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Gavin McKenna stepped into the spotlight at the NHLPA Rookie Showcase Wednesday, laying out his personal goals for his debut NHL season. The number one overall pick of the two thousand twenty six draft, McKenna arrives with enormous expectations and by all accounts, he's not shying away from a single one of them.
Shifting to the NBA, the league's investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers and Kawhi Leonard could stretch all the way into two thousand twenty seven. Sources tell ESPN the probe centers on whether the Clippers circumvented the salary cap to compensate Leonard, and if the two sides can't agree on findings or a settlement, this thing has a long runway ahead of it.
And in San Francisco, the forty-niners are watching Ricky Pearsall's knee situation very closely. The receiver is dealing with swelling in his right knee tied to a posterior cruciate ligament injury that already cost him eight games last season. No timeline for his return, and the concern inside that building is real.
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