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Major League Baseball and the Players Association sat down Tuesday for their first official collective bargaining talks, with just over six months left before the current labor deal expires. Top officials from both sides were in the room, and while it's early, the clock is already ticking on what could be a pivotal negotiation for the future of the game.
Shifting to the diamond, Christian Yelich is back in Milwaukee. The Brewers activated their outfielder and designated hitter off the injured list after he missed a full month dealing with an adductor strain. Yelich's return is a significant boost for a Brewers club that has been grinding through the stretch without one of its most dangerous bats in the lineup.
And in Los Angeles, Rob Pelinka is keeping the door wide open. The Lakers president said publicly and without hesitation that the organization would welcome LeBron James back for his twenty-fourth NBA season if LeBron decides he is not ready to walk away from the game. At forty years old, the fact that this conversation is even happening says everything about where James still stands in the basketball world.
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