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Major League Baseball is staring down another potential work stoppage, and Tim Kurkjian is pulling back the curtain on five hard lessons from the nineteen ninety-four strike. That walkout wiped out the World Series and nearly broke the sport's connection with its fans — a wound that took years to heal. With another lockout looming, both sides would do well to remember what's at stake.
The basketball world is pausing to mourn and celebrate Don Nelson, the Hall of Fame coach who passed away at eighty-six. Dirk Nowitzki called him one of a kind, and Rick Carlisle praised his willingness to tear up the conventional playbook and rebuild it on his own terms. Nelson won more games than any coach in NBA history, and that legacy is simply untouchable.
Out in Las Vegas, the Raiders quarterback competition is heating up fast. Rookie Fernando Mendoza, the Heisman winner and number one overall pick out of Indiana, made his preseason debut Thursday and threw a touchdown in his first action. Kirk Cousins handled the start, but Mendoza's entrance had the building buzzing — and that conversation about who's running this offense isn't going away anytime soon.
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