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Shohei Ohtani's two-way magic may have to wait on the national stage. Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts says it's hard to imagine Ohtani taking the mound at the All-Star Game after Los Angeles pushed his next start back to Friday to manage his workload carefully heading into the second half.
Shifting to the hardwood, the defending champion New York Knicks have made their move in the frontcourt. With Mitchell Robinson departing for Boston, the Knicks turned to Andre Drummond on a one-year deal, plugging the hole behind Karl-Anthony Towns and making clear they intend to defend that title with serious depth down low.
And over in NASCAR, Chase Elliott is throwing cold water on any notion that experience at Chicagoland Speedway automatically translates to speed. The Cup Series returns to that track for the first time since two thousand nineteen, and Elliott says the long absence levels the playing field — nobody's walking in with a guaranteed edge this weekend.
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