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Cody Bellinger is back in the trainer's room, and Yankees fans are holding their breath. The slugger exited Saturday's game with hamstring trouble, and manager Aaron Boone's postgame tone was anything but reassuring. New York can't afford to lose that bat with the playoff race tightening by the week.
Shifting to the hardwood, Dominique Malonga absolutely electrified the WNBA All-Star Game, throwing down a dunk that had the entire basketball world stopping mid-scroll. The Seattle Storm forward went straight up and brought the house down against Team Coop, a moment that will be on highlight reels for a long time. The league's young talent is putting on a show, but the spotlight off the court is complicated — Commissioner Cathy Engelbert faced pointed questions about her future this weekend and gave answers that satisfied essentially nobody. Her evasiveness only amplified the noise around a league navigating a genuinely turbulent stretch.
And in football, the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks opened training camp Saturday with several key players sitting on the physically unable to perform list. Head coach Mike Macdonald acknowledged his roster looks significantly different than the one that hoisted the Lombardi, but his confidence heading into the new season sounds completely intact.
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