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Ian Garry is stepping into the biggest fight of his career with a very specific game plan in mind. The Irishman, seventeen and one, looks at what Sean Strickland did and sees a roadmap. He takes on welterweight champion Islam Makhachev at UFC three thirty in Philadelphia on August fifteenth, and he is not short on belief heading into that arena.
Meanwhile, Angel Reese is making noise off the court and she has every right to. Despite the Atlanta Dream sitting tied at the top of the Eastern Conference at twelve and eight, not a single Dream player was named an All-Star starter. Reese called the snubbing of Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray flat out disrespectful, and honestly, the numbers back her up.
And the move that will be talked about all summer in Boston — the Celtics traded Finals MVP Jaylen Brown, and by most accounts they got back far less than his worth. Brown did not hold back his feelings about the organization or Brad Stevens afterward, making it crystal clear that chapter is closed and his next one starts in Philadelphia wearing a Sixers uniform.
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