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The Los Angeles Dodgers just added Tigers ace Tarik Skubal to an already loaded roster, and the baseball world is not happy about it. When asked if the Dodgers are ruining the sport, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman offered two words — passionately disagree. The rest of the league might need a moment.
Speaking of the Dodgers, the financial picture behind those back-to-back World Series titles is staggering. Los Angeles is carrying one point one billion dollars in deferred contract payments, a tab that won't be fully settled for roughly three decades. Championships don't come cheap, but in LA they apparently come on a very long installment plan.
And over in the WNBA, tensions boiled over outside Target Center before the Fever-Lynx matchup when a Sophie Cunningham rally drew supporters and counterprotesters, forcing security to step in. Inside the arena, Olivia Miles dropped twenty-eight points in a Lynx win, though her third technical foul of the season is going to cost her a fine. Big performance, bigger bill.
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