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In cricket, a bombshell is detonating around the Australian dressing room. Former teammate Usman Khawaja has made explosive claims that the entire squad knew about the ball-tampering scheme during the two thousand eighteen South Africa tour. Captain Pat Cummins has called a press conference for Friday, vowing to respond properly, while Mitchell Marsh stonewalled every question put to him. This one is far from over.
Shifting to the ice, Macklin Celebrini just wrote his name into the history books. The San Jose Sharks teenager reached two hundred career points during Wednesday's shootout loss to Pittsburgh, becoming the fifth-youngest player in NHL history to hit that milestone. The loss stings, but that number belongs to Celebrini forever, and the hockey world is paying attention.
And in the NBA, Charles Barkley is stirring the pot. With Oklahoma City's injury troubles mounting, Sir Charles has pointed to the San Antonio Spurs as his dark horse pick for the title. It is only November, the sample size is tiny, and Barkley has been wrong before, but when he talks, the league listens, and right now the Spurs are getting that energy.
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