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The FIFA World Cup final is set, and it is an all-time matchup — Spain versus Argentina on Sunday, with Lionel Messi potentially playing in the last World Cup of his legendary career. The two highest-ranked teams in the world collided on the biggest stage, and the anticipation is almost too much to contain.
Shifting to the dugout, Major League Baseball is cracking down on artificial intelligence, banning teams from running AI software on the iPads that managers and coaches use during games. The league wants decisions made by baseball minds, not algorithms, drawing a clear line between analytics support and machine-driven strategy in real time.
And in the race to lead Major League Soccer into its next era, the field is narrowing fast. Three finalists are in the running to replace longtime commissioner Don Garber — LAFC co-owner Larry Berg, former Fox executive David Nathanson, and San Francisco forty-niners Enterprises president Paraag Marathe. Whoever lands the job inherits a league riding serious momentum, especially with World Cup fever still very much in the air.
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