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Tarik Skubal is back, and the Tigers didn't waste any time getting their ace on the mound. Less than six weeks after elbow surgery, the left-hander is set to start Saturday against the Guardians — a return that felt aggressive on paper but speaks volumes about how clean that recovery has been. Detroit needed this.
Meanwhile, the NBA Finals delivered a moment nobody's going to forget quickly. The Knicks edged the Spurs one hundred seven to one hundred six in Game four, and De'Aaron Fox had a second half that will haunt him — baffling passes, a missed layup that may have cost San Antonio the game outright. New York is now one win away from a championship, and the whole sports world was watching, including Tyler Adams and Antonee Robinson and a chunk of the U.S. Men's National Team, who were reportedly losing their minds from their World Cup base in California.
And speaking of the World Cup, the two thousand twenty six tournament is coming into sharper focus with Mexican host cities Monterrey and Guadalajara now actively selling tickets. Fixtures are set, seats are moving, and the buildup to what promises to be a massive summer of soccer is very much underway.
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