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Los Angeles is pulling away from the field. The Dodgers' acquisition of Tarik Skubal has sent their World Series odds into a different stratosphere, leaving the Yankees as the closest competition on the board — and it's not particularly close. CBS Sports handed the Dodgers an A for their deadline work, while New York walked away with a D, adding almost nothing of consequence. The gap between these two franchises right now is real, and the odds board is telling you exactly that.
Speaking of grades, Tyler Marsh didn't need a letter to make his feelings known after the Chicago Sky's loss to the Phoenix Mercury. His star center Kamilla Cardoso played the entire game without drawing a single free throw attempt, and Marsh called the officiating — and we're paraphrasing here — an absolute joke. In a league fighting for credibility and viewership, that kind of controversy is the last thing the WNBA needs.
And the WNBA is still making news off the court — Cleveland's expansion franchise officially has a name, and it's not what anyone expected. The new team will be called the Sirens, passing on the Rockers name, which carried history from the league's inaugural season back in nineteen ninety-seven. Fresh identity, fresh start for a city that's been waiting a long time for women's basketball.
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