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Keely Hodgkinson is through to the women's eight hundred meter final at the European Championships, and the moment came wrapped in genuine drama. Rival Audrey Werro went down hard mid-race, her place in the final thrown into serious doubt, while Hodgkinson kept her composure and punched her ticket through. One to watch.
Shifting to the gridiron, the Chicago Bears are navigating the NFL preseason without wide receiver Luther Burden the Third, who's dealing with a groin injury that will keep him sidelined through all of August. Head coach Ben Johnson is hopeful Burden returns for the Week One opener against the Carolina Panthers, but there's no confirmed timeline yet. The Bears say they have enough to manage, but that's a real void at wideout.
And in the WNBA, DiJonai Carrington is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, picking up another league fine just four days after being ejected for striking Sophie Cunningham. Two costly penalties inside a week is a pattern the league is clearly watching closely, and Carrington's next move on the court may matter less than her next move off it.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
