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Brenden Aaronson is heading to the World Cup, and South Jersey is loud about it. The midfielder out of Medford has made the U.S. roster, and the kid they've been calling Medford Messi since he was running circles around opponents in New Jersey is now set for the biggest stage in global football. The excitement is real and it is building fast.
Shifting to the hardwood, Shannon Sharpe had zero patience for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's foul-baiting, and he made his point in about ten words. Quote, I've caught fish that flopped less, end quote. Sharp, surgical, and honestly hard to argue with. The SGA flopping conversation isn't going away, and Sharpe just poured gasoline on it.
And in Pittsburgh, Paul Skenes is still one of the most electric arms in baseball, but he's no longer the favorite to take home the National League Cy Young. Philadelphia's Cristopher Sanchez has leapfrogged him in the odds, which tells you just how locked in the Phillies lefty has been this season. The race for that award just got genuinely interesting.
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