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Alex Ovechkin is coming back, and the NHL is better for it. The greatest goal scorer in league history will return for a twenty-second season with the Washington Capitals in two thousand twenty-seven, giving fans another chapter with a generational talent who still has unfinished business on the ice.
Meanwhile, the NBA free agency circus is running at full speed, and the biggest act hasn't taken the stage yet. LeBron James remains unsigned, with multiple franchises reportedly positioning themselves for his signature. There's real chatter that the King could make his move on the Fourth of July, because if anyone can hijack a national holiday, it's LeBron.
And over in the WNBA, the All-Star starters are set, and the conversation is already heating up over who got left out. Dallas Wings forward Jessica Shepard earned a historic nod after one of the most remarkable career transformations the league has seen, but at least one franchise is feeling the sting of being overlooked entirely by the selection process.
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