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Willie Mays was baseball’s greatest living Hall of Famer — and the heir isn’t obvious

Amid all the tributes and memories about the legendary Willie Mays, consider this perspective on his greatness:

He may have been baseball’s greatest living Hall of Famer — not just at the time of his death this week, but from the moment he was inducted in 1979.

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Cue the duck boats: Boston set for parade to salute Celtics’ record 18th NBA championship

The Celtics entered the season vowing to turn recent playoff heartbreaks into happiness.

Eight months later, they will toast the franchise’s 18th championship in what has become standard Boston celebratory fair, joined Friday by a huge crowd for a duck boat parade through the city to mark the 13th championship won this century by one of the city’s Big 4 professional sports franchises.

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Messi creates both goals as Argentina opens Copa America title defense by beating Canada 2-0

Lionel Messi’s through ball led to Julián Álvarez’s goal in the 49th minute, then he assisted on Lautaro Martínez’s goal in the 88th as Argentina began the defense of its Copa America title with a 2-0 victory over Canada on Thursday night.

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