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The Dakar Rally is making a major move — the iconic off-road race is pulling out of Saudi Arabia for its forty-ninth edition and heading to Portugal and Morocco, running January ninth through the twenty-third of two thousand twenty-seven. Organizers called it an exceptional situation, with the full program making the jump before the series returns to Saudi soil for the fiftieth anniversary edition in two thousand twenty-eight.
Shifting to the broadcast booth, the Troy Aikman and Joe Buck fallout is getting uglier by the day. Buck locked up a new contract, Aikman didn't, and the two reportedly had a heated argument that's since bled onto the Monday Night Football air. The Athletic is now reporting Aikman told Buck directly — quote — never thought you'd do it to me. The tension between two of the biggest names in sports television is very much alive.
And in Detroit, the Tigers have added middle infielder Tsung-Che Cheng from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for cash considerations. The twenty-five-year-old left-handed hitter brings familiarity to the clubhouse — he and Tigers infielder Hao-Yu Lee shared a dugout representing Chinese-Taipei in the World Baseball Classic.
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