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The NBA dropped its opening week schedule Tuesday, and the league is coming out swinging. A tripleheader on October twentieth kicks things off, with the Detroit Pistons hosting the Boston Celtics in the three o'clock opener on NBC and Peacock — two of the Eastern Conference's best going at it right out of the gate. The Knicks will face LeBron, and the Christmas and MLK Day slates are already locked in. The league is not easing anyone into this season.
Shifting to the WNBA, Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White found herself at the center of a social media firestorm after a fake report claiming she'd been fired went viral. The fabricated story spread fast following White's controversial public response to DiJonai Carrington's foul on Sophie Cunningham. The report was entirely false, but the speed it traveled tells you everything about where tensions are running right now around that team.
And in European athletics, Keely Hodgkinson continues to look sharp at the European Championships, advancing alongside eight hundred meter rivals Audrey Werro and Femke Broeders-Bol. All three gold medal contenders are through to the next round, setting up what could be one of the most electric middle-distance showdowns of the year.
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