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Serena Williams is back in the Wimbledon conversation, and she's not holding back. Ahead of her return to the All England Club, Williams called tennis' anti-doping system unprofessional and unreasonable, saying flat out she hates it. When Serena speaks, the sport listens, and this one is going to linger.
Shifting to Baltimore, the Ravens have a quietly fascinating competition brewing at tight end this training camp. Mark Andrews is untouchable at the top, but with Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kolar both gone, the depth chart behind him is genuinely wide open. Whoever wins that room earns serious snaps in Lamar Jackson's offense, and that is not a small thing.
And in cricket, Gautam Gambhir is playing the long game with fifteen-year-old phenom Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Despite India dropping the first T20I to Ireland by thirty-four runs, Gambhir kept the teenager on the bench for both matches in the series, resisting enormous public pressure to fast-track his debut. The thinking is patience over hype, and that is a bold call when the whole country is watching.
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