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Jo Adell just gave Angels fans a flashback they did not ask for. The right fielder reached up for a routine fly ball Tuesday night against Colorado, grazed it off his glove, and watched it bounce directly off his head and over the fence for a Rockies home run. Thirty-three years after Jose Canseco's legendary skull job, baseball has a new entry in the highlight reel no one wants to be on.
Meanwhile, on Lou Gehrig Day, Matt Olson made sure the moment meant something. The Braves first baseman stepped to the plate in his eight hundred forty-fourth consecutive game and delivered a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning, lifting Atlanta past Toronto four to three. Olson is quietly building one of the most remarkable iron man streaks this generation has seen, and he keeps finding ways to make it count.
And the NBA Finals are officially here. Spurs versus Knicks, Game One tonight, as Victor Wembanyama takes the biggest stage of his young career. Kevin Garnett recently suggested Wemby got too emotional after the Game Seven win over Oklahoma City, but if anything, that just adds fuel to what should be a fascinating series between a legend in the making and a city that has been starving for this moment.
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