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In Miami, the Dolphins made a major investment in their defense, locking up linebacker Jordyn Brooks on a three-year extension worth fifty-one point three million dollars, with thirty-five million fully guaranteed. Brooks brings proven All-Pro production to a Dolphins front seven with serious playoff ambitions, and this deal signals Miami means business heading into the fall.
Shifting to South Florida's other headliner, Lionel Messi and Rodrigo De Paul are expected to sit out at least the next two Inter Miami matches and likely the MLS All-Star Game after their World Cup commitments with Argentina concluded. A nineteen twenty-five agreement between FIFPRO and the league gives World Cup participants mandatory rest, so Miami fans will have to wait a bit longer to see their stars back on the pitch.
And up in Boston, the Red Sox are riding a fourteen-game winning streak and suddenly find themselves right back in the postseason conversation, with updated trade odds now swirling around closer Aroldis Chapman. Boston's front office has options, and with this kind of momentum building in the second half, the deadline picture just got a whole lot more interesting.
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