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The NFL world is dealing with something far heavier than wins and losses today. Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide earlier this year, has been posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Kneeland was young, and the findings are a sobering reminder of what the game can cost at a cellular level.
Shifting to Boston, where Jayson Tatum stepped in front of cameras for the first time since Jaylen Brown was shipped to Philadelphia, and the emotion was real. Tatum called it bittersweet, acknowledging that the two-Jays era meant something genuine, even as the Celtics organization made the cold calculation to move on and reshape the roster around their franchise cornerstone.
And in baseball, Tyler Tolbert is rewriting record books in the most quietly remarkable way. The Kansas City Royals outfielder tied the major league mark with hits in twelve consecutive plate appearances, carrying Kansas City over the Mets in the process. Twelve straight. That is the kind of sustained contact hitting that makes scouts and statisticians alike stop and stare.
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