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The Los Angeles Dodgers are in freefall. Friday night in Arizona, Edwin Diaz took the mound in the ninth protecting a one-run lead, and rookie Ryan Waldschmidt crushed a two-run walk-off homer to hand the Diamondbacks a four to three win. That's seven straight losses for LA, a season-high skid that nobody saw coming from the defending champs.
Shifting to the hardwood, UConn's Dan Hurley is speaking out on a growing problem in college basketball. The championship coach says coaches exploiting recent court rulings to make late roster additions are doing real damage to the sport, not just bending the rules but breaking the culture that makes programs worth building in the first place. Hurley's voice carries weight, and right now he's using it.
And in the ring tonight down in Orlando, Australian bantamweight Cherneka Johnson puts her undisputed titles on the line against Denmark's Dina Thorslund at the Caribe Royale. Johnson, nineteen and two with eight knockouts, is the first undisputed champion of any kind in Australian women's boxing history. Thorslund is dangerous, the titles are real, and this main event deserves your full attention.
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