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Good morning! Be like Max Verstappen today.
We have a busy week ahead, particularly for those in the baseball world. The skinny:
The MLB trade deadline is tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET, and news between now and then will fill the sports atmosphere. We’ve already had massive trades, and more could come in the next 36 hours. Jim Bowden has a great primer for everything that could happen in the coming hours, including a potential Justin Verlander move (more.
Social media had plenty of jokes after a recruit attending Michigan’s “BBQ at the Big House” posted a photo of a meal that looked more like school cafeteria fare.