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Clint Dempsey is not holding back. The United States soccer legend fired back at former national team assistant Jesse Marsch after Marsch suggested some American players needed encouragement to sing the national anthem before matches. Dempsey's message was simple and direct — stay in your lane. When one of the most decorated Americans in the history of the sport tells you to pipe down, you listen.
Meanwhile, the NBA Finals are delivering everything you could ask for. The New York Knicks pulled off the greatest comeback in Finals history Wednesday night, stunning the San Antonio Spurs in Game four at Madison Square Garden. The crowd refused to leave, and Inside the NBA host Ernie Johnson called it the greatest moment in his thirty four years on the show. That building was electric, and this series is absolutely alive.
And in baseball, Shohei Ohtani sat out Friday's series opener against the White Sox after being pulled from Thursday's game in Pittsburgh with left knee inflammation. The Dodgers are being cautious, and while Ohtani avoided the injured list for now, this is a situation worth watching closely as the season rolls deeper into June.
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