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Baseball's Olympic dream is hitting some turbulence. MLB's push to get into the Los Angeles twenty twenty eight Games is gaining momentum league-wide, but the Players Association is pushing back hard, and sources say the gap between the two sides is real. Getting the best players on that stage won't happen without a deal, and right now, that deal isn't close.
Shifting to the diamond in Philly, Kyle Schwarber gets the nod to lead off for the National League in the All-Star Game after Shohei Ohtani pulled out to address a knee issue heading into the second half. Riley Greene, Ben Rice, and Cody Bellinger also stepped into the roster as American League replacements, keeping the showcase stacked despite the headline absence.
And on a far more serious note, a new study reveals former NFL players are dying from ALS at alarmingly high rates, many before the age of fifty. The findings raise urgent questions about the long-term neurological toll the sport takes on its athletes, and the pressure on the league to confront that reality is only going to intensify from here.
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