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• Kelsey Plum free agency news could shake up WNBA landscape

Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images The Las Vegas Aces cored the three-time All-Star on Saturday. Kelsey Plum has been cored by the Las Vegas Aces, meaning that she’ll be offered a one-year supermax contract worth $249,244. The core designation also takes away her ability to sign with other WNBA teams. If Plum wants out of Las Vegas, the fact that she’s been cored ensures that th...2025
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• IBF orders Subriel Matias vs Gabriel Gollaz final eliminator

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Subriel Matias and Gabriel Gollaz are on deck to fight for a shot at Richardson Hitchins’ IBF super lightweight title With Teofimo Lopez taking his ball and going home, former IBF super lightweight champion Subriel Matias is looking to challenge for his former title instead, and after Elvis Rodriguez turned down an eliminator (allegedly “out of spite”), t...2025
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• A’ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, and the 12 best WNBA players not playing in Unrivaled, ranked

Photo by Justin Casterline/NBAE via Getty Images Unrivaled, the new 3-on-3 basketball league launching in Miami next week, will feature 36 WNBA stars. Here’s who won’t be participating. Unrivaled, the new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league launching next Friday, Jan. 17th in Miami, doesn’t lack star power. The league, co-founded by two-time MVP Breanna Stewart and the 2024 Defe...2025
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• Unrivaled’s final roster spot goes to one of WNBA’s biggest superstars

Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images Sabrina Ionescu — fresh off of both an Olympic gold medal and a WNBA championship with the New York Liberty — is Unrivaled’s final player. Sabrina Ionescu wasn’t initially slated to play in Unrivaled. But, on Monday, the new 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league announced that the three-time All-Star — and one of the most well-known na...2024
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• Every WNBA team’s free agency and offseason priorities: a complete guide

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Kelsey Mitchell, Kelsey Plum, Satou Sabally, and Brittney Griner headline a stacked WNBA free agency class. We’re just over a month away from WNBA free agency — so let’s take a look at who each team has to make a decision about re-signing (or letting walk). Some of the players on this list — like Kelsey Mitchell and Kelsey Plum — could very well end up o...2024
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• WNBA Explained: An exclusive conversation with Unrivaled president Alex Bazzell

Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Unrivaled president Alex Bazzell sat down with SB Nation for an exclusive interview to share the league’s goals and aspirations, the TNT partnership, and more. By now, most WNBA fans have heard about Unrivaled, the new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league set to launch next month in Miami. The league, co-founded by UConn teammates and WNBA stars Naphees...2024
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• Cub Tracks in the driver’s seat

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Roki Sasaki is posting. That could help define the market, whatever that really means. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated,...2024
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• Kelsey Plum, Kelsey Mitchell and every WNBA team’s top free agent

Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images Plum, Mitchell, Alyssa Thomas, and Satou Sabally headline a strong free agency class. We’re a few days removed from the conclusion of the WNBA season, and free agency is set to begin in February. Every team has key free agents that they’ll want to prioritize, and on top of that, an expansion draft looms in which teams will get to protect six pl...2024
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• Preseason Recap: Avs secure first win of preseason in Vegas

Photo by David Becker/NHLI via Getty Images What happens in Vegas, doesn’t stay in Vegas - a W! Hang the banner! The Colorado Avalanche have won a preseason game! All jokes aside, the Avs contained the pressure from the Vegas Golden Knights to wrap up a 3-1 win on the strip on Thursday night. It’s the first one of the preseason, with one more to go before the real deal begins. The roster ...2024
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• A’ja Wilson is the runaway favorite for WNBA MVP, but here’s who else has a shot

Photo by Candice Ward/Getty Images Let’s take a dive into the numbers — and examine the track record of WNBA stars on lower-seeded teams earning the honors. A’ja Wilson has been hailed the runaway favorite for MVP and by most accounts, she’ll likely be the unanimous pick. Her individual numbers are better than they’ve ever been, and the national discourse this year has operated under the ...2024
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• WNBA Week Ahead: Caitlin Clark, Fever fight for playoff spot, Aces-Liberty face off in a Finals rematch

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images The WNBA is finally back after a month-long hiatus, and as teams battle for playoff positioning, there’s no shortage of exciting basketball to tune into. We got an Aces-Liberty Finals rematch, Caitlin Clark’s return to the court, and much more. The WNBA season resumes on Thursday after a month-long Olympic break, and teams will battle to secure their pla...2024
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• Ron Holland’s NBA Draft stock shouldn’t be defined by G League losing

Photo by Alex Nahorniak-Svenski/NBAE via Getty Images Don’t let Ron Holland’s one season in the G League fool you. The 2024 NBA Draft prospect has always been a winner. Duncanville High School head coach David Peavy stood outside the locker room after the 2023 McDonald’s All-American Game ready to congratulate his star player on the symbolic close to an incredible high school career. When...2024
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• 5 WNBA players who have leveled up to start the 2024 season

Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images These players were already good, but have taken their games up a level to kick off the 2024 WNBA season. This WNBA season has started with a ton of excitement, great competition, and a lot of new faces in the league. And while this year’s much-hyped class of rookies are showing out in their first professional season, the league’s veterans are c...2024
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• Recap: Avalanche collapse in third period, lose to Vegas 4-3 in overtime

Photo by David Becker/NHLI via Getty Images It was a frustrating weekend of hockey. After a troubling blowout loss at home the Colorado Avalanche jumped back on a plane and were back at it against the Vegas Golden Knights less than 24 hours later. For most of the time this game was just what the doctor ordered but Vegas got the best of Colorado in a third period comeback and then sealed th...2024
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• Subriel Matias vs Liam Paro in the works for summer

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Subriel Matias is reportedly negotiating a deal with Matchroom IBF super lightweight champion Subriel Matias won’t face Teofimo Lopez in his return from injury, but he’ll at least enjoy a homecoming. El Nuevo Dia reports and Jake Donovan confirms that plans are in place to pit Matias against Liam Paro this summer in the former’s native Puerto Rico. Per El...2024
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• Kelsey Plum free agency news could shake up WNBA landscape
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• A’ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, and the 12 best WNBA players not playing in Unrivaled, ranked
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• Unrivaled’s final roster spot goes to one of WNBA’s biggest superstars
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• Every WNBA team’s free agency and offseason priorities: a complete guide
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• WNBA Explained: An exclusive conversation with Unrivaled president Alex Bazzell
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• Exclusive: WNBA legend Teresa Weatherspoon to coach Unrivaled basketball team

Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images Weatherspoon — who most recently served as the head coach of the Chicago Sky — will lead one of six Unrivaled basketball clubs in Miami this winter. Teresa Weatherspoon is heading to Miami to coach one of the six Unrivaled basketball clubs this winter, sources familiar with the hire told SB Nation. Weatherspoon — who was fired by the Chicago Sky this pas...2024
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• Cub Tracks in the driver’s seat
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• Kelsey Plum, Kelsey Mitchell and every WNBA team’s top free agent
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• 2024 Shriners Children’s Open: Payout, money that winner J.T. Poston took home

J.T. Poston poses with the trophy after winning the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open. | Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Here is the full payout for champion J.T. Poston and every player who made the cut at this year’s Shriners Children’s Open. J.T. Poston managed to hang on and win the Shriners Children’s Open by a stroke on Sunday in Las Vegas. He carded a 4-under 67 during his final rou...2024
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• A’ja Wilson is so much more more than just the WNBA MVP

Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images Kelsey Plum said she’ll have conspiracy theories if A’ja Wilson is not the unanimous MVP. Wilson is just focused on being the best teammate she can be. UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT — It’s a Friday morning at the Mohegan Sun Arena, and A’ja Wilson and the rest of the Las Vegas Aces have just completed shootaround. They are a few hours away from a match-up against...2024
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• Kelsey Plum free agency news could shake up WNBA landscape
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• A’ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, and the 12 best WNBA players not playing in Unrivaled, ranked
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• Chicago Sky star receives unique basketball award

Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images Chennedy Carter, in the midst of a standout season in China with the Wuhan Shengfen, has reportedly received the “Good Temper Award.” Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter is fresh off a breakout WNBA season in which she averaged 17.5 points on 48.7 percent shooting. Now, paying overseas in the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association, her club, Wuhan ...2024
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• Kelsey Plum, Kelsey Mitchell and every WNBA team’s top free agent
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• Popular PGA Tour pro makes much-needed move at Shriners Open thanks to stellar final round

Michael Kim during the final round of the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open. | Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Michael Kim came close to shooting the best round of his career at the Shriners Children’s Open, making a much-needed move in the FedEx Cup Fall standings. Michael Kim has been flirting with disaster for a while now. He has missed 13 cuts this season, three of which have come over...2024
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• Sabrina Ionescu bounces back, Liberty beat Aces 76-62 to advance to WNBA Finals

Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images Ionescu led the way with 22 points, Breanna Stewart added 19 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists, and the New York Liberty eliminate A’ja Wilson and the Aces in Game 4. One year after a heartbreaking loss in the WNBA Finals, the New York Liberty emerged victorious, beating the Las Vegas Aces 76-62 to advance to the WNBA Finals. The win guarantees...2024
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• Preseason Recap: Avs secure first win of preseason in Vegas
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• A’ja Wilson unanimously named MVP after historic WNBA season

Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images The Las Vegas Aces center becomes just the second player in WNBA history to win the award unanimously. Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson was unanimously voted on as the WNBA’S Most Valuable Player, the league announced Sunday morning. Wilson averaged 26.9 points (on 51.8% shooting), 11.9 rebounds, 2.58 blocks, and 1.79 steals per game this seas...2024
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• A’ja Wilson is so much more more than just the WNBA MVP
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• WNBA Explained: An exclusive conversation with Unrivaled president Alex Bazzell
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• Exclusive: WNBA legend Teresa Weatherspoon to coach Unrivaled basketball team
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• WNBA Week Ahead: Caitlin Clark, Fever fight for playoff spot, Aces-Liberty face off in a Finals rematch
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• Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup victory gives Brooks Koepka ultimate fan girl vibes

Photo by David Becker/NHLI via Getty Images Brooks Koepka channeled his inner fan girl after the Florida Panthers won their first Stanley Cup over the Edmonton Oilers. LIV Golf superstar Brooks Koepka is a massive hockey fan. Given his South Florida roots, he cheers on the Florida Panthers like few others do. After his PGA Championship win in 2023, he celebrated by going to a Panthers game...2024
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• Ron Holland’s NBA Draft stock shouldn’t be defined by G League losing
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• 5 WNBA players who have leveled up to start the 2024 season
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• Phinsider Question Of The Day: Your NFL Draft Edition

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images The NFL’s 2024 Draft will kick off tomorrow night with just the first round. Our Miami Dolphins will be looking to fill a hole on their roster tomorrow night, assuming they don't trade out of the first. For other teams, tomorrow's pick could make or break their team for the next few to several seasons. Most of us will watch or at least follow the NFL draf...2024
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• Recap: Avalanche collapse in third period, lose to Vegas 4-3 in overtime
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• Bronny James declares for NBA Draft, potentially leading to union with LeBron

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images LeBron’s son could be NBA-bound. The 2023-24 season isn’t the one Bronny James envisioned, but he could still be NBA-bound anyway. On Friday the USC freshman declared for the 2024 NBA Draft, but stopped short of hiring an agent — with the intent of keeping his options open. In addition to declaring for the draft and meeting teams, James will also enter th...2024
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• ‘David was the man, we move on’: Everything Demetrius Andrade said after loss to Benavidez

Demetrius Andrade gave David Benavidez his respect, and says he’ll be back stronger | Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Demetrius Andrade gave David Benavidez his respect, and says he’ll be back stronger. Demetrius Andrade’s night didn’t go how he was hoping, as he took his first pro loss via sixth round stoppage to David Benavidez. But Andrade (32-1, 19 KO) says he’ll be back and continu...2023
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• Paige Spiranac’s reference of Tiger Woods leaving scratch golfers in the dust goes viral
Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for ACM Paige Spiranac reminded her followers that thinking they could hang with PGA Tour players would sadly be mistaken. Paige Spiranac isn’t afraid to speak her mind. It’s one of the biggest parts of her brand. One of her latest takes shows she knows golf and the reality of playing professionally. She tweeted a graphic referencing a tweet from Lou Sta...2023
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• The NFL’s gambling problem is their latest hypocritical mess
Photo by David Becker/Getty Images The NFL rightfully suspended Jameson Williams and other Lions players for sports betting. But that doesn’t excuse the hypocrisy spewed by the league. Do as I say, not as I do. It should very well be the new mantra of the National Football League. The NFL has tried its best to defend its brand integrity and uphold its platform as one of the kings of enter...2023
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• ‘I would certainly be interested’: Bob Arum likes idea of Teofimo Lopez vs Ryan Garcia

Bob Arum says if Golden Boy can produce Ryan Garcia then a fight against Teofimo Lopez would be huge. | Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Bob Arum says he’s had preliminary discussions about a fight between Teofimo Lopez and Ryan Garcia. As Top Rank promoter Bob Arum sat down with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV he touched on the topic of what will come ext for Teofimo Lopez, who won’t ...2023
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• Bronny James declares for NBA Draft, potentially leading to union with LeBron
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• Jorge Linares retires from boxing at 38

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Linares ends his career 49-9 with 29 knockouts Almost 21 years after knocking out Kyong Soo Chung in his professional debut, Jorge Linares is hanging up the gloves. “Niño de Oro” confirmed his retirement in an interview with Boxing News and on Instagram, claiming that he’s done with fighting but not with boxing. Born in Venezuela but operating out of Japa...2023
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• In past 2 offseasons, Chiefs’ Brett Veach made the right calls
Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Kansas City’s general manager seems to recognize when the draft is — and is not — the answer. A month before the 2023 NFL Draft gets underway at Union Station, the Kansas City Chiefs still face questions about their roster. In particular, there are still holes to fill at wide receiver. Marquez Valdes-Scantling is now the only wideout on the roster who g...2023
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• ‘Give that man Canelo’: Pros react to Benavidez’s win over Andrade

Is it time for Canelo vs Benavidez after David Benavidez’s win over Andrade? | Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Is it time for Canelo vs Benavidez after David Benavidez’s win over Andrade? David Benavidez impressed again tonight, smashing Demetrius Andrade in six rounds and potentially setting himself up for a big showdown with Canelo Alvarez next May. Benavidez (28-0, 24 KO) has already...2023
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• Every WNBA team’s free agency and offseason priorities: a complete guide
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• The Rock reportedly told WWE ‘he’s not going to be able to do’ WrestleMania 41

Photo by David Becker/WireImage When Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently posted about his Bad Blood appearance and told the WWE Universe he’d see us “down the road”, many interpreted that as saying he’d be back for the Road to WrestleMania next year. It’s a logical assumption to make based on everything we’ve seen on WWE programming, and read/heard from the wrestle web’s primary sources. Th...2024
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• Sabrina Ionescu bounces back, Liberty beat Aces 76-62 to advance to WNBA Finals
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• Preseason Recap: Avs secure first win of preseason in Vegas
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• A’ja Wilson is the runaway favorite for WNBA MVP, but here’s who else has a shot
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• Wednesday’s top WNBA performers: Courtney Williams cooks Kelsey Plum, Napheesa Collier dominates

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images The Lynx beat the Aces and the Dream beat the Mercury in a two-game double-header. Here’s who stood out. Good morning, WNBA fans! Wednesday night featured a double-header — and for real this time, as the Mercury and Dream faced off at 7:30pm ET, and the Aces-Lynx shortly after, at 9:30pm ET on ESPN. First, here were the results of Wednesday’s slate: T...2024
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• Ron Holland’s NBA Draft stock shouldn’t be defined by G League losing
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• Random Ramsdom: It’s completely normal for LA to be looking at every position in the draft

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024 Los Angeles Rams News and Links for 4/13/24 It’s full blown rumor season (it kinda always is) in the NFL as teams get ready for the NFL Draft. There’s doesn’t even neccessarily need to be facts. People can write an article, or talk on a TV show and boom we have a rumor! An interesting piece of speculation is that the Los Angeles Rams ha...2024
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• Australia’s National Rugby League is opening its season in Las Vegas this weekend

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for NRL Australian rugby league is trying to become the off-season football U.S. fans need. The NFL is trying to get a foothold overseas to make football an international game, now rugby league is trying the same thing. National Rugby League (NRL), Australia’s premier league, is trying to get its game global by taking a big step this weekend by opening th...2024
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• Weeks claims Lawson may have had aneurysm before Ortiz loss

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Golden Boy has denied the allegations and Weeks has deleted the Facebook post We got our first “major” boxing event of 2024 last night and we now have our first scandal. Referee Tony Weeks, this weekend’s main character thanks to a horrifically early stoppage in Vergil Ortiz Jr’s first-round finish of Frederick Lawson, claimed on Facebook that two of Laws...2024
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• Jorge Linares retires from boxing at 38
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• Gable Steveson withdraws from amateur wrestling World Championships

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Pro wrestling fans haven’t seen Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson since the Cedar Park, Texas crowd jeered him during his debut match at NXT Great American Bash on July 30. There’s obviously been speculation the audience rejection played a role in his absence from WWE programming, but it did seem to be part of Steveson’s plans to return to the amateur ...2023
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