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The NBA world is spinning after a blockbuster that nobody saw coming. Boston is sending Jaylen Brown to Philadelphia in exchange for Paul George, two first-round picks, and two second-round picks. Ten seasons, a championship run, and an era in green comes to a sudden, stunning end for one of the Celtics' cornerstone players.
Shifting to the World Cup, Thomas Tuchel is not mincing words heading into England's round-of-sixteen clash with Mexico at the Azteca. The England manager says it is flat-out impossible for his players to properly adjust to Mexico City's altitude, sitting roughly seven thousand two hundred feet above sea level, before kickoff on Monday. Harry Kane got them there with a double against DR Congo, but the mountain ahead is very real.
And on a much darker note, former Arkansas State defensive back and Tennessee Titans scout Blaise Taylor has been found guilty of murder after being convicted in the poisoning deaths of his girlfriend Jade Benning and her unborn child. Prosecutors say Taylor slipped cocaine into her drink back in two thousand twenty three. He now faces life in prison.
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