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Boston is on fire and history is in the building. The Red Sox matched the longest winning streak in franchise history Wednesday afternoon, taking down the Orioles six to three for their fifteenth consecutive victory. That ties a mark set eighty years ago by the nineteen forty-six American League champions led by Ted Williams himself. Jarren Duran drove in runs with a triple and a sacrifice fly, and this team simply will not stop.
Shifting to the hardwood, LeBron James free agency watch has the basketball world spinning. The King is forty-one years old and somehow still the most talked-about player in the league. Tuesday night, fans thought he'd made a decision after a YouTube moment sent social media into overdrive. The Heat are now emerging as odds-on favorites, and the drama surrounding where LeBron lands for the two thousand twenty-six to twenty-seven season is only getting louder.
And over in North London, Arsenal have confirmed a significant blow to their backline. William Saliba suffered a back injury while on duty with France at the World Cup and will miss an extended period. For a club that relies on Saliba as the cornerstone of their defensive structure, this is a serious problem heading into a critical stretch of the season.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
