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Christian Gonzalez is twenty-four years old, coming off a strong season, and he wants to get paid — but the New England Patriots haven't made that happen yet. With the September ninth opener closing in fast, Gonzalez made clear the stalled extension talks have been frustrating, and that tension is only going to build the longer this drags out.
Shifting to the hardwood, the Chicago Sky took an extraordinary step Tuesday when owner Michael Alter held a news conference to announce that former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom is officially banned from Wintrust Arena. Alter called Freedom a potential threat after he was ejected from Sunday's loss to the Indiana Fever, and said Freedom won't be welcome back unless he can demonstrate otherwise. That's a remarkable statement from an ownership group.
And in the NFL's ongoing quarterback conversation, the debate over the league's single best player is heating up entering the two thousand twenty-six season. Matthew Stafford holds the MVP hardware, Myles Garrett just shattered the NFL's single-season sack record, and Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes remain perennial contenders. There is no clean answer, which is exactly what makes this worth arguing about.
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