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The Chicago Cubs are heading into a doubleheader against the Mets with their rotation in rough shape. Manager Craig Counsell is putting on a brave face, but losing starting pitching depth before a twin bill is about as bad a hand as you can be dealt. How Chicago pieces this together will say a lot about where this team actually stands.
Shifting to the transfer market, and this one has real weight — Real Madrid have reportedly set their sights on Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez. When Madrid come calling, clubs rarely hold the leverage, and Chelsea would be left scrambling for answers both tactically and financially. Fernandez is central to everything Todd Boehly's project is supposed to be, so this story is worth watching very closely.
And in the NFL, former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is facing a hard road after the league denied his supplemental draft application. Sorsby's path has been turbulent — a gambling addiction derailed what looked like a promising career trajectory, and now his options for getting on a professional field before the two thousand twenty seven draft are genuinely limited. A tough situation for a young man trying to find his footing.
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