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Don’t question it. Before we get into the madness, I want to emphasize a simple point: The opening ceremony of the Olympics has not even begun , yet we already have two mind-boggling stories from France. And both the Olympic drone scandal and the following happened in soccer.
Quickly: See our full explainer on the chaos here . I don’t know if we can possibly keep up with this pace of lunacy. (It has been a rough two weeks for Argentinian soccer, too.
) Remember the 2006 film “The Break-Up,” featuring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn? It centers around a couple that breaks up while living together, though neither wants to move out. That’s how I imagine the 2024-25 NBA season will be for the league and broadcast partner TNT, who’s set to be out of the basketball business after the NBA yesterday officially rejected the broadcaster’s claim to part of the TV package . The skinny: I really enjoyed our NBA crew’s memories of TNT’s NBA coverage , compiled this morning after yesterday’s news broke.
There’s plenty of stuff in there I missed at the time or just forgot about. Also on the money front: MLB is planning to redirect luxury tax money toward teams losing dollars on TV deals. That’s nice.
Yelich and Trout facing dreary outcomes Brewers star Christian Yelich will learn today if he needs seas.