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Erling Haaland does not do quiet entrances. The Norwegian striker added another first-time goal to his legend at the World Cup, continuing a pattern he has made almost routine across the Champions League, the Bundesliga, and the Premier League. When the stage gets bigger, Haaland gets sharper, and the world is taking notice all over again.
Meanwhile in Dallas, Masai Ujiri's coaching search took a turn after Sean Sweeney chose Orlando over the Mavericks. Now Dallas is pivoting toward sixty-eight-year-old Terry Stotts, the former Portland Trail Blazers head coach who built a reputation as one of the sharper offensive minds in the league. Not the splashy hire, but potentially the right one.
And in New York, the Yankees put on a show. Spencer Jones launched his first Yankee Stadium home run, Ben Rice and Paul Goldschmidt both went deep in the fourth inning, and Gerrit Cole was locked in for six innings as New York rolled past the Chicago White Sox twelve to two. The Yankees have now won eight of their last twelve without Aaron Judge in the lineup, which tells you everything about the depth of this roster right now.
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