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Adam Silver is feeling the heat on the Clippers investigation, and he's not hiding it. The NBA commissioner stopped short of giving a hard deadline, but made clear the probe into potential salary cap circumvention needs to reach a conclusion soon. The league's credibility around financial integrity is on the line, and Silver knows it.
Shifting to the NFC West, and the Los Angeles Rams may be sitting on the most dangerous roster Les Snead has ever assembled. With the Myles Garrett trade now in the books, analysts are ranking this as potentially the best squad Snead has constructed across his entire tenure in LA — and that is saying something given they won a Super Bowl not long ago.
And in Philadelphia, Cristopher Sanchez finally let one through. The Phillies left-hander had carried a franchise-record scoreless streak all the way to fifty and two thirds innings before surrendering a run against San Diego — but Philadelphia still found a way to nip the Padres in the end. The streak is gone, but the W is on the board.
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