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The NFL preseason injury wire is busy. Patrick Mahomes is progressing well from his ACL tear, which is the best news Kansas City could ask for heading toward the season. But Cincinnati took a scare when Ja'Marr Chase went down Tuesday — early word suggests he avoided serious damage, though the Bengals aren't taking any chances with their star receiver.
Shifting to one of the most stunning moments in recent combat sports history, Bella Mir — daughter of UFC legend Frank Mir and a minus six thousand betting favorite — suffered the first loss of her professional career Tuesday night on the Contender Series. Alex Apodaca, a plus fifteen hundred underdog, took a unanimous decision and walked out with a UFC contract. That is not a typo on those odds. One of the biggest upsets the sport has ever seen.
And IndyCar is riding serious momentum. The Freedom Two Fifty Grand Prix on the streets of Washington D.C. pulled three point two eight million viewers on Fox, making it the most-watched IndyCar race outside the Indy Five Hundred since the two thousand eight merger. The controversy surrounding that race clearly drove eyeballs, and the series should be thrilled with those numbers.
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