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27-year-old Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas has resumed training, she announced on Instagram.
“For many years, I’ve had an ache in my heart,” the post began. “But I didn’t want to keep carrying anger, pain, sadness, or regret and through my tears and hurt, I’ve found peace. I wanted to find the joy again for the sport that I absolutely love doing. I know I have a huge task ahead of me and I am beyond grateful and excited to get back out on the floor.”
She ended the post with “#2024,” a potential signal that she aims to return for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Welcome to The Weekly Takedown, Sports Illustrated’s in-depth look at MMA. Every week, this column offers insight and information on the most noteworthy stories in the fight world.
The next title contender in ONE Championship’s MMA featherweight division will be decided Friday night, as Garry Tonon competes against Shamil Gasanov.
Taking place at Bangkok’s famed Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, ONE Fight Night 12: Superlek vs. Khalilov airs on Amazon Prime Video.

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Very few passing offenses are capable of supporting a top-12 fantasy wide receiver, let alone two.
Seven duos have posted WR1 campaigns over the last five years — none of them have repeated. In fact, the only player to appear on the list twice is Adam Thielen, who accomplished this feat alongside Stefon Diggs in 2018 and again with Justin Jefferson in 2020.

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Two pairs of receivers — Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith — finished as WR1s a year ago.

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Transcendent athletes need the opportunity to create.
If you wouldn’t tell Patrick Mahomes how to play quarterback, or question the way Nikola Jokić operates his inside-outside game, or even explain the finer points of hitting (or pitching) to Shohei Ohtani, then why are people telling Kenny Omega how to wrestle?
It is a question Omega has grappled with since last month’s Forbidden Door pay-per-view.

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College basketball fans might remember Moses Brown from his time at UCLA. The former five-star recruit was a McDonald’s All-American and chose to play in Westwood over offers from Kentucky, Maryland and Florida. He spent just one season with the Bruins before turning pro.

Now, five years later, Brown is turning heads during NBA Summer League — just not for the reasons that he might have hoped. It is his bizarre free throw shooting technique that is getting a lot of attention.

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Mase and Cam’Ron say Skip Bayless takes advantage of black people. The rappers dare him to change up the Undisputed format to debate white people.
“He always tries to get someone to bring ‘the culture’ to him, where he can pay them less, and benefit off the culture. I don’t think anybody should go on there. I want to see him to do it with Todd McShay, or Ashley Brewer. She’s good-looking,” said Mase.
“I don’t think anybody who’s got any kind of culture should go up there with Skip.

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The Jets and All-Pro defensive tackle Quinnen Williams have agreed to a four-year deal worth a potential $96 million, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport. Williams will get $66 million in guaranteed money. 
Williams has developed into one of the best defensive players in the NFL, and now New York has secured the services of one of its stars for the foreseeable future. The Jets selected Williams with the No. 3 pick in the 2019 NFL draft out of Alabama, and he has been a force in the league ever since.

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