Detroit shipped ace Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers for three prospects a day before the deadline. Deal a pitcher that good and you are waving the white flag on the season, and of course it is the Dodgers who catch him.
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See today's live show →Detroit shipped ace Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers for three prospects a day before the deadline. Deal a pitcher that good and you are waving the white flag on the season, and of course it is the Dodgers who catch him.
The White Sox took a flyer on Luis Castillo from Seattle, hoping a change of scenery fixes a good arm. Atlanta quietly added Lane Thomas and Bailey Falter from Kansas City, the unshowy depth you stack when you still fancy October.
Manchester City agreed to pay Chelsea around £17m in compensation for Enzo Maresca, to line him up as Pep Guardiola's successor. A strange fee for a man who left on New Year's Day and has not worked since, and completely routine in this sport. Chelsea, meanwhile, added thirty-five-year-old Danny Welbeck for a cool head.
Kyler Murray looks to be pulling clear of J.J. McCarthy in the Vikings' starting battle. If Murray is genuinely playing that well, you start him and you do not apologize for the draft slot. In Chicago, Jaylon Johnson called Caleb Williams the best quarterback he has played with since Nick Foles.
Thirty-four years ago today at the Barcelona Olympics, Javier Sotomayor cleared 2.34 meters for high-jump gold, the only man in the field to clear it clean on his first attempt. He remains the only person ever to clear eight feet. The kind of great that actually lasts, and my favorite thing in all of sport.
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