Crystal Palace. Guardiola says both players are feeling better, with a final call coming after training. City desperately need the win to keep the pressure on Arsenal, who hold a two-point lead at the top of the table.
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